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Today November 27th 2009 this day in history Read more below to view events, deaths, births, Holidays observances and video clips. Last database updated: Jan 17th, 2009
Events
1095 – Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont.
1295 – The first elected representatives from Lancashire are 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 – The 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 Royal Air Force 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 – The Soviet space program s Mars 2 orbiter releases a descent module. It malfunctions and crashes, but it is the first man-made object to reach the surface of 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 had 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 181.
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.
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 take 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 returns 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, is 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.
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 Dubcek, Slovak politician (d. 1992)
1925 – John Maddox, British science writer and editor
1925 – Marshall Thompson, American actor (d. 1992)
1925 – Ernie Wise, British comedian (d. 1999)
1927 – 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 Meteorologist
1932 – Benigno Aquino, Jr., Philippine politician (d. 1983)
1933 – Jacques Godbout, French Canadian novelist, journalist and filmmaker
1934 – Ammo Baba, Iraqi-Assyrian footballer
1935 – Al Jackson, American drummer, producer and songwriter (d. 1975)
1935 – Les Blank, American documentary filmmaker
1937 – Gail Sheehy, American writer
1939 – Dave Giusti, American baseball player
1940 – 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 designer
1942 – Henry Carr, American athlete
1942 – Jimi Hendrix, American guitarist (d. 1970)
1943 – Nicole Brossard, French Canadian poet
1944 – Arthur Neddy Smith, Australian underworld figure
1945 – Barbara Anderson, American actress
1945 – Alain de Cadenet, SPEED Channel personality
1948 – James L. Avery, Sr., American actor
1949 – Masanori Sekiya, Japanese racing driver
1950 – Gran Hamada, Japanese professional wrestler
1951 – Jayne Kennedy, American sportscaster and actress
1952 – Kathryn Bigelow, American film director
1952 – Sheila Copps, Canadian politician
1952 – Daryl Stuermer, American guitarist (Genesis)
1952 – James D. Wetherbee, American astronaut
1953 – Curtis Armstrong, American actor
1953 – Boris Grebenshchikov, Russian singer (Aquarium)
1954 – Patricia McPherson, American actress
1954 – 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 broadcaster
1955 – Pierre Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player
1956 – William Fichtner, American actor
1957 – Kenny Acheson, Northern Irish racecar driver
1957 – Caroline Kennedy, American journalist and attorney
1957 – Kevin O Connell, American sound re-recording mixer
1958 – Mike Scioscia, American baseball player and manager
1959 – Charlie Burchill, Scottish guitarist and keyboardist (Simple Minds)
1960 – Ken O Brien, American football player
1960 – Kevin Henkes, American children s book writer/illustrator
1960 – Tim Pawlenty, American politician, 39th Governor of Minnesota
1960 – Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukrainian prime minister
1961 – Steve Oedekerk, American film director, actor and comedian
1962 – Charlie Benante, American drummer (Anthrax)
1962 – Mike Bordin, American musician (Faith No More)
1963 – Fisher Stevens, American actor
1964 – Robin Givens, American actress
1966 – Andy Merrill, American voice actor
1967 – Shane Embury, British guitarist/bassist (Napalm Death, among others)
1968 – Michael Vartan, French actor
1970 – Brooke Langton, American actress
1970 – Patricia Zentilli, Canadian actress
1971 – Nick Van Exel, American basketball player
1971 – Larry Allen, American football player
1972 – Shane Salerno, American screenwriter
1973 – Samantha Harris, American model and host
1973 – Evan Karagias, American professional wrestler
1973 – Twista, American rapper
1974 – Kirk Acevedo, American actor
1975 – Martin Gramatica, Argentinian-American football player
1976 – Jean Grae, South African-born rapper
1976 – Jaleel White, American actor
1976 – Chad Kilger, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Mika Tan, American pornographic actress
1978 – Jimmy Rollins, American baseball player
1978 – Shy Love, adult film actress
1978 – Radek Štepánek, Czech tennis player
1978 – Mike Skinner, English musician
1978 – Tim Yeung, American drummer (Vital Remains)
1979 – Ricky Carmichael, American motocross racer
1979 – Hilary Hahn, American violinist
1979 – Shin Hyesung, Korean singer (Shinhwa)
1979 – Teemu Tainio, Finnish footballer
1980 – Michael Yardy, English cricketer
1981 – Gary Lucy, English actor
1981 – Matthew Taylor, English footballer
1984 – Domata Peko, American football player
1985 – Alison Pill, Canadian actress
1985 – Klara Ósk Elíasdóttir, Icelandic singer
1986 – Suresh Kumar Raina, Indian cricketer
1991 – 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 (b. 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 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, 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)
1920 – Alexius Meinong, Austrian philosopher (b. 1853)
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 Rodzinski, 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)
1990 – Stevie Ray Vaughan American rock guitarist (b. 1954)
1992 – Ivan Generalic, 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
Feast of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (Roman Catholic)
Barlaam and Josaphat (Eastern Orthodox—Revised Julian Calendar)
Apostle Philip, Gregory Palamas (Eastern Orthodox—Julian Calendar)
Heroes Day in Belarus, (commemoration of Slutsk defence action)
Tamil Tiger Heroes day for the fallen fighters.
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