MONDAY, Nov. 27, 2023

1095 — Pope Urban II preaches first Crusade

1815 — Cracow (Poland) declared a free republic

1817 — U.S. soldiers attack Florida Indian village, beginning Seminole War

1839 — American Statistical Association organizes in Boston

1870 — NY Times dubs baseball "The National Game"

1885 — Earliest photograph of a meteor shower made

1889 — First permit issued to drive a car through Central Park (Curtis Brady)

1895 — Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize

1912 — Spanish protectorate in Morocco established

1958 — USSR abrogates Allied war-time agreements on control of Germany

1965 — First French satellite launched, France becomes third nation in space

1985 — Republic of Ireland gains consultative role in Northern Ireland

1990 — Britain's conservatives chose John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher