WHAT HAPPENED ON 27. NOVEMBER
Want to find out what all happened on 27. November

At the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies. (27. November 1895)

The U.S. Army War College is established. (27. November 1901)

Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco. (27. November 1912)

In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held. (27. November 1924)

In Romania, the ruling Iron Guard fascist party assassinates over 60 of arrested King Carol II of Romania's aides and other political dissidents, including former Prime Minister Nicolae Iorga. (27. November 1940)

World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea. (27. November 1940)

World War II: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands. (27. November 1942)

World War II: RAF Fauld explosion – An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump in Staffordshire kills seventy people. (27. November 1944)

Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury. (27. November 1954)

The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention is signed at Strasbourg. (27. November 1963)

Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000. (27. November 1965)

Penny Ann Early became the first woman to play major professional basketball, for the Kentucky Colonels in an ABA game against the Los Angeles Stars. (27. November 1968)

The Soviet space program's Mars 2 orbiter releases a descent module. It malfunctions and crashes, but it is the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars. (27. November 1971)

Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92 to 3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On December 6, the House will confirm him 387 to 35). (27. November 1973)

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. (27. November 1975)

In San Francisco, California, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White. (27. November 1978)

The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is founded in the city of Riha (Urfa) in Turkey. (27. November 1978)

Avianca Flight 011: A Boeing 747 crashes near Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 181. (27. November 1983)

Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agreed to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty. (27. November 1984)

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 will claim responsibility for the attack. (27. November 1989)