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27 Nov 1237
Battle of Cortenuova Holy Roman Emperor Frederik II defeated the Second Lombardian League
27 Nov 1295
English King Edward I calls what later became known as The Model Parliament extending the authorities of its representatives
27 Nov 1382
Battle of WestrozebekeRoosebeke. French army defeats the Flemish army. Flemish leader Philip Van Artevelde killed and corpse displayed
27 Nov 1495
Scottish king James IV receives Perkin Warbeck pretender to the English trone
27 Nov 1587
Dutch county of Groningen flooded by failure of dyke
27 Nov 1798
Rabbi Shneur Zalman author (Tanya) released from St Petersburg jail
27 Nov 1815
City of Krakw (Poland) declared a free republic state by the Congress of Vienna
27 Nov 1815
Adoption of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland
27 Nov 1817
US soldiers attack Florida Indian village beginning Seminole War
27 Nov 1839
American Statistical Association organizes in Boston
27 Nov 1870
The New York Times dubs baseball The National Game
27 Nov 1885
1st photograph of a meteor taken by Austro-Hungarian photographer Ladislaus Weinek in Prague
27 Nov 1889
1st permit issued to drive a car through Central Park (Curtis P Brady)
27 Nov 1889
Hermann Sudermanns Ehre premieres in Berlin
27 Nov 1890
1st signal box for SF Police Department goes into operation
27 Nov 1901
U.S. Army War College is established in Washington D.C.
27 Nov 1901
Prince Ito of Japan comes to St Petersburg hoping to get the Russians to grant Japan concessions in Korea but later drops this goal and decides to make an alliance with Britain
27 Nov 1903
Opera Die Heugierigen Frauen is produced (Munich)
27 Nov 1910
NYs Penn Station opens as worlds largest railway terminal
27 Nov 1911
Audience throws vegetables at actors for 1st recorded time in US
27 Nov 1914
1st British woman elected political agent (Grantham Linconshire)
27 Nov 1920
The Mask of Zorro directed by Fred Niblo and starring Douglas Fairbanks is shown in New York - 1st American superhero film
27 Nov 1924
57000 watch a High School football game (LA & Polytechnic tie 7-7)
27 Nov 1924
In New York City the first Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
27 Nov 1926
110000 watch US Army & Navy play a 21-all tie
27 Nov 1926
Bla Bartoks ballet Miraculous Mandarin premieres in Keulen
27 Nov 1926
KXL-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions
27 Nov 1934
Bank robber Baby Face Nelson dies in a shoot-out with the FBI.
27 Nov 1937
Pro-labor musical revue Pins & Needles opens produced by ILGWU
27 Nov 1939
Maxwell Andersons Key Largo premieres in NYC
27 Nov 1940
6th Heisman Trophy Award Tom Harmon Michigan (HB)
27 Nov 1941
USSR begins a counter offensive causes Germany to retreat
27 Nov 1942
Bobby Managoff beats Yvon Robert in Houston to become wrestling champ
27 Nov 1942
French navy at Toulon scuttles ships & subs so Nazis cannot seize them
27 Nov 1942
Tito appoints Anti-fascist Liberation board in Yugoslavia
27 Nov 1943
CFL Grey Cup Varsity Stadium Toronto Hamilton Flying Wildcats defeat Winnipeg RCAF Bombers 23-14
27 Nov 1944
4000 shells detonate in RAF arms depot at Fauld near Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire village of Hanbury destroyed at least 70 people killed
27 Nov 1944
US 121st Infantry regiment opens assault on Hurtgen
27 Nov 1945
Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft re-buried in presence of Queen Wilhelmina
27 Nov 1947
Joe DiMaggio wins his 3rd MVP beating Ted Williams by 1 vote
27 Nov 1948
CFL Grey Cup Varsity Stadium Toronto Calgary Stampeders win their first Championship defeat Ottawa Rough Riders 12-7
27 Nov 1950
Red Sox sign shortstop Lou Boudreau as a player to 2-year contract
27 Nov 1950
Trial against RC clergy imperialistic conspiracy begins in Prague
27 Nov 1951
1st rocket to intercept an airplane White Sands NM
27 Nov 1951
Cease-fire & demarcation zone accord signed in Panmunjon Korea
27 Nov 1952
KTBC TV channel 7 in Austin TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
27 Nov 1953
Indians 3rd baseman Al Rosen is unanimously named ALs MVP
27 Nov 1954
By the Beautiful Sea closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 270 performances
27 Nov 1954
CFL Grey Cup Varsity Stadium Toronto Edmonton Eskimos win first of 3 straight Championships defeat Montreal Alouettes 26-25
27 Nov 1954
Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
27 Nov 1956
F Goodrich and A Hacketts Diary of Anne Frank premieres in Netherlands
27 Nov 1956
1957 NFL Draft Paul Hornung from University of Notre Dame first pick by Green Bay Packers
27 Nov 1956
Bobby Morrow takes out the Melbourne Olympics sprint double when he wins the 200m gold medal in equal world record 20.75s beats American team mates Andy Stanfield and Thane Baker
27 Nov 1956
Al Oerter wins first of 4 consecutive mens discus gold medals when he throws Olympic record 56.36m to lead an American medal sweep at the Melbourne Games Fortune Gordien silver Desmond Koch bronze
27 Nov 1956
Elbieta Krzesiska of Poland equals world record with leap of 6.53m to win the womens long jump gold medal at the Melbourne Olympics
27 Nov 1957
Army withdraws for Little Rock Ark after Central HS integration
27 Nov 1958
USSR abrogates Allied war-time agreements on control of Germany
27 Nov 1960
Dr Felix Houphouet-Boigny becomes president of Ivory Coast
27 Nov 1960
Trailing 38-7 late in 3rd quarter Buffalo Bills tie Broncos at 38-38
27 Nov 1961
Gordie Howe becomes 1st to play in 1000 NHL games
27 Nov 1961
KHAW TV channel 11 in Hilo HI (NBC) begins broadcasting
27 Nov 1962
Sumner Arthur Longs play Never Too Late premieres in NYC
27 Nov 1963
The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention is signed at Strasbourg.
27 Nov 1965
15-25000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam in Washington D.C.
27 Nov 1965
53rd CFL Grey Cup Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeat Winn Blue Bombers 22-16
27 Nov 1965
1966 NFL Draft Tommy Nobis from University of Texas first pick by Atlanta Falcons
27 Nov 1966
LPGA Titleholders Championship Augusta CC Kathy Whitworth wins by 2 shots from Judy Kimball
27 Nov 1966
In highest-scoring NFL game Wash Redskins defeat NY Giants 72-41
27 Nov 1967
The Beatles release their album Magical Mystery Tour
27 Nov 1967
Gold pool nations pledge support of 35 per ounce gold price
27 Nov 1970
Carl Morton (18-11 for last-place Expos) receives NL Rookie of Year
27 Nov 1970
Pope Paul VI wounded in chest during a visit to Philippines by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest
27 Nov 1970
Test Cricket debut of Rodney Iron Gloves Marsh v England Brisbane
27 Nov 1971
Soviet Mars 2 becomes 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars
27 Nov 1971
Two Customs officials are shot by an Irish Republican Army sniper firinge upon a British Army patrol investigating a bomb attack on a Customs Post near Newry County Armagh
27 Nov 1972
Yanks trade Ellis Torres & Spikes to Indians for Nettles & Moses
27 Nov 1974
Cardinals outfielder Bake McBride wins NL Rookie of Year
27 Nov 1975
Red Soxs Fred Lynn is 1st rookie to win MVP (AL)
27 Nov 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.
27 Nov 1977
Comedy with Music (Victor Borge) closes at Imperial NY after 66 performances
27 Nov 1977
65th CFL Grey Cup Montreal Alouettes defeats Edmonton Eskimos 41-6
27 Nov 1979
1st day-night one-day cricket international Australia v WI at SCG
27 Nov 1980
Soyuz T-3 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station launched
27 Nov 1982
Yasuhiro Nakasone elected PM of Japan succeeding Zenko Suzuki
27 Nov 1982
Kepler Wessels scores century in 1st Test Cricket (162 v England)
27 Nov 1983
71st CFL Grey Cup Toronto Argonauts defeats BC Lions 18-17
27 Nov 1983
Colombian jetliner Boeing 747 crashes in Madrid killing 181
27 Nov 1985
Republic of Ireland gains consultative role in Northern Ireland
27 Nov 1987
Les Miserables opens at Theatre Royal Sydney
27 Nov 1987
Young man survives 7 attempts at suicide in Somerset England
27 Nov 1988
76th CFL Grey Cup Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeats BC Lions 22-21
27 Nov 1989
George Harrison releases Cheer Down & Poor Little Girl
27 Nov 1989
Luis Alberto Lacelle elected president of Uruguay
27 Nov 1989
US 63rd manned space mission STS 33 (Discovery 9) returns from space
27 Nov 1991
Peter Pan opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 48 performances
27 Nov 1991
Poetess Maria Elene Cruz Varela sentenced to 2 years (Cuba)
27 Nov 1992
Howard Stern Interview premieres on E Network
27 Nov 1993
Boon completes his 18th Test Cricket century (106 v NZ Hobart)
27 Nov 1993
India defeat West Indies in Bengal Jubilee Cricket Final Kumble 6-12
27 Nov 1993
Lisa Hanna 18 of Jamaica crowned 43rd Miss World
27 Nov 1994
82nd CFL Grey Cup British Columbia Lions defeat Balt Stallions 26-23
27 Nov 1994
Fire in disco in Fuxin North-China 233 killed
27 Nov 1994
Julio Maria Sanguinetti elected president of Uruguay
27 Nov 1997
Lions Barry Sanders becomes NFLs 2nd all-time rusher
27 Nov 1997
Twenty-five are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria.
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.
27 Nov 2004
New Zealands All Blacks thump Six Nations Rugby Union Champions France 45-6 in Paris
27 Nov 2004
Marco Antonio Barrera beats Erik Morales by majority decision to win WBC super featherweight boxing title at the MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas final fight of legendary trilogy The Rings Fight of the Year
27 Nov 2005
First partial human face transplant is completed for Isabelle Dinoire in Amiens France.
27 Nov 2005
President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba of Gabon in power since 1967 and the longest-serving head of state in the world is re-elected to his third consecutive seven-year term
27 Nov 2005
93rd CFL Grey Cup Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes 38-35
27 Nov 2006
Francesco Cossiga Italian politician and former President of the Italian Republic resigns from his position as lifetime senator
27 Nov 2011
CFL Grey Cup BC Place Vancouver BC Lions beat Winnipeg Blue Bombers 34-23 for their 6th Championship
27 Nov 2011
Roger Federer claims a record 6th ATP World Tour Finals tennis title with a 63 67 63 win over Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final in London England
27 Nov 2012
29 people are killed and 126 are wounded by 8 car bombings across Iraq
27 Nov 2012
The Eurozone announces that it will make loans of 43.7 billion euros to Greece
27 Nov 2013
Greece becomes the first developed market to be demoted into an emerging market by the MSCI index
27 Nov 2017
Bangkok Fire and Rescue Department confirm it has had 31801 call outs to deal with snakes this year
27 Nov 2017
8 Donkeys freed from jail after 4 days in Orai Uttar Pradesh India for eating plants
27 Nov 2014
Stephanie Gilmore wins her 6th womens world surfing title
27 Nov 2014
Cricketer Phillip Hughes dies two days after being struck on the head by a bouncer
27 Nov 2015
Robert Lewis Dear (57) shots 3 dead and wounds 9 at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs Colorado
27 Nov 2015
Holy grail of shipwrecks the San Jose sunk 1708 is confirmed found by an international team off the coast of Colombia
27 Nov 2016
German Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg clinches his only F1 World Drivers Championship with victory in season ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix wins title by 5 points from team mate Lewis Hamilton
27 Nov 2016
CFL Grey Cup BMO Field Toronto Ottawa Redblacks upset the heavily favoured Calgary Stampeders 3933 in overtime to win a championship in just their 3rd season of existence
27 Nov 2017
North Korean ghost ship washes up Akita prefecture beach Japan with 8 skeletons on board 4th boat in a month
27 Nov 2017
Pope Francis begins a three-day trip to Myanmar amid the Rohingya refugee crisis
27 Nov 2017
Freight trains kills more than 100 reindeer over three days in Norway
27 Nov 1903
Opera Die Neugierigen Frauen by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari is produced in Munich
27 Nov 1965
CFL Grey Cup CNE Stadium Toronto Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeat Winn Blue Bombers 22-16 strong winds meant all scoring occurred by the team going with the wind
27 Nov 1966
LPGA Titleholders Championship Womens Golf Augusta CC Kathy Whitworth wins back-to-back titles by 2 shots from Judy Kimball and Mary Mills
27 Nov 1977
CFL Grey Cup Olympic Stadium Montreal Montreal Alouettes beat Edmonton Eskimos 41-6 record Grey Cup crowd 68318 game referred to as the Ice Bowl Dan Sweet record 23 points
27 Nov 1982
Yasuhiro Nakasone elected Prime Minister of Japan succeeding Zenko Suzuki
27 Nov 1983
CFL Grey Cup BC Place Vancouver Toronto Argonauts defeats BC Lions 18-17 Argos first Grey Cup victory in 31 years
27 Nov 1988
CFL Grey Cup Landsdowne Park Ottawa Winnipeg Blue Bombers edge BC Lions 22-21 first Grey Cup game won by a team with only a .500 season
27 Nov 1993
David Boon completes his 18th Test Cricket century (106 v NZ Hobart)
27 Nov 1994
CFL Grey Cup BC Place Vancouver BC Lions beat Baltimore FC 26-23 first-ever championship in pro football history featuring a US v Canada matchup Lions win on last second Lui Passaglia field-goal
27 Nov 2005
CFL Grey Cup BC Place Vancouver Edmonton Eskimos beat Montreal Alouettes 38-35 first time in 44 years Grey Cup goes into overtime
27 Nov 2006
Ballon dOr Italy defender Fabio Cannavaro (JuventusReal Madrid) is named best football player in Europe ahead of Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon and Arsenal forward Thierry Henry
27 Nov 2018
Explosion near chemical company in Hebei Province Northern China kills at least 23 injuring 22
27 Nov 2018
Convicted US murderer Samuel Little confirmed connected to 90 more murders of women after confessing details
27 Nov 1843
Opera Bohemian Girl by Michael William Balfe with a libretto by Alfred Bunn first produced in London
27 Nov 1942
Bobby Managoff beats Yvon Robert in Houston to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
27 Nov 1951
1st rocket to intercept an airplane at White Sands New Mexico
27 Nov 1956
Bobby Morrow takes out the Melbourne Olympics sprint double when he wins the 200m gold medal in equal world record 20.75s beats American teammates Andy Stanfield and Thane Baker
27 Nov 1966
In highest-scoring NFL game Washington Redskins defeat NY Giants 72-41
27 Nov 1971
Two Customs officials are shot by an Irish Republican Army sniper firing upon a British Army patrol investigating a bomb attack on a Customs Post near Newry County Armagh
27 Nov 2019
Ghana celebrates the year of return marking 300 years since 1st African slave sold in America by granting 125 people citizenship in special ceremony
27 Nov 1095
Pope Urban II preaches the west to wrestle control of the Holy land the Seljuk Turks at the Council of Clermont triggering the First Crusade
27 Nov 1237
Battle of Cortenuova Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II defeats the Second Lombard League
27 Nov 1809
Berners Street hoax Theodore Hook bets he can make any address the most talked-about in London proceeds to win by bringing London to a standstill
27 Nov 1941
British 13th Army Corps reaches Tobruk in Libya
27 Nov 1944
US 121st Infantry regiment opens assault on Hurtgen in Germany
27 Nov 1945
Trial against Dutch Fascist NSB leader Anton Mussert begins (later convicted and executed by firing squad)
27 Nov 1986
Europa TV a project of five European public service broadcasters ceases operations after exhausting its budget
27 Nov 1991
Musical Peter Pan starring Cathy Rigby opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 48 performances
27 Nov 2020
Irans most senior nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh assassinated outside Tehran escalating tensions in the region
27 Nov 1095
Pope Urban II preaches the west to wrestle control of the Holy land from the Seljuk Turks at the Council of Clermont triggering the First Crusade
27 Nov 1574
Selimiye Mosque a masterpiece of Ottoman architecture designed by imperial architect Mimar Sinan officially opens in Edirne Turkey
27 Nov 1914
1st British woman elected political agent (Grantham Lincolnshire)
27 Nov 1954
By the Beautiful Sea closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 270 performances
27 Nov 1956
Frances Goodrich and Albert Hacketts The Diary of Anne Frank premieres in Netherlands
27 Nov 1967
The Beatles release their album Magical Mystery Tour in US issued as an EP in UK in December
27 Nov 1974
MLB St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Bake McBride wins NL Rookie of Year
27 Nov 1989
George Harrison releases music singles Cheer Down and Poor Little Girl
27 Nov 1885
1st photograph of a meteor taken by Austro-Hungarian photographer Ladislaus Weinek in Prague Austrian-Hungarian Empire
27 Nov 1945
General George Marshall named special US envoy to China
27 Nov 1952
Only win ever for NFLs Dallas Texans (1-11) beating the Chicago Bears 27-23 at the Rubber Bowl in Akron Ohio [1]
27 Nov 1965
1966 NFL Draft University of Texas linebacker Tommy Nobis 1 pick by Atlanta Falcons
27 Nov 1991
Revival of Leigh Charlap Styne Comden and Greens musical Peter Pan starring Cathy Rigby opens at Minskoff Theater NYC runs for 48 performances
27 Nov 2022
Mauna Loa the worlds largest active volcano erupts for he first time in nearly 40 years on Hawaii island [1]
27 Nov 1382
Battle of WestrozebekeRoosebeke French army defeats the Flemish army. Flemish leader Philip Van Artevelde killed and his corpse displayed
27 Nov 1864
General Shermans Union Army departs Sandersville Georgia burning its courthouse on his March to the Sea
27 Nov 1919
Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine signed between Bulgaria and the Allied Powers requiring Bulgaria to cede territory to Greece and the Kingdom of Serbs Croats and Slovenes and cutting the countrys access to the Aegean Sea
27 Nov 1962
1st Boeing 727 jet rolls out of assembly plant in Renton Washington [1]
27 Nov 1993
India defeats West Indies in Bengal Jubilee Cricket Final Kumble 6-12
27 Nov 2000
Norway opens the worlds longest road tunnel - the Laerdal tunnel linking Oslo and Bergen at 15.3-miles (24.6-kilometers) [1]
27 Nov 1095
Pope Urban II preaches to the West to wrest control of the Holy Land from the Seljuk Turks at the Council of Clermont triggering the First Crusade
27 Nov 1809
Berners Street Hoax Theodore Hook bets he can make any address the most talked-about in London he proceeds to win by bringing London to a standstill
27 Nov 1885
The first photograph of a meteor is taken by Austro-Hungarian photographer Ladislaus Weinek in Prague Austrian-Hungarian Empire
27 Nov 1889
Curtis P. Brady is issued the first permit to drive a car through Central Park in New York
27 Nov 1901
Gerhart Hauptmanns play Der rote Hahn (The Conflagration) premieres in Berlin
27 Nov 1903
Ermanno Wolf-Ferraris opera Die Neugierigen Frauen premieres in Munich Germany
27 Nov 1910
New Yorks Penn Station opens as the worlds largest railway terminal
27 Nov 1911
Audience throws vegetables at actors for the first recorded time in the US
27 Nov 1939
Maxwell Andersons play Key Largo premieres in NYC
27 Nov 1940
Dutch law professor Rudolph Cleveringa is arrested by Nazis
27 Nov 1953
Indians third baseman Al Rosen is unanimously named ALs MVP
27 Nov 1961
Gordie Howe becomes the first to play in 1000 NHL games
27 Nov 1961
The Beach Boys release their debut single Surfin on Candix Records introducing a new musical style
27 Nov 1967
Jimi Hendrix headlines bill supporting acts include The Move and Pink Floyd for 2 shows at Whitla Hall Queens College in Belfast - his only concerts in Ireland
27 Nov 1967
The Beatles release their album Magical Mystery Tour in the US issued as a double EP in the UK in December
27 Nov 1973
Neil Simons play Good Doctor premieres in NYC
27 Nov 1975
Wings release the single Venus and MarsRock Show medley in the United States it is released on October 27 in the United Kingdom
27 Nov 1992
Howard Stern Interview television program premieres on E Network
27 Nov 1997
25 people are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria by suspected Islamist groups
27 Nov 1997
Lions Barry Sanders becomes NFLs second all-time rusher
27 Nov 2000
Norway opens the Laerdal Tunnel linking Oslo and Bergen the worlds longest road tunnel at 15.3 miles (24.6 kilometers) [1]
27 Nov 2005
The first partial human face transplant on a living human is performed by Bernard Devauchelle on Isabelle Dinoire in Amiens France
27 Nov 2016
German Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg clinches his only F1 World Drivers Championship with victory in season ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix wins title by 5 points from teammate Lewis Hamilton
27 Nov 2017
Eight donkeys are released from jail after being held for 4 days in Orai Uttar Pradesh India for eating expensive plants
27 Nov 2024
A rebel coalition launches a surprise offensive in Syria reaching into Aleppo for the first time since 2016 [1]
27 Nov 2024
Former UK foreign secretary and Conservative Party leader William Hague is elected Chancellor of Oxford University [1]
27 Nov 2024
Large protests erupt in Georgia after the ruling party says it is suspending European Union accession until 2028 [1]
27 Nov 2024
Truce agreed between Israel and Hezbollah brokered by the US and France with Lebanon saying 3768 people have been killed in 13 months [1]