Calendar for November 27th, 2009

2001: Advent Sunday

2006: Thanksgiving Day

Born 1701: Anders Celsius (astronomer)

1839: The American Statistical Association founded in Boston

1885: Spectacular Andromedid meteor storm, 13,000 per hour

Died 1895: Alexandre Dumas fils (author)

Born 1909: James Agee (writer)

1910: Penn. Station opened in New York City

Born 1917: "Buffalo" Bob Smith (entertainer)

Died 1934: Baby Face Nelson (gangster)

Born 1940: Bruce Lee (martial artist & actor)

Born 1942: Jimi Hendrix (musician)

1945: C.A.R.E. founded

Died 1953: Eugene O'Neil (playwright)

Born 1957: Caroline Bouvier Kennedy (daughter of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy)

1963: Wilt Chamberlain hit 18 field goals in a row

Born 1963: Fisher Stevens (actor)

Born 1968: Michael Vartan (actor)

1978: In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and city supervisor Harvey Milk were assassinated by former supervisor Dan White

Died 1981: Lotte Lenya (actress)