27TH
NOVEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST JAMES INTERCISUS; ST CUNGAR OF
SOMERSET; SAINTS BARLAAM & JOSAPHAT; ST MAXIMUS OF RIEZ; ST FERGUS OF STRATHERN; ST
VIRGIL OF SALZBURG; & ST SECUNDINUS OR SECHNALL." |
| 27TH |
399 |
"ST. ANASTASIUS I" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC
POPE. |
| 27TH |
1582 |
PLAYWRIGHT, "WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE" 18, MARRIED "ANNE HATHAWAY." |
| 27TH |
1861 |
NSW ACT TO RESTRICT CHINESE IMIGRATION BECOMES LAW. |
| 27TH |
1886 |
9 YOUNG MEN ARE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING A 16 YEAR
OLD UNEMPLOYED DOMESTIC SERVANT ON MOUNT RENNIE, MOORE PARK, SYDNEY.
4 HANGED & 5 REPRIEVED BUT GIVEN LIFE SENTENCES. |
| 27TH |
1895 |
"ALFRED NOBLE" ESTABLISHES
‘NOBEL PRIZE.’ |
| 27TH |
1914 |
BRITAIN’S FIRST POLICEWOMAN WENT ON DUTY AT GRANTHAM,
LINCONSHIRE. |
| 27TH |
1941 |
HMAS PARRAMATTA IS SUNK OFF
TOBRUK; 136 LIVES WERE LOST. |
| 27TH |
1951 |
AT WHITE SANDS, NEW MEXICO, THE FIRST ROCKET INTERCEPTS A
PLANE. |
| 27TH |
1970 |
"POPE PAUL VI" IS WOUNDED IN
THE CHEST BY A DAGGER WIELDING BOLIVIAN PAINTER, DISGUISED AS A PRIEST, DURING A VISIT TO
PHILIPPINES. |
| 27TH |
1970 |
THE GAY LIBERATION FRONT HELD IT’S FIRST DEMONSTRATION
IN LONDON. |
| 27TH |
1971 |
SOVIET ‘MARS 2’ BECOMES
FIRST SPACECRAFT TO CRASH LAND ON MARS. |
| 27TH |
1976 |
THE FOUR MILLIONTH "MINI" IS PRODUCED MAKING IT THE
BIGGEST SELLING U.K. DESIGNED CAR. |
| 27TH |
1983 |
COLOMBIAN AVIANCA AIRLINES BOEING 747
CRASHES IN MADRID KILLING 185. |
| 27TH |
1989 |
A COLOMBIAN JETLINER IS BOMBED
KILLING 107. |
| 27TH |
1996 |
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LIBERAL PREMIER
"DEAN BROWN" WAS DUMPED BY HIS PARTY MID TERM AT A SPECIAL MEETING. ONE OF HIS
CABINET MINISTERS "JOHN OLSON" WAS ELECTED UNOPPOSED, AS A RESULT OF A $20,000
INCENTIVE TO SOME LIBERAL PARTY MEMBERS. |
| 27TH |
1997 |
THE FUNERAL OF THE LEAD SINGER OF AUSTRALIAN GROUP,
"INXS," "MICHAEL HUTCHENCE," IS TELECAST NATIONALLY THROUGHOUT
AUSTRALIA BY CHANNEL SEVEN. |
| 27TH |
1999 |
"THERESE HICKS" 23, A
SALISBURY HAIRDRESSER & DAUGHTER OF FORMER FOOTBALLER "DARYL HICKS" WAS
CROWNED "MISS SOUTH AUSTRALIA."
IT WAS THE VERY LAST TIME THE EVENT WAS HELD, ENDING A 51 YEAR TRADITION. |
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