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December 27

4 sourced moments from December 27 in history: Kepler, born in 1571, proved planets orbit in ellipses; Charles Darwin set sail aboard HMS Beagle (1831); Radio City Music Hall Opened in New York (1932), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on December 27

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1945 Society & Economy · Economics

The World Bank and IMF came into existence

On this day in 1945, the Bretton Woods Articles of Agreement entered into force, creating the IMF and the World Bank.

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1932 Culture & Arts · Performing Arts

Radio City Music Hall Opened in New York

At the depths of the Great Depression, a 6,000-seat Art Deco palace threw open its doors and crowds waited in the rain to get in.

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1831 Nature & Animals · Evolution

Charles Darwin set sail aboard HMS Beagle

On this day in 1831, a 22-year-old Darwin left Plymouth on a survey voyage he later called the most important event of his life.

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1571 Space · Astrophysics

Kepler, born in 1571, proved planets orbit in ellipses

Born on December 27, 1571, Johannes Kepler spent years of hand calculation to show planets move in ellipses, then found his third law in 1618.

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