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Birthday November 27, 1701 Anders Celsius, invented centigrade temperature scale |
Birthday November 27, 1746 The Chancellor is born |
Birthday November 27, 1746 Robert Livingston, delivered oath of office to George Washington |
Birthday November 27, 1804 Sir Julius Benedict, composer |
Birthday November 27, 1809 Fanny Kemble, English Actress |
Birthday November 27, 1874 Chaim Weizmann, Israeli statesman |
Birthday November 27, 1874 Charles A. Beard, American historian |
Birthday November 27, 1903 John McNally, a.k.a. Johnny Blood, early NFL halfback |
Birthday November 27, 1903 Mona Washbourne, Actress |
Birthday November 27, 1912 David Merrick, Bdwy producer |
Birthday November 27, 1917 Buffalo Bob Smith |
Birthday November 27, 1921 Alexander Dubcek, head of Czech Communist Party (1968-69) |
Birthday November 27, 1932 Benigno Aquino Jr., Philippine opposition leader; assassinated |
Birthday November 27, 1937 Gail Sheehy, Writer |
Birthday November 27, 1940 Bruce Lee born |
Birthday November 27, 1941 Eddie Rabbitt, singer |
Birthday November 27, 1942 Jimi Hendrix, guitarist |
Birthday November 27, 1942 Jimi Hendrix born |
Birthday November 27, 1951 Jayne Kennedy, in Wash DC |
Birthday November 27, 1957 Caroline Kennedy |
History November 27, 1095 Pope Urban II preaches 1st Crusade |
History November 27, 1582 Advent Sunday |
History November 27, 1703 Freak storm dissipates over England |
History November 27, 1786 Robert Burns postpones emigration to Jamaica |
History November 27, 1815 Cracow declared a free republic |
History November 27, 1863 John Hunt Morgan escapes from the Ohio Penitentiary |
History November 27, 1868 Custer massacres Cheyenne on Washita River |
History November 27, 1890 1st signal box for SF Police Department goes into operation |
History November 27, 1901 Army War College was established in Wash DC |
History November 27, 1910 NY's Penn Station opens as world's largest railway terminal |
History November 27, 1911 White House housekeeper frets over presidential waistline |
History November 27, 1914 Hindenburg celebrates Warsaw campaign |
History November 27, 1937 Pro-labor musical revue `Pins & Needles'opens produced by ILGWU |
History November 27, 1940 Iron Guard massacres former Romanian government |
History November 27, 1942 French scuttle their fleet |
History November 27, 1942 French navy at Toulon scuttled its ships & submarines to prevent them from falling into hands of Nazis |
History November 27, 1945 Gen George C Marshall named special US envoy to China |
History November 27, 1947 Joe DiMaggio wins his 3rd MVP beating Ted Williams by 1 vote |
History November 27, 1951 1st rocket to intercept an airplane White Sands NM |
History November 27, 1953 Playwright Eugene O'Neill dies in Boston at 65 |
History November 27, 1954 Alger Hiss released from prison |
History November 27, 1957 Nehru appeals for disarmament |
History November 27, 1965 Pentagon calls for troop increase |
History November 27, 1965 Gordie Howe scores his 600th goal |
History November 27, 1966 in highest-scoring NFL game Wash Redskins defeat NY Giants 72-41 |
History November 27, 1967 Beatles release "Magical Mystery Tour" |
History November 27, 1970 George Harrison releases 3 album set "All Things Must Pass" |
History November 27, 1970 South Vietnamese forces attacked near Cambodian border |
History November 27, 1970 Pope Paul VI wounded in chest during a visit to Philippines by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest |
History November 27, 1971 Mars 2 1st crash land on Mars |
History November 27, 1972 Yanks trade Ellis Torres & Spikes to Indians for Nettles & Moses |
History November 27, 1973 Senate votes 92-3 to confirm Gerald R Ford as VP |
History November 27, 1978 SF Mayor George Moscone & City Sup Harvey Milk shot by Dan White |
History November 27, 1978 San Francisco leaders George Moscone and Harvey Milk are murdered |
History November 27, 1980 Soyuz T-3 is launched |
History November 27, 1981 Singer-actress Lotte Lenya dies in NY at 83 |
History November 27, 1982 5th time Rangers shut-out Islanders 3-0 |
History November 27, 1985 Space shuttle Atlantis makes 2nd flight carries 7 (1 Mexican) |
History November 27, 1985 Republic of Ireland gains consultative role in Northern Ireland |
History November 27, 2005 Aerosmith and 50 Cent headline a $10 million bar mitzvah |
History November 27, 2007 Indy 500 champ Hélio Castroneves wins Dancing with the Stars |