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, 28,877,760 minutes 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
- 1703 –The first Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703.
- 1839 –In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded.
- 1863 –American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.
- 1924 –In New York City, the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
- 1934 –Bank robber Baby Face Nelson dies in a shoot-out with the FBI.
- 1963 –The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention is signed at Strasbourg.
- 1965 –Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.
- 1983 –Avianca Flight 011, a Boeing 747 crashes near Madrid’s Barajas Airport, killing 181.
- 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.
- 2006 –The Canadian House of Commons endorses Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s motion to declare Quebec a nation within a unified Canada.
Who were born on November 27?
- 1576 –Shimazu Tadatsune, Ruler of Satsuma (d. 1638)
- 1635 –Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, wife of Louis XIV of France (d. 1719)
- 1833 –Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (d. 1897)
- 1903 –Lars Onsager, Norwegian chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1976)
- 1928 –Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor (d. 2005)
- 1941 –Louis van Dijk, Dutch pianist
- 1942 –Henry Carr, American athlete
- 1954 –Patricia McPherson, American actress
- 1958 –Mike Scioscia, American baseball player and manager
- 1973 –Evan Karagias, American professional wrestler
Who died on November 27?
- 450 –Galla Placidia, daughter of Theodosius I (b. 392)
- 1632 –John Eliot, English statesman (b. 1592)
- 1811 –Andrew Meikle, British mechanical engineer (b. 1719)
- 1932 –Evelyn Preer, American actress and singer (b. 1896)
- 1975 –Ross McWhirter, British co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (assassinated) (b. 1925)
- 1983 –Kostas Mentis, Greek actor (b. 1913)
- 1988 –John Carradine, American actor (b. 1906)
- 2005 –Joe Jones, American R&B singer (b. 1926)
- 2007 –Sean Taylor, American football player (b. 1983)
- 2008 –V. P. Singh, Indian Prime Minister (b. 1931)
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