November 27

Today in History
• 1382 - Battle of Westrozebeke (French army beats Flemings-1,000s die)
• 1807 - Portuguese Royal Family and its court of nearly 15,000 people leave Lisbon
• 1815 - Adoption of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland
• 1826 - John Walker invents friction match in England
• 1885 - 1st photograph of a meteor taken by Austro-Hungarian photographer Ladislaus Weinek
• 1889 - 1st permit issued to drive a car through Central Park (Curtis P Brady)
• 1895 - Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel's will establishes the Nobel Prize
• 1910 - NY's Penn Station opens as world's largest railway terminal


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Chatham Islands Anniversary Day • Lancashire Day
• National Bavarian Cream Pie Day
• National Brand Day
• National Craft Jerky Day
• National Sovereignty Day
• Pins and Needles Day
• Turtle Adoption Day

Birthdays
• 1127 - Emperor Xiaozong, 11th emperor of the Song dynasty in China
• 1576 - Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese ruler of Satsuma
• 1648 - Petrus Codde, Dutch Roman Catholic apostole vicar (1688-1704)
• 1668 - Henri François d'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (1717-50)
• 1701 - Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer (proposed the Celsius temperature scale
• 1746 - Increase Sumner, American politician (5th Governor of Massachusetts)
• 1746 - Robert R. Livingston, delivered the oath of office to George Washington
• 1870 - Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Finnish politician (7th President of Finland 1946-56)