Today in History: November 27
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A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
| November 27 |
| 43 BC |
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Octavian, Antony and Lepidus form the triumvirate of Rome. |
| 511 |
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Clovis, king of the Franks, dies and his kingdom is divided between his four sons. |
| 1095 |
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In Clermont, France, Pope Urbana II makes an appeal for warriors to relieve Jerusalem. He is responding to false rumors of atrocities in the Holy Land. |
| 1382 |
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The French nobility, led by Olivier de Clisson, crush the Flemish rebels at Flanders. |
| 1812 |
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One of the two bridges being used by Napoleon Bonaparte's army across the Beresina River in Russia collapses during a Russian artillery barrage. |
| 1826 |
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Jebediah Smith's expedition reaches San Diego, becoming the first Americans to cross the southwestern part of the continent. |
| 1862 |
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George Armstrong Custer meets his future bride, Elizabeth Bacon, at a Thanksgiving party. |
| 1868 |
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Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer's 7th Cavalry kills Chief Black Kettle and about 100 Cheyenne (mostly women and children) on the Washita River. |
| 1887 |
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U.S. Deputy Marshall Frank Dalton, brother of the three famous outlaws, is killed in the line of duty near Fort Smith, Ark. |
| 1904 |
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The German colonial army defeats Hottentots at Warm bad in southwest Africa. |
| 1909 |
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U.S. troops land in Blue fields, Nicaragua, to protect American interests there. |
| 1919 |
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Bulgaria signs peace treaty with Allies at Unequally, France, fixing war reparations and recognizing Yugoslavian independence. |
| 1922 |
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Allied delegates bar the Soviets from the Near East peace conference. |
| 1936 |
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Great Britain's Anthony Eden warns Hitler that Britain will fight to protect Belgium. |
| 1942 |
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The French fleet in Toulon is scuttled to keep it from Germany. |
| 1950 |
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East of the Choosing River, Chinese forces annihilate an American task force. |
| 1954 |
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Alger Hiss, convicted of being a Soviet spy, is freed after 44 months in prison. |
| 1959 |
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Demonstrators march in Tokyo to protest a defense treaty with the United States. |
| 1967 |
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Lyndon Johnson appoints Robert McNamara to presidency of the World Bank. |
| 1967 |
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Charles DeGaulle vetoes Great Britain's entry into the Common Market again. |
| 1970 |
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Syria joins the pact linking Libya, Egypt and Sudan. |
| Born on November 27 |
| 1701 |
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Anders Celsius, astronomer who devised the centigrade temperature scale. |
| 1870 |
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Joe Mack, builder of gasoline-powered delivery wagons which eventually evolved into the Mack Truck Company. |
| 1874 |
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Charles A. Beard, distinguished American historian who wrote History of the United States. |
| 1909 |
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James Agee, Pulitzer Prize-winning author (A Death in the Family). |
| 1942 |
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Jimi Hendrix, rock musician. |
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