Today in History, 11/27

1295: The first elected representatives from Lancashire were called to Westminster by King Edward I to attend what later became known as "The Model Parliament".
1701: Andres Celsius is born. He invented the temperature scale that bears his name.1703: The first Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703.1901: U.S. Army War College is established.
1910: New York's Pennsylvania Station opens.1924: In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
1934: Bank robber Baby Face Nelson dies in a shoot-out with the FBI.1940: Bruce Lee is born.

1942: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands.
1942: Jimi Hendrix is born.

1953: Curtis Armstrong is born.1954: Patricia McPherson is born. She played the lovely mechanic Bonnie Barstow on Knight Rider.1954: Kimmy Robertson is born.

1955: Bill Nye, science guy, is born.

1966: Andy Merrill is born. He provides the voice of Brak on The Brak Show.

1973: The Senate votes 92-3 to confirm Gerald R. Ford as vice president, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew, who had resigned.


Today in History elements mostly cribbed from The History Channel, Wikipedia, The New York Times, The Jewish World Review, The Writer's Almanac and anything else I can dig up.