What are the important events that happened on November 27? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
November 27: Facts & Myths About This Day
November 27 is the 332nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 34 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 14, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 481,296 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatriacontadigon’ day.
Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 63 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,359 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 27 Historical Events
1095 –
Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont.
1295 –
The first elected representatives from Lancashire are called to Westminster by King Edward I to attend what later became known as “The Model Parliament”.
1815 –
Adoption of Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland.
1901 –
The U.S. Army War College is established.
1940 –
World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.
1954 –
Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
1978 –
In San Francisco, California, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.
1989 –
Avianca Flight 203, a Boeing 727, explodes in mid-air over Colombia, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground. The Medellín Cartel claimed responsibility for the attack.
2001 –
A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.
2004 –
Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Who were born on November 27?
1894 –
Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian Orthodox saint (d. 1971)
1928 –
Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor (d. 2005)
1941 –
Louis van Dijk, Dutch pianist
1952 –
Daryl Stuermer, American guitarist (Genesis)
1962 –
Mike Bordin, American musician (Faith No More)
1969 –
Myles Kennedy, American musician
1972 –
Shane Salerno, American screenwriter
1976 –
Jean Grae, South African–born rapper
1979 –
Danielle Foxxx, Brazilian pornographic actress
1979 –
Shin Hyesung, Korean singer (Shinhwa)
Who died on November 27?
511 –
Clovis I, King of the Franks (b. c. 466)
1570 –
Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect (b. 1486)
1921 –
Douglas Colin Cameron, Canadian politician (b. 1854)
1944 –
Leonid Mandelshtam, Russian physicist (b. 1879)
1955 –
Arthur Honegger, French-born Swiss composer (b. 1892)
1960 –
Dirk Jan de Geer, Dutch nobleman, lawyer, conservative statesman and prime minister of the Netherlands (b. 1870)
1978 –
Harvey Milk, American politician, civil rights activist (assassinated) (b. 1930)
1988 –
Jan Hein Donner, a Dutch chess grandmaster (b. 1927)
1998 –
Barbara Acklin, American singer and songwriter (b. 1943)
2011 –
Gary Speed, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1969)
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