This day in history
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Wednesday, 26 November 2014
On this day... November 27:
On this day...
November 27
:
Thanksgiving
in the United States (2014)
1703
– The
Great Storm of 1703
, one of the severest storms to strike southern
Great Britain
, destroyed the first
Eddystone Lighthouse
off
Plymouth
, England.
1895
– Swedish chemist and industrialist
Alfred Nobel
signed his last will and testament, setting aside the bulk of his estate to establish the
Nobel Prize
after his death.
1926
– Restoration of
Colonial Williamsburg
(pictured)
, a recreation of a
Colonial American
city in the
Historic Triangle
on the
Virginia Peninsula
, US, began.
1978
–
San Francisco mayor
George Moscone
and openly gay
supervisor
Harvey Milk
were assassinated
by supervisor
Dan White
.
1999
– The
Labour Party
defeated the governing
National Party
in the
New Zealand general election
, making Labour's
Helen Clark
the first woman to win the office of
Prime Minister
at an election.
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