November 27

November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year. There are 34 days remaining.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays 5 See Also:

Events

• 399 - St. Anastius I becomes Pope
• 1703 - first Eddystone Lighthouse destroyed in storm
• 1817 - First Seminole War begins
• 1895 - Alfred Nobel establishes the Nobel Prize
• 1912 - Spain declares a protectorate over Morocco
• 1924 - First Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade
• 1926 - Restoration of Williamsburg, Virginia begins
• 1965 - Ken Kesey hosts the first Acid Test
• 1973 - United States Senate confirms Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States
• 1990 - UK Conservative party chooses John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

• 1701 - Anders Celsius, inventor, astronomer († 1744)
• 1710 - Robert Lowth, bishop of the Church of England
• 1746 - Robert Livingston, politician († 1813)
• 1804 - Julius Benedict, composer
• 1809 - Fanny Kemble, actress
• 1843 - Cornelius Vanderbilt, businessman, philanthropist († 1899)
• 1857 - Charles Scott Sherrington, physiologist
• 1865 - Jose Asuncion Silva, poet
• 1867 - Charles Koechlin, composer
• 1874 - Chaim Weizmann, first President of Israel († 1952)
• 1874 - Charles A. Beard, historian
• 1900 - Leon Barzin, conductor
• 1901 - Ted Husing, sportscaster († 1962)
• 1903 - Johnny Blood, American football player
• 1903 - Mona Washbourne, actress († 1988)
• 1907 - L. Sprague de Camp, science fiction writer († 2000)
• 1909 - James Agee, writer († 1955)
• 1911 - David Merrick, Broadway producer († 2000)
• 1916 - Chick Hearn, sports announcer († 2002)
• 1917 - Buffalo Bob Smith, television host (Howdy Doody) († 1998)
• 1921 - Alexander Dubcek, Czech politician († 1992)
• 1925 - Ernie Wise, comedian († 1999)
• 1925 - Marshall Thompson, actor († 1992)
• 1925 - Michael Tolan, actor
• 1936 - Jacqueline Danno, actress
• 1937 - Gail Sheehy, writer
• 1940 - Bruce Lee, actor, martial arts expert († 1973)
• 1942 - Jimi Hendrix, musician († 1970)
• 1944 - Eddie Rabbitt, singer († 1998)
• 1945 - Barbara Anderson, actress
• 1951 - Jayne Kennedy, sportscaster, actress
• 1952 - James D Wetherbee, astronaut
• 1954 - Curtis Armstrong, actor
• 1957 - Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, journalist
• 1959 - Charlie Burchill, musician
• 1960 - Ken O'Brien, American football player
• 1962 - Charlie Benante, musician
• 1963 - Fisher Stevens, actor
• 1964 - Robin Givens, actress
• 1965 - Fiachna O'Broanain, musician
• 1968 - Michael Vartan, actor
• 1976 - Jaleel White, actor
• 1976 - Tyrone Sutton

• 8 BC Horace, poet, satirist, dies
• 450 - Galla Placidia, daughter and mother of Roman Emperors
• 511 - Clovis I, king of the Franks
• 1811 - Andrew Meikle, mechanical engineer
• 1895 - Alexandre Dumas fils, author
• 1934 - Baby Face Nelson, gangster
• 1953 - Eugene O'Neill, playwright
• 1955 - Arthur Honegger, composer
• 1975 - Ross McWhirter, Guinness Book of Records keeper
• 1978 - George Moscone, politician
• 1978 - Harvey Milk, politician
• 1981 - Lotte Lenya, singer, actress
• 1984 - Percy Norris, deputy high commissioner of India
• 1986 - Steve Tracy, actor
• 1988 - John Carradine, actor

• USA-Thanksgiving (if a Thursday)

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