On this day...

399 St Anastasius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1095 Pope Urban II preaches First Crusade
1815 Cracow (Poland) declared a free republic
1817 US soldiers attack Florida Indian village, beginning Seminole War
1839 American Statistical Association organizes in Boston
1843 The opera "The Bohemian Girl" is produced (London)
1870 NY Times dubs baseball "The National Game"
1889 First permit issued to drive a car through Central Park (Curtis Brady)
1890 First signal box for SF Police Department goes into operation
1895 Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize
1898 Side-wheeler "Portland" sinks off Cape Cod, 190 die
1901 Army War College established in Washington DC
1903 The opera "Die Heugierigen Frauen" is produced (Munich)
1910 NY's Penn Station opens as world's largest railway terminal
1912 Albanian National Flag adopted
1912 Spanish protectorate in Morocco established
1924 57,000 watch a High School football game in LA
1926 110,000 watch Army & Navy play a 21-all tie
1926 Restoration of Williamsburg, Virginia, begins
1937 Pro-labor musical revue "Pins & Needles" opens, produced by ILGWU
1941 USSR begins a counter offensive causing Germany to retreat
1942 French navy at Toulon scuttles ships & subs so Nazis don't take them
1945 Gen George C Marshall named special US envoy to China
1947 Joe DiMaggio wins his 3rd MVP, beating Ted Williams by 1 vote
1951 First rocket to intercept an airplane, White Sands, NM
1957 Army withdraws for Little Rock Ark, after Central HS integration
1958 USSR abrogates Allied war-time agreements on control of Germany
1960 Trailing 38-7 late in 3rd quarter, Buffalo Bills tie Broncos at 38-38
1965 First French satellite launched, France becomes 3rd nation in space
1966 In highest-scoring NFL game, Washington Redskins defeat NY Giants 72-41
1967 Gold pool nations pledge support of $35 per ounce gold price
1970 Pope Paul VI wounded in chest during a visit to Philippines by a
dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest
1971 Soviet Mars 2 becomes First spacecraft to crash land on Mars
1972 Yanks trade Ellis, Torres & Spikes to Indians for Nettles & Moses
1973 Senate votes 92-3 to confirm Gerald R Ford as VP
1975 Fred Lynn became First rookie to win the MVP
1983 Colombian jetliner crashes in Madrid killing 185
1985 Republic of Ireland gains consultative role in Northern Ireland
1989 Colombian jetliner bombed killing 107
1990 Britain's conservatives chose John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher
1991 Undertaker beats Hulk Hogan to become new WWF champ

Birthdays which occurred on November 27th:

1701 Anders Celsius, Sweden, scientist, inventor (centigrade temp scale)
1746 Robert Livingston, delivered oath of office to George Washington
1804 Sir Julius Benedict, Stuttgart Germany, opera composer (Protoghesi)
1867 Charles Koechlin, Paris France, composer (Jacob Chez Luban)
1874 Chaim Weizmann, Israeli statesman (First President)
1874 Charles A. Beard, American historian (American Continentalism)
1900 Leon Barzin, Brussels Belgium, conductor (NY City Ballet 1948-58)
1901 Ted Husing, NYC, sportscaster (Monday Night Fights)
1903 Johnny Blood, aka John McNally, early NFL halfback (Green Bay)
1903 Mona Washbourne, actress (Stevie, Billie Liar, Driver's Seat)
1909 James Agee, American writer (The African Queen)
1912 David Merrick, Broadway producer (Hello Dolly)
1917 "Buffalo" Bob Smith, Buffalo NY, TV host (Howdy Doody)
1921 Alexander Dubcek, headed Czech Communist Party (1968-69)
1925 Ernie Wise, England, comedian (Morecambe & Wise)
1925 Marshall Thompson, Peoria Illinois, actor (Bog, To Hell & Back, Daktari)
1925 Michael Tolan, Detroit, actor (Nurses, Senator)
1932 Benigno Aquino, Jr., Philippine opposition leader
1937 Gail Sheehy, writer (Hustling)
1940 Bruce Lee, San Francisco, karate star/actor
1942 Jimi Hendrix, rock guitarist (Purple Haze)
1944 Eddie Rabbitt, Brooklyn, country singer (I Love a Rainy Night)
1945 Barbara Anderson, Brooklyn, actress (Eve-Ironside, Mission Impossible)
1951 Jayne Kennedy, Washington DC, sportscaster (CBS)/actress (Body & Soul)
1954 Curtis Armstrong, actor (Moonlighting)
1954 Patricia McPherson, Oak Harbor Washington, actress (Bonnie-Knight Rider)
1959 Charlie Burchill, rocker (Simple Minds)
1960 Ken O'Brien, NFL quarterback (NY Jets)
1962 Calvin Hayes, rocker (Johnny Hates Jazz-Turn Back the Clock)
1962 Charlie Benante, Bronx NY, rock drummer (Anthrax-Protest & Survive)
1963 Fisher Stevens, Chicago, actor (My Science Project, Short Circuit)
1964 Robin Simone Givens, NYC, (Darlene-Head of the Class)
1965 Fiachna O'Broanain, rocker (Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go)
1976 Jaleel White, Los Angeles, actor (Steve Urkel-Family Matters)

Deaths which occurred on November 27th:

8 -BC- Horace, Latin poet & satirist
1934 Baby Face Nelson, shot by FBI agents
1953 Eugene O'Neill, playwright, dies in Boston at 65
1965 Harry Harvey, Sr., actor (It's a Man's World), dies at 64
1975 Ross McWhirter, Guinness Book of Records keeper, is murdered
1978 George Moscone, San Francisco mayor, shot by Dan White
1981 Lotte Lenya, singer/actress, dies in NY at 83
1984 Percy Norris, deputy high commissioner of India, shot
1986 Steve Tracy, actor (Percival-Little House on the Praire), dies at 61
1988 John Carradine, actor, dies at 82 of kidney failure