What Happened on November 27
Important Events
- 1095 Pope Urban II preaches 1st Crusade
- 1295 English King Edward I calls what later became known as "The Model Parliament" extending the authorities of its representatives
- 1493 Christopher Columbus returns to La Navidad colony, finding it destroyed by the 1st 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.
- 1807 Portuguese Royal Family and its court of nearly 15,000 people leave Lisbon for their colony of Brazil to escape invading Napoleonic troops
- 1895 Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel's will establishes the Nobel Prize
Nov 27 in Film & TV
- 2013 "Frozen", the highest-grossing animated film of all time, starring Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell, is released
Nov 27 in Music
- 1967 The Beatles release their album "Magical Mystery Tour"
Nov 27 in Sport
- 1961 Gordie Howe becomes 1st to play in 1,000 NHL games
Did You Know?
"The Mask of Zorro" directed by Fred Niblo and starring Douglas Fairbanks is shown in New York - 1st American superhero film
On November 27, 1920
Famous Birthdays
Anders Celsius
(1701 - 1744)- Robert R. Livingston
(1746 - 1813) - Alexander Dubček
(1921 - 1992) - Bruce Lee
(1940 - 1973) - Jimi Hendrix
(1942 - 1970) - Kathryn Bigelow
69 Years Old
Anders Celsius
Robert R. Livingston
Alexander Dubček
Bruce Lee
Jimi Hendrix
Kathryn BigelowWould You Believe?
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
On November 27, 2005
Famous Weddings
- 1960 Actress Lana Turner marries for the 6th time to Frederick May
- 1971 MLB center fielder Willie Mays (40) weds Mae Louise Allen in Mexico City
- 1980 British playwright (Nobel prize for literature 2005) Harold Pinter (50) marries 2nd wife British writer and historian Antonia Frazer (48)
Famous Divorces
- 2006 "Baywatch" actress Pamela Anderson (39) divorces singer Kid Rock (36) due to irreconcilable differences only 4 months after getting married
- 2006 Actress Selma Blair (34) divorces actor-rocker Ahmet Zappa (32) due to irreconcilable differences after more than 2 years of marriage
- 2013 Actor Ashton Kutcher (35) divorces actress Demi Moore (51) due to irreconcilable differences after 8 years of marriage
Horace
Ada Lovelace
Eugene O'Neill
Arthur Honegger
Harvey Milk
Stephen HillenburgArticles, Photos and Quiz
Horatio Nelson: From Frail Boy to National Hero
A 12-year-old boy stepped into a world where many men feared to tread on this day: the harsh and brutal British Navy. He was legend-to-be Horatio Nelson.
November 27, 1770Weekly Quiz for November 25 - December 1
What did Alfred Nobel patent? What was name of physicist Erwin Schrödinger's famous thought experiment? What was Mark Twain's real name?
November in History
Theatregoers Still Caught in The Mousetrap
It began in 1952 with a fresh-faced young actor called Richard Attenborough in the lead role. Since then, The Mousetrap has smashed all theatrical records.
November 25, 1952Artist's 'Rocket' Shot Down in Flames
Artist James Whistler sought £1,000 libel damages from an art critic but was told by a jury on this day that he could whistle for it!
November 26, 1878Money From The Sky – a Nazi War Weapon
Adolf Hitler would have given almost anything to defeat Great Britain – and that is possibly why he sanctioned one of the most bizarre plots to harm his enemy.
November 26, 1904Wrong Address for Shakespeare Tourist Attraction
Millions of tourists around the world still have souvenirs of the house where William Shakespeare’s mother was born and grew up. Sadly, it’s the wrong house.
November 29, 2000
