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Thursday, 27 November 2025

2006

The Canadian House of Commons endorses Prime Minister Stephen Harper's motion to declare Quebec a nation within a unified Canada.

2005

The first partial human face transplant is completed in Amiens, France.

2004

Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.

2001

A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.

1999

The left-wing 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.

1997

Twenty-five are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria.

1992

For the second time in a year, military forces try to overthrow president Carlos Andres Perez in Venezuela.

1991

The United Nations Security Council adopts Security Council Resolution 721, leading the way to the establishment of peacekeeping operations in Yugoslavia.

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.

1984

Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agreed to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty.

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