It happenned on a… 27 December

Mario Lemeiux (Pittsburgh Penguins) returned to the National Hockey League (NHL) as a player after over 3 years of retirement.

Wayne Gretzky (Edmonton Oilers) scored his 100th point in the 34th game of the season.

Spain adopted a new constitution and became a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship.

Leonard Cohen releases his debut album « Songs of Leonard Cohen » on Columbia Records.

James Barrie’s play « Peter Pan » premiered in London.

Charles Darwin set out on a voyage to the Pacific aboard the HMS Beagle. Darwin’s discoveries during the voyage helped him form the basis of his theories on evolution.