What day of the week was November 27, 1940?

The day of the week November 27th, 1940 fell on was a Wednesday.

There were 28 days until Christmas.

John Alderton the English actor was born on 27 November in 1940. As was Bruce Lee the American-Chinese actor, martial artist, and screenwriter (d. 1973) .

Nicolae Iorga the Romanian historian and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1871) died on this day in 1940.

In Romania the the ruling Iron Guard fascist party assassinates over 60 of arrested King Carol II of Romania's aides and other political dissidents, including former Prime Minister Nicolae Iorga. World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento the the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.