December 27

Hanukkah  (Judaism)

Kwanzaa  (USA/African-American)

Feast of Saint John the Apostle/the Evangelist  (Roman Catholic)

Saint Stephen's Day  (Eastern Christianity/Julian calendar, Romania)

Third Day of Christmas  (Western Christianity)

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENT

1923   Namba Daisuke, a Japanese student, tries to assassinate the Prince Regent Hirohito of Japan.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1390   Anne de Mortimer, Countess of Cambridge {grandmother of King Edward IV of England & King Richard III of England} (d.1411)

1717   Pope Pius VI (d.1799)

DEATHS

1076   Grand Prince Sviatoslav II of Kiev

1543   Georg, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach