From AP and the Soo Evening News
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"Eastern Upper Peninsula —
Monday, Dec. 27, 2010
Today is the 361st day of 2010. There are four days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Dec. 27, 1968, Apollo 8 and its three astronauts made a safe, nighttime splashdown in the Pacific.
On this date:
1831, naturalist Charles Darwin set out on a round-the-world voyage aboard the HMS Beagle.
1904, James Barrie's play "Peter Pan: The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up" opened at the Duke of York's Theater in London.
1927, the musical play "Show Boat," with music by Jerome Kern and libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II, opened at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York.
1932, Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City.
1945, 28 nations signed an agreement creating the World Bank.
1949, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands signed an act recognizing Indonesia's sovereignty after more than three centuries of Dutch rule.
1970, "Hello, Dolly!" closed on Broadway after a run of 2,844 performances.
1979, Soviet forces seized control of Afghanistan. President Hafizullah Amin (hah-FEE'-zoo-lah ah-MEEN'), who was overthrown and executed, was replaced by Babrak Karmal."
Today in History, Monday, Dec. 27, 2010 - Sault Ste. Marie, MI - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
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