November 27th, 1978:

In San Francisco, Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk - a gay rights activist - are shot to death at City Hall.

Former City Supervisor Dan White - who pulled the trigger - goes on trial for murder. But he's convicted of voluntary manslaughter.

In what's dubbed the "Twinkie Defense", White's attorneys argue their client's junk food habits impaired his judgment.

1973:

In Washington, the U.S. Senate confirms Gerald Ford as Richard Nixon's Vice President.

Ford succeeds Spiro Agnew, who had resigned amid accusations that he took bribes.

The following year, Ford becomes President, after the Watergate scandal forces Nixon from office.

2005:

Doctors in France perform the world's first partial face transplant on a woman disfigured by a dog bite during a 15-hour operation.

And, 1953:

Playwright Eugene O'Neill - who wrote Long Day's Journey Into Night, and The Iceman Cometh - dies in Boston. He was 65.

Today in History, November 27th --- ___ ___, The Associated Press.