Today is November 27: Discover the significance of this date and the historical events that took place on this day.
On November 27, 2004, the Verkhovna Rada declared the results of the presidential elections in Ukraine invalid. On this day, various notable figures were born in different years, including Olha Kobylianska and Mykhailo Zherov. In 1989, terrorists ordered by Escobar blew up a plane in Colombia, resulting in the deaths of 110 people. In 1937, Metropolitan Vasyl (Lypkovskyi) was executed. In 1918, the first founding assembly of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences took place. In 1905, Lieutenant Schmidt led a mutiny on the cruiser "Ochakov." In 1095, Pope Urban II announced the First Crusade.
Holidays and Commemorative Dates on November 27
November 27 is the Day of the Founding of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
Also celebrated today: Day of Pins and Needles, Day of Turtle Protection.
Holidays and Commemorative Dates on November 27
On November 27, 1095, Pope Urban II delivered a speech at a church council in the French city of Clermont. There, he proclaimed a crusade against Muslims with the aim of reclaiming the Holy Land. Read more.
On November 27, 1863, the Ukrainian writer Olha Kobylianska was born. Read more.
On November 27, 1895, inventor of dynamite Alfred Nobel wrote his will, bequeathing the annual income from his entire estate (31.5 million Swedish crowns) to fund an international prize for scientists. Read more.
On November 27, 1901, Ukrainian poet and political prisoner Mykhailo Zherov (known by the pseudonym Mykhailo Orest) was born. Read more.
On November 27, 1905, Lieutenant Petr Schmidt led a mutiny on the cruiser "Ochakov" and other ships of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol.
On November 27, 1918, the first founding joint assembly of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences took place, during which Volodymyr Vernadsky was elected president of the UAN.
On November 27, 1937, by the verdict of the NKVD "troika," the 73-year-old "people's patriarch" — Metropolitan Vasyl (Lypkovskyi) — was executed.
On November 27, 1989, terrorists detonated a "Boeing 727" in the sky over Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. The explosion claimed the lives of 110 people. Subsequent investigations revealed that the attack was carried out on the orders of a "local celebrity" — drug lord Pablo Escobar. There are several theories regarding the motive, with the main one being that a promising Colombian politician, César Gaviria Trujillo, was supposed to be on board. He was an aide to presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galán, who had been fighting against drug dealers throughout his political career. Galán was assassinated on August 18, 1989, on orders from drug cartels. However, Trujillo had every chance of becoming a candidate in place of Galán. By a stroke of luck, Trujillo survived, as he canceled his flight at the last moment. He later won the election and became the president of Colombia. It was during his term that Escobar was arrested and subsequently killed.
The explosion on the plane was carried out by two individuals seated in 18A and 18K. These seats were located directly above the main fuel tank. One of these passengers smuggled explosives on board and managed to leave the plane at the last moment. His accomplice stayed behind and died with everyone else. The explosion occurred five minutes after takeoff, at an altitude of about four kilometers. The bomb itself did not cause fatal damage; however, its detonation triggered a second explosion — that of the fuel tanks. This tore the plane apart. All 107 passengers and crew members perished, along with three people on the ground who were killed by debris. Following the attack, the fight against drug cartels in Colombia intensified. Additionally, the U.S. intelligence agency actively joined the search for Escobar (formally because two U.S. citizens were on board the plane). The organizer of the plane explosion, Dandeny Muñoz Mosquera, was arrested in 1991 and sentenced to ten life terms plus an additional 45 years in prison (not only for the plane incident, as he was the main hitman for the Medellín cartel). Escobar himself was shot by police during an attempted arrest in 1993.
On November 27, 2004, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine convened an extraordinary session under pressure from a crowd of one and a half million participants of the Orange Revolution. During this session, the deputies decided to declare the results of the second round of the presidential elections in Ukraine as not fully reflecting the will of the people and thus invalid. A total of 323 members of the Verkhovna Rada voted in favor. Furthermore, the Verkhovna Rada expressed its lack of confidence in the Central Election Commission led by Kivalov.
Church Holiday on November 27
On November 27, the memory of the Great Martyr Jacob of Persia (the Sawed) is honored. Read more.
Popular Omens
If the day is overcast, winter will be late.
If the day is sunny, there will be a good grain harvest next year.
What Not to Do on November 27
Do not sleep until noon and be lazy.
Do not let strangers into your home.
Parents should not scold their children or argue with them.