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A Chilling Experiment Near Absolute Zero Finds Hints of Dark Matter



Dark Matter Astrophysics Art Concept IllustrationPhysicists using near-absolute-zero detectors have reached unprecedented sensitivity in the hunt for light dark matter. A groundbreaking scientific project known as QROCODILE, led by the University of Zurich and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has reached unprecedented sensitivity in the search for light dark matter. By using superconducting detectors cooled to temperatures near absolute zero, […]



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Happy Turkey Day! – The History Blog


Today’s theme show is brought to you by Dutch Art Nouveau lithographer and illustrator Theo van Hoytema. He was born in The Hague in 1863, the son of the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Finance. His attempt to follow in his father’s footsteps went no further than a brief job at his brothers’ bank. Art was his true vocation, particularly drawings of animals. His first paid work as an artist were illustrations in scientific volumes.

Plants and animals, particularly birds, remained his favorite subjects, even when he branched out into non-fiction. In 1892, he published his first lithographed booklet, How the Birds Got a King, and achieved notable success with his 1893 follow-up, an illustrated edition of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling.

He earned his greatest fame with a series of lithograph calendars published every year from 1902 until 1918, the last of them published posthumously. Birds were again his main subjects, although other wildlife made it into the monthly illustrations too. Among the owls, cranes, peacocks and gulls in the van Hoytema oeuvre are several rather spectacular turkeys. They were originally imports to Europe, of course, but by the time Theo van Hoytema was capturing them in all their glory, turkeys had been staples of European husbandry for 400 years.

The New World native birds had first made landfall in Spain in 1511. These were turkeys domesticated by the Zapotecs a thousand years before, not the wild turkeys of New England, so they were much meatier and flightless. They were easy to raise, cheap to feed and could even be driven to market in flocks of hundreds. They were so well-established that by the end of the decade, domesticated European turkeys were being shipped back to the Americas with colonists as a source of reliable farmed protein.

Less than a decade after the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock, they were importing turkeys from England to establish flocks in the new colony. The actual first Thanksgiving in 1621 featured water fowl, hunted by the colonists, as the main dish, venison brought by the Wampanoag, plus seafood and possibly some local wild turkeys. But the kind of turkeys found on the modern Thanksgiving table are the products of Mexican turkeys bred for eight decades in different countries in Europe then returning to the Eastern seaboard where they made sweet love with the local wild populations to create the various American breeds of turkey that are now in every grocery store.



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Famous Deaths on November 27


Roman Republican poet (Odes), dies at 56

  • 450 Galla Placidia, daughter of Byzant emperor Constantius III, dies at 58
  • 511 Clovis, king of Salische France, founder of Merovingische, dies at 45
  • 640 Saint Acharius of Noyon, French bishop of Noyon–Tournai, dies of natural causes
  • 1026 Adalbert II, bishop of Utrecht (1010-26), dies
  • 1198 Queen Constance of Sicily, wife of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1154)
  • 1474 Guillaume Dufay, French Flemish composer, dies at about 74
  • 1570 Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect (b. 1486)
  • 1592 Nakagawa Hidemasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1568)
  • 1632 John Eliot, English parliament leader, dies at 40
  • 1673 Anthonie Palamedes [Palamedesz], Dutch painter, dies at about 72
  • 1674 Franciscus van de Enden, Flemish Jesuit and radical thinker (tutor of Baruch Spinoza), dies at 72
  • 1680 Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit priest and inventor (magic lantern), dies at 79
  • 1720 Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general of the Dutch East Indies, dies at 85
  • 1749 Balthasar Schmid, German composer and printer, dies at 44
  • 1749 Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, German composer and librettist, dies at 59
  • 1754 Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre’s theorem), dies at 87
  • 1809 Nicolas-Marie Dalayrac, French composer, dies at 56
  • 1811 Andrew Meikle, British mechanical engineer (b. 1719)
  • 1836 Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer, dies at 78
  • 1840 William Giblin, Australian lawyer and politician (Premier of Tasmania, 1878 & 1879-84), born in Hobart, Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania) (d. 1887)
  • 1880 George Bibb Crittenden, American soldier, Major General in Confederate Army, dies at 68
  • 1884 (Franziska) “Fanny” Elssler, Austrian ballerina andchoreography, dies at 74
  • 1887 Frank Dalton, American lawman of the Old West (Deputy US Marshal – Oklahoma Territory), brother of the Dalton Gang of outlaws, killed in the line of duty at 28
  • 1890 Emanuele Muzio, Italian composer, dies at 69
  • 1893 Stephen Wilcox, American inventor of steam generators for power stations and ships (Babcock & Wilcox), dies at 63 [1]
  • 1894 Johanna von Puttkamer, Prussian noblewoman, wife of Otto von Bismarck (b. 1824)
  • 1895 Alexandre Dumas Jr., French author and playwright (La Dame aux Camélias; Camille), dies at 71
  • 1899 Felipe Gutiérrez Y Espinosa, Puerto Rican composer, dies at 74
  • 1899 Guido Gezelle, Flemish priest and poet, dies at 69
  • 1900 Cushman K. Davis, American politician, seventh Governor of Minnesota and Senator, dies in office at 62
  • 1901 Clement Studebaker, American manufacturer of horse-drawn vehicles and later made early automobiles, dies at 70
  • 1901 William Hugh Young, American Brigadier General in the Confederate Army who fought in the Battle of Shiloh, dies at 63
  • 1907 Ricardo Castro Herrera, Mexican concert pianist and composer, dies of pneumonia at 43
  • 1908 Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist and palaeontologist, dies at 81
  • 1915 Sigismund Vladislavovich Zaremba, Ukrainian-Russian composer, dies at 54
  • 1916 James Cutler Dunn Parker, American organist, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 88
  • 1921 Douglas Colin Cameron, Canadian politician (b. 1854)
  • 1925 Roger de la Fresnaye, French sculptor and Cubist painter, dies of tuberculosis at 40
  • 1930 Johnny Tyldesley, English cricket batsman (31 Tests, 4 x 100, 9 x 50, HS 138; Lancashire CCC), dies at 57
  • 1931 Lya De Putti [Amália Putti], Hungarian silent film actress, known for portraying vamp characters, dies at 34
  • 1932 Evelyn Preer, African-American actress (Homesteader, Spider’s Webs), dies at 36

American bank robber and gangster who killed more FBI agents than any other criminal, shot by the FBI in a shoot out at 25

  • 1934 Herman Hollis, FBI agent, shot and killed by Baby Face Nelson
  • 1934 Sam Cowley, FBI agent, shot and killed by Baby Face Nelson
  • 1936 Edward Bach, British bacteriologist, homeopathic doctor (Bach flower remedies), dies at 50
  • 1941 Camille Looten, French-Flemish priest and literature historian (Flemish committee of France), dies at 86
  • 1942 Arthur Langton, South African cricket medium pace bowler (15 Tests, 40 wickets, 2 x 50; Transvaal), dies in a military air crash at 30
  • 1943 Ivo Lola Ribar, Croatian communist and partisan, killed by a German bomb at 27
  • 1944 Leonid Isaakovich Mandelshtam, Russian physicist (b. 1879)
  • 1949 Tom Walls, British actor and producer (A Cuckoo in the Nest, Undercover), dies at 66

Scottish golfer, course designer (British Open 1901, 05-06, 08, 10), dies at 80

  • 1950 Lena Richard, American chef, 1st US Black woman to host a TV cooking show and write a Creole cookbook, dies of a heart attack at 58 [1]
  • 1952 Theodore Goddard, British attorney, dies at 74

American playwright (Desire Under the Elms-Nobel 1936), dies of cerebellar cortical atrophy at 65

  • 1953 T. F. Powys, British novelist and short-story writer (Captain Patch, Goat Green), dies at 77
  • 1955 Emma Jung, Swiss Jungian analyst, author, and wife of Carl Jung, dies at 73
  • 1955 Luis de Freitas Branco, Portuguese composer, dies at 65
  • 1955 William Nigh, American director (Ape, Doomed to Die, Mr Wong), dies at 74
  • 1957 Margo Scharten-Antink, Dutch writer (Catherina, Sprotje), dies at 88
  • 1958 Artur Rodzinski, Polish conductor (Cleveland Orchestra, 1933-43; New York Philharmonic, 1943-47; Chicago Symphony, 1947-48), dies at 66
  • 1959 Gérard Philipe [Philip], French stage and screen actor (Caligula; Le diable au corps (Devil in the Flesh), dies of liver cancer at 36
  • 1960 Dirk Jan de Geer, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1926-29, 39-40), dies at 89
  • 1960 Frederick Fane, English cricket batsman (14 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 143; Essex CCC, Oxford University CC, London County CC), dies at 85
  • 1965 Carl Parrish, American composer, dies at 61
  • 1967 (Héctor) Ettore Panizza, Argentinian composer (Aurora; Bizancio). and opera conductor, dies at 92
  • 1967 Cameron Prud’Homme, American actor (Rainmaker), dies after long illness at 75
  • 1968 Gino Roncaglia, Italian composer, dies at 85
  • 1968 Hans Redlich, Austrian composer, dies at 65
  • 1969 Armand Bernier, Belgian poet (Sorcier Triste), dies at 67
  • 1969 May Gibbs, Australian children’s author known for “Snugglepot and Cuddlepie”, dies at 92
  • 1971 Corneel Goossens, Flemish literary figure and art historian, dies at 70
  • 1971 Jekabs Medinš, Latvian composer, dies at 86
  • 1971 Joe Guyon, Ojibwa-American College-Pro Football HOF halfback (NCAA C’ship 1917 Georgia Tech; Canton Bulldogs, Rock Island Independents), dies at 79
  • 1973 Frank Christian, American jazz trumpeter, dies at 86
  • 1974 Louis B Russell Jr, American longest living heart transplant, dies at 49
  • 1975 Ross McWhirter, English Guinness Book of Records co-founder, assassinated by the IRA at 50
  • 1976 Victor Alessandro, American orchestral conductor (Oklahoma City; San Antonio), dies on his 61st birthday
  • 1977 John Little McClellan, American lawyer and politician (Sen-D-Ark), dies at 81
  • 1978 George Moscone, Mayor of San Francisco (1976-78), shot and killed by Dan White aged 49

American politician, gay activist and first openly gay person elected to public office, assassinated by Dan White at 48

  • 1980 F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect known for Villa Vizcaya, dies at 98
  • 1981 Lotte Lenya [Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer], Austrian-American singer, muse and wife of Kurt Weill, and actress (The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone; From Russia with Love), dies of cancer at 83
  • 1982 Filip Kutev, Bulgarian composer (State Ensemble for Folk Song and Dance), dies at 79
  • 1983 Manuel Scorza, Peruvian writer, dies at about 55
  • 1984 Percy Norris, deputy high commissioner of India, shot dead
  • 1985 Allan Ramsey, American rock bassist (Gary Lewis & the Playboys,1964-65 – “This Diamond Ring”), dies in a plane crash at 42
  • 1985 Harry Harvey Sr, American actor (It’s a Man’s World), dies at 84
  • 1986 Steve Tracy, actor (Percival-Little House on Praire), dies at 61
  • 1987 Babe Herman, American baseball right fielder (.324 career average; hit for cycle record x 3; Brooklyn Robins), dies at 84
  • 1988 Angela Aames, actress (Lost Empire, Basic Training), dies
  • 1988 John Carradine, American actor (The Grapes of Wrath, Stagecoach, Howling), dies of kidney failure at 82
  • 1988 Karel Horky, Czech composer, dies at 79
  • 1990 David White, American actor (Larry Tate-Bewitched), dies of a heart attack at 74
  • 1992 Ivan Generalić, Croatian painter (b. 1914)
  • 1993 Jerry Hunt, American experimental composer and video artist, commits suicide at 49
  • 1994 A. F. Shore, British Egyptologist (British Museum), dies at 70
  • 1994 Fernando Lopes-Graça, Portuguese composer, conductor, and musicologist (Requiem for the Victims of Fascism in Portugal), dies at 97 [1]
  • 1995 Alfredo Boulton, Venezuelan art critic, photographer, and art historian, dies at 87 [1]
  • 1995 Giancarlo Baghetti, Italian auto racer (French GP 1961) and journalist/photographer, dies from cancer at 60
  • 1995 Peter Harrison Swan, English-Australian WWII bomber pilot and stockbroker, dies at 75
  • 1995 Simon Bailey, 1st British priest to say he had AIDS, dies at 40
  • 1996 George Ernest Leslie, trade union official, dies at 76
  • 1997 Buck Leonard, American Baseball HOF first baseman (Negro League World Series 1943, 44, 48 Homestead Grays; 13 x NL All Star), dies from stroke complications at 90
  • 1997 Henry Charnock, English oceanographer, dies at 76
  • 1998 Barbara Acklin, American soul singer (“Love Makes A Woman”) and songwriter (“HAve You Seen Her”), dies of pneumonia at 55
  • 1999 Alain Peyrefitte, French politician (Minister of Justice, 1977-81; Minister of Information, 1962-66) and writer (The Immobile Empire), dies at 74
  • 1999 Hiro Matsuda [Yasuhiro Kojima], Japanese professional wrestler, dies of cancer at 62
  • 1999 Johnny “Big Moose” Walker, American electric and Chicago blues pianist, organist, and bass guitar player (Muddy Waters; Junior Wells; Elmore James), dies at 72
  • 2000 Dorothy Woolfolk, American comic book editor (Kryptonite), dies at 87
  • 2000 Len Shackleton, English soccer forward (5 caps; Sunderland 320 games), dies at 78
  • 2000 Willie Cunningham, Scottish soccer right back (8 caps; Airdrieonians FC, Preston North End 437 games), dies at 75
  • 2002 Billie Bird, American actress and comedian (Dear John, Sixteen Candles, Home Alone), dies at 94
  • 2003 Riccardo Malipiero, Italian pianist, composer, critic, and educator, dies at 89
  • 2005 Jocelyn Brando, American actress (The Big Heat, Ugly American, China Venture), dies at 86
  • 2005 Joe Jones, American R&B pianist and singer-songwriter (“You Talk Too Much”; “California Sun”), and music publisher, dies of heart surgery complications at 79
  • 2006 Alan Freeman, British disc jockey known by his nickname ‘Fluff’ (b. 1927)
  • 2006 Bebe Moore Campbell, American author (b. 1950)
  • 2006 Don Butterfield, American tuba player (b. 1923)
  • 2006 Ken ‘Casey’ Coleman, American sportscaster (Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox), dies at 55
  • 2007 Bernie Banton, Australian asbestos campaigner (b. 1946)
  • 2007 Bill Moor [William Hendrickson Moor III], American actor (Kramer vs. Kramer, The Devil’s Advocate, Hanky Panky), dies at 76
  • 2007 Bill Willis, American College-Pro Football HOF defensive tackle (NFL C’ship 1950; 4 × First-team All-Pro; 3 × Pro Bowl; Cleveland Browns), dies at 86
  • 2007 Cecil Payne, American jazz baritone saxophonist, dies of prostrate cancer at 84
  • 2007 Robert Cade, American physician and inventor of Gatorade, dies at 80
  • 2007 Sean Taylor, American football free safety (Pro Bowl 2006, 07; All Pro 2007; Washington Redskins), dies when shot by an armed intruder at 24
  • 2008 Pekka Pohjola, Finnish rock and jazz-fusion bassist, and composer, dies of a seizure at 56
  • 2008 V.P. [Vishwanath Pratap] Singh, Indian politician, 7th Prime Minister of India (1989-90), dies at 77
  • 2009 Malcolm Wells, American architect regarded as “the father of modern earth-sheltered architecture”, writer, and solar energy consultant, dies of congestive heart failure at 83 [1]
  • 2010 Irvin Kershner, American director (Never Say Never Again), dies at 87
  • 2011 Gary Speed, Welsh soccer midfielder (85 caps; Leeds United, Newcastle United, Bolton Wanderers) and manager (Wales 2010-11), dies at 42
  • 2011 Ken Russell, British film director (Tommy, Altered States, Gothic), dies at 84
  • 2011 Sultan Khan, Indian classical musician, dies at 71
  • 2012 Jan Maegaard, Danish composer and musicologist (Triptykon), dies at 86
  • 2012 Marvin Miller, American Baseball HOF executive (Executive Director MLB Players Association 1966-82), dies at 95
  • 2012 Mickey Baker, American guitar player (“Love is strange”), dies at 87
  • 2013 Lewis Collins, British actor (Bodie in “The Professionals”), dies from cancer at 67
  • 2013 Nilton Santos, Brazilian soccer left-back (78 caps; Botafogo 723 games), dies from a lung infection at 88
  • 2014 Frank Yablans, American screenwriter (North Dallas Forty), and film studio executive (Paramount), dies at 79
  • 2014 P. D. James [Phyllis Dorothy], Baroness James of Holland Park, English crime and mystery writer (Cover Her Face, Death in Holy Orders), dies at 94
  • 2014 Phillip Hughes, Australian cricket batsman (26 Tests, 3 x 100, HS 160; NSW, South Australia), dies in a coma after being hit by cricket ball 2 days earlier at 25
  • 2015 Gwyn Jones Francis, Welsh UK Forestry commissioner, dies at 85
  • 2017 Bob Seidemann, American photographer and album cover artist (Blind Faith; Jerry Garcia), dies at 75
  • 2017 Robert Lee “Pops” Popwell, American jazz-funk bass guitarist, dies at 66
  • 2019 Jaegwon Kim, Korean-born American philosopher, dies at 85
  • 2019 William Ruckelshaus, American attorney and civil servant (Head of Environmental Protection Agency, 1970-73 & 1983-85; Deputy Attorney General, 1973), dies at 87
  • 2020 Kevin Burnham, American sailor (Olympic gold 470 class 2004; silver 470 1992), dies from pulmonary disease at 63
  • 2021 Adolfo [Sardiña], Cuban fashion designer (Nancy Reagan), dies at 98
  • 2021 Curley Culp, American Pro Football HOF defensive tackle (6X Pro Bowl; First-team All-Pro 1975; NFL Defensive Player of the Year 1975; KC Chiefs, Houston Oilers), dies from pancreatic cancer at 75
  • 2021 Eddie Mekka [Mekjian], American stage and screen singer and actor (Laverne & Shirley – “Carmine – The Big Ragu”), dies at 69
  • 2021 Francis Routh, British organist, composer (Sacred Tetralogy), magazine editor (Composer), educator, and music promoter (Redcliffe Festival), dies at 94
  • 2022 Gábor Csapó, Hungarian water polo player (Olympic gold 1976, bronze 1980; World C’ship gold 1973), dies from respiratory failure at 72
  • 2022 Maurice Norman, English soccer centre half (23 caps; Norwich City, Tottenham Hotspur), dies at 88
  • 2022 Mehmet Oğuz, Turkish soccer midfielder (19 caps; Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe), dies from a heart attack at 73
  • 2022 Mick Meagan, Irish soccer defender (17 caps; Everton, Huddersfield Town) and manager (Republic of Ireland 1969-71), dies at 88
  • 2023 Frances Sternhagen, American Tony Award-winning stage and screen character actress (The Mist; Starting Over; Cheers – “Ester Clavin”; Outland; Sex and the City – “Bunny”), dies at 93 [1]
  • 2023 Wanderley Paiva, Brazilian soccer defensive midfielder (7 caps; Atlético Mineiro, América-SP, Palmeiras), dies from prostate cancer at 77
  • 2024 Bob Bryar, American drummer (My Chemical Romance, 2004-10 – “Welcome to the Black Parade”), found dead in his home after not having been seen for several weeks at 44
  • 2024 Maria Alexandru, Romanian table tennis player (World C’ship gold women’s doubles 1961, 1973, 1975), dies at 84
  • 2024 Mary McGee (née Connor), American motorsport pioneer (sports car racer, 1957-64; first woman to compete in motorcycle road racing & motocross events in US, 1960-76 and 2000-12; FIM Legend), dies at 87 [1] [2]

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Famous Birthdays on November 27


  • 1127 Emperor Xiaozong, 11th emperor of the Song dynasty in China (1162-89), born in Jiaxing County, Xiuzhou (d. 1194)
  • 1373 Ferdinand I the Righteous, King of Aragon and Sicily, born in Medina del Campo (d. 1416)
  • 1544 Ascanio Trombetti [Cavallari], Italian cornetist, composer, and maestro di cappella (San Giovanni de Monti, 1583-1591), baptized in Bologna, Papal States (d. 1591)
  • 1563 Robbert Robbertsz le Canu, Dutch nautical expert, born in Amersfoort, Netherlands (d. c. 1630)
  • 1569 Ottavio Vernizzi, Italian composer, born in Bologna, Papal States (d. 1649)
  • 1576 Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese ruler of Satsuma (tozama daimyō), born in Japan (d. 1638)
  • 1582 Pierre Dupuy, French historian and scholar, born in Agen, France (d. 1651)
  • 1588 Valerius Andreas, Flemish historian, born in Dessel, North Brabant (d. 1655)
  • 1602 Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Italian Baroque music composer, singer and Benedictine nun, born in Milan, Habsburg Spain (d. ca. 1676–1678)
  • 1630 Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria, born in Innsbruck, Austria (d. 1665)
  • 1635 Françoise d’Aubigné, French noble, Marquise de Maintenon, second wife of Louis XIV of France (1683-1715, unbeknownst to the public), born in Niort, Kingdom of France (d. 1719)
  • 1648 Petrus Codde, Dutch Roman Catholic clergyman (Apostolic Vicar of the Dutch Mission, 1688-1704; Archbishop of Utrecht, 1688-1710), born in Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (d. 1710)
  • 1668 Henri François d’Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (1717-50), born in Limoges, France (d. 1751)
  • 1668 Pantaleon Hebenstreit, German musician, composer, and instrument inventor, born in Eiseleben, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1750)
  • 1684 Tokugawa Yoshimune, 8th Japanese shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate (1716-45), born in Kii Province, Japan (d. 1751)
  • 1691 Josef Antonín Plánický, Czech composer, born in Manětín, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1732)

Swedish astronomer (proposed the Celsius temperature scale), born in Uppsala, Sweden

  • 1710 Robert Lowth, British Bishop of the Church of England and grammarian (A Short Introduction to English Grammar), born in Winchester, England (d. 1787)
  • 1731 Gaetano Pugnani, Italian violinist and composer, born in Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia (d. 1798)
  • 1732 Johann Joseph Emmert, German composer, born in Kitzingen, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1809)
  • 1741 Jean-Pierre Duport, French composer and cellist, born in Paris, France (d. 1818)
  • 1745 Boniface Stoeckl, German composer, born in Pilsting, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1784)
  • 1746 Increase Sumner, American politician (5th Governor of Massachusetts), born in Roxbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1799)

US Founding Father who delivered the oath of office to George Washington, born in New York City

  • 1750 Anton Stamitz, German violinist and composer, baptized in Deutschbrod, Kingdom of Bohemia, (d. between 1798–1809)
  • 1756 Paulus van Hemert, Dutch theologian, philosopher, and promotor of Immanuel Kant’s ideas (Magazine for Critical Philosophy and its History), born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 1825)
  • 1759 Franz Krommer, Czech composer, born in Kamenice u Jihlavy, Moravia (d. 1831)
  • 1775 Joachim le Sage ten Broek, Dutch notary and publicist, born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1847)
  • 1778 John Murray, Scottish publisher (publisher of Lord Byron and Jane Austen), born in London, England (d. 1843)
  • 1779 Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and statesman, born in Paris (d. 1865)
  • 1787 Christian Rummel, German conductor and composer, born in Gollachostheim, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1849)
  • 1787 Jacob van Rechteren van Appeltern, Dutch politician (advocated for elections as one of “Nine Men”), born in Appeltern, Netherlands (d. 1845)
  • 1801 Alexander Egorovich Varlamov, Russian composer, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1848)
  • 1804 Julius Benedict, German opera composer (Protoghesi), born in Stuttgart, Germany (d. 1885)
  • 1808 Hugh W. Mercer, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Fredericksburg, Virginia (d. 1877)
  • 1809 Frances Anne “Fanny” Kemble, British Shakespearian actress (Juliet) and author, born in London, England (d. 1893)
  • 1813 Michele Puccini, Italian organist, composer, and father of Giacomo, born in Lucca, Napoleonic Principality of Lucca and Piombino (d. 1864)
  • 1830 Harrison Millard, American composer (“Viva L’America”, “Flag of the Free”), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1895)
  • 1833 Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, granddaughter of George III, grandmother of Edward VIII and George VI and great-grandmother of Elizabeth II, born in Hanover, Germany (d. 1897)
  • 1840 Aleksey Apukhtin, Russian poet (I See You, My Dear, In Dreams), writer, and civil servant, born in Bolkhov, Russian Empire (d. 1893) [OS=11/15]
  • 1843 Elizabeth Stride “Long Liz”, English victim of Jack the Ripper, born in Torslanda, Sweden (d. 1888)
  • 1843 William Cornelius Van Horne, American-Canadian railway executive (Canadian Pacific Railway), born in Frankfort, Illinois (d. 1915)
  • 1854 Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal, Austrian diplomat (Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary 1906-12), born in Groß Skal, Bohemia, Austrian Empire (d. 1912)

British physiologist (Nobel 1932-functions of neurons), born in London

  • 1858 Henry Musgrove, Australian cricket batsman (1 Test 1885), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1931)
  • 1859 William Bliss Baker, American realist painter (Fallen Monarchs, Morning After the Snow), born in New York City (d. 1886)
  • 1865 Jose Asunción Silva, Colombian poet (Nocturno III), born in Bogotá, Colombia (d. 1896)
  • 1867 Charles Koechlin, French composer (The Jungle Book), born in Paris (d. 1950)
  • 1867 Margaret Ruthven Lang, American composer (Irish Love Song), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1972)
  • 1870 Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Finnish politician (7th President of Finland 1946-56), born in Tampere, Finland (d. 1956)
  • 1871 Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist and electrical engineer (Giorgi system of measurement), born in Lucca, Italy (d. 1950)

Israeli statesman and Zionist leader (1st President of Israel 1949-52), born in Motal, Russian Empire

  • 1874 Charles A. Beard, American historian (American Continentalism), born in Knightstown, Indiana (d. 1948)
  • 1875 Władysław Orkan [Franciszek Ksawery Smaciarz], Polish author (Nowele Zebrane), born in Poręba Wielka, Austria-Hungary (d. 1930)
  • 1878 Jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian (Bengali) poet, born in Jamsherpur, Bengal Presidency, British India (d. 1948)
  • 1878 Mabel Wheeler Daniels, American composer (Deep Forest, The Desolate City), born in Swampscott, Massachusetts (d. 1971)
  • 1879 Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, Polish composer, born in Warsaw, Russian Empire (d. 1950)
  • 1885 Rudolph Reti, Serbian composer, born in Užice, Kingdom of Serbia (D. 1957)
  • 1886 Tsugouharu Foujita, Japanese-French painter and printmaker, born in Tokyo (d. 1968)
  • 1891 Pedro Salinas, Spanish writer (Generation of 1927), born in Madrid (d. 1951)
  • 1893 Stanisław Wiechowicz, Polish composer, born in Kroszyce, Kielce, Poland (d. 1963)
  • 1894 Amphilochius of Pochayiv [Yakov Varnavovich Golovatyuk], Ukrainian Orthodox Christian saint, born in Mala Ilovytsya, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine (d. 1971)
  • 1894 Forrest C. Shaklee, American chiropractor and founder (Shaklee Products), born in Carlisle, Iowa (d. 1985)
  • 1894 Kōnosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist (founded Panasonic), born in Wakayama, Empire of Japan (d. 1989)
  • 1896 Giovanni Battista Angioletti, Italian author (Il giorno del giudizio), born in Milan, Italy (d. 1961)
  • 1897 Vito Genovese, Italian-American crime syndicate boss, born in Risigliano, Tufino, Italy (d. 1969)
  • 1898 Fredric Warburg, British publisher (Animal Farm) and author, born in Paddington, London (d. 1981)
  • 1898 Nelly Wagenaar, Dutch pianist, born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1985)
  • 1900 Léon Barzin, Belgian-American conductor (New York City Ballet, 1948-58), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1999)
  • 1900 Robert Blum, Swiss composer, born in Zurich, Switzerland (d. 1994)
  • 1901 Ted Husing, American sportscaster (Monday Night Fights CBS), born in New York City (d. 1962)
  • 1902 Giuseppe Savagnone, Italian composer, born in Palermo, Italy (d. 1984)
  • 1903 Johnny “Blood” McNally, American Pro Football HOF halfback (NFL C’ship 1929-31, 36; Green Bay Packers), born in New Richmond, Wisconsin (d. 1985)
  • 1903 Mona Washbourne, British actress (Stevie, Billie Liar, Driver’s Seat), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1988)
  • 1904 Florence Lake, American comic actress (leading lady in many of Edgar Kennedy comedy shorts; Lassie), born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1980)
  • 1905 Astrid Allwyn, American actress (Charlie Chan’s Secret), born in Manchester, Connecticut (d. 1978)
  • 1905 Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor and composer (Mater Dolorosa), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1986)
  • 1907 L. Sprague de Camp, American sci-fi author (Goblin Tower, Hand of Zei), born in New York City (d. 2000)
  • 1909 Anatoly Maltsev, Russian mathematician (decidability of various algebraic groups), born in Moscow (d. 1967)
  • 1909 Donald John Urquhart, English librarian, born in Whitley Bay, England (d. 1994)
  • 1909 James Agee, American author (African Queen, Death in Family), born in Knoxville, Tennessee (d. 1955)
  • 1910 Rodolfo Holzmann, Peruvian composer, born in Breslau, Germany (d. 1992)
  • 1911 David Merrick, American theatrical producer (Hello Dolly), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2000)
  • 1911 Fe del Mundo, Filipino pediatrician and National Scientist of the Philippines, born in Manila, Philippine Islands (d. 2011)
  • 1912 Connie Sawyer [Rosie Cohen], American actress known as “The Clown Princess of Comedy” (Pineapple Express, Dumb and Dumber), born in Pueblo, Colorado (d. 2018)
  • 1913 Frances Swem Anderson, American technologist (nuclear medicine), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan (d. 2019)
  • 1913 Robert Dougall, English TV host and broadcaster, born in Croydon, Surrey, England (d. 1999)
  • 1914 Evangeline Bruce, American society hostess and writer, born in England (d. 1995)
  • 1915 Caro van Eyck [Gerarda Taytelbaum], Dutch actress (De stille Kracht, Medea), born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (d. 1979)
  • 1915 Victor Alessandro, American orchestral conductor (Oklahoma City; San Antonio), born in Waco, Texas (d. 1976)
  • 1916 Chick Hearn, American basketball broadcaster (called 3,338 LA Lakers games), born in Aurora, Illinois (d. 2002)
  • 1917 Buffalo Bob Smith [Robert Emil Schmidt], American TV host (Howdy Doody), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1998)
  • 1917 Tiny Rowland [Roland Fuhrop], German-British businessman and corporate raider (Observer, tried to take over Harrods), born in Calcutta, British India (d. 1998)
  • 1918 Ze’ev Wolfgang Steinberg, Israeli violist and composer, born in Düsseldorf, Germany (d. 2011)
  • 1919 Siegfried Naumann, Swedish conductor (Musica Nova ensemble, 1962-77), teacher, and composer (Risposte), born in Malmö, Sweden (d. 2001)
  • 1920 Abe Lenstra, Dutch soccer striker (47 caps; SC Heerenveen 395 games, SC Enschede, Enschedese Boys), born in Heerenveen, Netherlands (d. 1985)
  • 1920 Buster Merryfield, British actor (Only Fools and Horses), born in London, England (d. 1999)
  • 1920 Elaine Greene, American-British literary agent (Arthur Miller, Dr Seuss), born in New York City (d. 1995)
  • 1920 John Richard Ravensdale, British historian and author, born in London (d. 1994)
  • 1920 Johnny Schmitz, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1946, 48; NL saves leader 1946), born in Wausau, Wisconsin (d. 2011)
  • 1920 Max Tripels, Dutch politician, lawyer, and director, born in Maastricht, Netherlands (d. 1993)

Slovak politician who headed the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and was deposed after the Soviet invasion, born in Uhrovec, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)

  • 1921 Ole Sarvig, Danish writer and critic (Limbo, Glem Ikke), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1981)
  • 1923 Robert A. Young, American politician (Rep-D-MO, 1977-87), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2007)
  • 1924 Theresia van der Pant, Dutch sculptor, born in Schiedam. Netherlands (d. 2013)
  • 1925 Claude Lanzmann, French journalist and filmmaker (Shoah, The Last of the Unjust), born in Paris, France (d. 2018)
  • 1925 Ernie Wise [Wiseman], English comedian (Morecambe & Wise), born in Bramley, England (d. 1999)
  • 1925 John Maddox, British science writer and editor (Nature), born in Penllergaer, Wales (d. 2009)
  • 1925 Marshall Thompson, American actor (Bog, To Hell & Back, Daktari), born in Peoria, Illinois (d. 1992)
  • 1925 Michael Tolan, American actor (Nurses, Senator), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2011)
  • 1926 Lucienne Schmidt-Couttet, French alpine skier (World C’ship gold Giant Slalom 1954), born in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France (d. 2022)
  • 1927 Carlos Castilho, Brazilian soccer goalkeeper (25 caps; Fluminense FC 697 games) and manager (Santos FC, SE Palmeiras), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 1987)
  • 1927 William E. Simon, American businessman, US Secretary of Treasury under Nixon, born in Paterson, New Jersey (d. 2000)
  • 1928 Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor and director (Oi Kyries tis avlis), born in Athens, Greece (d. 2005)
  • 1928 Walter Klien, Austrian pianist, born in Graz, Austria (d. 1991)
  • 1929 Billy Nair, South African trade unionist, anti-apartheid activist, South African Communist Party leader, and political prisoner (20 years in Robben Island Prison), born in Durban, Union of South Africa (d. 2008)
  • 1930 Dick Poole, Australian rugby league centre (13 Tests; Newtown, Western Suburbs) and coach (Newtown; Australia 1957), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2025)
  • 1930 James M. Taylor, American USAF/astronaut, born in Stamps, Arkansas (d. 1970)
  • 1930 Joe DeNardo, American meteorologist and television weatherman (KDKA and WTAE in Pittsburgh, 1957-2009), born in Martin’s Ferry. Ohio (d. 2018)
  • 1930 Vladimir Maksimov, Russian writer and dissident, born in Moscow, Soviet Union (d. 1995)
  • 1931 Juan Guinjoan, Catalan composer and pianist, born in Riudoms, Spain (d. 2019)
  • 1932 Benigno Aquino Jr, Philippine opposition leader who was assassinated, born in Concepcion, Philippines (d. 1983)
  • 1932 Ken Schinkel, Canadian ice hockey right wing (NY Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins 636 NHL games) and coach (Pittsburgh Penguins 1972-77), born in Jansen, Saskatchewan (d. 2020)
  • 1934 Ammo Baba, Iraqi-Assyrian footballer and coach, born in Baghdad, Iraq (d. 2009)
  • 1934 Lawrence Jenco, American Roman Catholic priest held hostage in Beirut, Lebanon, born in Joliet, Illinois (d. 1996)
  • 1935 Al Jackson, Jr., American session drummer, known as “The Human Time Keeper” (Stax; Booker T. & MGs – “McLemore Avenue”), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1975)
  • 1935 Helmut Lachenmann, German contemporary classical composer (Musik mit Leonardo), born in Stuttgart, Germany
  • 1935 Les Blank, American documentary filmmaker, born in Tampa, Florida (d. 2013)
  • 1935 Prakash Bhandari, Indian cricketer (3 Tests for India in mid-50’s, 77 runs), born in Delhi, British India
  • 1935 Verity Lambert, English film and TV producer (1st producer of Doctor Who, The Naked Civil Servant), born in London (d. 2007)
  • 1936 Henri Belolo, French disco music producer and songwriter (The Village People; The Ritchie Family), born in Casablanca, Morocco (d. 2019)
  • 1936 Richard Moe, American political advisor and president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation (1993-2009), born in Duluth, Minnesota (d. 2025)
  • 1937 Gail Sheehy (née Henlon), American author (Hustling; Passages), and journalist (Vanity Fair; New York Times), born in Mamaroneck, New York (d. 2020) [1]
  • 1937 Marvin Luster, American CFL Hall of Fame defensive back (6 x CFL All Star; Toronto Argonauts, Montreal Alouettes), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 2020)
  • 1937 Robert “Bootsie” Barnes, American jazz tenor saxophonist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2020) [1]
  • 1937 Rodney Bewes, English actor (The Likely Lads), born in Bierley, England (d. 2017)
  • 1938 Jose Tartabull, Cuban NLB player, born in Cienfuegos, Cuba
  • 1939 Dave Giusti, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Seneca Falls, New York
  • 1939 Tony Allen, English soccer left-back (3 caps; Stoke City 417 games), born in Stoke-on-Trent, England (d. 2022)

Hong Kong-American martial artist and actor (Enter the Dragon), born in San Francisco, California

  • 1940 John Alderton, British actor (Please, Sir!; Zardoz; Upstairs, Downstairs), born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
  • 1940 Maciej Małecki, Polish concert pianist and composer (In My Heart of Winter; Fun, Argument and Echo), born in Warsaw, Poland
  • 1941 Aimé Jacquet, French football manager (France 1998 FIFA World Cup), born in Sail-sous-Couzan, France
  • 1941 Eddie Rabbitt, American songwriter (“Kentucky Rain”), and country singer (“I Love a Rainy Night”), born in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 1998)
  • 1941 Henry Carr, American athlete (Olympic gold 200m, 4x400m 1964) and football safety (NY Giants), born in Montgomery, Alabama (d. 2015)

American rock guitarist (“Purple Haze”; “Voodoo Chile”; “The Wind Cries Mary”), born in Seattle, Washington

  • 1942 Michael Devlin, American bass-baritone (Metropolitan Opera, 1978-2010), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1942 Robin Lakoff, American scholar and linguist (Language and the Woman’s Place), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2025) [1]
  • 1943 Nicole Brossard, French Canadian poet, born in Montreal, Quebec
  • 1944 Dozy [Trevor Ward-Davies], British rock bassist (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich), born in Enford, England (d. 2015)
  • 1944 Martin Corbett, English gay rights activist (Gay Liberation Front, OutRage!), born in London (d. 1996)
  • 1944 Mickey Leland, American politician (Rep-D-TX, 1979-89), born in Lubbock, Texas (d. 1989)
  • 1945 Alain de Cadenet, English auto racer (3 x 24 Hours of Le Mans class 3rd place) and broadcaster (Speed Channel, ESPN, Velocity Channel, Petrolicious website), born in London, England (d. 2022)
  • 1945 Barbara Anderson, American actress (Eve-Ironside, Mission Impossible), born in Brooklyn, New York
  • 1945 James Avery, American actor (Fresh Prince of Bell Air), born in Pughsville, Virginia (d. 2013)
  • 1945 Randy Brecker, American jazz and fusion trumpeter (Brecker Brothers), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1946 Betty Weiss, American pop singer (The Shangri-Las – “Leader of the Pack”), born in Jamaica, Queens, NYC
  • 1947 Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, Djiboutian politician (2nd President of Djibouti, 1999-present), born in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
  • 1948 Dave Winthrop, American saxophonist (Supertramp, 1970-73), born in New Jersey
  • 1949 Masanori Sekiya, Japanese racing driver, born in Ikawa, Japan
  • 1950 Gran Hamada [Hiroaki Hamada], Japanese professional wrestler (New Japan Pro-Wrestling), born in Maebashi, Japan (d. 2025)
  • 1951 Dražen Dalipagić, Serbian Basketball HOF small forward (Olympic gold 1980; World Cup gold & MVP 1978; Partizan, Real Madrid), born in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina (d. 2025)

1951 American director, producer and writer (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty), born in San Carlos, California

  • 1951 Kevin Kavanaugh, American rock keyboard player (Asbury Jukes), born in West Orange, New Jersey (d. 2011)
  • 1952 (Alokesh) “Bappi” Lahiri, Indian disco and film music composer, singer, and record producer, born in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India (d. 2022)
  • 1952 Daryl Stuermer, American session and touring rock and jazz guitarist (Jean-Luc Ponty; Genesis; Phil Collins), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • 1952 James D. Wetherbee, American Naval officer and astronaut (STS 32, 52, 63, 86), born in Flushing, New York
  • 1952 Sheila Copps, Canadian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (1993-97), born in Hamilton, Ontario
  • 1953 Boris Grebenshchikov, Russian singer (Aquarium), born in Leningrad, Soviet Union
  • 1953 Curtis Armstrong, American actor (Moonlighting, Revenge of the Nerds), born in Detroit, Michigan
  • 1953 Lyle Mays, American Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist and composer (Pat Metheny Group), born in Wausaukee, Wisconsin, (d. 2020) [1]
  • 1953 Stephen “Steve” Bannon, American advisor to Trump, chair of Breitbart News, born in Norfolk, Virginia
  • 1954 Kimmy Robertson, American actress (Lucy Moran in TV series Twin Peaks), born in Hollywood, California
  • 1954 Patricia McPherson, American actress (Knight Rider), born in Oak Harbor, Washington

1955 American TV host and science presenter (Bill Nye the Science Guy) and engineer, born in Washington D.C.

  • 1955 Pierre Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Sorel, Quebec
  • 1956 William Fichtner, American actor (Prison Break), born at Mitchel Air Force Base, New York
  • 1957 Caroline Kennedy. American attorney and diplomat, daughter of JFK & Jackie Kennedy, born in New York City
  • 1957 Edda Heiðrún Backman, Icelandic stage and screen actress, singer, theater director, and painter, born in Akranes, Iceland (d. 2016)
  • 1957 Kevin O’Connell, American sound re-recording mixer (Hacksaw Ridge), born on Long Island, New York
  • 1958 Mike Scioscia, American baseball player and manager (LA Dodgers), born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
  • 1959 Charlie Burchill, Scottish pop guitarist (Simple Minds – “Don’t You, Forget About Me”; “Belfast Child”), born in Glasgow, Scotland
  • 1960 Ashley Ingram, British soul and R&B guitarist and bass player (Fizzz; Imagination – “Just An Illusion”), born in Northampton, England
  • 1960 Ken O’Brien, American football quarterback (Pro Bowl 1985, 91; NFL passer rating leader 1985; NY Jets), born in Rockville Centre, New York
  • 1960 Kevin Henkes, American children’s book writer/illustrator (Caldecott Medal), born in Racine, Wisconsin
  • 1960 Maria Schneider, American composer (Concert in the Garden), born in Windom, Minnesota
  • 1960 Tim Pawlenty, American politician, Governor of Minnesota (2003-11), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
  • 1960 Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukrainian politician and co-leader of the Orange Revolution, Prime Minister (2005, 2007-10), born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
  • 1961 Lee Johnson, American NFL punter/kicker (Cin Bengals), born in Conroe, Texas
  • 1961 Princess [Desiree Heslop], British pop singer (“Say I’m Your Number One”), born in London
  • 1961 Steve Oedekerk, American film director, actor and comedian, born in Los Angeles. California
  • 1962 Charlie Benante, American rock drummer (Anthrax – “Armed & Dangerous”), born in The Bronx, New York
  • 1962 David “Davey Boy” Smith, Britiish professional wrestler (WWF Intercontinental Championship; British Bulldogs), born in Golborne, Lancashire (d. 2002)
  • 1962 Jane Larkworthy, American journalist and beauty editor of W magazine (2000-16), born in Oceanside, New York (d. 2025)
  • 1962 Mike “Puffy” Bordin, American rock drummer (Faith No More), born in San Francisco, California
  • 1963 Fisher Stevens, American actor (My Science Project, Short Circuit), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1963 Linda Yaccarino, American executive (CEO of Twitter 2023-), born on Long Island, New York

1964 American model and actress (Darlene-Head of the Class) who married and divorced Mike Tyson, born in New York City

  • 1965 Danielle Ammaccapane, American golfer (7 LPGA Tour titles), born in Babylon, New York
  • 1965 Fiachna O’Braonáin, Irish pop guitarist (Hothouse Flowers – “Don’t Go”), born in Dublin, Ireland

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Historical Events on November 27


  • 399 Anastasius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
  • 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
  • 1237 Battle of Cortenuova: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II defeats the Second Lombard League

The Model Parliament

1295 English King Edward I calls what later becomes known as “The Model Parliament,” extending the authority of its representatives

  • 1382 Battle of Westrozebeke/Roosebeke: French army defeats the Flemish army. Flemish leader Philip Van Artevelde killed and his corpse displayed

Colony of La Navidad

1493 Christopher Columbus returns to La Navidad colony, finding it destroyed by the first Native American uprising against Spanish rule. Taíno Cacique Caonabo led his people to attack the settlement after the brutal treatment they received from the garrison who disobeyed Columbus’s orders.

James IV Receives English Pretender

1495 Scottish King James IV receives Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the English throne

  • 1574 Selimiye Mosque, a masterpiece of Ottoman architecture, designed by imperial architect Mimar Sinan, officially opens in Edirne, Turkey
  • 1587 Dutch county of Groningen flooded by failure of dyke
  • 1798 Rabbi Shneur Zalman, author (Tanya), released from St Petersburg jail

1807 Portuguese Royal Family and its court of nearly 15,000 people leave Lisbon for their colony of Brazil to escape invading Napoleonic troops

  • 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
  • 1815 Adoption of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland
  • 1815 City of Kraków (Poland) declared a free republic state by the Congress of Vienna
  • 1839 American Statistical Association organizes in Boston
  • 1843 Opera “Bohemian Girl” by Michael William Balfe with a libretto by Alfred Bunn first produced in London
  • 1863 -29] Battle at Fort Esperanza, Texas
  • 1863 Battle of Payne’s Farm, Virginia

Sherman Burns Sandersville

1864 US Civil War: General Sherman‘s Union Army departs Sandersville, Georgia, burning its courthouse on his March to the Sea

Battle of Washita River

1868 Battle at Washita River, Oklahoma. General George A. Custer attacks group of Native American Indians, their chief Black Kettle dies in the attack

  • 1870 The New York Times dubs baseball the national game
  • 1885 The first photograph of a meteor is taken by Austro-Hungarian photographer Ladislaus Weinek in Prague, Austrian-Hungarian Empire
  • 1889 Curtis P. Brady is issued the first permit to drive a car through Central Park in New York
  • 1889 Hermann Sudermann’s “Ehre” premieres in Berlin
  • 1890 1st signal box for SF Police Department goes into operation

Nobel Prizes Established

1895 Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel establishes the Nobel Prizes through his will, dedicating the bulk of his fortune to funding annual awards for those who have conferred the “greatest benefit to humankind”

  • 1901 Gerhart Hauptmann‘s play “Der rote Hahn” (The Conflagration) premieres in Berlin
  • 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
  • 1901 U.S. Army War College is established in Washington, D.C.
  • 1903 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari‘s opera “Die Neugierigen Frauen” premieres in Munich, Germany
  • 1910 New York’s Penn Station opens as the world’s largest railway terminal
  • 1911 Audience throws vegetables at actors for the first recorded time in the US
  • 1912 Albanian National Flag adopted
  • 1912 Spanish protectorate in Morocco forms
  • 1914 1st British woman elected political agent (Grantham, Lincolnshire)
  • 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 country’s access to the Aegean Sea

The Mark of Zorro

1920 First American superhero film, “The Mark of Zorro,” directed by Fred Niblo and starring Douglas Fairbanks, is released in New York

  • 1924 57,000 watch a High School football game (LA & Polytechnic tie 7-7)
  • 1924 In New York City, the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is held
  • 1925 German Parliament ratifies treaty of Locarno
  • 1926 110,000 watch US Army & Navy play a 21-all tie

Miraculous Mandarin

1926 Béla Bartók‘s ballet “Miraculous Mandarin” premieres at the Cologne Opera, Germany, conducted by Eugen Szenkar

  • 1926 Italian & Albania sign peace treaty
  • 1926 KXL-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions
  • 1926 Restoration of Williamsburg, Virginia, begins
  • 1932 Poland & USSR sign non-aggression treaty

The Battle of Barrington

1934 Bank robber Baby Face Nelson and two FBI agents die in a shoot-out in Barrington, Illinois

Arrest of Frank Sinatra

1938 Bergen County (New Jersey) sheriff’s department arrests American singer Frank Sinatra (23) on charge of “seduction”, later withdrawn and amended to adultery, and shortly thereafter case dismissed

  • 1940 Dutch law professor Rudolph Cleveringa is arrested by Nazis
  • 1941 British 13th Army Corps reaches Tobruk in Libya
  • 1941 USSR begins a counter offensive, causes Germany to retreat
  • 1942 French navy at Toulon scuttles ships & subs so Nazis cannot seize them

Tito Forms Liberation Board

1942 Tito appoints Anti-fascist Liberation board in Yugoslavia

  • 1944 4,000 shells detonate in RAF arms depot at Fauld, near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire; village of Hanbury destroyed, at least 70 people killed
  • 1944 US 121st Infantry regiment opens assault on Hurtgen in Germany

Hannie Schaft Re-Buried

1945 Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft re-buried in presence of Queen Wilhelmina

  • 1945 General George Marshall named special US envoy to China
  • 1945 Trial against Dutch Fascist NSB leader Anton Mussert begins (later convicted and executed by firing squad)
  • 1946 English soccer team beats Netherlands, 8-2

Fraser Re-elected

1946 Peter Fraser‘s Labour government wins a second term in New Zealand’s general elections

  • 1948 Honda 1st opens in America
  • 1950 Red Sox sign shortstop Lou Boudreau as a player to 2-year contract
  • 1950 Trial against RC clergy “imperialistic conspiracy” begins in Prague
  • 1951 1st rocket to intercept an airplane at White Sands, New Mexico
  • 1951 Cease-fire & demarcation zone accord signed in Panmunjon, Korea
  • 1952 KTBC TV channel 7 in Austin, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
  • 1952 Only win ever for NFL’s Dallas Texans (1-11), beating the Chicago Bears, 27-23 at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio [1]
  • 1953 Indians third baseman Al Rosen is unanimously named AL’s MVP
  • 1954 Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury
  • 1956 1957 NFL Draft: Paul Hornung from University of Notre Dame first pick by Green Bay Packers
  • 1956 Al Oerter wins first of 4 consecutive men’s 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

Morrow Wins Sprint Double

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

  • 1956 Elżbieta Krzesińska of Poland equals world record with leap of 6.53m to win the women’s long jump gold medal at the Melbourne Olympics
  • 1956 Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett’s “The Diary of Anne Frank” premieres in Netherlands

1957 US Army withdraws from Little Rock, Arkansas after Central High School integration

  • 1958 USSR abrogates Allied war-time agreements on control of Germany
  • 1960 CBS radio cancels “Have Gun Will Travel”

Lumumba Flees Capital

1960 Deposed Prime Minister of the Congo, Patrice Lumumba, escapes house arrest in Léopoldville in an attempt to reach supporters in Stanleyville

First to Score 1,000 Points

1960 Gordie Howe becomes the first NHL player to score 1,000 points

  • 1960 Trailing 38-7 late in 3rd quarter, Buffalo Bills tie Broncos at 38-38
  • 1961 Gordie Howe becomes the first to play in 1,000 NHL games
  • 1961 KHAW TV channel 11 in Hilo, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting
  • 1961 The Beach Boys release their debut single “Surfin” on Candix Records, introducing a new musical style
  • 1962 1st Boeing 727 jet rolls out of assembly plant in Renton, Washington [1]
  • 1962 Sumner Arthur Long’s play “Never Too Late” premieres in NYC
  • 1962 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
  • 1963 The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention is signed at Strasbourg

Star Trek Pilot “The Cage”

1964 Filming starts for “Star Trek” pilot “The Cage”; cast includes Jeffrey Hunter, Susan Oliver, Leonard Nimoy, and Majel Barret; although it never airs, some footage re-used in “Menagerie” episode of the series

  • 1965 15-25,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam in Washington, D.C.
  • 1965 1966 NFL Draft: University of Texas linebacker Tommy Nobis #1 pick by Atlanta Falcons
  • 1966 In highest-scoring NFL game, Washington Redskins defeat NY Giants 72-41
  • 1966 Uruguay adopts constitution

De Gaulle’s Non!

1967 French President Charles de Gaulle said ‘Non!’ to British entry to the European Common Market for the second time

  • 1967 Gold pool nations pledge support of $35 per ounce gold price
  • 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
  • 1967 The Beatles release their album “Magical Mystery Tour” in the US; issued as a double EP in the UK in December

All Things Must Pass

1970 Apple Records releases George Harrison‘s triple album set “All Things Must Pass;” it becomes the best-selling solo album by any of the Beatles, reaching 6x Platinum status in the US

  • 1970 Carl Morton (18-11 for last-place Expos), receives NL Rookie of Year

Assassination Attempt on Pope Paul VI

1970 Pope Paul VI wounded in chest during a visit to Philippines by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest

  • 1970 Test Cricket debut of Rodney “Iron Gloves” Marsh v England, Brisbane
  • 1971 Soviet Mars 2 becomes 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars
  • 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
  • 1972 Pierre Trudeau forms Canadian government
  • 1972 Yanks trade Ellis, Torres & Spikes to Indians for Nettles & Moses
  • 1973 Gary Matthews wins NL Rookie of Year
  • 1973 Neil Simon‘s play “Good Doctor” premieres in NYC

Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act

1973 US President Richard Nixon signs the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act, authorizing petroleum price, production, allocation and marketing controls

Ford Confirmed Vice President

1973 US Senate votes 92-3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President

  • 1974 MLB St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Bake McBride wins NL Rookie of Year
  • 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.
  • 1975 Wings release the single “Venus and Mars/Rock Show” medley in the United States; it is released on October 27 in the United Kingdom

Assassination of Moscone and Milk

1978 San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk assassinated by former Supervisor Dan White at City Hall

  • 1979 1st day-night one-day cricket international, Australia v WI at SCG
  • 1980 Soyuz T-3 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station, launched
  • 1982 Kepler Wessels scores century in 1st Test Cricket (162 v England)
  • 1982 Yasuhiro Nakasone elected Prime Minister of Japan succeeding Zenko Suzuki
  • 1983 Colombian jetliner Boeing 747 crashes in Madrid killing 181
  • 1983 Desmond Haynes out handled the ball v India
  • 1985 Cards Vince Coleman wins NL Rookie of Year
  • 1985 Republic of Ireland gains consultative role in Northern Ireland
  • 1986 Europa TV, a project of five European public service broadcasters ceases operations after exhausting its budget
  • 1987 Young man survives 7 attempts at suicide in Somerset, England
  • 1989 Colombian jetliner bombed killing 107
  • 1989 France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
  • 1989 George Harrison releases music singles “Cheer Down” and “Poor Little Girl”
  • 1989 US 63rd manned space mission STS 33 (Discovery 9) returns from space

Alternative Criteria

1991 Cuban poet and journalist María Elena Cruz Varela is sentenced to two years in prison for calling for the democratization of Fidel Castro‘s regime as leader of the group Critirio Alternativo (Alternative Criteria)

  • 1992 “Howard Stern Interview” television program premieres on E! Network
  • 1992 Part of Vienna Hofburg destroyed by fire
  • 1993 India defeats West Indies in Bengal Jubilee Cricket Final, Kumble 6-12
  • 1994 Fire in disco in Fuxin, North-China, 233 killed
  • 1994 Julio Maria Sanguinetti elected president of Uruguay
  • 1997 25 people are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria by suspected Islamist groups
  • 1997 Lions’ Barry Sanders becomes NFL’s second all-time rusher

PM Helen Clark

1999 New Zealand’s Labour Party defeats the National-led government after 9 years in power, Helen Clark becomes the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand’s history

  • 2000 Norway opens the Laerdal Tunnel, linking Oslo and Bergen, the world’s longest road tunnel at 15.3 miles (24.6 kilometers) [1]
  • 2001 Hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet
  • 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 Ring’s ‘Fight of the Year’
  • 2004 New Zealand’s All Blacks thump Six Nations Rugby Union Champions France 45-6 in Paris

Saint John Chrysostom

2004 Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.

  • 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
  • 2005 The first partial human face transplant on a living human is performed by Bernard Devauchelle on Isabelle Dinoire in Amiens, France

2006 Ballon d’Or: Italy defender Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus/Real Madrid) is named best football player in Europe ahead of Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon and Arsenal forward Thierry Henry

Québécois a Nation Within Canada

2006 Canadian House of Commons endorses Prime Minister Stephen Harper‘s motion to declare Québécois a nation within a unified Canada

  • 2006 Francesco Cossiga, Italian politician and former President of the Italian Republic, resigns from his position as lifetime senator

2011 German Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel finishes second in the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix at Autódromo José Carlos Pace to retain the F1 World Drivers’ Championship, winning by 122 points over Jenson Button

  • 2012 29 people are killed and 126 are wounded by 8 car bombings across Iraq
  • 2012 The Eurozone announces that it will make loans of 43.7 billion euros to Greece
  • 2013 Greece becomes the first developed market to be demoted into an emerging market by the MSCI index
  • 2014 Cricketer Phillip Hughes dies two days after being struck on the head by a bouncer
  • 2014 Stephanie Gilmore wins her 6th women’s world surfing title
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  • 2016 German Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg clinches his only F1 World Driver’s Championship with victory in season ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix; wins title by 5 points from teammate Lewis Hamilton
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Francis Visits Myanmar

2017 Pope Francis begins a three-day trip to Myanmar, amid the Rohingya refugee crisis

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Rosario Murillo Sanctioned

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Trump Backs Hong Kong

2019 US President Donald Trump signs two bills backing Hong Kong protesters, which check the territories autonomy and ban the sale of munitions to Hong Kong police, angering China

  • 2020 Iran’s most senior nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh assassinated outside Tehran, escalating tensions in the region

Dua Lipa Gets Citizenship

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What Happened on November 27


Major Events

  • 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
  • 1295 English King Edward I calls what later becomes known as “The Model Parliament,” extending the authority of its representatives
  • 1493 Christopher Columbus returns to La Navidad colony, finding it destroyed by the first Native American uprising against Spanish rule. Taíno Cacique Caonabo led his people to attack the settlement after the brutal treatment they received from the garrison who disobeyed Columbus’s orders.

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  • 1967 The Beatles release their album “Magical Mystery Tour” in the US; issued as a double EP in the UK in December

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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

November 27, 2005


Fun Fact About November 27

First American superhero film, “The Mark of Zorro,” directed by Fred Niblo and starring Douglas Fairbanks, is released in New York

November 27, 1920

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55-Million-Year-Old Backyard Fossil Find Shocks Paleontologists



Artistic Reconstruction of a Female MekosuchineThe discovery of Australia’s oldest known crocodile eggshells is giving UNSW scientists new insight into the animals and ecosystems that existed millions of years ago, long before Australia separated into its own island continent. In the backyard of a grazier in the small southeast QLD town of Murgon, researchers have spent decades digging in what […]



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The Color That Shouldn’t Exist: Scientists Find Unexpected Blue on Ancient Artifact



Magnified Image of Nano Sized Specks of Blue ResidueIn a groundbreaking discovery that sheds new light on the prehistoric origins of art and human creativity, researchers from Aarhus University have identified the earliest known use of blue pigment in Europe. At the Final Paleolithic site of Mühlheim-Dietesheim in Germany, archaeologists from Aarhus University identified a faint blue residue on a stone artifact that […]



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Stunning New Evidence Shows Easter Island’s Moai Came From Dozens of Secret Workshops



Moai Statues Easter Island SunriseA sweeping 3D analysis of Rapa Nui’s main moai quarry shows that the island’s iconic statues weren’t produced by a single ruling authority, but by many small, independent groups working simultaneously. Independent Carving Efforts Across Rapa Nui A new study published today (November 26, 2025) in the open-access journal PLOS One reports that the well-known […]



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Ancient Astronomical Structure Predating The Solar Observatory Of Chankillo Discovered In Peru


Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Peruvian archaeologists have uncovered an astronomical structure in the Casma Valley, Ancash region, that predates the renowned Chankillo solar observatory—previously considered the oldest of its kind in the Americas.

Ancient Astronomical Structure Predating The Solar Observatory Of Chankillo Discovered In Peru

View of the new excavated structure at the Chankillo site, Casma, Peru. Credit: Peruvian Ministry of Culture 

This significant discovery was announced by Ivan Ghezzi Solis, director of Executing Unit 010 Chankillo. The find comes shortly after the unearthing of a broken sculptural vessel depicting warriors at Chankillo’s entrance, believed to be a ritual offering or linked to conflict, and underscoring the site’s ceremonial importance.

Artifacts from ancient civilizations often played a significant role in shaping the spiritual and cultural practices of their time. Over 2,300 years ago, the Casma Valley was home to a vibrant society in which solar ceremonies and military prowess were closely linked, leaving a lasting legacy. The elites of this civilization viewed the sun not only as a vital source of life but also as an emblem of strength and unity.

Ancient Astronomical Structure Predating The Solar Observatory Of Chankillo Discovered In Peru

Credit: Peruvian Ministry of Culture 

Celestial rituals performed by these leaders served both to inspire their people and reinforce their own authority, illustrating how spirituality and leadership could work together to elevate an entire society. Researchers have found that depictions of warriors are connected with the Chankillo structure known as the Fortified Temple—a central site for political, military, and ritual activities among Chankillo elites.

Deliberately Broken Vessel Depicting Warriors In Combat Discovered At the Chankillo Solar Observatory In Casma Valley, Peru

Credit: Peruvian Ministry of Culture 

These findings suggest that ritual objects had purposes beyond mere ceremony; they also communicated important messages about identity and power within the community.

The Peruvian Ministry of Culture has highlighted that this newly discovered structure is reshaping our understanding of when astronomy began in the Andes. The site represents one of the earliest known examples of architectural planning aligned with solar movements in the Americas, indicating sophisticated observation of astronomical phenomena well before Chankillo’s construction around 250 BC.

Excavations led by Ghezzi’s team are ongoing, with plans to use radiocarbon dating to determine the exact age of this ancient building. Its orientation toward solar events and construction materials strongly suggests an astronomical function that predates even Chankillo’s famed Thirteen Towers.

Ancient Astronomical Structure Predating The Solar Observatory Of Chankillo Discovered In Peru

Chankillo’s Thirteen Towers. Credit: David Edgar – CC BY-SA 3.0

Further research at Casma has also revealed a corridor intentionally aligned with lunar cycles, demonstrating that both solar and lunar observations were integral to activities at this complex. These findings indicate a more advanced and diverse body of astronomical knowledge among ancient Andean civilizations than previously recognized.

Ancient Astronomical Structure Predating The Solar Observatory Of Chankillo Discovered In Peru

Credit: Peruvian Ministry of Culture 

According to Ghezzi Solis, these discoveries reinforce Casma’s status as one of history’s most important centers for ancient astronomy. Structures within this complex not only tracked solar movements but also incorporated lunar alignments—expanding our understanding beyond what was once thought possible for pre-Hispanic Peru.

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Restoration efforts continue at Chankillo—including work on its Thirteen Towers—with plans underway to open more areas for public visitation in the coming years. Since its designation as a World Heritage Site in 2021, Chankillo has continued to provide valuable insights into early scientific traditions and achievements in South America.

Source:  Ministry of Culture of Peru

Written by Conny Waters – AncientPages.com Staff Writer





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