What are the important events that happened on November 27? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

November 27: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 27 is the 331^st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 34 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 14, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,403,360 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatriacontahenagon’ day.

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.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 82 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,724 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 27 Historical Events

• 1703 –
  The first Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703.
• 1856 –
  The Coup of 1856 leads to Luxembourg’s unilateral adoption of a new, reactionary constitution.
• 1863 –
  American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.
• 1868 –
  Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River – United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.
• 1886 –
  German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for “Effi Briest”, a classic work of German literature.
• 1940 –
  In Romania, the ruling party Iron Guard arrests and executes over 60 of exiled King Carol II of Romania’s aides, including former minister Nicolae Iorga.
• 1978 –
  In San Francisco, California, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.
• 1978 –
  The Kurdish party PKK is founded in the city of Riha (Urfa) in Turkey.
• 1992 –
  For the second time in a year, military forces try to overthrow president Carlos Andres Perez in Venezuela.
• 2005 –
  The first partial human face transplant is completed in Amiens, France.

Who were born on November 27?

• 1754 –
  Georg Forster, German scientist (d. 1794)
• 1916 –
  Chick Hearn, American sportscaster (d. 2002)
• 1921 –
  Alexander Dubček, Slovak politician (d. 1992)
• 1932 –
  Benigno Aquino, Jr., Philippine politician (d. 1983)
• 1940 –
  Bruce Lee, American actor and martial artist (d. 1973)
• 1941 –
  Aimé Jacquet, French football manager
• 1942 –
  Henry Carr, American athlete
• 1950 –
  Gran Hamada, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1960 –
  Kevin Henkes, American children’s book writer/illustrator
• 1960 –
  Tim Pawlenty, American politician, 39th Governor of Minnesota

Who died on November 27?

• 450 –
  Galla Placidia, daughter of Theodosius I (b. 392)
• 1894 –
  Johanna von Puttkamer, Prussian noblewoman, wife of Otto von Bismarck (b. 1824)
• 1895 –
  Alexandre Dumas, fils, French author (b. 1824)
• 1973 –
  Frank Christian, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1887)
• 1981 –
  Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress (b. 1898)
• 1983 –
  Kostas Mentis, Greek actor (b. 1913)
• 1992 –
  Ivan Generalić, Croatian painter (b. 1914)
• 2000 –
  Len Shackleton, English former footballer (b. 1922)
• 2005 –
  Jocelyn Brando, American actress (b. 1919)
• 2007 –
  Bernie Banton, Australian asbestos campaigner (b. 1946)