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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_27" title="November 27">November 27</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1095" title="1095">1095</a> – At the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Clermont" title="Council of Clermont">Council of Clermont</a></b>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Urban_II" title="Pope Urban II">Pope Urban II</a> called for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Crusade" title="First Crusade">First Crusade</a>, declaring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_war" title="Religious war">holy war</a> against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslims</a> who had occupied the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Land" title="Holy Land">Holy Land</a> and were attacking the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Eastern Roman Empire</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1703" title="1703">1703</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_storm_of_1703" title="Great storm of 1703">great storm of 1703</a></b>, one of the most severe storms to strike southern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a>, destroyed the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddystone_Lighthouse" title="Eddystone Lighthouse">Eddystone Lighthouse</a> off <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth" title="Plymouth">Plymouth</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945" title="1945">1945</a> – A consortium of twenty-two U.S. charities founded <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Care_International" title="Care International">CARE</a></b> with the mission of delivering food aid to Europe in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath_of_World_War_II" title="Aftermath of World War II">aftermath of World War II</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a> – Astronomers announced the detection of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium" title="Sodium">sodium</a> in the atmosphere of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoplanet" title="Exoplanet">extrasolar planet</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_209458_b" title="HD 209458 b">HD 209458 b</a></b>, the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrial_atmosphere#Exoplanets" title="Extraterrestrial atmosphere">exoplanet atmosphere</a> to be measured.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Increase_Sumner" title="Increase Sumner">Increase Sumner</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1746); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Albert_Gaudry" title="Jean Albert Gaudry">Jean Albert Gaudry</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1908); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Speed" title="Gary Speed">Gary Speed</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2011)</p>
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