November 30, 2010

• 70 years since Lucielle Ball married Dezi Arnez (1940)
  
• 15 years since the official end to Operation Desert Storm (1995)
  
• Billy Idol turns 55 (born 1955)
  
• 110 years since the death of Oscar Wilde (died 1900)
  
• Today is Cities for Life Day which celebrated by cities and countries that are opposed to the death penalty. The date is marked by the abolition of the death penalty by Joseph of Habsberg-Lorraine in 1786 for his grand Dutchy of Tuscany. Cities that participate mark the occassion typically by illuminating symbolic statues or building.

November 27, 2010

• 5 years ago the first partial human face transplant is performed in France by Dr. Bernard Devauchelle (2005). [note: earlier this year (March 20, 2010) the first full face transplant was performed by 30 spanish doctors, a second similar surgery happened later this year in July]
  
• If Bruce Lee were still alive, today he'd be 70 (born Nov 27, 2010). He died at the age of 32 (July 20, 1973)
  
• 915 years ago Pope Urban II declares the start of the First Crusade at the Counsel of Clermont (1095 AD)