Year 1001
Mahmud Ghazni defeated the Hindu Shahi ruler Jaipal.
NOVEMBER 27
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27 November: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 27 November.
Year 1795
First Bengali drama staged.
Year 1807
Portugal’s royal family left Lisbon in fear of Napoleon’s army.
Year 1815
Poland adopted a new constitution.
Year 1839
Establishment of American Statistical Association in Boston, Massachusetts.
Year 1895
Alfred Nobel established the Nobel Prize.
Year 1944
In World War II, An explosion at the Royal Air Force’s Staffordshire arsenal killed 70 people.
Year 1995
Thombrinase, discovered by scientists at the Vector Control Research Center in Pondicherry, became the best heart medicine to date.
Year 2016
Nico Rosberg became the 2016 Formula 1 champion.
Born 1701
Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, and researcher.
Born 1857
Sir Charles Sherrington, a British biochemist, and Nobel laureate.
Born 1870
Dattatreya Balwant Parasnis, famous history researcher and collector of historical items, was born.
Born 1871
Giovanni Georgian, an Italian physicist.
Born 1874
Chaim Weizmann, Israel first president.
Born 1878
Jatindramohan Bagchi, a Bengali poet, and editor.
Born 1881
Kashi Prasad Jayaswal, an Indian historian, and lawyer.
Born 1888
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
Born 1894
Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist, founder of Panasonic.
Born 1903
Lars Onsager, a Norwegian chemist, and Nobel laureate.
Born 1907
Harivansh Rai Bachchan, the famous Hindi writer.
Born 1909
Anatoly Maltsev, a Russian mathematician.
Born 1940
Bruce Lee, Hong Kong-American actor, and martial arts expert.
Born 1947
Kartikeya Vikram Sarabhai, one of the world’s leading environmental educators, and a dedicated community builder.
Born 1952
Bappi Lahiri, Indian singer-songwriter, and producer.
Born 1955
Bill Nye, an American science communicator, television presenter, and mechanical engineer.
Born 1977
Bhushan Kumar, an Indian film producer, music producer, and chairman and managing director of T-Series.
Born 1977
Udayanidhi Stalin, an Indian politician, film producer, and actor.
Born 1986
Suresh Raina, an Indian former international cricketer.
Died 1754
Abraham de Moivre, a French mathematician.
Died 1967
Leon Mebiame, Gabon’s first president.
Died 1975
Ross McWhirter, Co-founder of Guinness Book of Records.
Died 2002
Shivmangal Singh ‘Suman‘, a Hindi poet.
Died 2007
Robert Cade, American physician, university professor, research scientist, and inventor. He is the co-founder of Gatorade.
Died 2008
V. P. Singh, the 8th Prime Minister of India.
Died 2014
Phillip Hughes, an Australian International cricketer.
Died 2018
Mohammad Aziz, an Indian multilingual playback singer.