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THE DAY IN HISTORY · DECEMBER 27
December 27 in history
1979 — Storm-333
24–27 Dec 1979 — Soviet special forces kill the Afghan president in his palace as airborne divisions land in Kabul. The occupation will last nine years and hollow out the Soviet state.
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