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Historical Events on November 27

  • Eastern Han dynasty

    AD 25

    Luoyang is declared capital of the Eastern Han dynasty by Emperor Guangwu of Han.

  • John Hunt Morgan

    1863

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

  • Battle of Washita River

    1868

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

  • Spain

    1912

    Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.

  • Battle of Cape Spartivento

    1940

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

  • Lyndon B. Johnson

    1965

    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.

  • Kurdistan Workers' Party

    1978

    The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is founded in the city of Riha (Urfa) in Turkey.

  • Helen Clark

    1999

    The centre-left Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history.

  • John Chrysostom

    2004

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

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