November 27

Events

• 2018 War in Afghanistan (2001–present): Three U.S. troops are killed and three others are wounded in an IED blast near Ghazni, Afghanistan. (BBC)
• 2017 Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: Prince Harry announces his engagement to American actress Meghan Markle. (NBC News)
• 2016 Syrian Armed Forces have captured the entire Hanano district in eastern Aleppo and are working on removing mines and improvised explosive devices from the district, while the rebels blame lack of hospitals for collapsing defences. (Reuters)
• 2015 One person is killed and several injured in clashes between police and Papua New Guinea Defence Force soldiers. (ABC News Australia)
• 2014 War in Afghanistan:: A suicide bomber kills 5 in a targeted attack on a British embassy vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan. (BBC)
• 2013 Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):: 33 people are killed in bombings and shootings across Iraq. (BBC)
• 2012 At least 29 people are killed and 126 wounded in eight car bombings across Iraq. (CNN)
• 2011 The cargo ship MV ''Swanland'' founders in the Irish Sea two of her eight crew members are rescued. (BBC)
• 2010 Seven people are killed after steel box girders used for building an overpass overturn in Nanjing, China. (Xinhua via ''Shanghai Daily'')
• 2009 A Russian high-speed passenger train traveling on the Moscow – Saint Petersburg Railway derails near Uglovka in a suspected terrorist attack, killing 26 people and injuring more than 100. (RIA Novosti) (BBC)
• 2008 The longest serving Ocean Liner in history, QE2 is retired from service.
• 2007 The Annapolis Conference, a peace conference trying to end the Arab-Israeli conflict, is held in Annapolis, Maryland, in the United States. (NYT)
• 2006 The Canadian House of Commons endorses Prime Minister Stephen Harper's motion to declare Quebec a nation within a unified Canada.
• 2005 The first partial human face transplant is completed in Amiens, France.
• 2004 Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
• 2003 Scientists warn that a devastating influenza epidemic is not only inevitable but may be imminent.
• 2002 The controversial physician Severino Antinori has claimed that a project to clone human beings has succeeded, with the first human clone due to be born in 2003. His claims were received with skepticism from many observers. The even more controversial organization Clonaid then announced that they had five clones waiting to be born, one of whom, they claimed, would be born in December 2002.
• 2001 A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.
• 1999 The left-wing Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history.
• 1997 Twenty-five are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria.
• 1994 82nd CFL Grey Cup: British Columbia Lions defeat Baltimore Stallions, 26-23
• 1993 Lisa Hanna, 18, of Jamaica, crowned 43rd Miss World
• 1992 Howard Stern Interview premieres on E! Network
• 1991 Peter Pan opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 48 performances
• 1990 Women's suffrage was introduced in the last Swiss half canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden.
• 1989 George Harrison releases Cheer Down andPoor Little Girl
• 1988 76th CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeats BC Lions, 22-21
• 1987 Les Miserables, opens at Theatre Royal, Sydney
• 1985 Cards Vince Coleman wins NL Rookie of Year
• 1984 Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agreed to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty.
• 1983 71st CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats BC Lions, 18-17
• 1982 5th time Rangers shut-out Islanders 3-0
• 1980 Soyuz T-3 carries three cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station, launched.
• 1978 Colombian Avianca Airlines Boeing 747 crashes in Madrid killing 183
• 1977 Comedy with Music (Victor Borge) closes at Imperial New York after 66 performances
• 1976 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Colgate-Far East Golf Championship
• 1974 Cardinals outfielder Bake McBride wins NL Rookie of Year
• 1973 Gary Matthews wins NL Rookie of Year
• 1972 Pierre Trudeau forms Canadian government
• 1971 Soviet Mars 2 becomes 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars
• 1970 Carl Morton (18-11 for last-place Expos), receives NL Rookie of Year
• 1967 Beatles release Magical Mystery Tour
• 1966 Uruguay adopts constitution
• 1965 15-25,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam in Washington DC
• 1964 Cold War: Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru appeals to the United States and the Soviet Union to end nuclear testing and to start nuclear disarmament, stating that such an action would ''save humanity from the ultimate disaster''.
• 1963 The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention is signed at Strasbourg.
• 1962 1st test flight of the Boeing 727 takes place
• 1961 KHAW TV channel 11 in Hilo, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 1960 CBS radio cancels Have Gun Will Travel
• 1958 USSR abrogates Allied war-time agreements on control of Germany.
• 1957 Army withdraws for Little Rock Ark, after Central HS integration
• 1954 By the Beautiful Sea closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 270 performances
• 1952 KTBC TV channel 7 in Austin, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1951 Cease-fire and demarcation zone accord signed in Panmunjon Korea
• 1950 Red Sox sign shortstop Lou Boudreau as a player to 2-year contract
• 1949 Indonesia is recognized.
• 1948 36th CFL Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders defeat Ottawa Rough Riders, 12-7
• 1947 Joe DiMaggio wins his third Most Valuable Player, beating Ted Williams by one vote.
• 1946 English soccer team beats Netherlands, 8-2
• 1945 Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft re-buried in presence of Queen Wilhelmina
• 1944 3,500-4,000 ton explosive, explodes in Staffordshire, 68 killed
• 1943 31st CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Flying Wildcats defeat Winn Bombers, 23-14
• 1942 Bobby Managoff beats Yvon Robert in Houston, to become wrestling champ
• 1941 British 13th Army corp reaches Tobruk
• 1940 6th Heisman Trophy Award: Tom Harmon, Michigan (HB)
• 1937 Pro-labor musical revue Pins & Needles opens, produced by ILGWU
• 1934 Bank robber Baby Face Nelson dies in a shoot-out with the FBI.
• 1932 Poland and the USSR signs non-attack treaty
• 1926 Italian and Albania sign peace treaty
• 1925 German Parliament ratifies treaty of Locarno
• 1924 57,000 watch a high school football game in Las Angeles, California, USA.
• 1919 Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine: Allies and Bulgaria
• 1914 1st women elected political agent (Grantham, Linconshire UK)
• 1912 Spanish protectorate in Morocco established.
• 1911 Audience throws vegetables at actors for 1st recorded time in US
• 1901 Gerhart Hauptmanns Der rote Hahn, premieres in Berlin
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• David White

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• Sam Cowley

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• Margot SE Scharten-Antink

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• Ettore Panizza

  Composer, dies at 92.

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• John L McClellan

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Top #1 songs in the USA

• 2017 Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage - Rockstar
• 2016 Rae Sremmurd Featuring Gucci Mane - Black Beatles
• 2015 Adele - Hello
• 2014 Taylor Swift - Shake It Off
• 2013 Lorde - Royals
• 2012 Maroon 5 - One More Night
• 2011 Rihanna - We Found Love
• 2010 Far*East Movement - Like A G6
• 2009 Owl City - Fireflies
• 2008 T.I. - Live Your Life
• 2007 Chris Brown - Kiss Kiss
• 2006 Justin Timberlake - My Love
• 2005 Chris Brown - Run It!
• 2004 Usher - My Boo
• 2003 Beyonce - Baby Boy
• 2002 Eminem - Lose Yourself
• 2001 Mary J. Blige - Family Affair
• 2000 Destiny's Child - Independent Women Part I
• 1999 Santana - Smooth
• 1998 Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing)
• 1997 Elton John - Something About The Way You Look Tonight
• 1997 Elton John - Candle In The Wind 1997
• 1996 BLACKstreet - No Diggity
• 1995 Whitney Houston - Exhale (Shoop Shoop)
• 1994 Boyz II Men - I'll Make Love To You
• 1993 Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
• 1992 The Heights - How Do You Talk To An Angel
• 1991 Michael Bolton - When A Man Loves A Woman
• 1990 Mariah Carey - Love Takes Time
• 1989 Milli Vanilli - Blame It On The Rain
• 1988 Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine
• 1987 Billy Idol - Mony Mony Live
• 1986 The Human League - Human
• 1985 Starship - We Built This City
• 1984 Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
• 1983 Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night)
• 1982 Lionel Richie - Truly
• 1981 Olivia Newton-John - Physical
• 1980 Kenny Rogers - Lady
• 1979 Barbra Streisand - No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
• 1978 Donna Summer - MacArthur Park
• 1977 Debby Boone - You Light Up My Life
• 1976 Rod Stewart - Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)
• 1975 K.C and the Sunshine Band - That's The Way (I Like It)
• 1974 Billy Swan - I Can Help
• 1973 Ringo Starr - Photograph
• 1972 Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now
• 1971 Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft
• 1970 The Partridge Family - I Think I Love You
• 1969 The 5th Dimension - Wedding Bell Blues
• 1968 The Beatles - Hey Jude
• 1967 Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense And Peppermints
• 1966 The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On
• 1965 The Supremes - I Hear A Symphony
• 1964 The Supremes - Baby Love
• 1963 Dale & Grace - I'm Leaving It Up To You
• 1962 The 4 Seasons - Big Girls Don't Cry
• 1961 Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John
• 1960 Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs - Stay
• 1959 The Fleetwoods - Mr. Blue
• 1958 The Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley
• 1957 Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
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Top #1 Rock songs

• 2017 Imagine Dragons - Thunder
• 2016 twenty one pilots - Heathens
• 2015 Elle King - Ex's & Oh's
• 2014 Hozier - Take Me To Church
• 2013 Lorde - Royals
• 2012 fun. - Some Nights
• 2011 Bush - The Sound Of Winter
• 2010 The Black Keys - Tighten Up
• 2009 Foo Fighters - Wheels