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What happened in history on this day: November 27?
On November 27 in ...
- 1817 - US soldiers attack Florida Indian village, beginning Seminole War.
- 1839 - In Boston, Massachusetts, USA, the American Statistical Association is founded.
- 1898 - Side-wheeler Portland sinks off Cape Cod, 190 die.
- 1901 - Army War College established in Washington DC.
- 1910 - New York's Pennsylvania Station opens as world's largest railway terminal.
- 1924 - In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
- 1926 - Restoration of Williamsburg, Virginia, begins.
- 1934 - Baby Face Nelson shot by FBI agents.
- 1941 - US Secretary of War Stimson, acting for President Franklin Roosevelt, sends a general war warning to all US commands. US Chief of Naval Operations signals to Atlantic and Pacific fleet commanders "an aggressive move by Japan is expected within the next few days".
- 1945 - General George C Marshall named special US envoy to China.
- 1951 - First rocket to intercept an airplane, White Sands, New Mexico, USA.
- 1966 - Billionaire Howard Hughes arrives in Las Vegas and enters the Desert Inn, occupying the entire 9th floor of the Saint Andrews Tower.
- 1967 - Gold pool nations pledge support of $35 per ounce gold price.
- 1973 - US Senate votes 92-3 to confirm Gerald R Ford as Vice President.
- 1978 - In San Francisco, California, Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former Supervisor Dan White.
- 2007 - The Annapolis Conference, a peace conference trying to end the Arab-Israeli conflict, is held in Annapolis, Maryland in the United States.
- 2019 - The U.S. Government passes the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act.
Births on November 27
- 1901 - Birth of Ted Husing in the Bronx, New York, USA; early radio sportscaster (boxing, horse racing, track and field, regattas, seven World Series, tennis, golf, four Olympic Games, Indianapolis 500 motor racing, college football).
- 1917 - Birth of Robert Emil Schmidt AKA Buffalo Bob Smith in Buffalo, New York, USA; TV host (Howdy Doody).
- 1918 - Birth of Stephen Elliott in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Chicago Hope, Trial and Error, Saint Elsewhere, Falcon Crest, Executive Suite, Beacon Hill, A World Apart, As The World Turns).
- 1925 - Birth of Marshall Thompson in Peoria, Illinois, USA; actor (Bog, To Hell and Back, Daktari).
- 1925 - Birth of Michael Tolan in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (Nurses, Senator, Murder She Wrote, Bold Ones: The Senator, Adams Chronicles).
- 1935 - Birth of Al Jackson Junior in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; drummer (Booker T. and the M.G.s, Willie Mitchell Band).
- 1940 - Birth of Bruce Lee in San Francisco, California, USA; karate star/actor (Green Hornet).
- 1944 - Birth of Eddie Rabbitt in Brooklyn, New York, USA; country singer ("I Love a Rainy Night").
- 1945 - Birth of Barbara Anderson in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Eve - Ironside, Mission Impossible).
- 1951 - Birth of Jayne Kennedy in Washington DC, USA; sportscaster (CBS)/actress (Body and Soul).
- 1952 - Birth of James D Wetherbee in Flushing, New York, USA; Lieutenant Commander US Navy/astronaut (STS-32, sk:46).
- 1954 - Birth of Patricia McPherson in Oak Harbor, Washington, USA; actress (Bonnie - Knight Rider).
- 1962 - Birth of Charlie Benante in Bronx, New York, USA; rock drummer (Anthrax - "Protest and Survive").
- 1963 - Birth of Fisher Stevens in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (My Science Project, Short Circuit, Early Edition, Key West, Ryan's Hope).
- 1964 - Birth of Robin Simone Givens in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Darlene - Head of the Class, Forgive or Forget).
- 1976 - Birth of Jaleel White in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Steve Urkel - Family Matters).
Deaths on November 27
- 1795 - Death of Albion Coxe; US Mint assayer.
- 1978 - In San Francisco, California, Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former Supervisor Dan White.
- 1988 - Death of John Carradine at age 82 of kidney failure; actor (Dracula, King David, Kung Fu TV show).
- 2005 - Death of Joe Jones at age 79 in Los Angeles, California, USA; singer ("You Talk Too Much" (1961)).
- 2007 - Death of Robert Cade, American physician and inventor of the beverage Gatorade (born 1927).
- 2008 - Death of Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule III, American numismatist, curator, scholar, cataloger, professor of art history at Yale, author (Numismatic Art in America, Aesthetics of the United States Coinage 1971, 2007) in Cambridge, Massachusetts at age 83 following a stroke.
- 2021 - Death of Eddie Mekka at age 69 in Newhall, California, USA; actor (Carmine Raqusa - Laverne & Shirley TV show).
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