1852
Science
Death of Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace died in London at age 36 from uterine cancer, compounded by contemporary medical treatments.
View detailsThis Day
27November
16 indexed achievements across recorded history.
1852
Science
Death of Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace died in London at age 36 from uterine cancer, compounded by blood loss from medical bloodletting treatments.
View details1876
Science
Born in Kyiv, Russian Empire
Tatyana Alexeyevna Afanasyeva was born on November 27, 1876, in Kyiv, then part of the Russian Empire.
View details1894
1910
Aviation
First officially recognized women’s aviation records
Marvingt flies 53 minutes over 42 km, establishing the first officially recognized women’s aviation records for time aloft and distance flown.
View details1928
Activism
Among the first Black women, and often cited as the first, to receive a U.S. patent
Joyner became one of the first African American women awarded a U.S. patent for her invention, a permanent hair-wave machine.
View details1928
Arts
Permanent wave machine patent granted (U.S. Patent No. 1,693,515)
U.S. Patent No. 1,693,515 for Joyner’s permanent wave machine was issued, a device designed to wave the hair of both white and Black women.
View details1933
Arts
First commercial recording session with Benny Goodman
First commercial recording session with Benny Goodman, cutting “Your Mother’s Son‑In‑Law” and “Riffin’ the Scotch.”
View details1951
Science
Birth of Kathryn Bigelow
Kathryn Ann Bigelow was born in San Carlos, California, United States.
View details1968
Sports
First woman to play in a men's professional basketball league
Penny Ann Early played in an ABA game for the Kentucky Colonels, becoming the first woman to do so.
View details1970
Sports
Death of Helene Madison
Helene Madison died at age 57 in Seattle after battling cancer and diabetes, remembered as one of history's greatest freestyle swimmers.
View details1975
Arts
First woman in New York Art Directors Club Hall of Fame
First woman inducted into the New York Art Directors Club Hall of Fame, recognized in the New York Times.
View details1978
Politics
First woman mayor of San Francisco
After tragic assassinations, Feinstein became San Francisco's first female mayor.
View details1999
Science
First woman elected Prime Minister of New Zealand
In the 27 November 1999 general election, Clark led Labour to victory, becoming the first woman elected Prime Minister of New Zealand.
View details2000
2013
Science
Fridtjof Nansen Award for Outstanding Research
Fridtjof Nansen Award for Outstanding Research presented to May-Britt Moser by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
View details