Historical Events
- 2nd Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins
- Musical "Les Misérables" opens in the US at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
Famous Birthdays
- Metrik [Tom Mundell], British electronic dance music producer and re-mixer ("Freefall"; "Gravity"; “Chasing Sunrise”), born in London, England
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (37 years old)
Jamaican athlete (Olympic gold 100m 2008, 12; 9 x World C'ship gold), born in Kingston, Jamaica
Famous Deaths
- Lars-Erik Larsson, Swedish composer (God in Disguise (Förklädd gud, Op. 24); Linden), and pedagogue (Stockholm Conservatory; Uppsala University), dies of complications from diabetes at 78
- Louis van Lint, Belgian painter (post-war abstraction), dies at 77
Died in 1986 1986 Highlights
About December 27, 1986
Day of the Week: Saturday
How Long Ago? 37 years and 4 months
Leap Year: No
Generation: Millennial
Chinese Zodiac: Tiger
Star Sign: Capricorn
Music Charts
#1 Song: Walk Like An Egyptian - The Bangles
#1 Song: Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl in Town) - Jackie Wilson
