Born on November 27
November 27 birthdays & history
If you were born on November 27, you share a birthday with Bruce Lee, Jimi Hendrix and Yulia Tymoshenko. November 27 babies are Sagittarius, with topaz as their birthstone and the chrysanthemum as their birth flower. November 27 is the 332nd day of the year in leap years (331st in other years).
Famous people born on November 27
- 1940Bruce Lee, American-Chinese actor, martial artist, and screenwriter
- 1942Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1960Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukrainian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Ukraine
- 1970Han Kang, South Korean writer
- 1701Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician
- 1951Kathryn Bigelow, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1903Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1857Charles Scott Sherrington, English physiologist, bacteriologist, and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1964Roberto Mancini, Italian footballer and manager
- 1982Aleksandr Kerzhakov, Russian footballer
What happened on November 27
- 1809The Berners Street hoax is perpetrated by Theodore Hook in the City of Westminster, London.
- 1815Adoption of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland.
- 1830Saint Catherine Labouré experiences a Marian apparition.
- 1839In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded.
- 1896Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
- 1912Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
- 1917P. E. Svinhufvud becomes the chairman of his first senate, technically the first Prime Minister of Finland.
- 1918The Makhnovshchina is established.
- 1924In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
- 1968Penny Ann Early becomes the first woman to play in a major professional men's basketball league, for the Kentucky Colonels in an ABA game against the Los Angeles Stars.
- 1973Twenty-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).
- 2009Lady Gaga performed the first concert of The Monster Ball Tour, which became the highest-grossing tour in history for a debut headlining artist.
Also observed on November 27
- Lancashire Day (United Kingdom)
- Maaveerar Day (Tamil Eelam, Sri Lanka)
- Teacher's Day (Spain)
- International Day for the Elimination of Child, Early and Forced Marriage
Questions, answered
What star sign is November 27?
People born on November 27 are Sagittarius. Their birthstone is topaz and their birth flower is the chrysanthemum.
Which famous people were born on November 27?
Bruce Lee (1940), Jimi Hendrix (1942), Yulia Tymoshenko (1960), Han Kang (1970), Anders Celsius (1701), Kathryn Bigelow (1951) were all born on November 27.
What happened on November 27 in history?
Among other things: in 1968, Penny Ann Early becomes the first woman to play in a major professional men's basketball league, for the Kentucky Colonels in an ABA game against the Los Angeles Stars; in 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); in 2009, Lady Gaga performed the first concert of The Monster Ball Tour, which became the highest-grossing tour in history for a debut headlining artist.
Can I get a newspaper front page from November 27?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any November 27 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “November 27”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.