November 27 is the 331st day of the year (332nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 34 days remaining until the end of the year.
- 1901 - The United States Army War College is created.
- 1912 – Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
- 1924 – In New York City the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
- 1934 - Bank robber Baby Face Nelson is killed in a shoot-out with the FBI.
- 1940 - World War II: Members of the Fascist Iron Guard kill 60 allies of King Carol II of Romania, and dissidents.
- 1942 - World War II: At Toulon, the French navy destroys its ships and submarines to protect them from German attack.
- 1944 - The RAF Fauld Explosion at a Royal Air Force dump in Staffordshire, England, kills 70 people.
- 1945 - A magnitude 8.2 earthquake in Iran kills 4,000 people.
- 1954 - Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
- 1957 – Cold War: Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru appeals to the United States and the Soviet Union to end nuclear testing and to start nuclear disarmament.
- 1963 - A Trans-Canada Douglas DC-8 crashes in Montreal, killing all 118 people on board.
- 1968 - Penny Ann Early becomes the first woman to play major professional basketball.
- 1971 - The Soviet space program's Mars 2 orbiter lands on the planet Mars.
- 1973 – The United States Senate votes 92 to 3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States (on December 6, the House confirmed him 387 to 35).
- 1975 – Guinness Book of World Records co-founder Ross McWhirter is shot dead by members of the Provisional IRA.
- 1978 – The Mayor of San Francisco George Moscone and his supervisor Harvey Milk are killed by former supervisor Dan White.
- 1978 – The Kurdish PKK terror group is founded in Riha (Urfa), Turkey.
- 1983 – Avianca Flight 011, a Boeing 747, crashes near Madrid Barajas Airport, killing 181 people.
- 1989 – Avianca Flight 203, a Boeing 727, explodes over Colombia, killing all 107 on board and 3 people on the ground. The Medellin drug Cartel claims responsibility.
- 1990 – The British Conservative Party chooses John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- 1990 – Appenzell Innerrhoden becomes the last Canton in Switzerland to give women the right to vote.
- 1991 – The United Nations Security Council adopts UN Security Council Resolution 721, leading the way to the establishment of peacekeeping operations in Yugoslavia.
- 1992 - For the second time in a year, military forces try to overthrow President Carlos Andrés Pérez of Venezuela.
- 1997 - 25 people are killed in the second Souhane Massacre in Algeria.
- 1999 – Helen Clark becomes the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history.
- 1127 – Emperor Xiaozong of Song, Emperor of China (d. 1194)
- 1380 - King Ferdinand I of Aragon (d. 1416)
- 1576 - Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese daimyo (d. 1638)
- 1582 – Pierre Dupuy, French scholar (d. 1651)
- 1630 - Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria (d. 1665)
- 1684 – Tokugawa Yoshimune, 8th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate (d. 1781)
- 1701 – Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, creator of the Celsius temperature scale (d. 1744)
- 1715 – Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost, German physician and theologian (d. 1794)
- 1746 – Robert Livingston, American politician and businessman (d. 1813)
- 1746 - Increase Sumner, 5th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1799)
- 1754 – Georg Forster, German scientist (d. 1794)
- 1779 - Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician (d. 1865)
- 1804 - Julius Benedict, German-English conductor and composer (d. 1885)
- 1809 - Fanny Kemble, English actress, playwright and poet (d. 1893)
- 1831 – Gustav Radde, German geographer and naturalist (d. 1903)
- 1833 - Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (d. 1897)
- 1843 – Elizabeth Stride, victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888)
- 1854 - Louis de Geer, 17th Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1935)
- 1857 – Charles Scott Sherrington, English doctor, won the 1932 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1952)
- 1865 - Janez Evangelist Krek, Slovenian journalist and politician (d. 1917)
- 1867 – Charles Koechlin, French composer (d. 1950)
- 1870 – Juho Kusti Paasikivi, 7th President of Finland (d. 1956)
- 1871 - Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist (d. 1950)
- 1874 – Chaim Weizmann, first President of Israel (d. 1952)
- 1876 – Viktor Kaplan, Austrian engineer (d. 1934)
- 1878 - Charles Dvorak, American pole vaulter (d. 1969)
- 1884 - Vasile Voiculescu, Romanian poet (d. 1963)
- 1885 - Liviu Rebreanu, Romanian author and playwright (d. 1944)
- 1887 - Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (d. 1946)
- 1888 - Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Indian politician, 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha (d. 1956)
- 1891 - Pedro Salinas, Spanish writer (d. 1951)
- 1892 - Prince Oleg Konstantinovich of Russia (d. 1914)
- 1894 – Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist (d. 1989)
- 1894 - Katherine Milhous, American illustrator and author (d. 1977)
- 1894 - Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian monk and saint (d. 1971)
- 1896 - Prince Sigismund of Prussia (d. 1978)
- 1897 - Vito Genovese, Italian-American mobster (d. 1969)
- 1903 – Lars Onsager, Norwegian chemist (d. 1976)
- 1908 - Tameo Ide, Japanese footballer (d. 1998)
- 1909 - James Agee, American author and screenwriter (d. 1955)
- 1909 - Anatoly Maltsev, Russian mathematician (d. 1967)
- 1911 - David Merrick, American theatre producer (d. 2000)
- 1912 - Connie Sawyer, American actress (d. 2018)
- 1917 - Buffalo Bob Smith, American television host (d. 1998)
- 1918 - Borys Paton, Ukrainian engineer and scientist
- 1920 – Abe Lenstra, Dutch footballer (d. 1985)
- 1920 – Buster Merryfield, English actor (d. 1999)
- 1921 – Alexander Dubcek, Czechoslovakian politician (d. 1992)
- 1923 – Juvenal Amarijo, Brazilian footballer (d. 2009)
- 1925 – Ernie Wise, English comedian (d. 1999)
- 1927 - William E. Simon, 63rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 2000)
- 1929 - Arnold Clark, Scottish businessman (d. 2017)
- 1932 – Benigno Aquino, Jr., Filipino politician (d. 1983)
- 1934 - Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, songwriter and producer (d. 1975)
- 1934 - Gilbert Strong, American mathematician
- 1935 - Les Blank, American director and producer (d. 2013)
- 1935 - Daniel Charles, French philosopher (d. 2008)
- 1936 - Joel Barcellos, Brazilian actor (d. 2018)
- 1937 - Rodney Bewes, English actor (d. 2017)
- 1938 - Apolo Nsibambi, former Prime Minister of Uganda (d. 2019)
- 1939 - Dave Giusti, American baseball player
- 1939 – Laurent-Désiré Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 2001)
- 1940 – Bruce Lee, Chinese-American actor and martial arts expert (d. 1973)
- 1941 – Aimé Jacquet, French footballer and coach
- 1941 - Louis van Dijk, Dutch pianist
- 1942 – Jimi Hendrix, American guitarist (d. 1970)
- 1942 - Henry Carr, American athlete
- 1945 - Barbara Anderson, American actress
- 1945 - James Avery, American actor (d. 2013)
- 1945 - Benigno Fitial, 7th Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
- 1946 - Kim Howells, British politician
- 1946 - Richard Codey, American politician, 53rd Governor of New Jersey
- 1947 - Don Adams, American basketball player
- 1947 - Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti
- 1950 - Gavyn Davies, English businessman
- 1951 – Kathryn Bigelow, American movie director
- 1951 - Vera Fischer, Brazilian actress
- 1951 - Ivars Godmanis, former Prime Minister of Latvia
- 1951 - Luis Lusquiños, Argentine politician (d. 2017)
- 1952 – Daryl Stuermer, American guitarist (Genesis)
- 1952 - Sheila Copps, Canadian politician
- 1952 - Bappi Lahiri, Indian director and singer
- 1952 - James D. Wetherbee, American astronaut
- 1953 - Curtis Armstrong, American actor
- 1953 - Boris Grebenshchikov, Russian musician
- 1953 - Steve Bannon, American media executive (Breitbart News) and former White House Chief Strategist
- 1954 - Arthur Smith, English comedian and actor
- 1955 – Bill Nye, American engineer and broadcaster
- 1955 - Pierre Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1956 – Lionello Manfredoni, Italian footballer
- 1956 – William Fichtner, American actor
- 1957 – Caroline Bouvier Kennedy, daughter of John F. Kennedy
- 1957 - Kenny Acheson, Northern Irish racing driver
- 1958 - Mike Scioscia, American baseball player
- 1959 – Charlie Burchill, Scottish musician (Simple Minds)
- 1959 - Victoria Mullova, Russian violinist
- 1960 – Eike Immel, German footballer
- 1960 – Tim Pawlenty, American politician, former Governor of Minnesota
- 1960 – Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukrainian politician, former Prime Minister of Ukraine
- 1960 - Michael Rispoli, American actor
- 1960 - Gianni Vernetti, Italian politician
- 1960 - Nigel Marven, British television presenter and zoologist
- 1961 – Samantha Bond, British actress
- 1961 - Steve Oedekerk, American actor, director and screenwriter
- 1961 - Norbert Dickel, German footballer
- 1963 - Fisher Stevens, American actor, director and producer
- 1964 – Roberto Mancini, Italian footballer and coach
- 1964 - Ronit Elkabetz, Israeli actress (d. 2016)
- 1964 - Giles Fraser, English Church of England priest, journalist and broadcaster
- 1964 - Robin Givens, American actress
- 1965 - Rachida Dati, French politician
- 1966 – Andy Merrill, American voice actor
- 1967 - Shane Embury, English musician
- 1968 - Michael Vartan, French-American actor
- 1970 - Brooke Langton, American actress
- 1971 - Troy Corser, Australian motorcycle racer
- 1972 - Shane Salerno, American screenwriter and producer
- 1973 – Vratislav Lokvenc, Czech footballer
- 1974 - Wendy Houvenaghel, Northern Irish cyclist
- 1976 – Jaleel White, American actor
- 1978 – Jimmy Rollins, American baseball player
- 1978 – The Streets, English rapper
- 1978 – Radek Stepanek, Czech footballer
- 1979 – Hilary Hahn, American violinist
- 1979 – Teemu Tainio, Finnish footballer
- 1979 - Shin Hye-sung, South Korean singer
- 1980 - Jackie Greene, American singer-songwriter and musician
- 1981 - Bruno Alves, Portuguese footballer
- 1981 – Matthew Taylor, English footballer
- 1982 - Tatsuya Tanaka, Japanese footballer
- 1982 - Alexander Kerzhakov, Russian footballer
- 1982 - Tommy Robinson, English activist, former leader of the English Defence League
- 1983 – Professor Green, English rapper
- 1984 - Sanna Nielsen, Swedish singer
- 1985 - Alison Pill, Canadian actress
- 1985 - Lauren C. Mayhew, American actress and singer
- 1986 - Suresh Kumar Raina, Indian cricketer
- 1987 - Yuria Haga, Japanese actress
- 1987 - Tom Allin, English cricketer (d. 2016)
- 1990 – Josh Dubovie, English singer
- 1990 - Shane Haboucha, American actor
- 1992 - Park Chan-yeol, South Korean singer and dancer
- 1996 - Amanda Todd, American victim of cyberbullying (d. 2012)
- 8 BC – Horace, Roman Emperor (b. 65 BC)
- 395 - Ruffinus, Roman statesman
- 450 - Galla Placidia, Roman daughter of Theodosius I (b. 392)
- 511 – Clovis I, King of the Franks (c. 466)
- 602 - Maurice, Byzantine Emperor (b. 539)
- 1198 - Constance, Queen of Sicily (b. 1154)
- 1252 - Blanche of Castile, Spanish consort of King Louis VIII of France (b. 1188)
- 1474 – Guillaume Dufay, French-Flemish composer (b. 1397)
- 1570 - Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect (b. 1486)
- 1592 – King John III of Sweden (b. 1537)
- 1661 - Teofila Zofia Sobieska, Polish noblewoman (b. 1607)
- 1664 – Francisco Pacheco, Spanish painter (b. 1564)
- 1680 – Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit scholar (b. 1601)
- 1700 - Pope Innocent XII (b. 1615)
- 1811 - Andrew Meikle, Scottish engineer (b. 1719)
- 1852 – Ada Lovelace, English mathematician (b. 1815)
- 1888 - Wilhelm Hertenstein, Swiss politician (b. 1825)
- 1894 – Johanna von Puttkamer, Prussian noblewoman, wife of Otto von Bismarck (b. 1824)
- 1895 – Alexandre Dumas, fils, French writer (b. 1824)
- 1899 - Constant Fornerod, Swiss politician (b. 1819)
- 1916 - Emile Verhaeren, Belgian poet (b. 1855)
- 1919 - Manuel Espinosa, President of Panama (b. 1857)
- 1934 - Baby Face Nelson, American bank robber (b. 1908)
- 1936 – Basil Zaharoff, Greek arms dealer (b. 1849)
- 1937 - Felix Hamrin, shortest-serving Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1875)
- 1940 - Nicolae Iorga, Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1871)
- 1944 - Leonid Mandelshtam, Russian physicist (b. 1879)
- 1953 – Eugene O'Neill, American writer (b. 1888)
- 1955 – Arthur Honegger, French-born Swiss composer (b. 1892)
- 1958 - Georgi Damyanov, Bulgarian politician (b. 1892)
- 1960 - Dirk Jan de Geer, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1870)
- 1967 – Léon Mba, President of Gabon (b. 1902)
- 1971 - Joe Guyon, American football player (b. 1892)
- 1975 – Ross McWhirter, British co-founder of the Guinness Book of World Records (b. 1925)
- 1978 – Harvey Milk, American politician (b. 1930)
- 1978 – George Moscone, Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1929)
- 1981 – Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress (b. 1898)
- 1988 – Angela Aames, American actress (b. 1956)
- 1988 – John Carradine, American actor (b. 1906)
- 1989 - Carlos Arias Navarro, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1908)
- 1998 - Barbara Acklin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
- 1999 - Alain Peyrefitte, French politician and writer (b. 1925)
- 2000 - Willie Cunningham, Scottish footballer (b. 1925)
- 2000 – Len Shackleton, English footballer (b. 1922)
- 2005 – Jocelyn Brando, American actress (b. 1919)
- 2006 – Alan Freeman, English disc jockey known by his nickname 'Fluff' (b. 1927)
- 2008 – V. P. Singh, former Prime Minister of India (b. 1931)
- 2010 – Irvin Kershner, American director (b. 1923)
- 2011 – Gary Speed, Welsh footballer and coach (b. 1969)
- 2011 – Ken Russell, English movie director (b. 1927)
- 2013 - Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer (b. 1925)
- 2013 - Lewis Collins, English actor (b. 1946)
- 2014 - Phillip Hughes, Australian cricketer (b. 1988)
- 2014 - P. D. James, English writer (b. 1920)
- 2015 - Philippe Washer, Belgian tennis player (b. 1924)
- 2015 - Maurice Strong, Canadian businessman and diplomat (b. 1929)
- 2016 - Ioannis Grivas, Greek politician (b. 1923)
- 2017 - Loïc Bouvard, French politician (b. 1929)
- 2017 - Bill Harris, American politician (b. 1934)
- 2017 - James Kisicki, American actor (b. 1938)
- 2017 - Bud Moore, American racing driver (b. 1925)
- 2017 - Cristina Stamate, Romanian actress (b. 1946)
- 2018 - Harold O. Levy, American lawyer and philanthropist (b. 1952)
- 2018 - Ed Pastor, American politician (b. 1943)
- 2018 - V. K. Rao, Indian civil servant (b. 1914)
- 2018 - Barbara Brooks Wallace, American writer (b. 1922)
- 2019 - Stefan Danailov, Bulgarian actor (b. 1942)
- 2019 - Clay Evans, American pastor and civil rights activist (b. 1925)
- 2019 - Maarit Feldt-Ranta, Finnish politician (b. 1968)
- 2019 - Godfrey Gao, Taiwanese-Canadian model and actor (b. 1984)
- 2019 - Jaegwon Kim, Korean-American philosopher (b. 1934)
- 2019 - Sushil Kumar, Indian admiral (b. 1940)
- 2019 - Jonathan Miller, English theatre director, opera director and physician (b. 1934)
- 2019 - Agnes Baker Pilgrim, American Takelma elder (b. 1924)
- 2019 - William Ruckelshaus, American attorney and US Government official (b. 1932)
- 2019 - Bala Singh, Indian actor (b. 1952)
- 2019 - Sam Watson, Australian indigenous activist, politician and writer (b. 1952)