On This Day November 27th

 

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November 27th is the 331st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 34 days remain until the end of the year.

 

 Events

1727 – The foundation stone of the Jerusalem Church in Berlin is laid.

1815 – Adoption of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland.

1839 – In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association was founded.

1895 – At the Swedish–Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signed his last will, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he died.

1901 – The U.S. Army War College is established.

1945 – CARE (then the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe) was founded to send CARE food relief packages to Europe after World War II.

1968 – Penny Ann Early becomes the first woman to play Major professional basketball for the Kentucky Colonels in an ABA game against the Los Angeles Stars.

2001 – The Hubble Space Telescope discovered A hydrogen atmosphere on the extrasolar planet Osiris, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.

 

Birthdays

1701 – Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (d. 1744)

1804 – Julius Benedict, German-English conductor and composer (d. 1885)

1843 – Cornelius Vanderbilt II, American businessman (d. 1899)

1859 – William Bliss Baker, American painter (d. 1886)

1901 – Ted Husing, American sportscaster (d. 1962)

1917 – Buffalo Bob Smith, American actor and television host (d. 1998)

1934 – Gilbert Strang, American mathematician and academic

1942 – Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1970)

1957 – Caroline Kennedy, American lawyer, and diplomat, 29th United States Ambassador to Japan, daughter of President John F. Kennedy

1978 – Jimmy Rollins, American baseball player

1989 – Michael Floyd, American football player

 

Holiday Spotlight

Yi Peng Festival

  Yi Peng Festival is a Thai celebration held on the evening of the twelfth month’s full moon in the traditional lunar calendar. It is an ancient celebration adapted from Brahmin origins and is inextricably linked with Thai Lanna culture. The Lanna culture dates back to the 13th century and is based on Buddhist and Hindu customs.

Yi Peng is a famous northern Thailand festival deeply rooted in the ancient Lanna kingdom. Adapted from Brahmin origins, it was initially celebrated as a singular event, denoting the end of the windy season and the start of winter.

 Yi Peng is held concurrently with Loy Krathong. Events are held throughout northern Thailand, but Chiang Mai has become akin to Yi Peng. During Yi Peng and Loy Krathong, there will be lights and spectacular processions all over Chiang Mai.

 Brilliant lamp shows are set up at the “Three Kings Monument,” “Thapae Gate,” and various doors around the canal encompassing Chiang Mai’s Old Town area. Coconut leaves and blossoms adorn the front passageways of sanctuaries and families.

 On Yi Peng Day — the evening of the full moon for Loy Krathong— lights or candles are also lit and placed at entrances to shops, homes, and temples. Making the lamps or donating them to sanctuaries is one method of gaining merit, and the radiance of light is vital in Buddhist culture because it addresses the transition from obscurity to a more promising future.

 

Other Include

Cider Monday

Chatham Islands Anniversary Day

Cyber Monday

Lancashire Day

National Bavarian Cream Pie Day

National Craft Jerky Day

National Electric Guitar Day

National Pins and Needles Day

National Sovereignty Day Argentina

Pie in the Face Day

Turtle Adoption Day

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