Historical Events  -  November 27

1001 : Mahmud Ghazni defeated the Hindu Shahi ruler Jaipal.

1795 : First Bengali drama staged.

1807 : Portugal’s royal family left Lisbon in fear of Napoleon’s army.

1815 : Poland adopted a new constitution.

1839 : Establishment of American Statistical Association in Boston, Massachusetts.

1895 : Alfred Nobel established the Nobel Prize.

1944 : In World War II, An explosion at the Royal Air Force’s Staffordshire arsenal killed 70 people.

1995 : Thombrinase, discovered by scientists at the Vector Control Research Center in Pondicherry, became the best heart medicine to date.

2016 : Nico Rosberg became the 2016 Formula 1 champion.

 

Famous Birthdays   – November 27  

1701: Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, and researcher.

1857: Sir Charles Sherrington, a British biochemist, and Nobel laureate.

1871: Giovanni Georgian, an Italian physicist.

1874: Chaim Weizmann, Israel first president.

1878: Jatindramohan Bagchi, a Bengali poet, and editor.

1881: Kashi Prasad Jayaswal, an Indian historian, and lawyer. 

1888: Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

1894: Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist, founder of Panasonic.

1903: Lars Onsager, a Norwegian chemist, and Nobel laureate.

1907: Harivansh Rai Bachchan, the famous Hindi writer.

1909: Anatoly Maltsev, a Russian mathematician.

1940: Bruce Lee, Hong Kong-American actor, and martial arts expert.

1947: Kartikeya Vikram Sarabhai, one of the world’s leading environmental educators, and a dedicated community builder.

1952: Bappi Lahiri, Indian singer-songwriter, and producer.

1955: Bill Nye, an American science communicator, television presenter, and mechanical engineer.

1977: Bhushan Kumar, an Indian film producer, music producer, and chairman and managing director of T-Series.

1977: Udayanidhi Stalin, an Indian politician, film producer, and actor.

1986: Suresh Raina, an Indian former international cricketer.

 

Death Anniversaries   – November 27

1754: Abraham de Moivre, a French mathematician.

1967: Leon Mebiame, Gabon’s first president.

1975: Ross McWhirter, Co-founder of Guinness Book of Records.

2002: Shivmangal Singh ‘Suman‘, a Hindi poet.

2007: Robert Cade, American physician, university professor, research scientist, and inventor. He is the co-founder of Gatorade.

2008: V. P. Singh, the 8th Prime Minister of India.

2014: Phillip Hughes, an Australian International cricketer.

2018: Mohammad Aziz, an Indian multilingual playback singer.