This Day in History for 27th November ◀ Oct November Dec ▶ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 All Events Birthdays Weddings Deaths Historical Events Events 1 - 100 of 164 399 - St Anastasius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1095 - Pope Urban II preaches 1st Crusade 1237 - Battle of Cortenuova: Holy Roman Emperor Frederik II defeated the Second Lombardian League 1295 - English King Edward I calls what later became known as The Model Parliament extending the authorities of its representatives 1382 - Battle of Westrozebeke/Roosebeke. French army defeats the Flemish army. Flemish leader Philip Van Artevelde killed and corpse displayed 1495 - Scottish king James IV receives Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the English trone 1587 - Dutch county of Groningen flooded by failure of dyke 1703 - The first Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703. 1798 - Rabbi Shneur Zalman, author (Tanya), released from St Petersburg jail 1807 - The Portuguese Royal Family leaves Lisbon to escape from Napoleonic troops French Emperor Napoléon BonaparteFrench Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte 1815 - City of Kraków (Poland) declared a free republic state by the Congress of Vienna 1815 - Adoption of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland 1817 - US soldiers attack Florida Indian village, beginning Seminole War 1826 - John Walker invents friction match in England 1839 - American Statistical Association organizes in Boston 1843 - Opera Bohemian Girl is produced (London) 1863 - -29] Battle at Fort Esperanza Texas 1863 - Battle of Paynes Farm, VA 1864 - 2nd day of Battles at Waynesboro, Georgia 1868 - Battle at Washita River, Oklahoma. General Custer attacks group of Native American Indians, their chief Black Kettle dies in the attack Union General George Armstrong CusterUnion General George Armstrong Custer 1870 - NY Times dubs baseball The National Game 1885 - Earliest photograph of a meteor shower taken 1889 - 1st permit issued to drive a car through Central Park (Curtis P Brady) 1889 - Hermann Sudermanns Ehre premieres in Berlin 1890 - 1st signal box for SF Police Department goes into operation 1895 - Alfred Nobels will establishes Nobel Prizes 1896 - Also Sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra) debuts in Frankfurt 1901 - Gerhart Hauptmanns Der rote Hahn premieres in Berlin 1901 - U.S. Army War College is established in Washington DC 1901 - Prince Ito of Japan comes to St Petersburg hoping to get the Russians to grant Japan concessions in Korea, but later drops this goal and decides to make an alliance with Britain Author and Nobel Laureate Gerhart HauptmannAuthor and Nobel Laureate Gerhart Hauptmann 1903 - Opera Die Heugierigen Frauen is produced (Munich) 1910 - NYs Penn Station opens as worlds largest railway terminal 1911 - Audience throws vegetables at actors for 1st recorded time in US 1912 - Albanian National Flag adopted 1912 - Spanish protectorate in Morocco forms 1914 - 1st British woman elected political agent (Grantham, Linconshire) 1919 - Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine: Allies & Bulgaria 1924 - 57,000 watch a High School football game (LA & Polytechnic tie 7-7) 1924 - In New York City, the first Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade is held. 1925 - German Parliament ratifies treaty of Locarno 1926 - 110,000 watch US Army & Navy play a 21-all tie 1926 - Béla Bartoks ballet Miraculous Mandarin premieres in Keulen 1926 - Italian & Albania sign peace treaty 1926 - KXL-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions 1926 - Restoration of Williamsburg, Virginia, begins Cricket Legend Donald BradmanCricket Legend Donald Bradman 1931 - 1st Test Cricket match at the Gabba Bradman scores 200 on 1st day 1932 - Poland & USSR sign non-aggression treaty 1934 - Bank robber Baby Face Nelson dies in a shoot-out with the FBI. 1937 - Pro-labor musical revue Pins & Needles opens, produced by ILGWU 1939 - Maxwell Andersons Key Largo premieres in NYC 1940 - 6th Heisman Trophy Award: Tom Harmon, Michigan (HB) 1941 - British 13th Army Corps reaches Tobruk 1941 - Joe DiMaggio is named AL MVP 1941 - USSR begins a counter offensive, causes Germany to retreat Baseball Player Joe DiMaggioBaseball Player Joe DiMaggio 1942 - Bobby Managoff beats Yvon Robert in Houston, to become wrestling champ 1942 - French navy at Toulon scuttles ships & subs so Nazis cannot seize them 1942 - Tito appoints Anti-fascist Liberation board in Yugoslavia 1943 - 31st CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Flying Wildcats defeat Winn Bombers, 23-14 1943 - Conference of Teheran (Churchill-Roosevelt-Stalin) 1944 - 4,000 shells detonate in RAF arms depot at Fauld, near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire; village of Hanbury destroyed, at least 70 people killed 1944 - US 121st Infantry regiment opens assault on Hurtgen Military Leader George MarshallMilitary Leader George Marshall 1945 - Gen George Marshall named special US envoy to China 1945 - Trial against NSB-leader Mussert begins 1945 - Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft re-buried in presence of Queen Wilhelmina 1946 - English soccer team beats Netherlands, 8-2 1947 - Joe DiMaggio wins his 3rd MVP, beating Ted Williams by 1 vote 1948 - 36th CFL Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders defeat Ottawa Rough Riders, 12-7 1948 - Honda 1st opens in America 1950 - Red Sox sign shortstop Lou Boudreau as a player to 2-year contract 1950 - Trial against RC clergy imperialistic conspiracy begins in Prague 1951 - 1st rocket to intercept an airplane, White Sands, NM 1951 - Cease-fire & demarcation zone accord signed in Panmunjon, Korea 1952 - KTBC TV channel 7 in Austin, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 - Indians 3rd baseman Al Rosen is unanimously named ALs MVP 1954 - By the Beautiful Sea closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 270 perfs 1954 - 42nd CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 26-25 1954 - Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury. 1956 - F Goodrich and A Hacketts Diary of Anne Frank premieres in Netherlands 1957 - Army withdraws for Little Rock Ark, after Central HS integration 1958 - USSR abrogates Allied war-time agreements on control of Germany 1960 - CBS radio cancels Have Gun Will Travel 1960 - Dr Felix Houphouet-Boigny becomes president of Ivory Coast Ice Hockey Legend Gordie HoweIce Hockey Legend Gordie Howe 1960 - Gordie Howe becomes 1st NHLer to score 1,000 points 1960 - Patrice Lumumba flees Leopoldville Congo 1960 - Trailing 38-7 late in 3rd quarter, Buffalo Bills tie Broncos at 38-38 1961 - Gordie Howe becomes 1st to play in 1,000 NHL games 1961 - KHAW TV channel 11 in Hilo, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting 1962 - 1st test flight of the Boeing 727 takes place 1962 - Sumner Arthur Longs Never Too Late premieres in NYC 1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1963 - The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention is signed at Strasbourg. 1965 - 15-25,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam in Washington, DC 1965 - 1st French satellite launched; France becomes 3rd nation in space 1965 - 53rd CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeat Winn Blue Bombers, 22-16 1966 - In highest-scoring NFL game, Wash Redskins defeat NY Giants 72-41 1966 - Uruguay adopts constitution 1967 - Beatles release Magical Mystery Tour 1967 - Gold pool nations pledge support of $35 per ounce gold price French President Charles de GaulleFrench President Charles de Gaulle 1967 - French President Charles de Gaulle said Non! to British entry to the European Common Market for the second time 1970 - Carl Morton (18-11 for last-place Expos), receives NL Rookie of Year 1 2 ▶ Famous Birthdays Birthdays 1 - 100 of 238 1127 - Emperor Xiaozong of China (d. 1194) 1544 - Ascanio Trombeti, composer 1563 - Robbert Robbertsz, (le Canu), nautical expert 1569 - Ottavio Vernizzi, composer 1576 - Shimazu Tadatsune, Ruler of Satsuma (d. 1638) 1582 - Pierre Dupuy, French scholar (d. 1651) 1588 - Valerius Andreas, [Walter Driessens], Flemish historian 1595 - Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor/architect 1627 - Louise Henriette, [Mlle dOrange], daughter of Frederik Henry 1630 - Archduke Sigismund Francis of Austria (d. 1665) 1635 - Françoise dAubigné, marquise de Maintenon, wife of Louis XIV of France (d. 1719) 1648 - Peter Codde, RC apostole vicar (1688-1704) 1668 - Henri F dAguesseau, chancellor of France (1717..50) 1691 - Josef Antonin Planicky, composer Astronomer Anders CelsiusAstronomer Anders Celsius (1701) 1701 - Anders Celsius, Uppsala, Sweden, astronomer (proposed the Celsius temperature scale) 1710 - Robert Lowth, British bishop (d. 1787) 1731 - Gaetano Pugnani, composer 1732 - Johann Joseph Emmert, composer 1741 - Jean-Pierre Duport, composer 1745 - Boniface Stoecki, composer 1746 - Robert R. Livingston, US Founding Father, delivered oath of office to George Washington 1746 - Increase Sumner, 5th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1799) 1750 - Anton Thadaus Johann Nepomuk Stamitz, composer 1756 - Paul van Hemert, Dutch theologist/philosopher (Kant) 1759 - Franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer American Founding Father Robert R. LivingstonAmerican Founding Father Robert R. Livingston (1746) 1775 - Joachim G le Sage ten Broek, Dutch notary/catholic foreman/publicist 1778 - John Murray, publisher 1779 - Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general (d. 1865) 1787 - Christian Rummel, composer 1787 - Jacob earl van Rechteren van Appeltern, governor of Gelderland 1801 - Alexander Egorovich Varlamov, composer 1804 - Julius Benedict, Stuttgart Germany, opera composer (Protoghesi) 1808 - Hugh Weedon Mercer, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1877 1809 - Frances Anne Fanny Kemble, England, Shakespearian actress (Juliet) 1813 - Michele Puccini, composer 1830 - Harrison Millard, composer 1833 - Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (d. 1897) 1840 - Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [OS=11/15] 1843 - Cornelius Vanderbilt II, American businessman (d. 1899) 1843 - Elizabeth Stride, victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888) 1854 - Aloys L earl von Aehrenthal, Austrian minister of Foreign affairs 1857 - Charles Scott Sherrington, British physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1952) 1865 - Jose Asunción Silva, Colombia, poet (Nocturno III) 1867 - Margaret Ruthven Lang, composer 1867 - Charles Koechlin, French composer (d. 1950) 1870 - Juho Kusti Paasikivi, president Finland 1871 - Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist (d. 1950) 1874 - Chaim Weizmann, Israeli statesman (1st President) 1874 - Charles A Beard, American historian (American Continentalism) 1875 - Wladyslaw Orkan, [Szmaciarz-Smreczynsky], Pol author (Nowele Zebrane) 1878 - Mabel Wheeler Daniels, composer 1878 - Jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian (Bengali) poet (d.1948). 1879 - Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer 1885 - Rudolph Reti, composer 1886 - Tsugouharu T Foujita, Japans/French painter 1892 - Pedro Salinas, writer 1893 - Stanislaw Wiechowicz, composer 1894 - Forrest Shaklee, founder (Shaklee Products) 1894 - Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian Orthodox saint (d. 1971) 1894 - Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist (d. 1989) 1896 - Giovanni B Angioletti, Italian author (Il giorno del giudizio) 1897 - Vito Genovese, American mafioso (d. 1969) 1898 - Nelly Steuer-Wagenaar, Dutch pianist 1898 - Fredric Warburg, publisher and author (d. 1981) 1900 - Leon Barzin, Brussels Belgium, conductor (NY City Ballet 1948-58) 1900 - Robert Blum, composer 1901 - Ted Husing, NYC, sportscaster (Monday Night Fights) 1902 - Giuseppe Savagnone, composer 1903 - Johnny Blood, aka John McNally, early NFL halfback (Green Bay) 1903 - Mona Washbourne, England, actress (Stevie, Billie Liar, Drivers Seat) 1905 - Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor/composer (Mater Dolorosa) 1907 - L[yon] Sprague de Camp, US, sci-fi author (Goblin Tower, Hand of Zei) 1909 - Astrid Allwyn, Manchester CT, actress (Charlie Chans Secret) 1909 - Donald John Urquhart, librarian 1909 - James Agee, American author (African Queen, Death in Family) 1909 - Anatoly Maltsev, Russian mathematician (d. 1967) 1910 - Rudolf Holzmann, composer 1911 - Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Asterix/Kuifje) 1911 - Fe del Mundo, Filipino pediatrician and National Scientist 1912 - David Merrick, [Margulois], Hong Kong, Broadway producer (Hello Dolly) 1912 - Howard de Walden, English landowner/multi-millionaire 1913 - Frances Swem Anderson, technologist (nuclear medicine) 1913 - Robert Dougall, English TV host 1914 - Evangeline Bruce, hostess 1915 - Caro van Eyck, [Gerarda JE Taytelbaum], Dutch actress (Medea) 1915 - Victor Alessandro, composer 1916 - Chick Hearn, American sportscaster (d. 2002) 1917 - Buffalo Bob Smith, Buffalo NY, TV host (Howdy Doody) 1917 - Tiny Rowland, [Roland Fuhrop], German/British owner (Observer) 1918 - Zeev Wolfgang Steinberg, composer 1919 - Siegfried Naumann, composer 1920 - Abe Lenstra, Dutch soccer star 1920 - David Waller, actor (Shadowlands, Work is a 4 Letter Word) 1920 - Elaine Greene, literary Agent 1920 - John Richard Ravensdale, historian 1920 - Max Tripels, attorney/Dutch MP 1921 - Alexander Dubček, Uhrovec, headed Czech Communist Party (1968-69) 1921 - Ole Sarvig, Danish writer/critic (Limbo, Glem Ikke) 1923 - Robert A Young, (Rep-D-MO, 1977-86) 1924 - Theresa R van der Pant, sculptor 1 2 3 ▶ Famous Weddings Weddings 1 - 4 of 4 MLB Legend Willie MaysMLB Legend Willie Mays (1971)1971 - MLB center fielder Willie Mays (40) weds Mae Louise Allen in Mexico City 1980 - British playwright (Nobel prize for literature 2005) Harold Pinter (50) marries 2nd wife British writer and historian Antonia Frazer (48) 1993 - Actress Teri Garr (44) weds building contractor John ONeil (42) at the Twin Dolphins Hotel in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico 2010 - US Navy Seal Marcus Luttrell (25) weds Melanie Juneau in Texas Famous Divorces Divorces 1 - 2 of 2 2006 - Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson (39) divorces singer Kid Rock (36) due to irreconcilable differences only 4 months after getting married Actress Selma BlairActress Selma Blair (2006) 2006 - Actress Selma Blair (34) divorces actor-rocker Ahmet Zappa (32) due to irreconcilable differences after more than 2 years of marriage Famous Deaths Deaths 1 - 100 of 105 Roman Poet HoraceRoman Poet Horace (8)8 - Horace, Roman poet, dies at 56 450 - Galla Placidia, daughter of Byzant emperor Constantius III, dies at 58 511 - Clovis, 1st King of France, dies at about 45 640 - Acharius, bishop of Noyon/saint, dies 835 - Muhammad at-Taqi, Shia Imam (b. 811) 1026 - Adalbert II, bishop of Utrecht (1010-26), dies 1198 - Queen Constance of Sicily, wife of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1154) 1474 - Guillaume Dufay, French/Flemish composer, dies at about 74 1570 - Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect (b. 1486) 1592 - Nakagawa Hidemasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1568) 1592 - King John III of Sweden (b. 1537) 1632 - John Eliot, English parliament leader/author (In Jail), dies at 40 1673 - Anthonie Palamedesz, painter, dies at about 72 1680 - Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (lantern), dies 1749 - Balthasar Schmid, composer, dies at 44 1749 - Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel, composer, dies at 59 1754 - Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (b. 1667) 1811 - Andrew Meikle, British mechanical engineer (b. 1719) 1836 - Carle [Antoine CH] Vernet, French painter/lithographer, dies Mathematician, Computer Programmer Ada LovelaceMathematician, Computer Programmer Ada Lovelace (1852) 1852 - Ada Lovelace, British mathematician (b. 1815) 1884 - Franziska Fanny Elssler, Austrian ballerina/choreography, dies at 74 1890 - Emmanuele Muzio, composer, dies at 69 1894 - Johanna von Puttkamer, Prussian noblewoman, wife of Otto von Bismarck (b. 1824) 1895 - Alexandre Dumas fils, French writer and playwright (b. 1824), son of the French author of the same name 1899 - Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer, dies at 74 1901 - Clement Studebaker, American automobile manufacturer (b. 1831) 1908 - Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist (b. 1827) 1915 - Sigismund Vladislavovich Zaremba, composer, dies at 54 1916 - James Cutler Dunn Parker, composer, dies at 88 1921 - Douglas Colin Cameron, Canadian politician]] (b. 1854) 1925 - Roger de la Fresnaye, French sculptor/painter, dies 1930 - J T Tyldesley, cricket (1661 runs in 31 Tests for Eng 1898-1909), dies 1931 - Lya De Putti, Hungarian actress (b. 1899) 1932 - Evelyn Preer, American actress and singer (b. 1896) 1934 - Baby Face Nelson, [Lester Gillis], gangster, shot by FBI at 26 1934 - Herman Hollis, FBI agent, killed by Baby Face Nelson 1934 - Sam Cowley, FBI agent, killed by Baby Face Nelson 1942 - A B C Langton, cricketer (WWII 15 Tests for South Africa 1935-39), dies 1943 - Ivo Lola Ribar, Croatian communist and partisan (b. 1916) 1944 - Leonid Isaakovich Mandelshtam, Russian physicist (b. 1879) 1953 - Eugene ONeill, playwright (Nobel 1936), dies in Boston at 65 1955 - Arthur Honegger, Swiss composer (Cantate Noel), dies of a heart attack at 63 1955 - Luis de Freitas Branco, composer, dies at 65 1955 - William Nigh, director (Ape, Doomed to Die, Mr Wong), dies at 74 1957 - Margot SE Scharten-Antink, author (Catherina/Sprotje), dies at 88 1958 - Artur Rodzinski, Polish conductor/composer, dies at 66 1959 - Gerard Philipe, actor/dir (La Ronde, Gambler), dies of cancer at 36 1960 - Dirk J de Geer, Dutch premier (1926-29, 39-40), dies at 89 1960 - Frederick Fane, cricketer (682 runs in 14 Tests for Eng 1905-10), dies 1965 - Carl Parrish, composer, dies at 61 1965 - Harry Harvey Sr, actor (Its a Mans World), dies at 64 1967 - Cameron PrudHomme, actor (Rainmaker), dies after long illness at 75 1967 - Ettore Panizza, composer, dies at 92 1968 - Gino Roncaglia, composer, dies at 85 1968 - Hans Redlich, composer, dies at 65 1971 - Jakabs Medins, composer, dies at 86 1971 - Korneel Goossens, Flemish literary/art historian, dies at 70 1973 - Frank Christian, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1887) 1974 - Louis B Russell Jr, longest living heart transplant, dies at 49 1975 - Ross McWhirter, Guinness Book of Records keeper, murdered 1977 - John Little McClellan, American lawyer and politician (Sen-D-Ark), dies at 81 1978 - George Moscone, (SF Mayor), shot by Dan White American Politician Harvey MilkAmerican Politician Harvey Milk (1978) 1978 - Harvey Milk, first openly gay person to be elected to public office, assassinated by Dan White at 48 1978 - Susan Damante Shaw, actress (Wilderness Family), dies at 58 1980 - F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect (b. 1882) 1981 - Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer/actress (From Russia With Love), dies of cancer at 83 1981 - Max [Machgielis] Euwe, chess champ (1935-37), dies 1982 - Philipp Kutev, composer, dies at 79 1983 - Manuel Scorza, Peruvian writer, dies at about 55 1984 - Percy Norris, deputy high commissioner of India, shot dead 1986 - Steve Tracy, actor (Percival-Little House on Praire), dies at 61 1988 - Angela Aames, actress (Lost Empire, Basic Training), dies 1988 - John Carradine, actor (Ten Commandments), dies of kidney failure at 82 1988 - Karel Horky, composer, dies at 79 1988 - [John] Hein Donner, chess grand master, dies at 61 1990 - David White, actor (Larry Tate-Bewitched), dies at 74 1992 - Ivan Generalić, Croatian painter (b. 1914) 1994 - Arthur Frank Peter Shore, egyptologist, dies at 70 1994 - Fernando Lopes-Graça, Portuguese composer and musicologist (b. 1906) 1995 - Giancarlo Baghetti, racing driver/journalist, dies at 60 1995 - Peter Harrison Swan, bomber pilot/stockbroker, dies at 75 1995 - Simon Bailey, priest, dies at 40 1996 - George Ernest Leslie, trade union official, dies at 76 1997 - Buck Leonard, Hall of Famer in Negro League, dies at 90 1997 - Henry Charnock, oceanographer, dies at 76 1998 - Barbara Acklin, American singer and songwriter (b. 1943) 1999 - Yasuhiro Kojima, wrestler (b. 1937) 1999 - Alain Peyrefitte, French politician and author (b. 1925) 2000 - Len Shackleton, English former footballer (b. 1922) 2005 - Jocelyn Brando, American actress (b. 1919) 2005 - Joe Jones, American R&B singer (b. 1926) 2006 - Don Butterfield, American tuba player (b. 1923) 2006 - Alan Freeman, British disc jockey known by his nickname Fluff (b. 1927) 2006 - Bebe Moore Campbell, American author (b. 1950) 2006 - Casey Coleman, American sportscaster (b. 1951) 2007 - Bill Willis, American football player (b. 1921) 2007 - Robert Cade, American doctor and inventor of Gatorade (b. 1927) 2007 - Bernie Banton, Australian asbestos campaigner (b. 1946) 2007 - Sean Taylor, American football player (b. 1983) 2010 - Irvin Kershner, American director (b. 1923)1970 - George Harrison releases 3 album set All Things Must Pass 1970 - Pope Paul VI wounded in chest during a visit to Philippines by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest 1970 - Test Cricket debut of Rodney Iron Gloves Marsh v England, Brisbane 1971 - Soviet Mars 2 becomes 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars 1971 - Two Customs officials are shot by an Irish Republican Army sniper firinge upon a British Army patrol investigating a bomb attack on a Customs Post near Newry, County Armagh 1972 - Pierre Trudeau forms Canadian government 1972 - Yanks trade Ellis, Torres & Spikes to Indians for Nettles & Moses 1973 - Gary Matthews wins NL Rookie of Year 1973 - Neil Simons Good Doctor premieres in NYC 38th US President Gerald Ford38th US President Gerald Ford 1973 - Senate votes 92-3 to confirm Gerald R Ford as VP 1973 - US President Richard Nixon signs the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act, authorizing petroleum price, production, allocation and marketing controls 1974 - Cardinals outfielder Bake McBride wins NL Rookie of Year 1975 - Red Soxs Fred Lynn is 1st rookie to win MVP (AL) 1975 - The Provisional IRA assassinates Ross McWhirter, after a press conference in which McWhirter announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings and shootings across England. 1976 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Colgate-Far East Golf Championship 1976 - Miss Teenage America Pageant 1977 - Comedy with Music (Victor Borge) closes at Imperial NY after 66 perf 1977 - 65th CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 41-6 1979 - 1st day-night one-day cricket international, Australia v WI at SCG 1980 - Soyuz T-3 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station, launched 1982 - 5th time Rangers shut-out Islanders 3-0 1982 - Kepler Wessels scores century in 1st Test Cricket (162 v England) 1983 - 71st CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats BC Lions, 18-17 1983 - Colombian jetliner Boeing 747 crashes in Madrid killing 181 1983 - Desmond Haynes out handled the ball v India 1985 - Cards Vince Coleman wins NL Rookie of Year 1985 - Republic of Ireland gains consultative role in Northern Ireland 1987 - Les Miserables opens at Theatre Royal, Sydney 1987 - Young man survives 7 attempts at suicide in Somerset, England 1988 - 76th CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeats BC Lions, 22-21 1989 - Colombian jetliner bombed killing 107 1989 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island Singer-Songwriter George HarrisonSinger-Songwriter George Harrison 1989 - George Harrison releases Cheer Down & Poor Little Girl 1989 - Luis Alberto Lacelle elected president of Uruguay 1989 - US 63rd manned space mission STS 33 (Discovery 9) returns from space 1990 - British Conservative Party chooses John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher as leader ( and hence as Prime Minister) 1991 - Peter Pan opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 48 performances 1991 - Poetess Maria Elene Cruz Varela sentenced to 2 years (Cuba) 1991 - Undertaker beats Hulk Hogan to become new WWF champ 1992 - Howard Stern Interview premieres on E! Network 1992 - Part of Vienna Hofburg destroyed by fire WWF Wrestler Hulk HoganWWF Wrestler Hulk Hogan 1993 - Boon completes his 18th Test Cricket century (106 v NZ, Hobart) 1993 - India defeat West Indies in Bengal Jubilee Cricket Final, Kumble 6-12 1993 - Lisa Hanna, 18, of Jamaica, crowned 43rd Miss World 1994 - 82nd CFL Grey Cup: British Columbia Lions defeat Balt Stallions, 26-23 1994 - Fire in disco in Fuxin, North-China, 233 killed 1994 - Julio Maria Sanguinetti elected president of Uruguay 1997 - Lions Barry Sanders becomes NFLs 2nd all-time rusher 1997 - Twenty-five are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria. 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 Zealands history. 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 - New Zealands All Blacks thump Six Nations Rugby Union Champions France 45-6 in Paris 264th Pope John Paul II264th Pope John Paul II 2004 - Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church. 2005 - The first partial human face transplant is completed in Amiens, France. 2005 - President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba of Gabon, in power since 1967 and the longest-serving head of state in the world, was re-elected to his third consecutive seven-year term. 2005 - 93rd CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 38-35 2006 - The Canadian House of Commons endorses Prime Minister Stephen Harpers motion to declare Québécois a nation within a unified Canada. 2006 - Francesco Cossiga, Italian politician and former President of the Italian Republic, resigned from his position as lifetime senator. Prime Minister of Canada Stephen HarperPrime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper 2011 - 99th CFL Grey Cup: BC Lions defeats Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 34-23 2012 - 29 people are killed and 126 are wounded by 8 car bombings across Iraq 2012 - The Eurozone announces that it will make loans of 43.7 billion euros to Greece 2013 - Tiger Woods is named PGA Tours player of the year for the 11th time 2013 - Greece becomes the first developed market to be demoted into an emerging market by the MSCI index 2013 - Frozen, the highest-grossing animated film of all time, starring Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell, is released ◀ 1 2 Famous Birthdays Birthdays 101 - 200 of 238 1925 - Ernie Wise, England, comedian (Morecambe & Wise) 1925 - Marshall Thompson, Peoria Ill, actor (Bog, To Hell & Back, Daktari) 1925 - Michael Tolan, Detroit Mich, actor (Nurses, Senator) 1925 - John Maddox, British science writer and editor 1926 - Barbara Anderson, New Zealand author 1927 - William Simon, US sect of Treasury 1927 - Carlos José Castilho, Brazilian footballer (d. 1987) 1928 - Edward Greenall, businessman/sportsman 1928 - Walter Klien, pianist 1928 - Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor (d. 2005) 1929 - Billy Nair, S Afr union/SACP leader (20 yrs in Robbeneiland Prison) 1930 - James M Taylor, Stamps ARK, USAF/astronaut 1930 - Vladimir Emel Yanovich Lev Alekseevich Samsonov Maksimov, educator 1930 - Joe DeNardo, Pittsburgh Meteorologist 1931 - Juan Guinjoan, composer 1932 - Benigno Aquino Jr, Philippine opposition leader; assassinated 1934 - Lawrence Martin Jenco, priest 1934 - Ammo Baba, Iraqi-Assyrian footballer 1935 - Al Jackson Jr, Memphis Tn, drummer (Booker T & MGs-Chinese Checkers) 1935 - Helmut Friedrich Lachenmann, composer 1935 - Prakash Bhandari, cricketer (3 Tests for India in mid-50s, 77 runs) 1935 - Verity A Lambert, film producer (Clockwise, Link, Sweeney) 1935 - Les Blank, American documentary filmmaker 1937 - Gail Sheehy, author (Hustling) 1938 - Jose Tartabull, baseball player 1939 - Dave Giusti, American baseball player Karate Star/Actor Bruce LeeKarate Star/Actor Bruce Lee (1940) 1940 - Bruce Lee, [Lee Yuen Kam], San Francisco California, karate star/actor (Green Hornet) 1940 - John Alderton, Gainsborough England, actor (Zardoz) 1941 - Eddie Rabbitt, American singer (d. 1998) 1941 - Aimé Jacquet, French football manager 1942 - Henry Carr, Det Mich, 200m/4x400m runner (Olympic-gold-1964) 1942 - Jimi Hendrix, Seattle Wash, rock guitarist (Purple Haze), (d. 1970) 1943 - Nicole Brossard, French Canadian poet 1944 - Dozy, rocker 1944 - Eddie Rabbitt, Brooklyn, country singer (I Love a Rainy Night) 1944 - Martin Corbett, gay activist Rock Guitarist Jimi HendrixRock Guitarist Jimi Hendrix (1942) 1944 - Mickey Leland, (Rep-D-TX, 1979- ) 1945 - Barbara Anderson, Bkln, actress (Eve-Ironside, Mission Impossible) 1945 - Randy Brecker, Phila, rocker (Blood Sweat & Tears) 1945 - Alain de Cadenet, SPEED Channel personality 1945 - James Avery, Pughsville, Virginia, actor (Fresh Prince of Bell Air), (d. 2013) 1948 - Dave Winthrop, rock saxophonist (Supertramp) 1949 - Masanori Sekiya, Japanese racing driver 1950 - Gran Hamada, Japanese professional wrestler 1951 - Jayne Kennedy, Wash DC, sportscaster (CBS)/actress (Body & Soul) 1951 - Kevin Kavanaugh, rocker (Asbury Jukes) [or 8/27] 1951 - Kathryn Bigelow, San Carlos, California, American director, producer and writer (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) Director Kathryn BigelowDirector Kathryn Bigelow (1951) 1952 - James D Wetherbee, Flushing NY, Lt Cmdr USN/astr (STS 32, 52, 63, 86) 1952 - Sheila Copps, Canadian politician 1952 - Daryl Stuermer, American guitarist (Genesis) 1953 - Curtis Armstrong, Detroit, Michigan, American actor (Moonlighting, Revenge of the Nerds) 1953 - Boris Grebenshchikov, Russian singer (Aquarium) 1954 - Patricia McPherson, Oak Harbor Wash, actress (Bonnie-Knight Rider) 1954 - Kimmy Robertson, American actress best known for her role as Lucy Moran in the TV series Twin Peaks 1955 - Bill Nye, the Science Guy, TV Host 1955 - Pierre Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player 1956 - William Fichtner, American actor 1957 - Caroline Kennedy-Schlossberg, attorney, JFK & Jackies daughter 1957 - Terri R Adams, educator (teacher in space) 1957 - Kenny Acheson, Northern Irish racecar driver 1957 - Kevin OConnell, American sound re-recording mixer 1958 - Julia Celotto, LA CA, WPVA volleyballer (Santa Cruz/Pismo-9th-1994) 1958 - Mike Scioscia, baseball player (LA Dodgers) 1959 - Charlie Burchill, Scottish pop guitarist (Simple Minds-Breakfast Club) 1960 - Ashley Ingram, English singer (Fizzz-Just an Illusion) 1960 - Martin van Yellow, soccer player (Willem II) 1960 - Ken OBrien, Rockville Centre, New York, American football quarterback (NY Jets) 1960 - Kevin Henkes, American childrens book writer/illustrator 1960 - Tim Pawlenty, American politician 1960 - Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukrainian prime minister 1961 - Lee Johnson, NFL punter/kicker (Cin Bengals) 1961 - Princess, rocker (Desirez Heslop, All For Love) 1961 - Randy Milligan, baseball player 1961 - Steve Oedekerk, American film director, actor and comedian 1962 - Arlene Baxter, Oceanside CA, playmate (Dec, 1993) 1962 - Calvin Hayes, rocker (Johnny Hates Jazz-Turn Back the Clock) 1962 - Charlie Benante, Bronx NY, rock drummer (Anthrax-Armed & Dangerous) 1962 - Mike Puffy Bordin, SF, rock drummer (Faith No More) 1963 - Fisher Stevens, Chicago, actor (My Science Project, Short Circuit) 1964 - David Giles, Australian star yachter (Olympics-84, 88, 92, 96) 1964 - Rebecca Michelle Ferratti, Helena MT, playmate (Jun, 1986) 1964 - Robin Simone Givens, [Mrs Mike Tyson] NYC, (Darlene-Head of the Class) 1965 - Danielle Ammaccapane, Babylon NY, LPGA golfer (1991 Register PING) 1965 - Fiachna OBraonain, Irish pop guitarist (Hothouse Flowers-Dont Go) 1965 - Kathleen Heddle, Trail BC, rower (Olympics-gold-92/96) 1965 - Raffaella Ragge, Italy, tennis star 1966 - Carwell Gardner, NFL fullback (Buffalo Bills, San Diego Chargers) 1966 - Chryssandra Hines, Bristol Conn, team handball wing (Olympics-1996) 1966 - Dean Garrett, NBA center (Denver Nuggets) 1966 - Andy Merrill, American voice actor 1967 - Brett MacNeil, CFL guard (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) 1967 - Garry Valk, Edmonton, NHL left wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks) 1967 - Laura Golarsa, Milan Italy, tennis star (Oklahoma City doubles) 1967 - Shawn Watson, American librarian 1968 - Michael Vartan, French actor 1970 - Calvin Jones, NFL running back (Oakland Raiders) 1970 - Chris Underwood, Los Angeles California, volleyball opposite hitter (Olympics-96) 1970 - Patrick Bates, NFL safety (Atlanta Falcons) 1970 - Todd Kelly, NFL defensive end (Cin Bengals) 1970 - Patricia Zentilli, Canadian actress ◀ 1 2 3 ▶ Famous Weddings Please go to a prior page. Famous Divorces Please go to a prior page. Famous Deaths Deaths 101 - 105 of 105 2011 - Sultan Khan, Indian classical musician, dies at 71 2011 - Gary Speed, Former Welsh international footballer and Wales national football team manager (b. 1969) 2012 - Marvin Miller, American union leader, dies at 95 2013 - Lewis Collins, British actor, dies from cancer at 67 2013 - Nilton Santos, Brazilian footballer, dies from a lung infection at 88
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