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Events on the 27th of November in history

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27 Nov 2025 Luoyang is declared capital of the Eastern Han dynasty by Emperor Guangwu of Han.
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27 Nov 0176 Emperor Marcus Aurelius grants his son Commodus the rank of "Imperator" and makes him Supreme Commander of the Roman legions.
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27 Nov 0395 Rufinus, praetorian prefect of the East, is murdered by Gothic mercenaries under Gainas.
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27 Nov 0399 St Anastasius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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27 Nov 0511 King Clovis I dies at Paris ("Lutetia") and is buried in the Abbey of St Genevieve. The Merovingian dynasty is continued by his four sons, Theuderic I, Chlodomer, Childebert I and Chlothar I, who divide the Frankish Kingdom and rule from the capitals at Metz, Orléans, Paris and Soissons.
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27 Nov 0602 Emperor Maurice is forced to watch his five sons be executed before being beheaded himself; their bodies are thrown into the sea and their heads are exhibited in Constantinople.
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27 Nov 1095 Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont.
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27 Nov 1095 Pope Urban II preaches 1st Crusade
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27 Nov 1237 Battle of Cortenuova: Emperor Frederik II vs. Lombardische steden
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27 Nov 1382 Battle of Westrozebeke (French army beats Flemings-1,000s die)
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27 Nov 1495 Scottish King James IV receives bedrieger Perkin Warbeck
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27 Nov 1582 William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway
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27 Nov 1587 Dutch County Groningen flood by dike break
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27 Nov 1703 The first Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703.
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27 Nov 1727 The foundation stone to the Jerusalem Church in Berlin is laid.
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27 Nov 1798 Rabbi Shneur Zalman, Author (Tanya), released from St. Peterburg jail
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27 Nov 1807 The Portuguese Royal Family leaves Lisbon to escape from Napoleonic troops.
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27 Nov 1810 The Berners Street hoax was perpetrated by Theodore Hook in the City of Westminster, London.
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27 Nov 1815 Adoption of Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland.
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27 Nov 1815 Cracow (Poland) declared a free republic
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27 Nov 1817 US soldiers attack Florida Indian village, beginning Seminole War
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27 Nov 1826 John Walker invents friction match in England
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27 Nov 1830 Saint Catherine Labouré experiences a vision of the Blessed Virgin standing on a globe, crushing a serpent with her feet, and emanating rays of light from her hands.
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27 Nov 1835 James Pratt and John Smith are hanged in London; they are the last two to be executed for sodomy in England.
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27 Nov 1839 In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded.
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27 Nov 1839 American Statistical Association organizes in Boston
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27 Nov 1843 Opera "Bohemian Girl" is produced (London)
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27 Nov 1843 The opera "The Bohemian Girl" is produced (London)
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27 Nov 1856 The Coup of 1856 leads to Luxembourg's unilateral adoption of a new, reactionary constitution.
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27 Nov 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.
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27 Nov 1863 American Civil War: Battle of Mine Run: Union forces under General George Meade take up positions against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
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27 Nov 1864 2nd day of Battles at Waynesboro, Georgia
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27 Nov 1868 Battle at Washita - General Custer defeats Cheyennes
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27 Nov 1868 American Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River: United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.
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27 Nov 1870 New York Times dubs baseball "The National Game"
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27 Nov 1870 NY Times dubs baseball "The National Game"
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27 Nov 1877 Burkina adopts its constitution
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27 Nov 1885 Earliest photograph of a meteor shower made
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27 Nov 1886 German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest.
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27 Nov 1889 1st permit issued to drive a car through Central Park (Curtis Brady)
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27 Nov 1890 1st signal box for San Francisco Police Department goes into operation
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27 Nov 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.
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27 Nov 1895 Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize
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27 Nov 1896 "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (Thus Spake Zarathustra) debuts in Frankfurt
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27 Nov 1898 Side-wheeler "Portland" sinks off Cape Cod, 190 die
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27 Nov 1901 Army War College forms in Washington DC
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27 Nov 1901 Gerhart Hauptmanns "Der rote Hahn, " premieres in Berlin
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27 Nov 1901 The U.S. Army War College is established.
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27 Nov 1901 Army War College established in Washington DC
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27 Nov 1903 Opera "Die Heugierigen Frauen" is produced (Munich)
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27 Nov 1903 The opera "Die Heugierigen Frauen" is produced (Munich)
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27 Nov 1910 NY's Penn Station opens as world's largest railway terminal
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27 Nov 1911 Audience throws vegetables at actors for 1st recorded time in US
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27 Nov 1912 Spanish protectorate in Morocco forms
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27 Nov 1912 Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
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27 Nov 1912 Albanian National Flag adopted
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27 Nov 1912 Spanish protectorate in Morocco established
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27 Nov 1914 1st women elected political agent (Grantham, Linconshire UK)
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27 Nov 1919 Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine: Allies and Bulgaria
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27 Nov 1924 57,000 watch a High School football game (LA & Polytechnic tie 7-7)
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27 Nov 1924 In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
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27 Nov 1924 57,000 watch a High School football game in LA
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27 Nov 1925 German Parliament ratifies treaty of Locarno
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27 Nov 1926 Italian and Albania sign peace treaty
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27 Nov 1926 110,000 watch Army & Navy play a 21-all tie
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27 Nov 1926 KXL-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions
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27 Nov 1926 Restoration of Williamsburg, Virginia, begins
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27 Nov 1932 Poland and the USSR signs non-attack treaty
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27 Nov 1937 Pro-labor musical revue "Pins & Needles" opens, produced by ILGWU
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27 Nov 1940 6th Heisman Trophy Award: Tom Harmon, Michigan (HB)
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27 Nov 1940 Nazis signs Technical Hague court Delft
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27 Nov 1940 In Romania, the ruling Iron Guard fascist party assassinates over 60 of arrested King Carol II of Romania's aides and other political dissidents, including former Prime Minister Nicolae Iorga.
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27 Nov 1940 World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.
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27 Nov 1941 British 13th Army corp reaches Tobruk
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27 Nov 1941 Joe DiMaggio is named AL MVP
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27 Nov 1941 USSR begins a counter offensive causing Germany to retreat
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27 Nov 1942 Bobby Managoff beats Yvon Robert in Houston, to become wrestling champ
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27 Nov 1942 Tito appoints Anti fascist Liberation board in Yugoslavia
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27 Nov 1942 World War II: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands.
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27 Nov 1942 French navy at Toulon scuttles ships & subs so Nazis don't take them
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27 Nov 1943 31st CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Flying Wildcats defeat Winn Bombers, 23-14
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27 Nov 1943 Conference of Teheran (Churchill-Roosevelt-Stalin)
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27 Nov 1944 3,500-4,000 ton explosive, explodes in Staffordshire, 68 killed
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27 Nov 1944 World War II: RAF Fauld explosion: An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump in Staffordshire kills seventy people.
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27 Nov 1945 Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft re-buried in presence of Queen Wilhelmina
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27 Nov 1945 Hannie Buy buried in presence of Queen Wilhelmina
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27 Nov 1945 Trial against NSB-leader Mussert begins
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27 Nov 1945 Gen George C Marshall named special US envoy to China
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27 Nov 1946 English soccer team beats Netherlands, 8-2
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27 Nov 1947 Joe DiMaggio wins his 3rd MVP, beating Ted Williams by 1 vote
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27 Nov 1948 36th CFL Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders defeat Ottawa Rough Riders, 12-7
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27 Nov 1948 Honda 1st opens in America
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27 Nov 1950 Red Sox sign shortstop Lou Boudreau as a player to 2-year contract
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27 Nov 1950 Trial against RC clergy "imperialistic conspiracy" begins in Prague
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27 Nov 1951 1st rocket to intercept an airplane, White Sands, New Mexico
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27 Nov 1951 Cease-fire and demarcation zone accord signed in Panmunjon Korea
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27 Nov 1952 KTBC TV channel 7 in Austin, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
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27 Nov 1954 "By the Beautiful Sea" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 270 performances
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27 Nov 1954 42nd CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 26-25
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27 Nov 1954 Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
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27 Nov 1957 Army withdraws from Little Rock AR, after Central HS integration
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27 Nov 1958 USSR abrogates Allied war-time agreements on control of Germany
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27 Nov 1960 CBS radio cancels "Have Gun Will Travel"
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27 Nov 1960 Dr Felix Houphouet-Boigny becomes President of Ivory Coast
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27 Nov 1960 Patrice Lumumba flees Leopoldville Congo
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27 Nov 1960 Gordie Howe becomes 1st NHLer to score 1,000 points
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27 Nov 1960 Trailing 38-7 late in 3rd quarter, Buffalo Bills tie Broncos at 38-38
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27 Nov 1961 KHAW TV channel 11 in Hilo, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting
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27 Nov 1961 Gordie Howe becomes 1st to play in 1,000 NHL games
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27 Nov 1962 1st test flight of the Boeing 727 takes place
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27 Nov 1963 The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention is signed at Strasbourg.
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27 Nov 1965 15-25,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam in Washington DC
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27 Nov 1965 53rd CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeat Winn Blue Bombers, 22-16
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27 Nov 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.
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27 Nov 1965 1st French satellite launched, France becomes 3rd nation in space
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27 Nov 1966 In highest-scoring NFL game, Washington Redskins defeat New York Giants 72-41
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27 Nov 1966 Uruguay adopts constitution
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27 Nov 1967 Beatles release "Magical Mystery Tour"
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27 Nov 1967 Beatles release "Magical Mystery Tour"
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27 Nov 1967 Gold pool nations pledge support of $35 per ounce gold price
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27 Nov 1968 Penny Ann Early became the first woman to play major professional basketball, for the Kentucky Colonels in an ABA game against the Los Angeles Stars.
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27 Nov 1970 Carl Morton (18-11 for last-place Expos), receives NL Rookie of Year
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27 Nov 1970 George Harrison releases 3 album set "All Things Must Pass"
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27 Nov 1970 Pope Paul VI wounded in chest during a visit to Philippines by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest
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27 Nov 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.
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27 Nov 1971 Soviet Mars 2 becomes 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars
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27 Nov 1972 Pierre Trudeau forms Canadian government
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27 Nov 1972 Yanks trade Ellis, Torres and Spikes to Indians for Nettles and Moses
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27 Nov 1973 Gary Matthews wins NL Rookie of Year
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27 Nov 1973 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 will confirm him 387 to 35).
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27 Nov 1973 Senate votes 92-3 to confirm Gerald R Ford as VP
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27 Nov 1974 Cardinals outfielder Bake McBride wins NL Rookie of Year
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27 Nov 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.
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27 Nov 1975 Fred Lynn became 1st rookie to win the MVP
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27 Nov 1976 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Colgate-Far East Golf Championship
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27 Nov 1976 Miss Teenage America Pageant
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27 Nov 1977 "Comedy with Music (Victor Borge)" closes at Imperial New York after 66 performances
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27 Nov 1977 65th CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 41-6
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27 Nov 1978 In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.
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27 Nov 1978 The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is founded in the city of Riha (Urfa) in Turkey.
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27 Nov 1980 Soyuz T-3 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station, launched
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27 Nov 1982 5th time Rangers shut-out Islanders 3-0
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27 Nov 1983 71st CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats BC Lions, 18-17
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27 Nov 1983 Desmond Haynes out handled the ball vs. India
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27 Nov 1983 Avianca Flight 011: A Boeing 747 crashes near Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 181.
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27 Nov 1983 Colombian Avianca Airlines Boeing 747 crashes in Madrid killing 185
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27 Nov 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.
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27 Nov 1985 Cards Vince Coleman wins NL Rookie of Year
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27 Nov 1985 Republic of Ireland gains consultative role in Northern Ireland
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27 Nov 1987 "Les Miserables, " opens at Theatre Royal, Sydney
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27 Nov 1987 Young man survives 7 attempts at suicide in Somerset England
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27 Nov 1988 76th CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeats BC Lions, 22-21
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27 Nov 1989 George Harrison releases "Cheer Down" and"Poor Little Girl"
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27 Nov 1989 Luis Alberto Lacelle elected President of Uruguay
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27 Nov 1989 Avianca Flight 203: A Boeing 727 explodes in mid-air over Colombia, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground. The Medellín Cartel will claim responsibility for the attack.
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27 Nov 1989 Colombian jetliner bombed killing 107
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27 Nov 1989 George Harrison releases "Cheer Down" & "Poor Little Girl"
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27 Nov 1989 US 63rd manned space mission STS 33 (Discovery 9) returns from space
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27 Nov 1990 Britain's conservatives chose John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher
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27 Nov 1991 "Peter Pan" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 48 performances
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27 Nov 1991 Poetess Maria Elene Cruz Varela sentenced to 2 years (Cuba)
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27 Nov 1991 The United Nations Security Council adopts Security Council Resolution 721, leading the way to the establishment of peacekeeping operations in Yugoslavia.
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27 Nov 1991 Undertaker beats Hulk Hogan to become new WWF champ
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27 Nov 1992 Howard Stern Interview premieres on E! Network
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27 Nov 1992 Part of Vienna Hofburg destroyed by fire
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27 Nov 1992 For the second time in a year, military forces try to overthrow president Carlos Andrés Pérez in Venezuela.
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27 Nov 1993 Lisa Hanna, 18, of Jamaica, crowned 43rd Miss World
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27 Nov 1994 82nd CFL Grey Cup: British Columbia Lions defeat Baltimore Stallions, 26-23
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27 Nov 1994 Fire in disco in Fuxin, North-China, 233 killed
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27 Nov 1997 Twenty-five are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria.
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27 Nov 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.
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27 Nov 2000 In the Canadian federal election the Liberal Party of Canada wins its third consecutive election with a gain in the number of its members.
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27 Nov 2001 A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.
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27 Nov 2004 Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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27 Nov 2005 The first partial human face transplant is completed in Amiens, France.
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27 Nov 2006 The Canadian House of Commons approves a motion tabled by Prime Minister Stephen Harper recognizing the Québécois as a nation within Canada.
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27 Nov 2009 Nevsky Express bombing: A bomb explodes on the Nevsky Express train between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, derailing it and causing 28 deaths and 96 injuries.
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