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Gravdigr · 11-27-2016, 11:50 AM

November 27

There are 34 days remaining in 2015.

There are 27 days until Christmas.

Events

602 – Emperor Maurice is forced to watch his five sons be executed before being beheaded himself.

1703 – The first Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703.

1810 – The Berners Street hoax was perpetrated by Theodore Hook in the City of Westminster, London.

1835 – James Pratt and John Smith are hanged in London; they are the last two to be executed for sodomy in England.

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.

1896 – Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.

1901 – The U.S. Army War College is established.

1924 – In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.

1942 – World War II: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands.

1944 – World War II: RAF Fauld explosion: An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump in Staffordshire kills 70 people, and 200 cattle. The explosion left a crater 300 yards long, 233 yards wide, and 100 feet deep, covering 12 acres.

1965 – Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.

1968 – Penny Ann Early became the first woman to play major professional basketball, for the Kentucky Colonels in an ABA game against the Los Angeles Stars.

1973 – Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92–3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On December 6, the House will confirm him 387–35). [Gerald Ford holds the distinction of being the only person to hold the office of Vice-President and, later, President, without being elected to either office.]

1975 – The Provisional IRA assassinates Ross McWhirter, after a press conference in which McWhirter had announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings and shootings across England.

1978 – In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.

1992 – For the second time in a year, military forces try to overthrow president Carlos Andrés Pérez in Venezuela.

1997 - A disturbed rock fan brought the funeral of INXS singer Michael Hutchence to a standstill when he tried to launch himself from a 20 ft high balcony with a cord around his neck. He was removed by police and taken away to a psychiatric unit.

2005 - Multimillionaire defense contractor David H. Brooks booked New York’s Rainbow Rooms and his daughter Elizabeth’s favorite acts for her ‘bat mitzvah’ coming-of-age celebration. The stars who appeared included 50 Cent, Tom Petty, Aerosmith, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Stevie Nicks. 50 Cent who was paid $500,000 to appear performed only four songs but he did manage to work in the lyric, "Go shorty, it's your bat miztvah, we gonna party like it's your bat mitzvah". The party cost an estimated $10 million, including the price of corporate jets to ferry the performers to and from the venue.

2015 – An active shooter inside a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, shoots at least four members of the Colorado Springs Police Department. One officer later dies. Two civilians were also killed, and six injured. The shooter later surrendered.

Births

1701 – Anders Celsius (yeah, that Celsius); 1897 – Vito Genovese (mob boss "Boss of All Bosses"); 1909 – James Agee; 1916 – Chick Hearn; 1917 – Buffalo Bob Smith (Howdy Doody Show); 1918 – Stephen Elliott; 1921 – Alexander Dubček; 1932 – Benigno Aquino, Jr.; 1934 – Al Jackson, Jr.

(Booker T. & The M.G.'s); 1940 – Bruce Lee; 1941 – Eddie Rabbitt♪ ♫; 1942 – Jimi Hendrix

; 1944 – Mickey Leland; 1945 – James Avery (Fresh Prince of Bel-Air); 1953 – Curtis Armstrong ('Booger' in Revenge of the Nerds); 1955 – Bill Nye The Science Guy; 1956 – William Fichtner (Invasion); 1957 – Caroline Kennedy; 1957 – Michael A. Stackpole; 1960 – Tim Pawlenty; 1961 – Samantha Bond (played 'Moneypenny' during the Peirce Brosnan James Bond films); 1961 – Steve Oedekerk; 1962 – Charlie Benante

(Anthrax); 1962 – Mike Bordin

(Faith No More, Ozzy); 1963 – Fisher Stevens (Short Circuit); 1964 – Robin Givens; 1968 – Michael Vartan (Alias); 1971 – Kirk Acevedo (Oz); 1976 – Jaleel White ('Urkel' on Family Matters); 1985 – Alison Pill

Deaths

8 BC – Horace ("A clumsier child you'll never see than Horace; I bet he broke 40 cup."); 602 – Maurice (he spoke of the pompitous of love); 1901 – Clement Studebaker (yeah, that one); 1934 – Baby Face Nelson ("My name is GEOOOOOORGE NELSON!" [his name was actually Lester]); 1953 – Eugene O'Neill; 1975 – Ross McWhirter; 1978 – Harvey Milk; 1978 – George Moscone; 1988 – John Carradine ('Cassius Starbuckle' in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance); 1990 – David White (Bewitched); 2005 – Jocelyn Brando (The Big Heat); 2007 – Robert Cade (co-invented Gatorade); 2011 – Ken Russell; 2013 – Lewis Collins (The Professionals)

11-27-2016, 11:50 AM	#429
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	November 27 There are *34 days* remaining in 2015. There are *27 days* until Christmas. Events 602 – Emperor Maurice is forced to watch his five sons be executed before being beheaded himself. 1703 – The first Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703. 1810 – The Berners Street hoax was perpetrated by Theodore Hook in the City of Westminster, London. 1835 – James Pratt and John Smith are hanged in London; they are the last two to be executed for sodomy in England. 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. 1896 – Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed. 1901 – The U.S. Army War College is established. 1924 – In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held. 1942 – World War II: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands. 1944 – World War II: RAF Fauld explosion: An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump in Staffordshire kills 70 people, and 200 cattle. The explosion left a crater 300 yards long, 233 yards wide, and 100 feet deep, covering 12 acres. 1965 – Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000. 1968 – Penny Ann Early became the first woman to play major professional basketball, for the Kentucky Colonels in an ABA game against the Los Angeles Stars. 1973 – Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92–3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On December 6, the House will confirm him 387–35). [Gerald Ford holds the distinction of being the only person to hold the office of Vice-President and, later, President, without being elected to either office.] 1975 – The Provisional IRA assassinates Ross McWhirter, after a press conference in which McWhirter had announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings and shootings across England. 1978 – In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White. 1992 – For the second time in a year, military forces try to overthrow president Carlos Andrés Pérez in Venezuela. 1997 - A disturbed rock fan brought the funeral of INXS singer Michael Hutchence to a standstill when he tried to launch himself from a 20 ft high balcony with a cord around his neck. He was removed by police and taken away to a psychiatric unit. 2005 - Multimillionaire defense contractor David H. Brooks booked New York’s Rainbow Rooms and his daughter Elizabeth’s favorite acts for her ‘bat mitzvah’ coming-of-age celebration. The stars who appeared included 50 Cent, Tom Petty, Aerosmith, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Stevie Nicks. 50 Cent who was paid $500,000 to appear performed only four songs but he did manage to work in the lyric, "Go shorty, it's your bat miztvah, we gonna party like it's your bat mitzvah". The party cost an estimated $10 million, including the price of corporate jets to ferry the performers to and from the venue. 2015 – An active shooter inside a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, shoots at least four members of the Colorado Springs Police Department. One officer later dies. Two civilians were also killed, and six injured. The shooter later surrendered. Births 1701 – Anders Celsius (yeah, that Celsius); 1897 – Vito Genovese (mob boss "Boss of All Bosses"); 1909 – James Agee; 1916 – Chick Hearn; 1917 – Buffalo Bob Smith (Howdy Doody Show); 1918 – Stephen Elliott; 1921 – Alexander Dubček; 1932 – Benigno Aquino, Jr.; 1934 – Al Jackson, Jr.(Booker T. & The M.G.'s); 1940 – Bruce Lee; 1941 – Eddie Rabbitt♪ ♫; 1942 – Jimi Hendrix; 1944 – Mickey Leland; 1945 – James Avery (Fresh Prince of Bel-Air); 1953 – Curtis Armstrong ('Booger' in Revenge of the Nerds); 1955 – Bill Nye The Science Guy; 1956 – William Fichtner (Invasion); 1957 – Caroline Kennedy; 1957 – Michael A. Stackpole; 1960 – Tim Pawlenty; 1961 – Samantha Bond (played 'Moneypenny' during the Peirce Brosnan James Bond films); 1961 – Steve Oedekerk; 1962 – Charlie Benante(Anthrax); 1962 – Mike Bordin(Faith No More, Ozzy); 1963 – Fisher Stevens (Short Circuit); 1964 – Robin Givens; 1968 – Michael Vartan (Alias); 1971 – Kirk Acevedo (Oz); 1976 – Jaleel White ('Urkel' on Family Matters); 1985 – Alison Pill Deaths 8 BC – Horace ("A clumsier child you'll never see than Horace; I bet he broke 40 cup."); 602 – Maurice (he spoke of the pompitous of love); 1901 – Clement Studebaker (yeah, that one); 1934 – Baby Face Nelson ("My name is GEOOOOOORGE NELSON!" [his name was actually Lester]); 1953 – Eugene O'Neill; 1975 – Ross McWhirter; 1978 – Harvey Milk; 1978 – George Moscone; 1988 – John Carradine ('Cassius Starbuckle' in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance); 1990 – David White (Bewitched); 2005 – Jocelyn Brando (The Big Heat); 2007 – Robert Cade (co-invented Gatorade); 2011 – Ken Russell; 2013 – Lewis Collins (The Professionals) __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.