0 | | Navy Day [See: Births, 1858] |
0 | | National Religious Freedom Day [See Deaths, 1659] |
0 | | Feast of St. Fremnatos, Patron of the Kingdom of Aksum, and that of St. Oran of Iona, Patron of Waterford, Tipperary, and Atheists |
625 | | Consecration of Pope Honorius I (625-628) - or 27 Nov |
939 | | Edmund I (c. 17) suceeds his half-brother Athelstan as King of England (939-946) |
1500 | | Pesaro surrenders to Cesare Borgia |
1644 | | the Parliamentarians and Royalists clashed indecisively in the Second Battle of Newbury -- Learn More |
1776 | | George Washington interviewed a captured Hessian straggler -- Learn More |
1787 | | Publication of "The Federalist Papers" begins |
1795 | | Treaty of San Lorenzo: US & Spain arrange navigation rights on the Mississippi |
1806 | | Napoleon and his army occupied Berlin -- Learn More |
1810 | | U.S. annexes West Florida from Spain |
1820 | | David Jewett claimed the Falkland Islands for Argentina -- Learn More |
1830 | | the Dutch bombarded Antwerp during the Belgian War for Indepndence -- Learn More |
1848 | | Battle of Mestre: The Venetians defeat the Austrians |
1861 | | Skirmish at Plattsburg, Mo |
1861 | | Skirmish at Spring Hill, Mo |
1862 | | the USS ‘Flag’ captured the Confederate blockade runner ‘Anglia -- Learn More |
1864 | | Battle of Boydton Plank Road/Burgess' Mill/Southside Railroad, Va |
1864 | | Battle of Fair Oaks, Va |
1864 | | Lt William Cushing, USN, sinks CSS 'Albemarle' with a spar torpedo |
1867 | | Garibaldi attempts a march on Rome |
1914 | | British battleship 'Audacious' sunk by a mine, no casualties |
1916 | | Battle of Segale: adherents of Emperor Iyasu V of Ethipia are defeated by those of the Empress Zewditu, who succeeds him. |
1941 | | Nazis establish a gypsy ghetto in Belgrade |
1942 | | Battle of the Santa Cruz Is: USS 'Hornet' (CV-8) sinks |
1943 | | Marine 2nd Parachute Bn lands amphibiously on Choiseul |
1943 | | N.Z. 8th Bde occupies Mono and Stirling, Treasury Is |
1945 | | Ticker tape parade on Broadway for President Harry S Truman. |
1948 | | Negev: Israel recaptures Nizzanim from the Egyptians |
1954 | | Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first black general in USAF |
1961 | | Ticker Tape Parade on Broadway for the shipbuilders and crew of the USS 'Constellation' (CV-64), last warship built in New York |
1962 | | Cuban Missile Crisis: The Soviets blink |
1978 | | Menachem Begin & Anwar Sadat awarded the Nobel Peace Prize |
2018 | | A white anti-Semitic terrorist attacked at Synagogue in Pittsburgh, killing eleven and wounding several more |