THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2008

Today is Thursday, November 27, the 332nd day of 2008. There are 34 days left in the year.

1095 _ Pope Urban II preaches first Crusade

1870 _ N.Y. Times dubs baseball ``The National Game"

1895 _ Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize

1903 _ The opera ``Die Heugierigen Frauen" is produced (Munich)

1912 _ Spanish protectorate in Morocco established

1941 _ USSR begins a counter offensive causing Germany to retreat

1958 _ USSR abrogates allied wartime agreements on control of Germany

1970 _ Pope Paul VI wounded in chest during a visit to Philippines by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest

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

1985 _ Republic of Ireland gains consultative role in Northern Ireland