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November 27: Day of the Week
November 27, 2024 is the 332nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 34 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.
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Here’s the November calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
November 27 Historical Event(s)
176
Emperor Marcus Aurelius grants his son Commodus the rank of Imperator and makes him Supreme Commander of the Roman legions.
395
Rufinus, praetorian prefect of the East, is murdered by Gothic mercenaries under Gainas.
1830
St. Catherine Laboure experiences a vision of the Blessed Virgin standing on a globe, crushing a serpent with her feet, and emanating rays of light from her hands.
1863
American Civil War: Battle of Mine Run – Union forces under General George Meade position against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
1895
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.
1940
World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.
1944
World War II: An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump at Fauld, Staffordshire kills seventy people.
1963
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson makes his first address to Congress as president following the assassination of John F. Kennedy five days prior.
1997
Twenty-five are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria.
2001
A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.
Who were born on November 27?
1833
Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (d. 1897)
1843
Elizabeth Stride, victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888)
1874
Charles A. Beard, American historian (d. 1948)
1916
Chick Hearn, American sportscaster (d. 2002)
1937
Gail Sheehy, American writer
1951
Kathryn Bigelow, American film director
1960
Ken O'Brien, American football player
1960
Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukrainian prime minister
1970
Erik Menendez, American convict
1979
Teemu Tainio, Finnish footballer
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