Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
1. | 1095 | Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont. | Morning Dew | Crusader's Smile | Morning Dew |
2. | 1830 | St. Catherine Laboure experienced a vision of the Blessed Virgin standing on a globe, crushing a serpent with her feet, and emanating rays of light from her hands. | Elf Power | Let the Serpent Sleep | Creatures |
3. | 1839 | In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded. | Statistics | A Number, Not a Name | Leave Your Name |
4. | 1886 | German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for "Effi Briest", a classic work of German literature. | Mates of State | A Duel Will Settle This | Our Constant Concern |
5. | 1895 | At the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies. | Beat Happening | Fortune Cookie Prize | Dreamy |
6. | 1924 | In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held. | The Magnetic Fields | Parades Go By | 69 Love Songs, Vol. 1 |
7. | 1934 | Bank robber Baby Face Nelson dies in a shoot-out with the FBI. | The Apricots | Baby Face | My Summer Love |
8. | 1971 | The Soviet space program's Mars 2 orbiter releases a descent module. It malfunctions and crashes, but it is the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars. | Swing Kids | Situation On Mars | Situation On Mars |
9. | 1978 | In San Francisco, California, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinatedby former supervisor Dan White. | Herman's Hermits | No Milk Today | Retrospective |
10. | 2005 | The first partial human face transplant is completed in Amiens, France. | Comeback Kid | Changing Face | Turn It Around |
(Historical facts about November 27 are from Wikipedia.)
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