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November 27th - Happy Birthday Alison Pill and Aubrey Peeples


Today is Tuesday, Nov. 27, the 332nd day of 2012. There are 34 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On Nov. 27, 1942, during World War II, the Vichy French navy at Toulon (too-LOHN') scuttled its ships and submarines to keep them out of the hands of German troops.

On this date:
In 1839, the American Statistical Association was founded in Boston.
In 1901, the U.S. Army War College was established in Washington, D.C.
In 1910, New York's Pennsylvania Station officially opened.
In 1911, the stage comedy "The Playboy of the Western World" by J.M. Synge received a hostile reception in New York because of its portrayal of Irish characters. Theatrical producer David Merrick was born in St. Louis.
In 1937, the musical revue "Pins and Needles," produced by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, opened in New York.
In 1939, the play "Key Largo," by Maxwell Anderson, opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theater in New York.
In 1962, the first Boeing 727 was rolled out at the company's Renton Plant.
In 1970, Pope Paul VI, visiting the Philippines, was slightly wounded at the Manila airport by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest.
In 1973, the Senate voted 92-3 to confirm Gerald R. Ford as vice president, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew, who'd resigned.
In 1978, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone (mahs-KOH'-nee) and City Supervisor Harvey Milk, a gay-rights activist, were shot to death inside City Hall by former supervisor Dan White.
In 1983, 181 people were killed when a Colombian Avianca Airlines Boeing 747 crashed near Madrid's Barajas airport.
In 1989, a bomb blamed on drug traffickers destroyed a Colombian Avianca Boeing 727, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground.

Ten years ago: U.N. specialists began a new round of weapons inspections in Iraq. President George W. Bush appointed former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to lead an investigation into why the government had failed to foil the September 11 attacks. (The following month, Kissinger stepped down, citing controversy over potential conflicts of interest with his business clients.) President Bush gave the go-ahead to open U.S. highways to Mexican trucks.

Five years ago: Israeli and Palestinian leaders at a Mideast conference in Annapolis, Md., agreed to formally restart peace talks. A Somali immigrant (Nuradin Abdi) was sentenced to 10 years in prison for plotting to blow up an Ohio shopping mall. Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor died after being shot in his Florida home by an intruder. Bill Willis, a Hall of Fame guard with the Cleveland Browns and Ohio State's first black football All-American, died in Columbus, Ohio, at age 86. Dr. J. Robert Cade, inventor of Gatorade, died at age 80.

One year ago: In an unprecedented move, the Arab League approved economic sanctions against Syria, to pressure Damascus to end its deadly suppression of an 8-month-old uprising against President Bashar Assad. British movie director Ken Russell, 84, died in Lymington, England.

Today's Birthdays: Author Gail Sheehy is 75. Actor James Avery is 64. Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow (Film: "The Hurt Locker") is 61. TV host Bill Nye ("Bill Nye, the Science Guy") is 57. Actor William Fichtner (FIHK'-nuhr) is 56. Caroline Kennedy is 55. Academy Award-winning screenwriter Callie Khouri (Film: "Thelma and Louise") is 55. Rock musician Charlie Burchill (Simple Minds) is 53. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is 52. Rock musician Charlie Benante (Anthrax) is 50. Rock musician Mike Bordin (Faith No More) is 50. Actor Fisher Stevens is 49. Actress Robin Givens is 48. Actor Michael Vartan is 44. Rapper Skoob (DAS EFX) is 42. Actor Kirk Acevedo is 41. Rapper Twista is 40. Actor Jaleel White is 36. Actor Arjay Smith (TV: "Perception") is 29. Actress Alison Pill is 27

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Today is Wednesday, Nov. 27, the 331st day of 2013. There are 34 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On Nov. 27, 1978, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk, a gay-rights activist, were shot to death inside City Hall by former supervisor Dan White.One year ago: Consumer confidence reached its highest level in nearly five years, with the help of rising home values, more hiring and lower gas prices. U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice met privately with three Republican senators who had indicated they would block her possible nomination to be secretary of state; they said afterward that they were even more troubled by her initial explanation of the attack that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya.

Today's Birthdays: Author Gail Sheehy is 76. Actor James Avery is 65. Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow (Film: "The Hurt Locker") is 62. TV host Bill Nye ("Bill Nye, the Science Guy") is 58. Actor William Fichtner (FIHK'-nuhr) is 57. Caroline Kennedy is 56. Academy Award-winning screenwriter Callie Khouri (Film: "Thelma and Louise") is 56. Rock musician Charlie Burchill (Simple Minds) is 54. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is 53. Rock musician Charlie Benante (Anthrax) is 51. Rock musician Mike Bordin (Faith No More) is 51. Actor Fisher Stevens is 50. Actress Robin Givens is 49. Actor Michael Vartan is 45. Rapper Skoob (DAS EFX) is 43. Actor Kirk Acevedo is 42. Rapper Twista is 41. Actor Jaleel White is 37. Actor Arjay Smith (TV: "Perception") is 30. Actress Alison Pill is 28

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Today is Thursday, Nov. 27, the 331st day of 2014. There are 34 days left in the year. This is Thanksgiving Day.

Today's Highlight in History:
On Nov. 27, 1924, Macy's first Thanksgiving Day parade — billed as a "Christmas Parade" — took place in New York.

Ten years ago: After four decades in North Korea and less than one month in a U.S. military jail near Tokyo, U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins became a free man. The Ukraine parliament declared the recently held presidential election invalid.

Five years ago: Tiger Woods crashed his SUV outside his Florida mansion, sparking widespread attention to reports of unfaithfulness to his wife, Elin Nordegren. (The couple divorced the following year.) Former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced to their friends daughter Chelsea's engagement to longtime boyfriend Marc Mezvinsky. Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned from the International Space Station with a smooth touchdown.

One year ago: In a short ceremony inside their Chicago apartment, Vernita Gray and her partner of five years, Patricia Ewert, made Illinois history as they became the first gay couple to wed under the state's new law legalizing same-sex marriage. Rising anger over deadly drone attacks spurred a Pakistani political party to reveal the identity of what it said was the top U.S. spy in the country and demand he be tried for murder. A crane collapsed at a Sao Paulo stadium being constructed for the 2014 World Cup, killing two workers.

Today's Birthdays: Author Gail Sheehy is 77. Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow (Film: "The Hurt Locker") is 63. TV host Bill Nye ("Bill Nye, the Science Guy") is 59. Actor William Fichtner (FIHK'-nuhr) is 58. Caroline Kennedy is 57. Academy Award-winning screenwriter Callie Khouri (Film: "Thelma and Louise") is 57. Rock musician Charlie Burchill (Simple Minds) is 55. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is 54. Rock musician Charlie Benante (Anthrax) is 52. Rock musician Mike Bordin (Faith No More) is 52. Actor Fisher Stevens is 51. Actress Robin Givens is 50. Actor Michael Vartan is 46. Rapper Skoob (DAS EFX) is 44. Actor Kirk Acevedo is 43. Rapper Twista is 42. Actor Jaleel White is 38. Actor Arjay Smith (TV: "Perception") is 31. Actress Alison Pill is 29. Actress/singer Aubrey Peeples (TV: "Nashville"; "Sharknado") is 21.

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Today is Friday, Nov. 27, the 331st day of 2015. There are 34 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On Nov. 27, 1945, General George C. Marshall was named special U.S. envoy to China by President Harry S. Truman to try to end hostilities between the Nationalists and the Communists.

Ten years ago: Doctors in France performed the world's first partial face transplant on a woman disfigured by a dog bite; Isabelle Dinoire received the lips, nose and chin of a brain-dead woman in a 15-hour operation. Actress Jocelyn Brando, older sister of Marlon Brando, died in Santa Monica, California, at age 86. Joe Jones, who sang the 1961 hit "You Talk Too Much," died in Los Angeles at age 79.

Five years ago: The State Department released a letter from its top lawyer to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, warning that an expected imminent release of classified cables would put "countless" lives at risk, threaten global counterterrorism operations and jeopardize U.S. relations with its allies. Movie director Irvin Kershner ("The Empire Strikes Back") died in Los Angeles at age 87.

One year ago: Reflecting its lessening oil clout, OPEC decided to keep its output target on hold and sit out falling crude prices. Mystery writer P.D. James, 94, died in Oxford, England. Frank Yablans, 79, a former president of Paramount Pictures who presided over the release of several groundbreaking pictures such as "The Godfather," died in Los Angeles.

Today's Birthdays: Author Gail Sheehy is 78. Footwear designer Manolo Blahnik is 73. Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow (Film: "The Hurt Locker") is 64. TV host Bill Nye ("Bill Nye, the Science Guy") is 60. Actor William Fichtner (FIHK'-nuhr) is 59. Caroline Kennedy is 58. Academy Award-winning screenwriter Callie Khouri (Film: "Thelma and Louise") is 58. Rock musician Charlie Burchill (Simple Minds) is 56. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is 55. Rock musician Charlie Benante (Anthrax) is 53. Rock musician Mike Bordin (Faith No More) is 53. Actor Fisher Stevens is 52. Actress Robin Givens is 51. Actor Michael Vartan is 47. Rapper Skoob (DAS EFX) is 45. Actor Kirk Acevedo is 44. Rapper Twista is 43. Actor Jaleel White is 39. Actor Arjay Smith (TV: "Perception") is 32. Actress Alison Pill is 30. Actress/singer Aubrey Peeples (TV: "Nashville"; "Sharknado") is 22.

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Today is Sunday, Nov. 27, the 332nd day of 2016. There are 34 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On Nov. 27, 1978, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone (mahs-KOH'-nee) and City Supervisor Harvey Milk, a gay-rights activist, were shot to death inside City Hall by former supervisor Dan White. (White served five years for manslaughter; he committed suicide in Oct. 1985.)

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush, stopping over in Estonia en route to a NATO summit in Latvia and meetings in Jordan, intensified diplomatic efforts to quell rising violence in Iraq and Afghanistan. An early morning fire burned down a group home for the elderly and mentally ill in Anderson, Mo., killing 10 residents and a caretaker. (Faulty wiring was cited as the likely cause of the blaze.)

Five years ago: In an unprecedented move against an Arab nation, the Arab League approved economic sanctions against Syria to pressure Damascus to end its deadly suppression of an 8-month-old uprising against President Bashar Assad. British movie director Ken Russell, 84, died in Lymington, Hampshire, England.

One year ago: A gunman attacked a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colo., killing three people and injuring nine. (Suspect Robert Dear has been undergoing treatment at a psychiatric hospital after being deemed incompetent for trial.) A subdued France paid homage to those killed in the Paris attacks two weeks earlier, honoring each of the 130 victims by name as President Francois Hollande (frahn-SWAH' oh-LAWND') pledged to "destroy the army of fanatics" who had claimed so many young lives.

Today's Birthdays — Nov. 27: Author Gail Sheehy is 79. Footwear designer Manolo Blahnik is 74. Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow is 65. TV host Bill Nye ("Bill Nye, the Science Guy") is 61. Actor William Fichtner (FIHK'-nuhr) is 60. U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy is 59. Academy Award-winning screenwriter Callie Khouri is 59. Rock musician Charlie Burchill (Simple Minds) is 57. Jazz composer/big band leader Maria Schneider is 56. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is 56. Rock musician Charlie Benante (Anthrax) is 54. Rock musician Mike Bordin (Faith No More) is 54. Actor Fisher Stevens is 53. Actress Robin Givens is 52. Actor Michael Vartan is 48. Rapper Skoob (DAS EFX) is 46. Actor Kirk Acevedo is 45. Rapper Twista is 44. Actor Jaleel White is 40. Actor Arjay Smith is 33. Actress Alison Pill is 31. Actress/singer Aubrey Peeples is 23.

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Today is Monday, Nov. 27, the 331st day of 2017. There are 34 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On Nov. 27, 1967, the Beatles album "Magical Mystery Tour" was released in the United States by Capitol Records.

Ten years ago: Israeli and Palestinian leaders meeting at a Mideast conference in Annapolis, Maryland, agreed to formally restart peace talks. Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor died a day after being shot in his Florida home by an intruder. Bill Willis, a Hall of Fame guard with the Cleveland Browns and Ohio State's first black football All-American, died in Columbus, Ohio, at age 86. Dr. J. Robert Cade, inventor of Gatorade, died at age 80.

Five years ago: U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice met privately with three Republican senators who had indicated they would block her possible nomination to be U.S. secretary of state; they said afterward that they were even more troubled by her initial explanation of the attack that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya. (The following month, Rice withdrew from consideration to be secretary of state.) The government said consumer confidence reached its highest level in nearly five years, with the help of rising home values, more hiring and lower gas prices.

One year ago: President-elect Donald Trump claimed that "millions" had voted illegally in the national election, scoffing at Hillary Clinton's nearly 2 million edge in the popular vote and returning to his campaign mantra of a rigged race even as he prepared to enter the White House in less than two months. Argentina won its first Davis Cup title when Federico Delbonis swept past Ivo Karlovic in straight sets to complete a stunning 3-2 comeback win over Croatia.

Today's Birthdays — Nov. 27: Author Gail Sheehy is 80. Footwear designer Manolo Blahnik is 75. Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow is 66. TV host Bill Nye ("Bill Nye, the Science Guy") is 62. Actor William Fichtner (FIHK'-nuhr) is 61. Caroline Kennedy is 60. Academy Award-winning screenwriter Callie Khouri is 60. Rock musician Charlie Burchill (Simple Minds) is 58. Jazz composer/big band leader Maria Schneider is 57. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is 57. Rock musician Charlie Benante (Anthrax) is 55. Rock musician Mike Bordin (Faith No More) is 55. Actor Fisher Stevens is 54. Actress Robin Givens is 53. Actor Michael Vartan is 49. Rapper Skoob (DAS EFX) is 47. Actor Kirk Acevedo is 46. Rapper Twista is 45. Actor Jaleel White is 41. Actor Arjay Smith is 34. Actress Alison Pill is 32. Actress Lashana Lynch (TV: "Still Star-Crossed") is 30. Actress-singer Aubrey Peeples is 24.

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Today is Tuesday, Nov. 27, the 331st day of 2018. There are 34 days left in the year.

Today's Highlights in History:
On Nov. 27, 1924, Macy's first Thanksgiving Day parade — billed as a "Christmas Parade" — took place in New York.

On Nov. 27, 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.

On Nov. 27, 1967, the Beatles album "Magical Mystery Tour" was released in the United States by Capitol Records.

On Nov. 27, 1978, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk, a gay-rights activist, were shot to death inside City Hall by former supervisor Dan White. (White served five years for manslaughter; he committed suicide in Oct. 1985.)

10 years ago in 2008: Indian commandoes fought to wrest control of two luxury hotels and a Jewish center from militants, a day after a chain of attacks across Mumbai. Iraq's parliament approved a pact requiring all U.S. troops to be out of the country by Jan. 1, 2012.

5 years ago in 2013: In a short ceremony inside their Chicago apartment, Vernita Gray and her partner of five years, Patricia Ewert, made Illinois history as they became the first gay couple to wed under the state's new law legalizing same-sex marriage. Rising anger over deadly drone attacks spurred a Pakistani political party to reveal the identity of what it said was the top U.S. spy in the country and demand he be tried for murder. A crane collapsed at a Sao Paulo stadium being constructed for the 2014 World Cup, killing two workers.

1 year ago in 2017: As he tried to bolster his support in the wake of a sexual harassment allegation, Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken apologized to "everyone who has counted on me to be a champion for women." Authorities ordered a mass evacuation of people from an expanded danger zone around an erupting volcano on the Indonesian island of Bali; the eruption had closed the island's international airport, stranding tens of thousands of travelers. On Cyber Monday, the Echo Dot was the top-selling electronic item on Amazon, followed by the Fire TV. Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced their engagement. The two married on May 19 and officially became the duke and duchess of Sussex.

Today's Birthdays — Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018: Author Gail Sheehy is 81. Footwear designer Manolo Blahnik is 76.

Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow is 67. Media executive/political figure Steve Bannon is 65. TV host Bill Nye (Bill Nye, the Science Guy) is 63. Actor William Fichtner (Invasion) is 62. Caroline Kennedy (daughter of President John F. Kennedy) is 61. Academy Award-winning screenwriter Callie Khouri is 61. Former MLB player/manager Mike Scioscia is 60.

Rock musician Charlie Burchill (Simple Minds) is 59. Jazz composer/big band leader Maria Schneider is 58. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is 58. Former NFL quarterback Ken O’Brien is 58. Actress Samantha Bond is 57. Rock musician Charlie Benante (Anthrax) is 56. Rock musician Mike Bordin (Faith No More) is 56. Actor Fisher Stevens (Early Edition, Short Circuit, Hackers) is 55. Actress Robin Givens (Head of the Class) is 54. Actor Michael Vartan (Alias) is 50.

Singer/songwriter Myles Kennedy (Alter Bridge) is 49. Rapper Skoob (DAS EFX) is 48. Actor Kirk Acevedo is 47. NFL Hall of Famer Larry Allen (Dallas Cowboys) is 47. MLB Hall of Ivan Rodriguez is 47. Former NBA player Nick Van Exe is 47. Rapper Twista is 46. Actor Sharlito Copley is 45. Former NFL kicker Martin Gramatica (kicked at Kansas State) is 43. Actor Jaleel White (Family Matters) is 42. Former MLB player Willie Bloomquist (several teams including Kansas City) is 41. Former MLB player Jimmy Rollins is 40.

Actor Arjay Smith is 35. Actress Alison Pill is 33. Actress Lashana Lynch (Still Star-Crossed) is 31.

NFL player Michael Floyd is 29. Actress-singer Aubrey Peeples (Nashville) is 25. Fashion designer Andy Truong is 22.

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In 1970, George Harrison’s three-record set masterpiece All Thing Must Pass was released in the U.S. The album featured My Sweet Lord, Isn’t It a Pity (Versions 1 and 2), All Things Must Pass, What is Life, Beware of Darkness, Wah-Wah, I’d Have You Anytime, If Not for You, Behind That Locked Door, Let it Down, Run of the Mill, Apple Scruffs, Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let it Roll), Awaiting On You All, I Dig Love, Art of Dying, Hear Me Lord, Out of the Blue, It’s Johnny’s Birthday, Plug Me In, I Remember Jeep and Thanks for the Pepperoni. The remaster added I Live For You and My Sweet Lord (2000).


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In 1970 - George Harrison released his triple album "All Things Must Pass" in the U.S.


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