November 27 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for November 27
In the headlines today:

1996	US president Bill Clinton, in a televised address, tells the nation that that he is sending 20,000 troops to Bosnia on a peacekeeping mission.
1991	Britain's Conservative Party chooses John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher as party leader.
1989	107 people die when a bomb destroys a Colombian jetliner near Bogota.
1985	Hollywood movie director Steven Spielberg marries actress Amy Irving.
1983	183 people are killed when a Colombian Avianca Airlines jet crashes near Madrid.
1978	San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk are murdered at City Hall by former supervisor Dan White.
1973	Gerald Ford is confirmed as US vice president by the Senate, filling the position vacated by the resignation of Spiro T. Agnew. (photo credit: NARA)
1970	Pope Paul VI is slightly wounded at the Manila airport by a knife-wielding man disguised as a priest.
1953	Playwright Eugene O'Neill dies in Boston, at age 65.
1945	Norway joins the United Nations.
1910	Pennsylvania Station (Penn Station) opens in New York City.
1889	Curtis Brady receives the first license to drive a car through New York's Central Park.
1779	The College of Pennsylvania becomes the University of Pennsylvania -- the first university in the US.