"On Dec. 27, 1831, naturalist Charles Darwin set out on a round-the-world voyage from Plymouth, England, aboard the HMS Beagle. Also on this date: In 1904, James Barrie's play Peter Pan: The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up opened at the Duke of York's Theatre in London. In 1932, New York City's Radio City Music Hall opened to the public. In 1945, the International Monetary Fund was formally established as its first 29 member countries ratified its Articles of Agreement; the IMF began operations in 1947."
"In 1968, the Apollo 8 capsule splashed down safely in the Pacific, completing the first crewed mission to orbit the moon. In 1979, Soviet forces seized control of Afghanistan. President Hafizullah Amin (hah-FEE'-zoo-lah ah-MEEN') was overthrown and executed and was replaced by Babrak Karmal. In 1985, American naturalist and conservationist Dian Fossey, 53, who had studied mountain gorillas in Africa for nearly 20 years, was found murdered in her cabin in Rwanda. No one was arrested for the crime."
December 27 records events from exploration to political upheaval and cultural milestones. In 1831 Charles Darwin departed Plymouth aboard the HMS Beagle for a round-the-world voyage. Cultural openings include the 1904 debut of Peter Pan and the 1932 opening of Radio City Music Hall. In 1945 the International Monetary Fund was formally established after 29 countries ratified its Articles of Agreement; the IMF began operations in 1947. The date also marks the 1968 Apollo 8 splashdown, the 1979 Soviet seizure of Afghanistan, the 1985 murder of Dian Fossey, and the 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Recent 2022 events include sentences in the Gretchen Whitmer kidnap plot and deadly storms in western New York.
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