November 27
November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year. There are 34 days remaining.
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Events
- 399 - St. Anastius I becomes Pope.
- 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont.
- 1703 - The first Eddystone Lighthouse destroyed in storm.
- 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 state prison 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 a band of peaceful 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.
- 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.
- 1926 - In Williamsburg, Virginia, the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg begins.
- 1934 - Death of bank robber Baby Face Nelson in a gun battle with the FBI.
- 1940 - In Romania, General Ion Antonescu's Iron Guard arrests and executes over 60 of exiled king Carol II of Romania's aides, including former minister and acclaimed historian Nicolae Iorga. Mediterranean Sea: battle of Cape Spartivento between the Royal Navy and the Regia Marina
- 1946 - 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".
- 1963 - The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention is signed at Strasbourg.
- 1965 - Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells US President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations were to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.
- 1973 - 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).
- 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 Barajas Airport, in Madrid killing 183
- 1987 - Canadian rock band Cowboy Junkies record their breakthrough album The Trinity Sessions in one night using one microphone at Church of the Holy Trinity in Toronto.
- 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.
- 1997 - Second Souhane massacre in Algeria; 25 killed.
- 1999 - A new era in government begins in New Zealand as the left-wing Labour Party takes control with leader Helen Clark, the first elected female Prime Minster in New Zealand's history.
- 2001 - A hydrogen atmosphere was discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.
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Births
- 1127 - Emperor Xiaozong of China (d. 1194)
- 1576 - Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese 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, queen of Louis XIV of France (d. 1719)
- 1701 - Anders Celsius, Swedish inventor and astronomer (d. 1744)
- 1710 - Robert Lowth, English bishop (d. 1787)
- 1746 - Robert Livingston, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1813)
- 1804 - Julius Benedict, German-born composer (d. 1885)
- 1809 - Fanny Kemble, English actress (d. 1893)
- 1843 - Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1899)
- 1857 - Charles Scott Sherrington, British physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1952)
- 1867 - Charles Koechlin, French composer (d. 1950)
- 1874 - Chaim Weizmann, first President of Israel (d. 1952)
- 1874 - Charles A. Beard, American historian (d. 1948)
- 1901 - Ted Husing, American sportscaster (d. 1962)
- 1903 - Lars Onsager, Norwegian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)
- 1907 - L. Sprague de Camp, American writer (d. 2000)
- 1909 - James Agee, American writer (d. 1955)
- 1911 - David Merrick, American stage producer (d. 2000)
- 1916 - Chick Hearn, American sports announcer (d. 2002)
- 1917 - Buffalo Bob Smith, American television host (d. 1998)
- 1920 - Abe Lenstra, Dutch football player (d. 1985)
- 1921 - Alexander Dubček, Czech politician (d. 1992)
- 1925 - John Maddox, Welsh science writer and editor
- 1925 - Ernie Wise, British comedian (d. 1999)
- 1926 - Barbara Anderson, New Zealand author
- 1927 - Castilho, Brazilian footballer
- 1932 - Benigno Aquino Jr., Philippine politician (d. 1983)
- 1940 - Bruce Lee, American actor and martial artist (d. 1973)
- 1941 - Eddie Rabbitt, American singer (d. 1998)
- 1942 - Jimi Hendrix, American musician (d. 1970)
- 1942 - Henry Carr, American athlete
- 1951 - Jayne Kennedy, American sportscaster and actress
- 1952 - James D. Wetherbee, astronaut
- 1952 - Sheila Copps, Canadian politician
- 1953 - Curtis Armstrong, American actor
- 1954 - Patricia McPherson, American actress
- 1955 - Bill Nye, American engineer and broadcaster
- 1957 - Caroline Kennedy, American journalist
- 1958 - Mike Scioscia, baseball manager
- 1960 - Ken O'Brien, American football player
- 1962 - Charlie Benante, American musician
- 1962 - Davey Boy Smith, British professional wrestler (d. 2002)
- 1963 - Fisher Stevens, American actor
- 1964 - Robin Givens, American actress
- 1968 - Paul J. Perrone, author
- 1968 - Michael Vartan, French actor
- 1975 - Martin Gramatica, American football player
- 1976 - Jaleel White, American actor
- 1979 - The Game, American rapper
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Deaths
- 8 BC Horace, Roman poet and satirist (b. 65 BC)
- AD 511 - Clovis I, King of the Franks
- 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 composer
- 1570 - 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, English mathematician (b. 1815)
- 1895 - Alexandre Dumas fils, French author (b. 1824)
- 1932 - Evelyn Preer, American actress and singer (b. 1896)
- 1934 - Baby Face Nelson, American gangster (b. 1908)
- 1940 - Nicolae Iorga, Romanian writer and politician (executed)
- 1943 - Edward O'Hare, American pilot (b. 1914)
- 1944 - Leonid Isaakovich Mandelshtam, Russian physicist (b. 1879)
- 1953 - Eugene O'Neill, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
- 1955 - Arthur Honegger, French-born Swiss composer (b. 1892)
- 1958 - Artur Rodzinski, Croatian conductor (b. 1892)
- 1973 - Frank Christian, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1887)
- 1975 - Ross McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (b. 1925)
- 1978 - George Moscone, Mayor of San Francisco (assassinated) (b. 1929)
- 1978 - Harvey Milk, American politician (b. 1930)
- 1981 - Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress (b. 1898)
- 1988 - John Carradine, American actor (b. 1906)
- 1992 - Ivan Generalić, Croatian painter (b. 1914)
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Holidays
- USA-Thanksgiving (if a Thursday)
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Recorded this date
- 1901 "My Lonesome Little Louisiana Lady" (w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards)
- Joe Natus
- 1901 "I'll Be With You When The Roses Bloom Again" (w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards)
- Joseph Natus
- 1916 "A Broken Doll" (w.m. James W. Tate & Clifford Harris)
- Al Jolson with O/Charles A. Prince
- 1916 "My Hawaiian Sunrise" (w.m. L. Wolfe Gilbert & Carey Morgan)
- Henry Burr & Albert C. Campbell
- 1920 "Grieving For You" (w.m. Joe Gibson, Joe Ribaud & Joe Gold)
- Marion Harris
- 1925 "I Never Knew" (w. Gus Kahn m. Ted Fio Rito)
- Gene Austin with Nat Shilkret
- 1925 "Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!" (w. Billy Rose & Ballard MacDonald m. Joseph Meyer)
- Billy Murray with Jack Shilkret & his Orchestra
- 1926 "Like He Loves Me" (w. Anne Caldwell m. Vincent Youmans)
- Beatrice Lillie with p. Vincent Youmans< - 1931 "I Don't Know Why" (w. Roy Turk m. Fred E. Ahlert)
- Phyllis Robins & Sam Browne with Ambrose & his Orchestra
- 1931 "I Wanna Be Loved By You" (w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Ruby & Herbert Stothart)
- Sam Browne with Ambrose & his Orchestra
- 1933 "By A Waterfall" (w. Irving Kahal m. Sammy Fain)
- Pat O'Malley with Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
- 1933 "Your Mother's Son-In-Law" (w. Mann Holiner m. Alberta Nichols)
- Billie Holiday with Benny Goodman & his Orchestra
- 1933 "A Hundred Years From Today" (w. Ned Washington & Joe Young m. Victor Young)
- Ethel Waters with Benny Goodman & his Orchestra
- 1933 "I Just Couldn't Take It Baby" (w. Mann Holiner m. Alberta Nichols)
- Ethel Waters with Benny Goodman & his Orchestra
- 1933 "One Morning In May" (w. Mitchell Parish m. Hoagy Carmichael)
- Lanny Ross with Ray Sinatra & his Orchestra
- 1933 "Did You Ever See A Dream Walking?" (w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel)
- Carmen Lombardo with Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians
- 1933 "My Song Goes 'Round The World" (w.m. Hans May, Ernst Neubach & Jimmy Kennedy)
- Pat O'Malley with Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
- 1933 "Honeymoon Hotel" (w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren)
- Pat O'Malley, Sonny Farrar & Billy Ternent with Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
- 1934 "Lady Fair" (w.m. Cole Porter)
- Anything Goes Foursome
- 1934 "Anything Goes" (w.m. Cole Porter)
- Cole Porter with own piano accompaniment
- 1934 "Nobody Loves A Fairy When She's Forty" (w.m. Arthur W. D. Henley)
- Bertha Willmott with Billy Cotton & his Band
- 1935 "Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo" (w.m. Johnny Mercer & Matt Malneck)
- Bob Crosby
- Ginger Rogers & Johnny Mercer with Victor Young
- 1935 "One Fine Day" (w. Luigi Illica & Giuseppe Giacosa m. Giacomo Puccini)
- Grace Moore with O/Joseph Pasternack
- 1935 "Love Me Forever" (w. Gus Kahn m. Victor Schertzinger)
- Grace Moore with O/Joseph Pasternack
- 1935 "Two Little Babes In The Wood" (w.m. Cole Porter)
- Cole Porter with own piano accompaniment
- 1941 "Ev'rything I Love" (w.m. Cole Porter)
- Peggy Lee with Benny Goodman & his Orchestra
- 1941 "Winter Weather" (w.m. Ted Shapiro)
- Peggy Lee & Art London with Benny Goodman & his Orchestra
- 1945 "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne)
- Connie Boswell with O/Russ Morgan
- 1945 "The Song Is You" (w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern)
- Waring's Pennsylvanians
- 1947 "Galway Bay" (w.m. Dr Arthur Colahan)
- Bing Crosby with O/Victor Young
- 1947 "Swingin' Down The Lane" (w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones)
- Bing Crosby with O/John Scott Trotter
- 1947 "Memories" (w. Gustave Kahn m. Egbert Van Alstyne)
- Bing Crosby with O/John Scott Trotter
- 1947 "I'll See You In My Dreams" (w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones)
- Bing Crosby with O/John Scott Trotter
- 1947 "Joplin's Sensation" (m. Scott Joplin)
- Mutt Carey & his New Yorkers
- 1947 "Alice Blue Gown" (w. Joseph McCarthy m. Harry Tierney)
- Jo Stafford
- 1947 "In The Still Of The Night" (w.m. Cole Porter)
- Jo Stafford with O/Paul Weston
- 1947 "Through The Years" (w. Edward Heyman m. Vincent Youmans)
- Jo Stafford with O/Paul Weston
- 1947 "In The Market Place Of Old Monterey" (w. Stanley Adams m. Peter DeRose)
- Harry Babbitt with Kay Kyser & his Orchestra
- 1951 "Dance Me Loose" (w. Mel Howard m. Lee Erwin)
- Arthur Godfrey & Chordettes with O/Archie Bleyer
- 1951 "Slow Poke" (w.m. Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart & Chilton Price)
- Arthur Godfrey w. Chordettes with O/Archie Bleyer
- 1953 "Taking A Chance On Love" (w. John Latouche & Ted Fetter m. Vernon Duke)
- Jo Stafford
- 1953 "Where Are You?" (Kahn, Rinker)
- Jo Stafford with O/Paul Weston
- 1957 "The Stroll" (w.m. Nancy Lee & Clyde Otis)
- Diamonds
- 1957 "Walking Along" (Sam Weiss, Winston Willis)
- Diamonds
- 1962 "Nobody's Darlin' But Mine" (w.m. Jimmie Davis)
- Frank Ifield with O/Norrie Paramor
- 1966 "Willkommen" (w. Fred Ebb m. John Kander)
- Joel Grey with O/Harold Hastings
- 1987 The Trinity Session, Cowboy Junkies
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