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November 27 is the 331st day of the year (332nd in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 34 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont .1295 - The first elected representatives from Lancashire were called to Westminster by King Edward I to attend what later became known as "The Model Parliament ".1703 - The first Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703 .1807 - The Portuguese Royal Family leaves Lisbon to escape from Napoleonic troops 1815 - Adoption of Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland 1839 - In Boston, Massachusetts , the American Statistical Association is founded.1863 - American Civil War : Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South .1868 - Indian Wars : Battle of Washita River - United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.1895 - At the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris , Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament , setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.1901 - U.S. Army War College is established.1912 - Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco .1919 - Haiti becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty .1924 - In New York City , the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.1934 - Bank robber Baby Face Nelson dies in a shoot-out with the FBI .1940 - In Romania , the ruling party Iron Guard arrests and executes over 60 of exiled King Carol II of Romania 's aides, including former minister Nicolae Iorga .1940 - World War II : At the Battle of Cape Spartivento , the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea .
1942 - World War II: At Toulon , the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands.1944 - World War II: An explosion at a RAF ammunition dump at Fauld , Staffordshire kills seventy people.1954 - Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury .1963 - The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention is signed at Strasbourg .1964 - Cold War : Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru appeals to the United States and the Soviet Union to end nuclear testing and to start nuclear disarmament , stating that such an action would "save humanity from the ultimate disaster".1965 - Vietnam War : The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.1971 - Mars 2 Soviet space program landed on Mars .1973 - The Twenty-fifth Amendment : The United States Senate votes 92 to 3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States (on December 6 , the House confirmed him 387 to 35).1975 - The Provisional IRA assassinates Ross McWhirter , after a press conference in which McWhirter announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings and shootings across England .1978 - In San Francisco, California , city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White .1983 - A Colombian Boeing 747 crashes near Madrid 's Barajas Airport , killing 183.1984 - Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain , the former agreed to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar , including sovereignty.1990 - The British Conservative Party chooses John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom .1991 - The United Nations Security Council adopts UN Security Council Resolution 721, leading the way to the establishment of peacekeeping operations in Yugoslavia .1992 - For the second time in a year, military forces try to overthrow president Carlos Andres Perez in Venezuela .1992 - Two Venezuelan F-16s took part in the November Venezuelan Coup Attempt on the side of the loyalists.
1997 - Twenty-five are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria .1999 - The left-wing Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history.2001 - A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope , the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.2004 - Pope John Paul II returned the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church .2005 - The first partial human face transplant is completed in Amiens , France .2005 - President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba of Gabon , in power since 1967 and the longest-serving head of state in the world, was re-elected to his third consecutive seven-year term.
2006 - The Canadian House of Commons endorses Prime Minister Stephen Harper 's motion to declare Québécois a nation within a unified Canada .2006 - Francesco Cossiga , Italian politician and former President of the Italian Republic , resigned from his position as lifetime senator.
Births
1127 - Emperor Xiaozong of China (d. 1194 )1576 - Shimazu Tadatsune , Ruler of Satsuma (d. 1638 )1582 - Pierre Dupuy , French scholar (d. 1651 )1630 - Archduke Sigismund Francis of Austria (d. 1665 )1635 - Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon , wife of Louis XIV of France (d. 1719 )1701 - Anders Celsius , Swedish inventor and astronomer (d. 1744 )1710 - Robert Lowth , British bishop (d. 1787 )1746 - Robert Livingston , negotiated the Louisiana Purchase from France (d. 1813 )1746 - Increase Sumner , 5th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1799 )
1754 - Georg Forster , German scientist (d. 1794 )1779 - Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre , French general (d. 1865 )1804 - Julius Benedict , German-born composer (d. 1885 )1809 - Fanny Kemble , British actress (d. 1893 )1833 - Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (d. 1897 )1843 - Cornelius Vanderbilt II , American businessman (d. 1899 )1843 - Elizabeth Stride , victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888 )
1857 - Charles Scott Sherrington , British physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1952 )1867 - Charles Koechlin , French composer (d. 1950 )1871 - Giovanni Giorgi , Italian physicist (d. 1950 )1874 - Charles A. Beard , American historian (d. 1948 )1874 - Chaim Weizmann , 1st President of Israel (d. 1952 )
1878 - Jatindramohan Bagchi , Indian (Bengali) poet (d.1948 ).1885 - Liviu Rebreanu , Romanian writer (d.1944 ).1894 - Amphilochius of Pochayiv , Ukrainian Orthodox saint (d. 1971 )1894 - Konosuke Matsushita , Japanese industrialist (d. 1989 )
1897 - Vito Genovese , American mafioso (d. 1969 )1898 - Fredric Warburg , publisher and author (d. 1981 )1901 - Ted Husing , American sportscaster (d. 1962 )1903 - Lars Onsager , Norwegian chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1976 )1907 - L. Sprague de Camp , American writer (d. 2000 )1909 - James Agee , American writer (d. 1955 )1909 - Anatoly Maltsev , Russian mathematician (d. 1967 )
1911 - David Merrick , American stage producer (d. 2000 )1911 - Fe del Mundo , Filipino pediatrician and National Scientist
1916 - Chick Hearn , American sportscaster (d. 2002 )1917 - Buffalo Bob Smith , American television host (d. 1998 )1920 - Abe Lenstra , Dutch footballer (d. 1985 )1920 - Buster Merryfield , English actor (d. 1999 )
1921 - Alexander Dubček , Slovak politician (d. 1992 )1925 - John Maddox , British science writer and editor1925 - Marshall Thompson , American actor (d. 1992 )
1925 - Ernie Wise , British comedian (d. 1999 )1926 - Barbara Anderson , New Zealand author1927 - Carlos José Castilho , Brazilian footballer (d. 1987 )1928 - Alekos Alexandrakis , Greek actor (d. 2005 )1928 - Ronald William "Josh" Kirby , British artist (d. 2001 )
1930 - Joe DeNardo , Pittsburgh Meteorologist1932 - Benigno Aquino, Jr. , Philippine politician (d. 1983 )1933 - Jacques Godbout , French Canadian novelist, journalist and filmmaker1934 - Ammo Baba , Iraqi-Assyrian footballer1935 - Al Jackson , American drummer, producer and songwriter (d. 1975 )1935 - Les Blank , American documentary filmmaker
1937 - Gail Sheehy , American writer1939 - Dave Giusti , American baseball player1940 - Bruce Lee , American actor and martial artist (d. 1973 )1941 - Eddie Rabbitt , American singer (d. 1998 )1941 - Aimé Jacquet , French football manager
1942 - Manolo Blahnik , Spanish shoe designer1942 - Henry Carr , American athlete
1942 - Jimi Hendrix , American guitarist (d. 1970 )
1943 - Nicole Brossard , French Canadian poet1945 - Alain de Cadenet , SPEED Channel personality1948 - James L. Avery, Sr. , American actor1949 - Masanori Sekiya , Japanese racing driver1950 - Gran Hamada , Japanese professional wrestler1951 - Jayne Kennedy , American sportscaster and actress1952 - Kathryn Bigelow , American film director1952 - Sheila Copps , Canadian politician
1952 - Daryl Stuermer , American guitarist (Genesis )
1952 - James D. Wetherbee , American astronaut
1953 - Curtis Armstrong , American actor1953 - Boris Grebenshchikov , Russian singer (Aquarium )
1954 - Patricia McPherson , American actress1954 - Kimmy Robertson , American actress best known for her role as Lucy Moran in the TV series Twin Peaks
1955 - Bill Nye (The science guy), American engineer and broadcaster1955 - Pierre Mondou , Canadian ice hockey player
1956 - William Fichtner , American actor1957 - Kenny Acheson , Northern Irish racecar driver 1957 - Caroline Kennedy , American journalist
1957 - Kevin O'Connell , American sound re-recording mixer
1958 - Mike Scioscia , American baseball player and manager1959 - Charlie Burchill , Scottish guitarist and keyboardist (Simple Minds )1960 - Ken O'Brien , American football player1960 - Kevin Henkes , American children's book writer/illustrator
1960 - Tim Pawlenty , American politician
1960 - Yulia Tymoshenko , Ukrainian prime minister
1961 - Steve Oedekerk , American film director, actor and comedian1962 - Charlie Benante , American drummer (Anthrax )1962 - Mike Bordin , American musician (Faith No More )
1963 - Fisher Stevens , American actor1964 - Robin Givens , American actress
1966 - Andy Merrill , American voice actor1967 - Shane Embury , British guitarist/bassist (Napalm Death , among others)1967 - Shawn Watson , American librarian1968 - Michael Vartan , French actor1970 - Patricia Zentilli , Canadian actress1971 - Nick Van Exel , American basketball player1971 - Larry Allen , American football player
1972 - Shane Salerno , American screenwriter1973 - Samantha Harris , American model and host1973 - Evan Karagias , American professional wrestler
1973 - Twista , American rapper
1974 - Kirk Acevedo , American actor1975 - Martin Gramatica , Argentinian-American football player1976 - Jean Grae , South African-born rapper1976 - Jaleel White , American actor
1977 - Mika Tan , American pornographic actress1978 - Jimmy Rollins , American baseball player1978 - Shy Love , adult film actress
1978 - Radek Štěpánek , Czech tennis player
1978 - Mike Skinner , English musician
1978 - Tim Yeung , American drummer (Vital Remains )
1979 - Ricky Carmichael , American motocross racer1979 - Hilary Hahn , American violinist
1979 - Shin Hyesung , Korean singer (Shinhwa )
1979 - Teemu Tainio , Finnish footballer
1980 - Michael Yardy , English cricketer1981 - Gary Lucy , Actor1981 - Matthew Taylor , English footballer1984 - Domata Peko , American football player1985 - Alison Pill , Canadian actress1985 - Klara Ósk Elíasdóttir , Icelandic singer
1986 - Suresh Kumar Raina , Indian cricketer1991 - Nur Atikah Nabilah , Singaporean Gymnast
Deaths
8 BC - Horace , Roman poet (b. 65 BC )450 - Galla Placidia , daughter of Roman Emperor Theodosius I and his second wife Galla (b. 392 )511 - Clovis I , King of the Franks (c. 466 )835 - Muhammad at-Taqi , Shia Imam (b. 811 )1198 - Queen Constance of Sicily , wife of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1154 )1474 - Guillaume Dufay , Flemish composer1570 - Jacopo Sansovino , Italian sculptor and architect (b. 1486 )1592 - Nakagawa Hidemasa , Japanese samurai commander (b. 1568 )1592 - King John III of Sweden (b. 1537 )
1632 - John Eliot , English statesman (b. 1592 )1680 - Athanasius Kircher , German Jesuit scholar (b. 1601 )1754 - Abraham de Moivre , French mathematician (b. 1667 )1811 - Andrew Meikle , British mechanical engineer (b. 1719 )1852 - Ada Lovelace , British mathematician (b. 1815 )1884 - Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe , German chemist (b. 1818 )1894 - Johanna von Puttkamer , Prussian noblewoman, wife of Otto von Bismarck (b. 1824 )1895 - Alexandre Dumas, fils , French author (b. 1824 )1901 - Clement Studebaker , American automobile manufacturer (b. 1831 )1908 - Jean Albert Gaudry , French geologist (b. 1827 )1921 - Douglas Colin Cameron , Canadian politician (b. 1854 )1931 - Lya De Putti , Hungarian actress (b. 1899 )1932 - Evelyn Preer , American actress and singer (b. 1896 )1934 - Baby Face Nelson , American gangster (b. 1908 )1940 - Nicolae Iorga , Romanian writer and politician (b. 1871 )1943 - Ivo Lola Ribar , Croatian communist and partisan (b. 1916 )1944 - Leonid Isaakovich Mandelshtam , Russian physicist (b. 1879 )1953 - Eugene O'Neill , American writer and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888 )1955 - Arthur Honegger , French-born Swiss composer (b. 1892 )1958 - Artur Rodziński , Polish conductor (b. 1892 )1973 - Frank Christian , American jazz trumpeter (b. 1887 )1975 - Ross McWhirter , British co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (b. 1925 )1978 - Harvey Milk , American politician (assassinated) (b. 1930 )1978 - George Moscone , Mayor of San Francisco (assassinated) (b. 1929 )
1980 - F. Burrall Hoffman , American architect (b. 1882 )1981 - Lotte Lenya , Austrian singer and actress (b. 1898 )1988 - John Carradine , American actor (b. 1906 )1990 - David White , American actor (b. 1916 )1992 - Ivan Generalić , Croatian painter (b. 1914 )1994 - Fernando Lopes-Graça , Portuguese composer and musicologist (b. 1906 )1998 - Barbara Acklin , American singer and songwriter (b. 1943 )1999 - Yasuhiro Kojima , wrestler (b. 1937 )1999 - Alain Peyrefitte , French politician and author (b. 1925 )
2000 - Len Shackleton , English former footballer (b. 1922 )2005 - Jocelyn Brando , American actress (b. 1919 )2005 - Joe Jones , American R&B singer (b. 1926 )
2006 - Don Butterfield , American tuba player (b. 1923 )2006 - Alan Freeman , British disc jockey known by his nickname 'Fluff' (b. 1927 )
2006 - Bebe Moore Campbell , American author (b. 1950 )
2006 - Casey Coleman , American sportscaster (b. 1951 )
2007 - Bill Willis , American football player (b. 1921 )2007 - Robert Cade , American doctor and inventor of Gatorade (b. 1927 )
2007 - Bernie Banton , Australian asbestos campaigner (b. 1946 )
2007 - Sean Taylor , American football player (b. 1983 )
Holidays and observances
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