December 27
1571 Johannes Kepler, German astronomer, was born.
1657 The Flushing Remonstrance was signed. [Several of my ancestors were involved in this.]
1822 Louis Pasteur, French biologist and chemist, who invented pasteurization process, was born in Dole, France.
1823 Mackenzie Bowell, fifth Prime Minister of Canada, was born. (d. 1917)
1831 British naturalist Charles Darwin set out on a voyage to the Pacific Ocean aboard the HMS Beagle. Darwin's discoveries during the nearly five-year journey helped form the basis of his theories on evolution.
1923 Gustave Eiffel, French engineer and architect, died. (b. 1832)
1945 The World Bank was created with an agreement signed by 29 nations.
1947 The children's TV program "Howdy Doody" debuted on NBC.
December 28
1065 Westminster Abbey was consecrated.
1612 Galileo Galilei became the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune.
1763 John Molson, English-born Canadian brewer, was born. (d. 1836)
1842 Calixa Lavallée, French-Canadian composer (O Canada), was born. (d. 1891)
1895 Wilhelm Röntgen (nobel laureate), published a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later would be known as x-rays.
December 29
1170 Archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral in England.
1800 Charles Goodyear, American inventor, who pioneered commercial use of rubber, was born.
1851 The first American Young Men's Christian Association was organized, in Boston.
1936 Mary Tyler Moore, American actress, was born.
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