November 27 - Spirit

Spirit

This Day In History

1095

Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont.

1295

The first elected representatives from Lancashire are called to Westminster by King Edward I to attend what later became known as "The Model Parliament."

1703

The first Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703.

1830

St. Catherine Laboure experiences a vision of the Blessed Virgin standing on a globe, crushing a serpent with her feet, and emanating rays of light from her hands.

1895

At the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.

1924

In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.

1968

Penny Ann Early became the first woman to play major professional basketball, in an ABA game Kentucky Colonels vs. Los Angeles Stars.

2001

A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.

2004

Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Famous Birthdays

1701

Anders Celsius, Swedish inventor and astronomer (d. 1744)

1746

Robert Livingston, negotiated the Louisiana Purchase from France (d. 1813)

1843

Elizabeth Stride, victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888)

1874

Chaim Weizmann, 1st President of Israel (d. 1952)

1907

L. Sprague de Camp, American writer (d. 2000)

1928

Ronald William "Josh" Kirby, British artist (d. 2001)

1940

Bruce Lee, American actor and martial artist (d. 1973)

1942

Jimi Hendrix, American guitarist (d. 1970)

1953

Curtis Armstrong, American actor

1955

Bill Nye (The science guy), American engineer and broadcaster

1957

Michael Stackpole, American author

1963

Fisher Stevens, American actor
1978
Jimmy Rollins, American baseball player