of the 1,200 inmates, before 300 members of the California National Guard arrived to assist 200 civil officers, bringing with them tanks and machine guns. The group released their hostages unharmed upon surrendering the next morning. Born: Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivory Coast novelist, in Boundiali (d. 2003) Emma Lou Diemer, American composer, in Kansas City, Missouri Alfredo Kraus, Spanish tenor, in Las Palmas, the Canary Islands (d. 1999) Died: Ion I. C. Brătianu, 63, Prime Minister of Romania on five occasions since 1909 William H. G. Bullard, U.S. Navy Admiral, radio engineer, and first chairman of the Federal Radio Commission (forerunner of the FCC) Shushanik Kurghinian, 51, Armenian feminist writer and poet Friday, November 25, 1927 The Special Tribunal for the Defense of the State was created by the Fascist government of Benito Mussolini. The International Radio-Telegraphy Convention was signed in Washington by representatives of 51 nations, and took effect on January 1, 1929. Yehudi Menuhin, an 11-year-old violinist, made his concert debut in New York City. Born: Dick Wellstood, American jazz pianist, in Greenwich, Connecticut (d. 1987) Saturday, November 26, 1927 In the most anticipated game of the 1927 college football season, a crowd of 123,000 turned out at Soldier Field in Chicago to watch Notre Dame (6–1–1) play against the USC (7–0–1). Notre Dame won 7–6, on the strength of a blocked extra point attempt, to hand the Trojans their first loss. Maria Kutschera, a 22-year-old tutor, married her widowed employer, former Austro-Hungarian Navy Captain Georg von Trapp, and became stepmother to his seven children. Together, they formed the Trapp Family Singers, and their story became the inspiration for the Broadway musical, and later the film, The Sound of Music. Sunday, November 27, 1927 China's first professional music educational institution, the National College of Music, was created. Based in Shanghai, the school had Cai Yuanpei as its first President, and Xiao Youmei as its first Dean of Studies. Under the Communist regime, the college received its current name as the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Born: William E. Simon, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1974–77 (d. 2000) Arnold Clark, Scottish automobile dealer who started from his Glasgow used car lot and built Arnold Clark Automobiles a chain of 200 dealerships across the United Kingdom (d. 2017) Monday, November 28, 1927 The Pittsburgh Pirates traded Kiki Cuyler to the Chicago Cubs for Sparky Adams and Pete Scott. Although the Pirates made