Today in History

November 27

1815 - The Kingdom of Poland adopts its constitution.

1895 - Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize.

1912 - Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.

1919 - Bulgaria signs the First World War peace treaty, which yields territory to Greece and Yugoslavia.

1940 - Germany annexes French province of Lorraine during the Second World War.

1950 - United Nations troops retreat in Korea.

1962 - Britain agrees to provide arms to India to resist Chinese aggression.

1966 - Uruguay adopts constitution.

1979 - First day-night one-day International cricket match is played at Sydney cricket ground, between Australia and the West Indies.

1983 - A huge rally called by all Uruguayan political parties demands the end of the dictatorship and return to civilian democratic rule.

1984 - Top British diplomat Percy Norris is shot dead in Mumbai.

1987 - Rescue workers battle through floods in central Philippines after Typhoon Nina kills at least 450 people.

1989 - Colombian plane crashes, killing 107 people.

1990 - John Major becomes British Prime Minister.

1994 - Fire in a disco in Fuxin, north China, kills 233.

1995 - Liamine Zeroual is sworn in as the Algerian President.

1996 - A gas explosion in a coal mine in Shanxi province of China kills at least 91 miners.

1998 - Alan Chilton of Britain wins the first-ever Dubai Marathon event.

1999 - Prime Minister Jenny Shipley concedes defeat in New Zealand’s general elections.

2005 - The world’s first partial face transplant is carried out in France.

2007 - Ras Al Khaimah Municipality bans the smoking of shisha in all public facilities.

2011 - The Arab League slaps stringent sanctions on Syria.

2013 - Dubai wins the bid to host the World Expo 2020.

2014 - A suicide bomber on a motorbike attacks British embassy in Kabul, killing at least five.