THIS DAY IN HISTORY NOV 27
Entertainment: 100 years
ago
1903 The opera "Die Heugierigen Frauen" is produced (Munich).
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http://www.scopesys.com/cgi/today2.cgi
Religion: 50 years ago
1953 - English Christian apologist C.S. Lewis wrote in a letter:
'Anxiety is not only a pain which we must ask God to assuage but also a
weakness we must ask Him to pardon __ for He's told us to take no care for
the morrow.'
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News: 25 years ago
1978 -
The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program was
established in to honor the public service career of the former vice
president Hubert H. Humphrey.
Source:
http://www.gazette.unc.edu/archives/03may21/newsbriefs.html
Entertainment: 10 years ago
1993 - Lisa Hanna, 18, of Jamaica, crowned 43rd Miss World.
Source:
http://www.xplorehistory.com
Sports: 5 years ago
1998 – Nebraska beats Colorado 16-14 in college football.
Sports:
1 year ago
2002- Kurt Busch won the NASCAR Ford 400 race at Homestead, Fla.
More history from years back
on this day of Nov 27, 2003
Sports:
1870 - NY Times dubs baseball "The National Game."
News:
1895 - Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize.
News:
1910 - NY's Penn Station opens as world's largest railway
terminal.
Sports:
1924 - 57,000 watch a High School football game in LA.
Sports:
1926 - 110,000 watch Army & Navy play a 21-all tie.
Sports:
1960 - Gordie Howe becomes 1st NHLer to score 1,000 points.
Sports:
1960 - Trailing 38-7 late in 3rd quarter, Buffalo Bills tie Broncos at
38-38.
Sports:
1961 - Gordie Howe becomes 1st
to play in 1,000 NHL games.
News:
1965 - 1st French satellite launched, France becomes 3rd nation in
space.
News:
1973 - Senate votes 92-3 to confirm Gerald R Ford as VP.
News:
1990 - Britain's conservatives chose John Major to succeed Margaret
Thatcher.
Source:
http://www.scopesys.com
Compiled by
Ramesh C. Reddy
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