Historical Events In November - 27

1934  On this day in history "Baby Face" Nelson, [Lester Gillis], gangster, shot by FBI at 26  

1937  Pro-labor musical revue "Pins and Needles" opens, produced by ILGWU on this day in history.  

1937  Pro-labor musical revue "Pins & Needles" opens, produced by ILGWU on November - 27.  

1939  On November - 27 inauguration of Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS)  

1939  Maxwell Anderson's "Key Largo," premieres in NYC on November - 27.  

1940  6th Heisman Trophy Award: Tom Harmon, Michigan (HB) on November - 27.  

1941  On November - 27 uSSR begins a counter offensive causing Germany to retreat  

1941  On this day in history british 13th Army corp reaches Tobruk  

1942  French navy at Toulon scuttles ships and subs so Nazis don't take them on November - 27.  

1942  The birth of Jimi Hendrix, American Guitarist and singer on November - 27.  

1942  On this day in history bobby Managoff beats Yvon Robert in Houston, to become wrestling champ  

1942  A B C Langton, cricketer (WWII 15 Tests for S Africa 1935-39), dies on this day in history.  

1943  31st CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Flying Wildcats defeat Winn Bombers, 23-14 on November - 27.  

1944  3,500-40,00 ton explosive, explodes in Staffordshire, 68 killed on November - 27.  

1945  Gen George C Marshall named special US envoy to China on November - 27.  

1946  On November - 27 english soccer team beats Netherlands, 8-2  

1947  On November - 27 joe DiMaggio wins his 3rd MVP, beating Ted Williams by 1 vote  

1948  On November - 27 36th CFL Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders defeat Ottawa Rough Riders, 12-7  

1950  Red Sox sign shortstop Lou Boudreau as a player to 2-year contract on this day in history.  

1951  The First rocket to intercept an airplane, White Sands, NM on November - 27.  

1951  1st rocket to intercept an airplane, White Sands, NM on this day in history.  

1952  KTBC TV channel 7 in Austin, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.  

1953  On this day in history indians 3rd baseman Al Rosen is unanimously named AL's MVP  

1953  Eugene O'Neill, playwright (Nobel 1936), dies in Boston at 65 on this day in history.  

1954  On November - 27 "By the Beautiful Sea" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 270 perfs  

1955  Arthur Oscar Honegger, Swiss composer (Cantate Noel), dies at 63 on November - 27.  

1956  F Goodrich & A Hackett's "Diary of Anne Frank," premieres in Neth on this day in history.  

1957  On this day in history army withdraws from Little Rock AR, after Central HS integration  

1957  On this day in history army withdraws for Little Rock Ark, after Central HS integration  

1957  On this day in history margot SE Scharten-Antink, author (Catherina/Sprotje), dies at 88  

1958  USSR abrogates Allied war-time agreements on control of Germany on this day in history.  

1958  On November - 27 artur Rodzinski, Polish conductor/composer, dies at 66  

1959  Gerard Philipe, actor/dir (La Ronde, Gambler), dies of cancer at 36 on November - 27.  

1960  On November - 27 gordie Howe becomes first NHLer to score 1,000 points  

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1127  On November - 27 birth of emperor Xiaozong of China (d. 1194)  

1544  On this day in history birth of ascanio Trombeti, composer  

1563  On this day in history birth of robbert Robbertsz, (le Canu), nautical expert  

1569  On this day in history birth of ottavio Vernizzi, composer  

1576  On November - 27 birth of shimazu Tadatsune, Ruler of Satsuma (d. 1638)  

1582  Pierre Dupuy, French scholar (d. 1651) was born on November - 27.  

1588  On this day in history birth of valerius Andreas, [Walter Driessens], Flemish historian  

1595  On this day in history birth of alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor/architect  

0008  On November - 27 death of horace, Roman poet (b. 65 BC)  

0450  Galla Placidia, daughter of Byzant emperor Constantius III, dies at 58 on November - 27.  

0511  On November - 27 clovis, 1st King of France, dies at about 45  

0640  On November - 27 acharius, bishop of Noyon/saint, dies  

1026  On November - 27 adalbert II, bishop of Utrecht (1010-26), dies  

1198  On this day in history death of queen Constance of Sicily, wife of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1154)  

1382  On November - 27 philip Van Artevelde, Flemish commander-in-chief, dies in battle at 42  

1474  On November - 27 guillaume Dufay, French/Flemish composer, dies at about 74