Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 27
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This is a list of selected November 27 anniversaries that appears on the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition may be controversial, or on a day that is or soon will be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors.November 27: Thanksgiving in the United States (2008)
- 1095 – At the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II called for the First Crusade, declaring bellum sacrum against the Muslims who had occupied the Holy Land and were attacking the Eastern Roman Empire.
- 1895 – Swedish chemist and industrialist Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, setting aside the bulk of his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after his death.
- 1926 - Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg (pictured) in the Historic Triangle on the Virginia Peninsula, United States began.
- 2001 – The Hubble Space Telescope detected sodium in the atmosphere of the extrasolar planet HD 209458b, the first planetary atmosphere outside our solar system to be measured.
- 2005 – French oral and maxillofacial surgeon Bernard Devauchelle performed the world's first partial face transplant on a living human, replacing Isabelle Dinoire's face after her Labrador dog mauled her.
More events: November 26 – November 27 – November 28
