A birthday on the globe
27 November on the globe: what happened in the world on this day, and who was born
For 27 November, the English Wikipedia lists 64 events and 245 births. 34 of the events stand at their places as rays of light; seven more are dashed circles, where the sentence links only to a country or a sea. The taller the ray, the longer ago it happened. The people born that day come further down, as blue points.
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The day you were born, on the globe.
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The Earth on 27 November
The picture on the globe was assembled by NASA from satellite photographs taken in November 2004: the snow, the ice and the green are those of the month.
On 27 November the Sun passes straight overhead at noon along the parallel of 21.1° south. In London, the day lasts about 8 hours 20 minutes.
Beyond 69° south the Sun no longer sets; beyond 69° north it no longer rises.
The line between day and night is tilted on the globe exactly as on this day of the year. On the dark side you can see the lights of towns.
Britain & Ireland · Berners Street hoax
1809
The Berners Street hoax is perpetrated by Theodore Hook in the City of Westminster, London.
On the map: Berners Street hoax.
Europe · Jerusalem Church
1727
The foundation stone to the Jerusalem Church in Berlin is laid.
On the map: Jerusalem Church.
Europe · Gibraltar
1984
Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agrees to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty.
On the map: Gibraltar.
Also on the day’s list of Wikipedia in Spanish and Chinese.
Asia · Luoyang
25
Luoyang is declared capital of the Eastern Han dynasty by Emperor Guangwu of Han.
On the map: Luoyang.
Also on the day’s list of Wikipedia in Spanish and Chinese.
North America · Boston
1839
In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded.
On the map: Boston.
Also on the day’s list of Wikipedia in Spanish and Chinese.
North America · Utah monolith
2020
Days after the announcement of its discovery, the Utah monolith is removed by recreationists.
On the map: Utah monolith.
27 November
What the other Wikipedias remember#
For these years the English list has nothing on this day. The events below come from the same day’s lists on Wikipedia in Romanian and were translated for this page.
From Wikipedia in Romanian · Neuilly-sur-Seine
1919
By the Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine, Bulgaria loses the Thracian territory on the border with Greece, the western territory is assigned to the Serbian State, and southern Dobruja with Silistra to Romania.
On the map: Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Translated from the list on Wikipedia in Romanian.
The article on Wikipedia in Romanian: Tratatul de pace de la Neuilly sur Seine
27 November
Born on 27 November#
The English Wikipedia lists 245 births for this day. The blue points are the birthplaces of 60 of these people: those written about in the most Wikipedia editions, where Wikidata gives a place of birth.
Born on 27 November
1940
Bruce Lee, American-Chinese actor, martial artist, and screenwriter (died 1973)
Place of birth: San Francisco Chinese Hospital.
Born on 27 November
1942
Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1970)
Place of birth: Seattle.
Born on 27 November
1701
Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (died 1744)
Place of birth: Uppsala.
Born on 27 November
1951
Kathryn Bigelow, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Place of birth: San Carlos.
Born in Britain and Ireland
1857
Charles Scott Sherrington, English physiologist, bacteriologist, and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1952)
Place of birth: London.
Born in Britain and Ireland
1987
Lashana Lynch, English actress
Place of birth: London.
Born in Britain and Ireland
1981
Matthew Taylor, English footballer
Place of birth: Oxford.
27 November
Number one in the charts that week
At the cinema
An animal recorded that day
The record can be seen in GBIF, which brings together wildlife records from around the world.
All your birthdays
The weather that day
Data: Met Office Hadley Centre (HadCET); NOAA (GHCN-Daily, Mauna Loa).
Above the Earth
Sources: Jonathan McDowell, GCAT (launches); GFZ Potsdam (Kp index). Days are counted in Universal Time.
Football that day
International matches played that day:
Source: the “International football results” dataset kept by Mart Jürisoo (CC0).
Also that day
The earthquake’s page at the USGS
Source: the USGS catalogue. The day is counted in Universal Time (UTC).
In those days
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Below: 27 November through the years.
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Everything Wikipedia lists for 27 November
The list is the English Wikipedia’s, in its own wording, as it stood in October 2026. 23 events have no place on the map: the sentence links to no place with coordinates, only to places too wide to mark, or to several countries.
- 25
Luoyang is declared capital of the Eastern Han dynasty by Emperor Guangwu of Han.
Asia · LuoyangWikipedia: Luoyang - 176
Emperor Marcus Aurelius grants his son Commodus the rank of "Imperator" and makes him Supreme Commander of the Roman legions.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Marcus Aurelius - 395
Rufinus, praetorian prefect of the East, is murdered by Gothic mercenaries under Gainas.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Rufinus - 511
King Clovis I dies at Lutetia and is buried in the Abbey of St Genevieve.
Europe · LutetiaWikipedia: Clovis I - 602
Byzantine Emperor Maurice is forced to watch as the usurper Phocas executes his five sons before Maurice is beheaded himself.
Asia · Byzantine EmpireWikipedia: Byzantine Empire - 1095
Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont.
no place on the mapWikipedia: First Crusade - 1161
A Song dynasty fleet defeated Jin ships in a naval engagement on the Yangtze river during the Jin–Song Wars.
Asia · Battle of CaishiWikipedia: Battle of Caishi - 1382
Al-Salih Hajji, the last Qalawunid sultan, is deposed by Barquq, ending the long Turkic Bahri Mamluk period in general and particularly the Qalawunid dynasty, and beginning the reign of the Circassian Burji Mamluk.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Al-Salih Hajji - 1542
Palace plot of Renyin year: A group of Ming dynasty palace women fail to murder the Jiajing Emperor, and are executed by slow-slicing.
Asia · Forbidden CityWikipedia: Palace plot of Renyin year - 1703
The great storm of 1703, one of the most severe storms to strike southern Great Britain, destroyed the first Eddystone Lighthouse off Plymouth.
Britain & Ireland · Great storm of 1703Wikipedia: Great storm of 1703 - 1727
The foundation stone to the Jerusalem Church in Berlin is laid.
Europe · Jerusalem ChurchWikipedia: Jerusalem Church - 1755
An earthquake in northern Morocco devastates the cities of Fes and Meknes.
Africa · 1755 Meknes earthquakeWikipedia: 1755 Meknes earthquake - 1809
The Berners Street hoax is perpetrated by Theodore Hook in the City of Westminster, London.
Britain & Ireland · Berners Street hoaxWikipedia: Berners Street hoax - 1815
Adoption of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland - 1830
Saint Catherine Labouré experiences a Marian apparition.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Catherine Labouré - 1835
James Pratt and John Smith are hanged in London; they are the last two to be executed for sodomy in England.
no place on the mapWikipedia: James Pratt and John Smith - 1839
In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded.
North America · BostonWikipedia: Boston - 1856
The Coup of 1856 leads to Luxembourg's unilateral adoption of a new, reactionary constitution.
Europe · LuxembourgWikipedia: Luxembourg coup of 1856 - 1863
American Civil War: Battle of Mine Run: Union forces under General George Meade take up positions against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
North America · Battle of Mine RunWikipedia: Battle of Mine Run - 1863
American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.
North America · Ohio PenitentiaryWikipedia: American Civil War - 1868
American Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River: United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.
North America · Battle of the Washita RiverWikipedia: Battle of the Washita River - 1879
War of the Pacific: Battle of Tarapacá: The confrontation between the Chilean Army and the Peruvian Army takes place in Tarapacá, the Peruvian victory is consummated with the death of the 2 generals and the capture the Chilean general in said place of battle, headed by the Peruvian victory of General Juan Buendía y Noregia.
Latin America · TarapacáWikipedia: Battle of Tarapacá - 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.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Nobel Prize - 1896
Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Also sprach Zarathustra - 1901
The U.S. Army War College is established.
North America · United States Army War CollegeWikipedia: United States Army War College - 1912
Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Spain - 1917
P. E. Svinhufvud becomes the chairman of his first senate, technically the first Prime Minister of Finland.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Pehr Evind Svinhufvud - 1918
The Makhnovshchina is established.
Europe · MakhnovshchinaWikipedia: Makhnovshchina - 1924
In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - 1940
In Romania, the ruling Iron Guard fascist party assassinates over 60 of arrested King Carol II of Romania's aides and other political dissidents.
Europe · Jilava massacreWikipedia: Jilava massacre - 1940
World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.
Europe · Battle of Cape SpartiventoWikipedia: Battle of Cape Spartivento - 1942
World War II: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands.
Europe · Scuttling of the French fleet at ToulonWikipedia: Scuttling of the French fleet at Toulon - 1943
World War II: Australian forces began the Battle of Wareo by conducting clearing operations between Bonga and North Hill.
Oceania · Battle of WareoWikipedia: World War II - 1944
World War II: RAF Fauld explosion: An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump in Staffordshire kills seventy people.
Britain & Ireland · RAF Fauld explosionWikipedia: RAF Fauld explosion - 1945
CARE (then the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe) is founded to send CARE Packages of food relief to Europe after World War II.
no place on the mapWikipedia: CARE Package - 1950
Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army launched multiple attacks against United Nations forces, beginning the Battle of Chosin Reservoir.
Asia · Battle of Chosin ReservoirWikipedia: Korean War - 1954
Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Alger Hiss - 1963
President Lyndon B. Johnson delivered the "Let Us Continue" speech, in which he advocated for civil-rights legislation and national cohesion, to a joint session of the U.S. Congress five days after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
North America · Let Us ContinueWikipedia: Let Us Continue - 1965
Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.
North America · The PentagonWikipedia: Vietnam War - 1968
Penny Ann Early becomes the first woman to play in a major professional men's basketball league, for the Kentucky Colonels in an ABA game against the Los Angeles Stars.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Penny Ann Early - 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.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Soviet space program - 1973
Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92–3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On December 6, the House will confirm him 387–35).
no place on the mapWikipedia: Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution - 1975
The Provisional IRA assassinates Ross McWhirter, after a press conference in which McWhirter had announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings and shootings across England.
Britain & Ireland · EnglandWikipedia: Provisional Irish Republican Army - 1978
In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.
North America · San FranciscoWikipedia: Assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk - 1978
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is founded in the Turkish village of Fis.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Kurdistan Workers' Party - 1983
Avianca Flight 011: A Boeing 747 crashes near Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 181.
Europe · Avianca Flight 011Wikipedia: Avianca Flight 011 - 1984
Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agrees to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty.
Europe · GibraltarWikipedia: Brussels Agreement - 1985
Space Shuttle program: Atlantis launches on STS-61-B, with Rodolfo Neri Vela becoming the first Mexican astronaut.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Space Shuttle program - 1989
Avianca Flight 203: A Boeing 727 explodes in mid-air over Colombia, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground. The Medellín Cartel claimed responsibility for the attack.
Latin America · Avianca Flight 203Wikipedia: Avianca Flight 203 - 1991
Operations at the Reagan Test Site were disrupted due to the nearby formation of Tropical Storm Zelda.
Oceans · Ronald Reagan Space and Missile Test RangeWikipedia: Ronald Reagan Space and Missile Test Range - 1992
For the second time in a year, military forces try to overthrow president Carlos Andrés Pérez in Venezuela.
Latin America · VenezuelaWikipedia: Military - 1997
Twenty-five people are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria.
Africa · Souhane massacreWikipedia: Souhane massacre - 1999
The centre-left Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female prime minister in New Zealand's history.
Oceania · New ZealandWikipedia: New Zealand Labour Party - 2001
A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Hydrogen - 2004
Blackwater 61 crash: A CASA C-212 Aviocar crashes into the Koh-i-Baba mountain range in Afghanistan, killing six.
Asia · Blackwater 61 crashWikipedia: Blackwater 61 crash - 2004
Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Eastern Orthodox Church - 2006
The House of Commons of Canada approves a motion introduced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper recognizing the Québécois as a nation within Canada.
no place on the mapWikipedia: House of Commons of Canada - 2008
XL Airways Germany Flight 888T: An Airbus A320 performing a flight test crashes near the French commune of Canet-en-Roussillon, killing all seven people on board.
Europe · XL Airways Germany Flight 888TWikipedia: XL Airways Germany Flight 888T - 2009
Lady Gaga performed the first concert of The Monster Ball Tour, which became the highest-grossing tour in history for a debut headlining artist.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Lady Gaga - 2009
Nevsky Express bombing: A bomb explodes on the Nevsky Express train between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, derailing it and causing 28 deaths and 96 injuries.
Europe · 2009 Nevsky Express bombingWikipedia: 2009 Nevsky Express bombing - 2015
An active shooter inside a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, shoots at least four police officers. One officer later dies. Two civilians are also killed, and six injured. The shooter later surrendered.
North America · Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shootingWikipedia: Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting - 2020
Days after the announcement of its discovery, the Utah monolith is removed by recreationists.
North America · Utah monolithWikipedia: Utah monolith - 2020
Iran's top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, is assassinated near Tehran.
Asia · TehranWikipedia: Mohsen Fakhrizadeh - 2024
Syrian rebel groups led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham launch a ground offensive into Syria.
Asia · SyriaWikipedia: Military Operations Command
What the other Wikipedias remember
For these years the English list has nothing on this day. The events below come from the same day’s lists on Wikipedia in Romanian and were translated for this page.
- 1919
By the Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine, Bulgaria loses the Thracian territory on the border with Greece, the western territory is assigned to the Serbian State, and southern Dobruja with Silistra to Romania.
Europe · Neuilly-sur-SeineTranslated from the list on Wikipedia in RomanianWikipedia: Tratatul de pace de la Neuilly sur Seine
Who was born on 27 November
In order of how many Wikipedia editions have an article about each. The first 60 of 245 are shown.
- 1940
Bruce Lee, American-Chinese actor, martial artist, and screenwriter (died 1973)
San Francisco Chinese HospitalWikipedia: Bruce Lee - 1942
Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1970)
SeattleWikipedia: Jimi Hendrix - 1960
Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukrainian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Ukraine
- 1701
Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (died 1744)
UppsalaWikipedia: Anders Celsius - 1970
Han Kang, South Korean writer
GwangjuWikipedia: Han Kang - 1921
Alexander Dubček, Slovak soldier and politician (died 1992)
UhrovecWikipedia: Alexander Dubček - 1951
Kathryn Bigelow, American director, producer, and screenwriter
San CarlosWikipedia: Kathryn Bigelow - 1874
Chaim Weizmann, Belarusian-Israeli chemist and politician, 1st President of Israel (died 1952)
- 1903
Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1976)
NorwayWikipedia: Lars Onsager - 1857
Charles Scott Sherrington, English physiologist, bacteriologist, and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1952)
- 1870
Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Finnish academic and politician, 7th President of Finland (died 1956)
HämeenkoskiWikipedia: Juho Kusti Paasikivi - 1939
Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Congolese politician, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (died 2001)
- 1964
Roberto Mancini, Italian footballer and manager
- 1981
Bruno Alves, Portuguese footballer
Póvoa de VarzimWikipedia: Bruno Alves - 1982
Aleksandr Kerzhakov, Russian footballer
KingiseppWikipedia: Aleksandr Kerzhakov - 1894
Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese businessman, founded Panasonic (died 1989)
WakayamaWikipedia: Kōnosuke Matsushita - 1946
Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, Ethiopian-Djiboutian lawyer and politician, President of Djibouti
Dire DawaWikipedia: Ismaïl Omar Guelleh - 1992
Chanyeol, South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, actor and model
SeoulWikipedia: Chanyeol - 1953
Steve Bannon, American media executive and political figure
NorfolkWikipedia: Steve Bannon - 1945
James Avery, American actor (died 2013)
SuffolkWikipedia: James Avery - 1754
Georg Forster, German-Polish ethnologist and journalist (died 1794)
Mokry DwórWikipedia: Georg Forster - 1932
Benigno Aquino Jr., Filipino journalist and politician (died 1983)
ConcepcionWikipedia: Ninoy Aquino - 1957
Caroline Kennedy, American lawyer and diplomat, 27th United States Ambassador to Australia, daughter of President John F. Kennedy
ManhattanWikipedia: Caroline Kennedy - 1956
William Fichtner, American actor
Mitchel Air Force BaseWikipedia: William Fichtner - 1909
James Agee, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (died 1955)
KnoxvilleWikipedia: James Agee - 111
Antinous, Greek favourite of Hadrian (died 130)
- 1960
Gianni Vernetti, Italian lawyer and politician
- 1635
Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, second wife of Louis XIV of France (died 1719)
- 1955
Bill Nye, American engineer, educator, and television host
Washington, D.C.Wikipedia: Bill Nye - 1973
Sharlto Copley, South African actor
PretoriaWikipedia: Sharlto Copley - 1380
King Ferdinand I of Aragon (died 1416)
Medina del CampoWikipedia: Ferdinand I of Aragon - 1987
Lashana Lynch, English actress
LondonWikipedia: Lashana Lynch - 1968
Michael Vartan, French-American actor
Boulogne-BillancourtWikipedia: Michael Vartan - 1941
Aimé Jacquet, French footballer, coach, and manager
Sail-sous-CouzanWikipedia: Aimé Jacquet - 1985
Alison Pill, Canadian actress
TorontoWikipedia: Alison Pill - 1978
Radek Štěpánek, Czech tennis player
KarvináWikipedia: Radek Štěpánek - 1874
Charles A. Beard, American historian, author, and educator, co-founded The New School (died 1948)
KnightstownWikipedia: Charles A. Beard - 1963
Fisher Stevens, American actor, director, and producer
ChicagoWikipedia: Fisher Stevens - 1970
Kelly Loeffler, American politician and businesswoman
BloomingtonWikipedia: Kelly Loeffler - 1979
Hilary Hahn, American violinist
LexingtonWikipedia: Hilary Hahn - 1833
Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (died 1897)
- 1907
Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Indian poet and author (died 2003)
PrayagrajWikipedia: Harivansh Rai Bachchan - 1953
Boris Grebenshchikov, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Saint PetersburgWikipedia: Boris Grebenshchikov - 1971
Kirk Acevedo, American actor
BrooklynWikipedia: Kirk Acevedo - 1951
Vera Fischer, Brazilian actress, Miss Brasil 1969
BlumenauWikipedia: Vera Fischer - 1969
Myles Kennedy, American singer-songwriter
- 1981
Matthew Taylor, English footballer
- 1885
Liviu Rebreanu, Romanian author and playwright (died 1944)
TârlișuaWikipedia: Liviu Rebreanu - 1907
L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (died 2000)
New York CityWikipedia: L. Sprague de Camp - 1920
Abe Lenstra, Dutch footballer (died 1985)
HeerenveenWikipedia: Abe Lenstra - 1964
Robin Givens, American actress
New York CityWikipedia: Robin Givens - 1976
Jaleel White, American actor and screenwriter
Culver CityWikipedia: Jaleel White - 1127
Emperor Xiaozong of Song (died 1194)
Xiu PrefectureWikipedia: Emperor Xiaozong of Song - 1640
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (died 1709)
St Margaret's Church, WestminsterWikipedia: Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland - 1798
Andries Pretorius, Boer leader after whom Pretoria was named, Prime Minister of the Natalia Republic (died 1853)
Graaff-ReinetWikipedia: Andries Pretorius - 1867
Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (died 1950)
16th arrondissement of ParisWikipedia: Charles Koechlin - 1887
Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (died 1946)
- 1941
Henry Carr, American football player and sprinter (died 2015)
MontgomeryWikipedia: Henry Carr - 1979
Teemu Tainio, Finnish footballer
TornioWikipedia: Teemu Tainio - 1982
Tommy Robinson, English activist, co-founded the English Defence League
What is celebrated on 27 November
- Christian feast day: Acarius of Tournai
- Christian feast day: Barlaam and Josaphat
- Christian feast day: Bilihildis of Altmünster
- Christian feast day: Congar of Congresbury
- Christian feast day: Facundus and Primitivus
- Christian feast day: Humilis of Bisignano
- Christian feast day: James Intercisus
- Christian feast day: Leonard of Port Maurice
- Christian feast day: Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (Roman Catholic)
- Christian feast day: Secundinus
- Christian feast day: Siffredus of Carpentras
- Christian feast day: Vergilius of Salzburg
- Christian feast day: Clovis I
- Christian feast day: November 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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How the globe is made
Where the events come from
Each edition of this page uses the day’s list from Wikipedia in its own language: Romanian, English, Spanish, Chinese. The lists are written by volunteers and differ from one edition to the next; the text of each event is Wikipedia’s, with a link to the article. A row that appears twice in a list is shown once. The lists have not been checked event by event: they are Wikipedia’s, mistakes included.
For events before 1582, and for countries that moved to the Gregorian calendar later (Britain in 1752, Russia in 1918), the same day may be counted Old Style in one list and New Style in another.
The chapter “What the other Wikipedias remember” adds up to five events a day from the lists of the other three editions, only for years in which the English list has nothing on that day. They were translated for this page, passed the same filters as the tour, and are not counted among the events of the English list.
How an event gets onto the map
The place comes from Wikidata. If the sentence links to the article about the event itself (a battle, an opening, an earthquake), dated to the same year, the ray stands on its coordinates or on those of its location. Otherwise it stands on the first place the sentence links to: a town, a building, a mountain, an island. This second step can be wrong: sometimes the sentence only mentions the place. That is why the page says, under each event, which place the ray stands on.
When the sentence links to a single state or province, or to a single sea, lake or desert larger than 5,000 km², the globe shows a dashed circle, not a ray. The circle has the area Wikidata gives, with its radius kept between 1.2° and 16°, or a radius of 4.5° when Wikidata gives no area; it says only that the sentence links to that place. Organisations, ships, spacecraft, museum objects, rivers, mountain ranges, languages and continents are never used as places. When a sentence names several states and no exact place, the event stays in the list only.
What the height means
The height of a ray shows how many years have passed, on a logarithmic scale: 10 years, 100 years and 1,000 years are equal steps apart; anything older than about 2,600 years has the tallest ray. The colour runs from pale yellow for recent years to violet for antiquity.
Where the tour stops
In each region the tour stops at up to three events (five in Britain and Ireland), chosen mainly by three things: whether Wikipedia’s editors put the event in the “On this day” box of their main page (the English, Spanish and Chinese editions), how many Wikipedia editions have an article about it, and how many of the four lists include it. Events whose sentence or article is about a war, an attack, a crime or a disaster are left out of the tour; they stay in the whole list, in Wikipedia’s wording. The filter is a list of words and a list of Wikidata types, so it can miss some.
The tour of births names the people with articles in the most editions and leaves aside those whom the list or Wikidata describes as rulers, politicians, commanders, leaders of movements or criminals; they stay in the list.
The Earth and the Sun
The daytime images are NASA’s Blue Marble Next Generation mosaics, one for each month of 2004; the night side is Black Marble 2016. The tilt of the line between day and night is computed for the day; the hour is chosen so that the place being read is in daylight. The latitude where the Sun stands overhead is the average of the four years of the leap cycle; in a given year it can differ by up to 0.4°.
The day you were born
The number ones come from the weekly lists on Wikipedia: Billboard for the United States (from 1940; the Hot 100 from August 1958), the UK Singles Chart (from November 1952), Los 40 Principales for Spain (from July 1966) and, for Romania, the Romanian Top 100 and Airplay 100 (2001–2021, with missing weeks). The page shows the chart of the week in which the day of birth falls, with its date; Billboard and the UK chart are dated at the end of their week. For Romania before 2001 and for China these sources have no weekly chart.
The films are those that reached cinemas in the United States up to ten days before or three days after that day (some of them in a few cinemas at first), from the English Wikipedia’s yearly lists (from 1968), in order of how many editions have an article about them. The events “in those days” are the ones on the neighbouring days’ lists that carry the year of birth, passed through the same filter as the tour.
The day of birth, year included
The Moon, the star sign and the constellation are worked out by the page itself, for noon Universal Time on the day. The lit part of the Moon is rounded and can differ by a few per cent from that at the hour of birth. The sign follows the usual zodiac of twelve equal parts starting at the March equinox; the constellation is the one the Sun actually stood in front of, by the borders set by the International Astronomical Union, and within a day of a border the page does not name it. When the Sun changes sign while it is that day anywhere on Earth, the page gives the moment of crossing, rounded to ten minutes and accurate to within about a quarter of an hour, and the clock time in a few cities, with the time zone and summer time of that year.
The year in the Chinese calendar is the one your device’s own calendar gives for the date, checked against the Hong Kong Observatory’s tables. “All your birthdays” uses the same sources as the rest of the chapter for the same day in every year since the birth: the temperature, well-known launches that took place on that very day, matches of the teams the edition follows, snow deeper than 10 cm and strong geomagnetic storms. The three things at the top and the four on the picture are chosen in a fixed order (the song, the animal, a full Moon, a well-known launch before an ordinary earthquake); on the picture you can change them.
When the link carries a year of birth, the page adds a few things about that exact day. The weather is the Met Office’s Central England temperature record and the readings from New York’s Central Park; the “usual high” is the average of the daily highs of 1961–1990 for that date, with two days either side. The carbon dioxide figure is the monthly mean at the Mauna Loa observatory, where measurements begin in March 1958.
The earthquake is the one with the largest magnitude in the USGS catalogue for that day, counted in Universal Time. Before the 1960s the catalogue has gaps even above magnitude 5.5, so in the older years many days have no earthquake. The page gives only the magnitude and the place: the country the epicentre falls in or, when the epicentre is at sea within 300 km of a coast, the nearest country; farther out, only the ocean.
The launches are those that reached orbit or left for the Moon and the planets, from Jonathan McDowell’s GCAT catalogue. If nothing left that day, the page shows the nearest launch within three days before or after, and says how many days away it was. The geomagnetic storm appears only when the Kp index reached at least 5 in one of the day’s eight three-hour intervals.
The animal comes from GBIF: an observation made by a person (the animal seen or heard, or its tracks), dated to that exact day, with coordinates and a CC0 or CC BY licence. Only a few hundred well-known species are searched (mammals, birds, turtles, butterflies); of those noted that day, mammals and species with articles in many Wikipedia editions come first; birds noted almost every day, and species used recently, wait their turn. Observations dated 1 January are left out, because records without a day are often filed there. An observation shows that the animal was recorded there, not how many animals there were.
The matches are those between national teams. Only matches of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Canada and Australia are shown, along with those at the big final tournaments. The picture to send is drawn in the page from the day’s globe and the facts above, and stays on your device until you send it.
Sources
- Events, births and holidays: the day’s page on Wikipedia, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates, places of birth and the number of editions: Wikidata (CC0).
- The Earth by day: NASA Blue Marble Next Generation. The Earth by night: NASA Black Marble 2016.
- Borders and regions: Natural Earth.
- World population and births per year: UN World Population Prospects 2024.
- Charts and films: Wikipedia’s lists for Billboard, the UK Singles Chart, Los 40 Principales, Romanian Top 100, Airplay 100 and American films by year (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Weather: Met Office Hadley Centre, HadCET (Open Government Licence) and NOAA GHCN-Daily, New York Central Park. Carbon dioxide: NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, Mauna Loa.
- Earthquakes: the USGS catalogue. Launches: Jonathan McDowell, GCAT (CC BY). Kp index: GFZ Potsdam (CC BY 4.0). Matches: International football results, Mart Jürisoo (CC0).
- Animal observations: GBIF, with a link to each record; species names come from Wikidata.