What happened this day in history November 27

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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