George Thomas "Mickey" Leland III was an American politician and anti-poverty activist. He served as a congressman from the Texas 18th District and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. He was a Democrat.

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1944Leonid Mandelstam, Russian physicist and academic (born 1879)^[†]

Leonid Isaakovich Mandelstam or Mandelshtam was a Soviet and Russian physicist.

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1944World War II: RAF Fauld explosion: An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump in Staffordshire kills seventy people.^[†]

The RAF Fauld explosion was a military accident which occurred at 11:11 am on Monday, 27 November 1944 at the RAF Fauld underground munitions storage depot in Staffordshire, England. It was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history and the largest on UK soil.

Headlines from November 27, 1944

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AMERICANS SEIZE HUGE ARMS PLANT; Also Capture 1,000,000 Shells in Saar Area -- Maginot Line Split in Quick Stab THIRD AND SEVENTH ARMIES PRESS FORWARD STEADILY AMERICANS SEIZE HUGE ARMS PLANT

MAYOR PLANS AID FOR MODERNIZING OF OLD TENEMENTS; Bills to Be Introduced in the Legislature and Council to Encourage Quick Action TAX EXEMPTION PROPOSED Savings Banks and Some Other Financial Institutions to Cooperate in Project Mayor Plans Aid for Modernizing Of Thousands of Old Tenements

Navy Lets Public See Big Carrier; 10,000 at the Commissioning Here; Navy Lets Public See Big Carrier; 10,000 at the Commissioning Here

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