November 27
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November 27 is the 332nd day of the year (333rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 33 days remaining until the end of the year.
[change] Events
- 1608 - Jordan Black, 6th Earl of Blackthorneshire is responsible for the hanging of 316 peasants involved in an uprising against him.
- 1912 - Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
- 1924 - In New York City the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
- 1946 - 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- 1999 - Helen Clark becomes the first elected female Prime Minster in New Zealand's history.
[change] Births
- 1684 - Tokugawa Yoshimune, 8th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate (d. 1781)
- 1701 - Anders Celsius Swedish astronomer, creator of the Celcius temperature scale (d. 1744)
- 1867 - Charles Koechlin, French composer (d. 1950)
- 1940 - Bruce Lee, Chinese-American actor, martial arts expert (d. 1973)
- 1942 - Jimi Hendrix, American guitarist (d. 1970)
- 1976 - Jaleel White, American actor
- 1979 - Hilary Hahn, American violinist
[change] Deaths
- 511 - Clovis I, King of the Franks (c. 466)
- 1895 - Alexandre Dumas, fils, French writer (b. 1824)
- 1664 - Francisco Pacheco, Spanish painter (b. 1564)
- 1955 - Arthur Honegger, French-born Swiss composer (b. 1892)
- 1988 - Angela Aames, American actress (b. 1956)
- 2006 - Alan Freeman, English disc jockey known by his nickname 'Fluff' (b. 1927)