December 27, 1972 (Wednesday)
- The Environmental Protection Agency issued new regulations requiring unleaded gasoline to be available in all American stations no later than July 1, 1974, with a limit 0.05 grams of lead per gallon.
- Nineteen people were killed near Fort Sumner, New Mexico, when a church bus was struck by a cattle truck. The bus was one of two the Woodlawn Baptist Church of Austin, Texas, carrying a youth group to a ski resort.
- New constitutions took effect, independently of each other, in both South Korea and North Korea.
- Born: Colin Charvis, Welsh rugby player, in Sutton Coldfield
- Died: Lester B. Pearson, 75, 14th Prime Minister of Canada (1963–1968); Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1957.
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Famous quotes containing the word december:
“Work—work—work,
In the dull December light,
And work—work—work,
When the weather is warm and bright—
While underneath the eaves
The brooding swallows cling
As if to show me their sunny backs
And twit me with the spring.”
—Thomas Hood (1799–1845)