This Day In History — Alfred Nobel established Nobel Prize

November 27

1841
Thirty-five Amistad survivors return to Africa.

1852
Lord Byron’s daughter Ada died. She had assisted Charles Babbage with his “analytical engine” and is credited with inventing computer language.

1895
Alfred Nobel signed his last will, which established the Nobel Prize.

1910
New York’s Pennsylvania Station opened.

1953
Playwright Eugene O’Neill died in Boston at age 65.

1970
Pope Paul VI was attacked at the Manila airport by a Bolivian painter disguised as a priest.

1973
Gerald R. Ford was confirmed by the Senate to become vice president, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew.

2003
President Bush secretly flew to Iraq to spend Thanksgiving with the troops.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Birthdays

Alexander Haig

1924–, American General, Secretary of State.

Anders Celsius

astronomer (1701)

Charles A. Beard

historian (1874)

James Agee

writer (1909)

Alexander Dubček

statesman (1921)

Bruce Lee

martial-arts actor (1940)

Jimi Hendrix

rock musician, guitarist (1942)

Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg

writer (1957)

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