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- 1810
- Prisoners in Galway, Ireland are transferred to the new county gaol.
- 1886
- The Criterion Theatre opens in Sydney, Australia.
- 1916
- Togoland, a former German protectorate, is partitioned into British and French administrative zones.
- 1941
- In the Philippines, Santo Domingo Church in Manila's walled city is destroyed by Japanese bombs, one day after Manila was declared an open city.
- 1960
- The Cross Westchester Expressway is opened to traffic in New York State.
- 1974
- The Alianza Lima Stadium opens in Lima, Peru.
This is a selection of establishments and disestablishments on December 27, based on OpenHistoricalMap data, that automatically appears on the OpenHistoricalMap page on December 27 of each year. This list highlights important changes in the world, as well as more mundane events that demonstrate the project's ambitious tendency toward micromapping history.
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