Shimla, Nov. 27, Keekli Bureau
2014
British mystery novelist P.D. James—who earned the sobriquet “Queen of Crime,” primarily for her 14 novels featuring the fictional detective Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard—died in Oxford, England.
1983
The revised Code of Canon Law, signed by Pope John Paul II in January, took effect.
1973
The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly in favour of Gerald R. Ford’s succession to the vice presidency.
1953
Eugene O’Neill, playwright and author of Long Day’s Journey into Night, died at age 65.
1951
American filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow—who was the first woman to win an Oscar for best director, for The Hurt Locker (2008)—was born.
1942
The French navy scuttled 73 ships at Toulon in order to avoid German seizure during World War II.
1924
The first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was held in New York City, and it became an American tradition, especially known for its huge balloons, which were introduced in 1927.
1919
The Treaty of Neuilly, outlining the post-World War I peace terms for Bulgaria, was signed between the defeated country and the Allied powers.
1874
Chaim Weizmann, the first president of Israel and the guiding force behind the World Zionist Organization, was born.
511
Clovis I—king of the Franks and ruler of much of Gaul from 481 to 511, a key period during the transformation of the Roman Empire into Europe—died in Paris.
