TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2007

Today is Tuesday, November 27, the 331st day of 2007. There are 34 days left in the year.

399 _ St. Anastasius I begins his reign as Catholic pope

1095 _ Pope Urban II preaches first Crusade

1815 _ Cracow (Poland) declared a free republic

1895 _ Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize

1912 _ Spanish protectorate in Morocco established

1941 _ The USSR begins a counteroffensive, causing Germany to retreat

1965 _ The first French satellite launched, France becomes the third nation in space

1971 _ Soviet Mars 2 becomes the first spacecraft to crash land on Mars

1983 _ Colombian Avianca Airlines Boeing 747 crashes in Madrid, killing 185

1985 _ The Republic of Ireland gains a consultative role in Northern Ireland

1990 _ Britain's conservatives choose John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher