Once Upon A Time – December 27 – 1949 – Queen Juliana Of The Netherlands Grants Independence To Indonesia

1512 Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regards to native Indians in the New World

1657 “Flushing Remonstrance” petition signed in the Dutch colony of New Netherland, protesting the ban on Quaker worship

1939 Between 20,000 and 40,000 die in magnitude 8 earthquake in Erzincam, Turkey

1945 International Monetary Fund formally established by 29 member countries based on ideas of Harry Dexter White and John Maynard Keynes

1949 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands grants independence to Indonesia

1979 After invading Afghanistan two days earlier Soviet forces pull off a coup in Kabul, killing President Hafizullah Amin

Historical Events Today Events In 2022

Today In Film & TV

1947 1st “Howdy Doody Show” (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC

Today In Music

1932 Radio City Music Hall opens in New York City

Today In Sport

1981 Oiler Wayne Gretzky becomes fastest NHLer to get 100 pts (38th game)

1845 Ether 1st used in childbirth in US in Jefferson, Georgia

2012 NASA unveils plans to capture a 500 ton asteroid in 2025

Famous Weddings

1925 Inventor George Gallup (24) weds Ophelia Smith Miller

1950 American actor Henry Fonda (45) weds socialite and third wife Susan Blanchard (22) in New York City; divorce in 1956

1953 Broadcasting pioneer Roone Arledge (22) weds Joan Heise at St. Frances de Chantal Parish in Wantagh, New York