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 - Chaim Weizmann
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1874: Chaim Weizmann, the Zionist leader and first president of the state of Israel, is born in the village of Motal, Belarus, which at the time was part of the Russian Empire. He's seen here, second from right, with Albert Einstein in 1921.

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