October 27 (original) (raw)
October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining.
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Events
- 625 - Honorius I becomes Pope
- 1775 - United States Navy established
- 1797 - Treaty of Campo Formio signed
- 1810 - United States annexes West Florida
- 1904 - New York City subway opens
- 1946 - First commercially sponsored television program airs (Geographically Speaking, sponsored by Bristol-Myers)
- 1954 - Benjamin O. Davis Jr becomes first African-American general in the United States Air Force
- 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis ends
- 1991 - Turkmenistan independence achived
- 1999 - Armenian Prime Minister Vazgan Sarkisian and 6 other members killed in attack on Armenian parliament.
Births
- 1466 (assumed) - Erasmus of Rotterdam, Dutch writer and philospher
- 1728 - James Cook, British naval captain and explorer. († 1779)
- 1782 - Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer
- 1811 - Isaac Singer, inventor of the sewing machine († 1875)
- 1858 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States († 1919)
- 1872 - Emily Post, etiquette authority
- 1912 - Conlon Nancarrow, composer
- 1914 - Dylan Thomas, British poet and writer († 1953)
- 1917 - Oliver Tambo, leader of the African National Congress
- 1918 - Teresa Wright, actress
- 1923 - Roy Lichtenstein, American artist
- 1924 - Ruby Dee, actress
- 1926 - H.R. Haldeman, Watergate scandal figure
- 1932 - Sylvia Plath, American poet († 1963)
- 1933 - Floyd Cramer, musician
- 1939 - John Cleese, British actor, comedian
- 1940 - John Gotti, American mobster († 2002)
- 1942 - Lee Greenwood, musician
- 1945 - Luís Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazilian President
- 1946 - Carrie Snodgress, actress
- 1947 - Terry Anderson, journalist, Middle Eastern hostage
- 1948 - Berni Wrightson, American artist
- 1950 - Fran Lebowitz, writer
- 1952 - Roberto Benigni, Italian actor
- 1953 - Peter Firth, actor
- 1958 - Simon Le Bon, musician
- 1967 - Scott Weiland, musician ("Stone Temple Pilots")
- 1967 - Matt Drudge, Internet personality
- 1972 - Maria Mutola, Mozambiquan athlete
- 1984 - Kelly Osbourne, American television personality
Deaths
- 939 - King Athelstan I of England
- 1439 - Albert II of Habsburg, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
- 1449 - Ulugh Beg, Timurid astronomer
- 1505 - Ivan III of Russia
- 1949 - Marcel Cerdan, World Champion Boxer
- 1962 - Enrico Mattei, Italian politician
- 1968 - Lise Meitner, German physicist
- 1975 - Rex Stout, novelist
- 1977 - James M. Cain, novelist
- 1990 - Elliott Roosevelt, advertising executive
- 1990 - Xavier Cugat, musician
- 1996 - Morey Amsterdam, actor
- 2003 - Rod Roddy, television announcer
Holidays
See also:
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
October 26 - October 28 - November 27 - September 27 - more historical anniversaries