6 Azar 1396

Events

• 1863 (163 years ago) American Civil War: Battle of Mine Run: Union forces under General George Meade take up positions against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
• 1879 (147 years ago) 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.
• 1912 (114 years ago) Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
• 1965 (61 years ago) 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.
• 1989 (37 years ago) 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.
• 1992 (34 years ago) For the second time in a year, military forces try to overthrow president Carlos Andrés Pérez in Venezuela.
• 1997 (29 years ago) Twenty-five people are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria.
• 1999 (27 years ago) 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.

Births

• 1701 (325 years ago) Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (died 1744)
• 1874 (152 years ago) Chaim Weizmann, Belarusian-Israeli chemist and politician, 1st President of Israel (died 1952)
• 1921 (105 years ago) Alexander Dubček, Slovak soldier and politician (died 1992)
• 1940 (86 years ago) Bruce Lee, American-Chinese actor, martial artist, and screenwriter (died 1973)
• 1942 (84 years ago) Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1970)
• 1951 (75 years ago) Kathryn Bigelow, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 (66 years ago) Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukrainian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Ukraine
• 1970 (56 years ago) Han Kang, South Korean writer

Deaths

• 8 BC Horace, Roman soldier and poet (born 65 BC)
• 511 (1515 years ago) Clovis I, king of the Franks
• 602 (1424 years ago) Maurice, Byzantine emperor (born 539)
• 1852 (174 years ago) Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and computer scientist (born 1815)
• 1895 (131 years ago) Alexandre Dumas, fils, French novelist and playwright (born 1824)
• 1916 (110 years ago) Emile Verhaeren, Belgian poet and playwright (born 1855)
• 1953 (73 years ago) Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888)
• 1978 (48 years ago) Harvey Milk, American lieutenant and politician (born 1930)

All 420 events, births and deaths of November 27