On this day: November 27

POSTED: 10:35 PM PST Nov 26, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Nov 26, 2012 

Alfred Nobel establishes the Nobel Prize, Baby Face Nelson dies in a shootout with the FBI, Harvey Milk is assassinated, MTV bans Madonna, and Tiger Woods crashes his SUV, all on this day.

OTD November 27 - Anders Celsius
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1701: Inventor and astronomer Anders Celsius, who in 1742 would propose the temperature scale that bears his name, is born in Uppsala, Sweden.

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