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Title: Occultations observed at Princeton during the lunar eclipse of December 27, 1898
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1899AJ.....19..168Y



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Canopus (Alpha Carinae) culminates at midnight on December 27
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canopus#Visibility



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A temperature of -13.6 °C was recorded at the South Pole on the 27th December, 1978.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Antarctica

The Monrovia Peak Fire almost destroyed historic Mount Wilson Observatory on the 27th December 1953 
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1954PASP...66...52A

The Lewes avalanche occurred on 27 December 1836 in Lewes, Sussex
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewes_avalanche

The 1939 Erzincan earthquake struck on 27 December 1939. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_Erzincan_earthquake

The first documented exploration of the Cave of Swallows was on 27 December 1966
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52039820/cave-of-swallows/



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HMS Beagle, set sail from Plymouth Sound on the second survey expedition on 27 December 1831
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t23858562/hms-beagle/

The Japanese aircraft carrier Hosho was commissioned in 1922
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46950608/aircraft-carrier-hosho/

John Beeden became the first non-stop solo rowing trip across the Pacific from North America to Australia in 2015.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-35186209

The BLAST-Pol balloon was launched on the 27th December, 2010.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLAST_(telescope)



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The AMOS-2 satellite was launched on the 27th December, 2003.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos-2

The fully modified Soyuz-2-1b launcher flew first on December 27, 2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_(rocket_family)#History

The CoRoT spacecraft was launched at 14:28:00 UTC on 27 December 2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COROT



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Naoko Yamazaki (born December 27, 1970) is a former Japanese astronaut at JAXA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoko_Yamazaki

Werner Baumbach (27 December 1916 - 20 October 1953) was a bomber pilot in the German Luftwaffe 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Baumbach

Sir George Cayley (27 December 1773 - 15 December 1857) was a prolific English engineer
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52039930/george-cayley-1773-1857/

Louis Pasteur (December 27, 1822 - September 28, 1895) was a French chemist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52039867/louis-pasteur-1822-1895/

Jacob Bernoulli (27 December 1654 - 16 August 1705) was a mathematician
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46950599/jacob-bernoulli-1654-1705/

Johannes Kepler (December 27, 1571 - November 15, 1630) was a German mathematician,
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46950603/johannes-kepler-1571-1630/

Edmund Weaver (c. 1683 - 27 December 1748) was an English astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Weaver_(astronomer)



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Messier 92 was discovered by Johann Elert Bode on the 27th December 1777.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52567535/messier-92/

NGC 1015 was discovered by German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel on the 27th December 1875. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56056001/ngc-1015/

NGC 2262 was discovered by the German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 27th December 1786.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56056013/ngc-2262/

NGC 2301 was discovered by William Herschel on the 27th December 1786.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56056022/ngc-2301/

NGC 2324 was discovered by William Herschel on the 27th December 1786.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56056033/ngc-2324/



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On December 27, 2004, the radiation from an explosion on the surface of SGR 1806-20 reached Earth.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t4774444/giant-magnetar-flare/

On December 27, 1722, James Bradley measured the diameter of Venus with a large aerial telescope
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bradley

Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) made its closest approach to the Earth (0.429 AU) on the 27th December 2013
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t50923583/comet-c2012-s1-ison/

Asteroid 6 Hebe occulted the magnitude 3.9 star Rho Sagittarii at ~17:59 UT, 27 Dec 2013 
http://www.asteroidoccultation.com/2013_12/1227_6_30881_Summary.txt

Asteroid (2102) Tantalus was discovered on December 27, 1975 by C. Kowal at Palomar Observatory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2102_Tantalus



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Meteorites

The Ski (L6) meteorite fell in Akershus, Norway, on the 27th December, 1848.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46950610/ski-meteorite/

The Quenggouk (H4) meteorite fell in Irrawaddy, Burma, on the 27th December, 1857.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46950612/quenggouk-meteorite/

The Umm Ruaba (L5) meteorite fell in Kurdufan, Sudan, on the 27th December, 1966.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46950613/umm-ruaba-meteorite/

The Ipiranga (H6) meteorite fell in Parana, Brazil, on the 27th December, 1972.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46950614/ipiranga-meteorite/

The Allan Hills 84001 meteorite was found on December 27, 1984. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52039912/allan-hills-84001/



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