27 November
Notable Births
Adéla (singer)
b. 2003
Slovak singer-songwriter (born 2003)
Mike Williams (DJ)
b. 1996
Dutch DJ and record producer
Suliasi Vunivalu
b. 1995
Australia & Fiji international rugby union & league player
Aubrey Peeples
b. 1993
American actor and singer (born 1993)
Chanyeol
b. 1992
South Korean rapper (born 1992)
Bradley Zimmer
b. 1992
American baseball player (born 1992)
Josh James (singer)
b. 1990
British singer (born 1990)
Michael Floyd
b. 1989
American football player (born 1989)
Freddie Sears
b. 1989
English footballer
Luigi Datome
b. 1987
Italian basketball player (born 1987)
Lashana Lynch
b. 1987
British actress (born 1987)
Suresh Raina
b. 1986
Indian cricketer (born 1986)
Xavi Torres
b. 1986
Spanish footballer
Oritsé Williams
b. 1986
British singer (born 1986)
Park Soo-jin
b. 1985
South Korean actress (born 1985)
Alison Pill
b. 1985
Canadian actress (born 1985)
Leslie Dewan
b. 1984
American nuclear engineer
Izumi Kitta
b. 1984
Japanese voice actress (born 1984)
Domata Peko
b. 1984
American football player (born 1984)
Professor Green
b. 1983
English rapper and songwriter (born 1983)
Notable Deaths
Apetor
d. 2021
Norwegian YouTuber (1964–2021)
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
d. 2020
Iranian nuclear physicist (1961–2020)
Maurice Strong
d. 2015
Canadian businessman and diplomat
Garrett Swasey
d. 2015
American competitive ice skater, figure skating coach, and police officer
Philippe Washer
d. 2015
Belgian tennis player
Wanda Błeńska
d. 2014
Polish leprosy expert, AK officer and missionary
Phillip Hughes
d. 2014
Australian cricketer (1988–2014)
P. D. James
d. 2014
English crime writer (1920–2014)
Jack Kyle
d. 2014
Ireland and Lions rugby union player (1926–2014)
Fernance B. Perry
d. 2014
Lewis Collins
d. 2013
English actor (1946–2013)
Nílton Santos
d. 2013
Brazilian footballer (1925–2013)
Mickey Baker
d. 2012
American musician (1925–2012)
Ab Fafié
d. 2012
Dutch footballer and manager
Érik Izraelewicz
d. 2012
French journalist and author
Marvin Miller
d. 2012
American baseball executive and labor organizer
Ken Russell
d. 2011
British film director (1927–2011)
Gary Speed
d. 2011
Welsh footballer and manager (1969–2011)
Irvin Kershner
d. 2010
American film director (1923–2010)
Harvey Milk
d. 1978
American gay rights activist (1930–1978)
On This Day in History
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2024
Syrian rebel groups led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham launch a ground offensive into Syria.
Military Operations Command
2020
Iran's top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, is assassinated near Tehran.
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
2020
Days after the announcement of its discovery, the Utah monolith is removed by recreationists.
Utah monolith
2015
An active shooter inside a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, shoots at least four police officers. One officer later dies. Two civilians are also killed, and six injured. The shooter later surrendered.
Planned Parenthood
2009
Nevsky Express bombing: A bomb explodes on the Nevsky Express train between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, derailing it and causing 28 deaths and 96 injuries.
2009 Nevsky Express bombing
2008
XL Airways Germany Flight 888T: An Airbus A320 performing a flight test crashes near the French commune of Canet-en-Roussillon, killing all seven people on board.
XL Airways Germany Flight 888T
2006
The House of Commons of Canada approves a motion introduced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper recognizing the Québécois as a nation within Canada.
House of Commons of Canada
2004
Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Pope John Paul II
2004
Blackwater 61 crash: A CASA C-212 Aviocar crashes into the Koh-i-Baba mountain range in Afghanistan, killing six.
Blackwater 61 crash
2001
A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.
Hydrogen
1999
The centre-left Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female prime minister in New Zealand's history.
New Zealand Labour Party
1997
Twenty-five people are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria.
Souhane massacre
1992
For the second time in a year, military forces try to overthrow president Carlos Andrés Pérez in Venezuela.
Military
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.
Avianca Flight 203
1985
Space Shuttle program: Atlantis launches on STS-61-B, with Rodolfo Neri Vela becoming the first Mexican astronaut.
Space Shuttle program
1984
Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agrees to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty.
Brussels Agreement (1984)
1983
Avianca Flight 011: A Boeing 747 crashes near Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 181.
Avianca Flight 011
1978
In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.
San Francisco
1978
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is founded in the Turkish village of Fis.
Kurdistan Workers' Party
1975
The Provisional IRA assassinates Ross McWhirter, after a press conference in which McWhirter had announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings and shootings across England.
Provisional Irish Republican Army