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