Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 27
December 27: St. Stephen's Day in Eastern Christianity.
- 1831 – Aboard HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin left Plymouth, England on what became an historic expedition to South America that made his name as a naturalist.
- 1918 – A public speech by famed Polish pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski (pictured) in Poznań sparked the Greater Poland Uprising against Germany and Prussia.
- 1945 – The international ratification of the Bretton Woods Agreement established the International Monetary Fund and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
- 1949 – Indonesian National Revolution: Queen Juliana of the Netherlands signed papers that relinquished sovereignty of most of the Dutch East Indies, officially recognising the independence of Indonesia.
- 1979 – Soviet war in Afghanistan: Soviet troops stormed Tajbeg Palace outside of Kabul and killed Afghan President Hafizullah Amin and his 300 elite guards.
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