November 27

Tuesday 27, 2001:

A hydrogen atmosphere was discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.

Saturday 27, 1999:

A new era in government begins in New Zealand as the left-wing Labour Party takes control with leader Helen Clark, the first elected female Prime Minster in New Zealand's history.

Thursday 27, 1997:

Second Souhane massacre in Algeria; 25 killed.

Wednesday 27, 1991:

The United Nations Security Council adopts UN Security Council Resolution 721, leading the way to the establishment of peacekeeping operations in Yugoslavia.

Tuesday 27, 1990:

The British Conservative Party chooses John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Friday 27, 1987:

Canadian rock band Cowboy Junkies record their breakthrough album The Trinity Sessions in one night using one microphone at Church of the Holy Trinity in Toronto.

Sunday 27, 1983:

A Colombian Boeing 747 crashes near Barajas Airport, in Madrid killing 183

Monday 27, 1978:

In San Francisco, California, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.

Tuesday 27, 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).

Saturday 27, 1965:

Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells US 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.

Wednesday 27, 1963:

The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention is signed at Strasbourg.

Wednesday 27, 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, stating that such an action would "save humanity from the ultimate disaster".

Wednesday 27, 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 and acclaimed historian Nicolae Iorga. Mediterranean Sea: battle of Cape Spartivento between the Royal Navy and the Regia Marina

Tuesday 27, 1934:

Death of bank robber Baby Face Nelson in a gun battle with the FBI.

Saturday 27, 1926:

In Williamsburg, Virginia, the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg begins.

Thursday 27, 1924:

In New York City the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.

Thursday 27, 1919:

Haiti becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

Wednesday 27, 1912:

Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.

Wednesday 27, 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.

Friday 27, 1868:

United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on a band of peaceful Cheyenne living on reservation land.

Friday 27, 1863:

American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio state prison and return safely to the South.

Wednesday 27, 1839:

In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded.

Tuesday 27, 1703:

The first Eddystone Lighthouse destroyed in storm.

Wednesday 27, 1095:

Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont.

Saturday 27, 399:

St. Anastius I becomes Pope.

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