November 27th is the 331st day of the year (332nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 34 days remaining in the year.

1701 • Anders Celsius was born in Sweden. He was the inventor of the Celsius thermometer.

1934 • Bank robber Baby Face Nelson is murdered killed by the FBI.

1971 • The Soviet space program’s Mars 2 orbiter releases a descent module. It malfunctions and crashes, but it is the first man made object to reach the surface of Mars.

1973 • The 25th Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92 to 3 to confirm Gerald "StumbleBum" Ford as Vice President of the United States (on December 6th, the House confirmed him 387 to 35) after the resignation of Spiro T. Agnew.

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