Famous Birthdays
- Ron Greene, American college basketball coach (Uni of New Orleans, Mississippi State, Murray State, Indiana State), born in Terre Haute, Indiana (d. 2021)
Famous Deaths
- Calvin Bridges, American geneticist (b. 1889)
- Emile Vandervelde, President (1900–1918) of the International Socialist Bureau and Minister of 3 Belgian governments dies at 72
- Osip Mandelstam, Polish-Russian poet and writer (Kamen), dies in a Siberian transit camp of typhoid fever at 47
Died in 1938 1938 Highlights
About December 27, 1938
Day of the Week: Tuesday
How Long Ago? 85 years and 4 months
Leap Year: No
Generation: Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Tiger
Star Sign: Capricorn
