Updated November 27, 2011, 1:28 PM
On Nov. 27, 1973, the Senate voted 92-3 to confirm Gerald R. Ford as vice president, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew, who'd resigned.
On Nov. 27, 1874, Chaim Weizmann, the Zionist leader and first president of the state of Israel, was born. Following his death on Sept. 9, 1952, his obituary appeared in The Times.
On This Date
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| 1901 | The Army War College was established in Washington, D.C. |
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| 1910 | New York's Pennsylvania Station opened. |
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| 1942 | The French navy at Toulon scuttled its ships and submarines to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis. |
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| 1953 | Playwright Eugene O'Neill died at age 65. |
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| 1970 | Pope Paul VI, visiting the Philippines, was slightly wounded at the Manila airport by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest. |
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| 1973 | The Senate voted 92-3 to confirm Gerald R. Ford as vice president, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew, who had resigned. |
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| 1985 | The British House of Commons approved the Anglo-Irish accord, giving Dublin a consultative role in the governing of British-ruled Northern Ireland. |
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| 2002 | U.N. specialists began a new round of weapons inspections in Iraq. |
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| 2008 | Iraq's parliament approved a pact requiring all U.S. troops to be out of the country by Jan. 1, 2012. |
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| 2009 | Golfer Tiger Woods crashed his SUV outside his Florida mansion, sparking widespread attention to reports of marital infidelity. |
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| 2009 | Former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced daughter Chelsea's engagement to longtime boyfriend Marc Mezvinsky. |
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Current Birthdays
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Director-producer Kathryn Bigelow turns 60 years old today.
AP Photo/Evan Agostini
Actress Alison Pill turns 26 years old today.
AP Photo/Peter Kramer
| 1955 | Bill Nye, TV personality, turns 56 |
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| 1956 | William Fichtner, Actor, turns 55 |
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| 1957 | Caroline Kennedy, Daughter of President John F. Kennedy, turns 54 |
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| 1958 | Mike Scioscia, Baseball manager, turns 53 |
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| 1960 | Tim Pawlenty, Former governor of Minnesota, turns 51 |
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| 1964 | Robin Givens, Actress, turns 47 |
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| 1976 | Jaleel White, Actor, turns 35 |
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| 1978 | Jimmy Rollins, Baseball player, turns 33 |
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Historic Birthdays
Chaim Weizmann11/27/1874 - 9/9/1952Zionist pioneer and first president of IsraelGo to obituary »
| 42 | Anders Celsius 11/27/1701 - 4/25/1744
Swedish astronomer and inventor of the Celsius thermometer scale |
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| 66 | Robert Livingston 11/27/1746 - 2/26/1813
American landowner, politician and merchant |
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| 83 | Fanny Kemble 11/27/1809 - 1/15/1893
English author and actress |
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| 73 | Charles Beard 11/27/1874 - 9/1/1948
American historian |
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| 45 | James Agee 11/27/1909 - 5/16/1955
American writer |
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| 70 | Alexander Dubcek 11/27/1921 - 11/7/1992
Czech communist leader; initiated reforms put down by Soviets in 1968 |
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| 50 | Benigno Aquino Jr. 11/27/1932 - 8/21/1983
Phillipine opposition leader under Pres. Ferdinand Marcos |
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| 27 | Jimi Hendrix 11/27/1942 - 9/18/1970
American rock guitarist |
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