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 - Baby Face Nelson
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FBI

1934: Bank robber Lester Gillis, better known as Baby Face Nelson, dies following a shootout with the FBI in Barrington, Ill., outside of Chicago. Nelson initially survived the shootout, fatally wounding two FBI agents in the process, but died from gunshot wounds at a Wilmette, Ill., safe house later that night.

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