November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on Leap Year s) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 34 days remaining.
- 399 - St. Anastius I becomes Pope .
- 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council Of Clermont .
- the first elected representatives from Lancashire were 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 .
- 1839 - In Boston, Massachusetts , the American Statistical Association is founded.
- cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio state prison and return safely to the South.
- - 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 - 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 , General Ion Antonescu 's Iron Guard arrests and executes over 60 of exiled King Carol II Of Romania 's aides, including former minister Nicolae Iorga .
- 1940 - , the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean .
- , the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands.
- n 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".
- 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 .
- tells U.S. 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).
- 1975 - The Provisional IRA assassinates Ross McWhirter , after a press conference in which McWhirter announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple Bombings and Shootings across England and espoused his anti- Irish Racist views.
- 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 183.
- 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 .
- 1992 - For the second time in a year, military forces try to overthow president Carlos Andres Perez in Venezuela .
- 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 Minster 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.
- 2005 - The first partial human Face Transplant is completed in Amiens , France .
- 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 , 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 , American signatory of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1813 )
- 1804 - Julius Benedict , German-born composer (d. 1885 )
- 1809 - Fanny Kemble , British actress (d. 1893 )
- 1843 - Cornelius Vanderbilt , American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1899 )
- 1857 - Charles Scott Sherrington , British physiologist and Nobel Prize 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 , first President Of Israel (d. 1952 )
- 1901 - Ted Husing , American sportscaster (d. 1962 )
- 1903 - Lars Onsager , Norwegian chemist and 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 international footballer (d. 1985 )
- 1921 - Alexander Dubček , Slovak politician (d. 1992 )
- 1925 - John Maddox , British science writer and editor
- 1925 - Ernie Wise , British comedian (d. 1999 )
- 1926 - Barbara Anderson , New Zealand author
- 1927 - Carlos José Castilho , Brazilian footballer {Link without Title}
- 1928 - Alekos Alexandrakis , Greek actor (d. 2005 )
- 1932 - Benigno Aquino Jr. , Philippine politician (d. 1983 )
- 1937 - Gail Sheehy , American writer
- 1940 - Bruce Lee , American actor and martial artist (d. 1973 )
- 1941 - Eddie Rabbitt , American singer (d. 1998 )
- 1941 - Aimé Jacquet , French international football manager
- 1942 - Henry Carr , American athlete
- 1942 - Jimi Hendrix , American singer, guitarist and songwriter (d. 1970 )
- 1948 - James L. Avery, Sr. , American actor
- 1951 - Jayne Kennedy , American sportscaster and actress
- 1952 - James D. Wetherbee , American astronaut
- 1952 - Sheila Copps , Canadian politician
- 1952 - Daryl Stuermer , American guitarist ( Genesis )
- 1953 - Curtis Armstrong , American actor
- 1953 - Boris Grebenshchikov , Russian singer and poet, leader of the band Aquarium
- 1954 - Patricia McPherson , American actress
- 1955 - Bill Nye , American engineer and broadcaster
- 1956 - William Fichtner , American actor
- 1957 - Kenny Acheson , Northern Irish racecar driver
- 1957 - Caroline Kennedy , American journalist
- 1958 - Mike Scioscia , American baseball manager
- 1960 - Ken O'Brien , American football player
- 1960 - Yulia Tymoshenko , Ukrainian politician and Prime-Minister
- 1962 - Charlie Benante , American musician
- 1962 - Davey Boy Smith (David Smith), British professional wrestler (d. 2002 )
- 1963 - Fisher Stevens , American actor
- 1964 - Robin Givens , American actress
- 1966 - Andy Merrill , American voice actor
- 1968 - Michael Vartan , French actor
- 1969 - Kianna Dior , Canadian adult film star
- 1971 - Nick Van Exel , American basketball player
- 1973 - Evan Karagias , American professional wrestler
- 1973 - Twista (Carl Mitchell), American rapper
- 1975 - Martin Gramatica , American football player
- 1976 - Jaleel White , American actor
- 1978 - Jimmy Rollins , American baseball player
- 1978 - The Streets (Mike Skinner), British rapper and musician
- 1979 - The Game (Jayceon Taylor), American rapper
- 1979 - Teemu Tainio , Finnish footballer
- 1979 - Hilary Hahn , American violinist
- 1981 - Matthew Taylor , English footballer
- 1985 - Alison Pill , Canadian actress
- 8 BC - Horace , Roman poet and satirist (b. 65 BC )
- 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 , British mathematician (b. 1815 )
- 1895 - Alexandre Dumas Fils , French author (b. 1824 )
- 1908 - Jean Albert Gaudry , French geologist (b. 1827 )
- 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 (executed)
- 1943 - Edward O'Hare , American pilot (b. 1914 )
- 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 )
- 1992 - Ivan Generalić , Croatian painter (b. 1914 )
- 2005 - Jocelyn Brando , American actress (b. 1919 )
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