November 27 in history — What Happened Today in History

For the second time in a year, military forces try to overthrow president Carlos Andrés Pérez in Venezuela.

Avianca Flight 203: A Boeing 727 explodes in mid-air over Colombia, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground. The Medellín Cartel claimed responsibility for the attack.

Space Shuttle program: Atlantis launches on STS-61-B, with Rodolfo Neri Vela becoming the first Mexican astronaut.

Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agrees to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty.

Avianca Flight 011: A Boeing 747 crashes near Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 181.

In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.

The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is founded in the Turkish village of Fis.

The Provisional IRA assassinates Ross McWhirter, after a press conference in which McWhirter had announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings and shootings across England.

Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92–3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On December 6, the House will confirm him 387–35).

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.

Penny Ann Early becomes the first woman to play in a major professional men's basketball league, for the Kentucky Colonels in an ABA game against the Los Angeles Stars.

Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.

Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.

CARE (then the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe) is founded to send CARE Packages of food relief to Europe after World War II.

World War II: RAF Fauld explosion: An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump in Staffordshire kills seventy people.

World War II: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands.

In Romania, the ruling Iron Guard fascist party assassinates over 60 of arrested King Carol II of Romania's aides and other political dissidents.

World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.

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

The Makhnovshchina is established.

P. E. Svinhufvud becomes the chairman of his first senate, technically the first Prime Minister of Finland.

Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.

The U.S. Army War College is established.

Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.

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.

War of the Pacific: Battle of Tarapacá: The confrontation between the Chilean Army and the Peruvian Army takes place in Tarapacá, the Peruvian victory is consummated with the death of the 2 generals and the capture the Chilean general in said place of battle, headed by the Peruvian victory of General Juan Buendía y Noregia.

American Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River: United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.

American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.

Lashana Lynch, English actress

Suresh Kumar Raina, Indian cricketer

Steven Silva, American-Filipino footballer

Xavi Torres, Spanish footballer

Oritsé Williams, English singer-songwriter, producer, and dancer

Park Soo-jin, South Korean singer

Alison Pill, Canadian actress

Thilo Versick, German footballer

Leslie Dewan, American entrepreneur

Izumi Kitta, Japanese voice actress and singer

Domata Peko, American football player

Professor Green, English rapper

Henrik Karlsson, Swedish-Kazakhstani ice hockey player

Fernance B. Perry, Portuguese-American businessman and philanthropist (born 1922)

Lewis Collins, English-American actor (born 1946)

Herbert F. DeSimone, American lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Rhode Island (born 1929)

Volker Roemheld, German physiologist and biologist (born 1941)

Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer (born 1925)

Manuel F. Segura, Filipino colonel (born 1919)

Mickey Baker, American guitarist (born 1925)

Ab Fafié, Dutch footballer and manager (born 1941)

Érik Izraelewicz, French journalist and author (born 1954)

Marvin Miller, American businessman and union leader (born 1917)

Jack Wishna, American photographer and businessman, co-founded Rockcityclub (born 1958)

Len Fulford, English photographer and director (born 1928)

Ken Russell, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1927)