11-26-2013, 09:14 PM
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November 27th
8 BC ~ Death of Horace, poet. Remembered for, among other things, “Carpe Diem” (seize the day).
1095 ~ Pope Urban II preached the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont.
1895 ~ Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he died.
1942 ~ Birthday of Jimi Hendrix, musician.
1946 ~ Indian P.M. Jawaharlal Nehru appealed to the U.S. and the USSR to start nuclear disarmament, stating that such an action would "save humanity from the ultimate disaster".
India would later develop its indigenous nuclear WMD.
1973 ~ The U.S. Senate confirmed President-to-be Gerald Ford as vice president, succeeding Spiro Agnew, who'd resigned.
1978 ~ Birthday of Shy Love, Porn actress.
1979 ~ Birthday of Danielle Foxxx, Porn actress.
1979 ~ Birthday of Hilary Hahn, American violinist.
1990 ~ John Major followed Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister of the UK.
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