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CaptainCrunch · 11-27-2017, 12:04 AM

Nov 27th

176 - Marcus Aurelius grants his son Commodus the rank of Imperator and gives him command of all Roman Legions
1094 - Pope Urban II Declares the first crusade at the Council of Clearmont
1895 - Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testimony setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Peace Prize
1901 - The US Army War College is founded
1924 - The First Macy's Day Parade
1942 - The French Navy scuttles its ships and Submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands
1964 - The Pentagon tells Lyndon B Johnson that for the war in Vietnam to succeed America has to increase its troop commitment from 120,000 to 400,000
1968 - Penny Ann Early becomes the first woman to play major professional Basketball when she suits up for the Kentucky Colonels of the ABA against the LA Stars
1971 - The Soviet Mars 2 orbiter releases a descent module that malfunctions and crashes becoming the first man made object to reach the surface of Mars
1978 - San Fransisco Mayor George Moscone and Harvey Milk are assasinated by Dan White
2006 - The Canadian Parliament approves a motion by PM Stephen Harper to recognize Quebecois as a nation within Canada

Notable Births

1942 - Jimi Hendrix, 1962 - Davey Boy Smith,

11-27-2017, 12:04 AM	#27
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	Nov 27th 176 - Marcus Aurelius grants his son Commodus the rank of Imperator and gives him command of all Roman Legions 1094 - Pope Urban II Declares the first crusade at the Council of Clearmont 1895 - Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testimony setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Peace Prize 1901 - The US Army War College is founded 1924 - The First Macy's Day Parade 1942 - The French Navy scuttles its ships and Submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands 1964 - The Pentagon tells Lyndon B Johnson that for the war in Vietnam to succeed America has to increase its troop commitment from 120,000 to 400,000 1968 - Penny Ann Early becomes the first woman to play major professional Basketball when she suits up for the Kentucky Colonels of the ABA against the LA Stars 1971 - The Soviet Mars 2 orbiter releases a descent module that malfunctions and crashes becoming the first man made object to reach the surface of Mars 1978 - San Fransisco Mayor George Moscone and Harvey Milk are assasinated by Dan White 2006 - The Canadian Parliament approves a motion by PM Stephen Harper to recognize Quebecois as a nation within Canada Notable Births 1942 - Jimi Hendrix, 1962 - Davey Boy Smith, __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!