November 27th, 2009

Today in History

1997:
Second Souhane massacre in Algeria; 25 killed.

1990:
The British Conservative Party chooses John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

1963:
The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention is signed at Strasbourg.

1934:
Death of bank robber Baby Face Nelson in a gun battle with the FBI.

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.