October 27
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October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 65 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Births [change]
- 1401 – Catherine of Valois, Queen Consort of England (d. 1437)
- 1466 (assumed) – Erasmus of Rotterdam, Dutch writer and philosopher (d. 1536)
- 1728 – James Cook, British naval captain and explorer. (d. 1779)
- 1744 – Mary Moser, English painter and one of only two female founder members of the Royal Academy (d. 1819)
- 1782 – Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1840)
- 1811 – Isaac Singer, inventor of the sewing machine (d. 1875)
- 1811 – Stevens Thomson Mason, first governor of Michigan (d. 1843).
- 1842 – Giovanni Giolitti, Italian statesman (d. 1928)
- 1844 – Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish writer and pacifist (d. 1916)
- 1858 – Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States (d. 1919)
- 1877 – George Thompson, English cricketer (d. 1943)
- 1896 – Edith Brown, RMS Titanic survivor (d. 1997)
- 1902 – Emil Jonsson, Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1986)
- 1904 – Erno Schwarz, Hungarian footballer (d. 1974)
- 1906 – Kazuo Ohno, Japanese dancer (d. 2010)
- 1908 – Lee Krasner, American painter (d. 1984)
- 1914 – Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet (d. 1953)
- 1917 – Oliver Tambo, South African activist (d. 1993)
- 1918 – Teresa Wright, American actress (d. 2005)
- 1920 – Nanette Fabray, American actress
- 1920 – K. R. Narayanan, President of India (d. 2005)
- 1923 – Roy Lichtenstein, American pop artist (d. 1997)
- 1924 – Ruby Dee, American actress
- 1925 – Warren Christopher, former United States Secretary of State (d. 2011)
- 1931 – Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian writer
- 1932 – Sylvia Plath, American poet (d. 1963)
- 1939 – John Cleese, British actor, writer, and Monty Python member
- 1940 – John Gotti, New York mafia boss (d. 2002)
- 1945 – Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 35th President of Brazil
- 1946 – Carrie Snodgress, American actress (d. 2004)
- 1950 – Fran Lebowitz, writer
- 1952 – Roberto Benigni, Italian actor and director
- 1957 – Jeff East, American actor
- 1957 – Glenn Hoddle, English footballer
- 1958 – Simon Le Bon, British musician (Duran Duran)
- 1967 – Scott Weiland, musician Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver
- 1970 – Adrian Erlandsson, musician (Cradle of Filth)
- 1971 – Theodoros Zagorakis, Greek footballer
- 1972 – Maria Mutola, Mozambican athlete
- 1972 – Evan Coyne Maloney, documentary movie maker
- 1972 – Brad Radke, American baseball player
- 1976 – Ariel Ibagaza, Argentine footballer
- 1977 – Jiří Jarosík, Czech footballer
- 1978 – Vanessa-Mae, Singapore-born British musician
- 1981 – Volkan Demirel, Turkish footballer
- 1984 – Kelly Osbourne, daughter of Ozzy Osbourne
- 1988 – Evan Turner, American basketball player
Deaths [change]
- 939 – King Athelstan I of England (b. 895)
- 1430 – Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1350)
- 1439 – Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1392)
- 1505 – Tsar Ivan III of Russia (b. 1440)
- 1553 – Michael Servetus, Spanish theologian and doctor (b. 1511)
- 1605 – Akbar the Great, Mughal Emperor (b. 1542)
- 1674 – Hallgrimur Petursson, Icelandic poet and hymnist (b. 1614)
- 1942 – Helmuth Hubener, German resistance activist (b. 1925)
- 1962 – Enrico Mattei, Italian politician (b. 1906)
- 1968 – Lise Meitner, German physicist (b. 1878)
- 1975 – Rex Stout, American novelist (b. 1886)
- 1980 – John Hasbrouck van Vleck, American physicist (b. 1899)
- 1990 – Xavier Cugat, Catalan-born bandleader (b. 1900)
- 1999 – Vazgen Sargsyan, Prime Minister of Armenia (b. 1959)
- 1999 – Karen Demirchyan, Chairman of the Armenian Parliament (b. 1932)
- 2003 – Walter Washington, American politician (b. 1915)
- 2006 – Brad Will, American anarchist and independent journalist (b. 1970)
- 2010 – Nestor Kirchner, President of Argentina (b. 1950)
Events [change]
- 939 – Edmund I of England becomes king.
- 1275 – Traditional founding of Amsterdam
- 1682 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded.
- 1795 – The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, establishing boundaries between the US and the Spanish colonies.
- 1806 – The French Army enters Berlin.
- 1810 – The US annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida.
- 1904 – New York City's first underground Subway opens.
- 1922 – Italian fascists, led by Benito Mussolini, begin their March on Rome.
- 1936 – Wallis Simpson files for divorce. She later marries Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, after he abdicates the throne.
- 1958 – Iskandar Mirza is deposed as President of Pakistan.
- 1961 – Mauritania and Mongolia join the UN.
- 1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis: A nuclear war is narrowly avoided.
- 1971 – The Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire.
- 1979 – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines become independent.
- 1991 – Turkmenistan achieves independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1994 – Gliese 229B is the first substellar mass object to be unquestionably identified.
- 1995 – Latvia applies for EU membership.
- 1995 – Former Prime Minister of Italy Bettino Craxi is convicted in-absentia (without attending) for corruption.
- 1999 – Gunmen open fire on the Armenian Parliament.
- 2002 – The volcano Mount Etna on Sicily erupts.
- 2002 – Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is elected to succeed Fernando Henrique Cardoso as President of Brazil.
- 2003 – In Malaga, where Pablo Picasso was born, the Museo Picasso (Picasso Museum), is opened.
- 2005 – Riots begin in France after the accidental deaths of two Muslim teenagers.
- 2006 – Opening of Arsenal F.C.'s Emirates Stadium.
- 2010 – Former President of Argentina Nestor Kirchner dies aged 60. He had been expected to run for President again in 2011.
Observances [change]
- Independence Day (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Turkmenistan)
