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October 27th, 2006 (October 27 2006) | Death | Joe Niekro, American baseball player (born in 1944) | |
October 27th, 2006 (October 27 2006) | Death | Brad Will, American anarchist and independent journalist (born in 1970) | |
October 27th, 2005 (October 27 2005) | Event | Riots begin in Paris after the deaths of two Muslim teenagers. | |
October 27th, 2004 (October 27 2004) | Event | The Boston Red Sox win the World Series for the first time in 86 years. | |
October 27th, 2004 (October 27 2004) | Death | Serginho, Brazilian footballer (born in 1974) | |
October 27th, 2003 (October 27 2003) | Death | Rod Roddy, American television announcer (born in 1937) | |
October 27th, 2002 (October 27 2002) | Event | The ITV Network aired a constant regional service for the last time in England and Wales, but LWT lost its identity completely. All companies (except UTV, Channel, Scottish TV & Grampian TV) formed the national ITV1 with regional references only before regional programmes. | |
October 27th, 2002 (October 27 2002) | Death | Tom Dowd, American recording engineer (born in 1925) | |
October 27th, 2000 (October 27 2000) | Death | Walter Berry, Austrian bass-baritone (born in 1929) | |
October 27th, 1999 (October 27 1999) | Event | Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, Parliament Chairman Karen Demirchyan, and 6 other members. | Vazgen Sargsyan Quotes |
October 27th, 1999 (October 27 1999) | Death | Robert Mills, American physicist (born in 1927) | |
October 27th, 1999 (October 27 1999) | Death | Charlotte Perriand, French architect and designer (born in 1903) | |
October 27th, 1997 (October 27 1997) | Event | October 27, 1997 mini-crash: Stock markets around the world crash because of fears of a global economic meltdown. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 554.26 points to 7,161.15. For the first time, the New York Stock Exchange activated their "circuit breakers" twice during the day eventually making the controversial move of closing the Exchange early. | |
October 27th, 1996 (October 27 1996) | Death | Morey Amsterdam, American actor (born in 1908) | |
October 27th, 1996 (October 27 1996) | Death | Arthur Tremblay, French Canadian politician (born in 1917) | |
October 27th, 1995 (October 27 1995) | Event | Latvia applies for membership in the European Union. | |
October 27th, 1995 (October 27 1995) | Event | Former Italian Prime Minister Bettino Craxi is condemned in absentia for corruption. | |
October 27th, 1992 (October 27 1992) | Event | United States Navy radioman Allen R. Schindler, Jr. is brutally murdered by shipmates for being gay, precipitating first military, then national debate about gays in the military that resulted in the United States "Don t ask, don t tell" military policy. | Allen Tate Quotes |
October 27th, 1992 (October 27 1992) | Death | David Bohm, American-born physicist, philosopher, and neuropsychologist (born in 1917) | David Bohm Quotes |
October 27th, 1991 (October 27 1991) | Event | Turkmenistan achieved independence from the Soviet Union. | |
October 27th, 1990 (October 27 1990) | Event | Supreme Soviet of Kirghiz SSR chooses Askar Akayev as republic s first president. | |
October 27th, 1990 (October 27 1990) | Death | Xavier Cugat, Spanish-born musician (born in 1900) | |
October 27th, 1990 (October 27 1990) | Death | Princess Sophie von Hohenberg, daughter of assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (born in 1901) | |
October 27th, 1990 (October 27 1990) | Death | Elliott Roosevelt, American war hero, author, and advertising executive (born in 1910) | |
October 27th, 1990 (October 27 1990) | Death | Jacques Demy, French film director (born in 1931) | |
October 27th, 1990 (October 27 1990) | Death | Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor (born in 1922) | |
October 27th, 1987 (October 27 1987) | Birth | Andrew Bynum, American basketball player | |
October 27th, 1987 (October 27 1987) | Birth | Yi Jianlian, Chinese basketball player (Disputed) | |
October 27th, 1986 (October 27 1986) | Event | The United Kingdom government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang. | |
October 27th, 1986 (October 27 1986) | Birth | Matty Pattison, English footballer | |
October 27th, 1984 (October 27 1984) | Birth | Kelly Osbourne, English television personality | |
October 27th, 1984 (October 27 1984) | Birth | Brady Quinn, American football player | |
October 27th, 1984 (October 27 1984) | Birth | Irfan Pathan, Indian cricketer | |
October 27th, 1983 (October 27 1983) | Birth | Brent Clevlen, American baseball player | |
October 27th, 1982 (October 27 1982) | Birth | Patrick Fugit, American actor | |
October 27th, 1982 (October 27 1982) | Birth | Dennis Moran, American computer hacker | |
October 27th, 1982 (October 27 1982) | Birth | Takashi Tsukamoto, Japanese actor | |
October 27th, 1982 (October 27 1982) | Birth | Keri Hilson, American singer | |
October 27th, 1981 (October 27 1981) | Event | The Soviet submarine U 137 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden. | |
October 27th, 1981 (October 27 1981) | Birth | Han Hye-jin, South Korean actress | |
October 27th, 1981 (October 27 1981) | Birth | Kristi Richards, Canadian freestyle skier | |
October 27th, 1980 (October 27 1980) | Birth | Tanel Padar, Estonian singer | |
October 27th, 1980 (October 27 1980) | Birth | Cassia Riley, American model | |
October 27th, 1980 (October 27 1980) | Death | Steve Peregrin Took, English singer and songwriter (born in 1949) | |
October 27th, 1980 (October 27 1980) | Death | John Hasbrouck van Vleck, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1899) | |
October 27th, 1980 (October 27 1980) | Death | Judy LaMarsh, Canadian politician, author and broadcaster (born in 1924) | |
October 27th, 1979 (October 27 1979) | Birth | Melanie Vallejo, Australian TV actress | |
October 27th, 1978 (October 27 1978) | Birth | Vanessa-Mae, Singapore musician | |
October 27th, 1978 (October 27 1978) | Birth | Sergei Samsonov, Russian ice hockey player | |
October 27th, 1977 (October 27 1977) | Birth | Jiri Jarosik, Czech footballer | |
October 27th, 1977 (October 27 1977) | Birth | Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lankan cricketer | |
October 27th, 1977 (October 27 1977) | Death | James M. Cain, American novelist (born in 1892) | |
October 27th, 1975 (October 27 1975) | Birth | Zadie Smith, British novelist | |
October 27th, 1975 (October 27 1975) | Death | Rex Stout, American novelist (born in 1886) | Rex Stout Quotes |
October 27th, 1973 (October 27 1973) | Event | The Canon City meteorite, a 1.4 kg chondrite type meteorite strikes in Fremont County, Colorado. | |
October 27th, 1973 (October 27 1973) | Birth | Jason Johnson, American baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds) | |
October 27th, 1972 (October 27 1972) | Birth | Lee Clark, English footballer | |
October 27th, 1972 (October 27 1972) | Birth | Elissa (singer), Lebanese singer | |
October 27th, 1972 (October 27 1972) | Birth | Evan Coyne Maloney, American filmmaker | |
October 27th, 1972 (October 27 1972) | Birth | Brad Radke, American baseball player | |
October 27th, 1972 (October 27 1972) | Birth | Marika Krook, Finnish singer (Edea) | |
October 27th, 1972 (October 27 1972) | Birth | Maria Mutola, Mozambican athlete | |
October 27th, 1971 (October 27 1971) | Event | Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire. | |
October 27th, 1971 (October 27 1971) | Birth | Jade Arcade, American comics artist and writer | |
October 27th, 1971 (October 27 1971) | Birth | Theodoros Zagorakis, Greek footballer | |
October 27th, 1971 (October 27 1971) | Birth | Jorge Soto, Peruvian footballer | |
October 27th, 1970 (October 27 1970) | Birth | Felix Bwalya, Zambian boxer | |
October 27th, 1970 (October 27 1970) | Birth | Adrian Erlandsson, Swedish drummer (Cradle of Filth) | |
October 27th, 1968 (October 27 1968) | Birth | Vinny Samways, English footballer | |
October 27th, 1968 (October 27 1968) | Death | Lise Meitner, German physicist (born in 1878) | |
October 27th, 1967 (October 27 1967) | Birth | Scott Weiland, American singer (Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver) | |
October 27th, 1966 (October 27 1966) | Birth | Matt Drudge, American blogger | |
October 27th, 1964 (October 27 1964) | Event | Ronald Reagan delivers a speech on behalf of Republican candidate for president, Barry Goldwater. The speech launched his political career and came to be known as "A Time for Choosing". | Ronald Reagan Quotes |
October 27th, 1964 (October 27 1964) | Birth | Mark Taylor, Australian test cricket captain (1994-1999) | |
October 27th, 1963 (October 27 1963) | Birth | Marla Maples, American actress and model | |
October 27th, 1962 (October 27 1962) | Event | Major Rudolph Anderson of the United States Air Force became the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis when his U-2 reconnaissance airplane was shot down in Cuba by a Soviet-supplied SA-2 Guideline surface-to-air missile. | |
October 27th, 1962 (October 27 1962) | Event | The plane of Enrico Mattei, Italian industry s most relevant figure, crashes in mysterious circumstances. | |
October 27th, 1962 (October 27 1962) | Death | Enrico Mattei, Italian politician (born in 1906) | |
October 27th, 1961 (October 27 1961) | Event | NASA launched the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1. | |
October 27th, 1960 (October 27 1960) | Birth | Tom Nieto, American baseball player | |
October 27th, 1958 (October 27 1958) | Event | Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed in a bloodless coup d etat by General Ayub Khan, who was appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier. | Martial Quotes |
October 27th, 1958 (October 27 1958) | Birth | Simon Le Bon, English singer (Duran Duran) | |
October 27th, 1958 (October 27 1958) | Birth | Lee Carter, Alabama Judge of the 25th Judicial Circuit | |
October 27th, 1957 (October 27 1957) | Birth | Jeff East, American actor | |
October 27th, 1957 (October 27 1957) | Birth | Glenn Hoddle, English footballer | |
October 27th, 1956 (October 27 1956) | Birth | Jaq D. Hawkins, British author, occultist and lecturer | |
October 27th, 1956 (October 27 1956) | Birth | Veronica Hart, American porn actress | |
October 27th, 1955 (October 27 1955) | Birth | Debra Bowen, American politician | |
October 27th, 1954 (October 27 1954) | Event | Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force. | |
October 27th, 1954 (October 27 1954) | Birth | Jan Duursema, American comic book artist | |
October 27th, 1953 (October 27 1953) | Event | British nuclear test Totem 2 is detonated at Emu Field, South Australia. | |
October 27th, 1953 (October 27 1953) | Birth | Peter Firth, British actor | |
October 27th, 1953 (October 27 1953) | Birth | Robert Picardo, American actor | |
October 27th, 1953 (October 27 1953) | Death | Thomas Wass, English cricketer (born in 1873) | |
October 27th, 1952 (October 27 1952) | Birth | Hameed Haroon, Pakistani publisher | |
October 27th, 1952 (October 27 1952) | Birth | Roberto Benigni, Italian director and actor | |
October 27th, 1951 (October 27 1951) | Birth | K.K. Downing, English guitarist (Judas Priest) | |
October 27th, 1951 (October 27 1951) | Birth | Carlos Frenk, Mexican/British cosmologist | |
October 27th, 1951 (October 27 1951) | Birth | Nancy Jacobs, American politician | |
October 27th, 1951 (October 27 1951) | Birth | Jayne Kennedy, American actress, model, and sportscaster | |
October 27th, 1950 (October 27 1950) | Birth | Fran Lebowitz, American writer | Fran Lebowitz Quotes |
October 27th, 1949 (October 27 1949) | Birth | Garry Tallent, American bass player (E Street Band) | |
October 27th, 1949 (October 27 1949) | Birth | Clifford Antone, American businessman (died in 2006) | |
October 27th, 1949 (October 27 1949) | Death | Marcel Cerdan, French boxer (born in 1916) | |
October 27th, 1949 (October 27 1949) | Death | Ginette Neveu, French violinist (born in 1919) | |
October 27th, 1948 (October 27 1948) | Event | Leopold Sedar Senghor founds the Senegalese Democratic Bloc (BDS). | |
October 27th, 1946 (October 27 1946) | Birth | Carrie Snodgress, American actress (died in 2004) | |
October 27th, 1946 (October 27 1946) | Birth | Ivan Reitman, Czechoslovakian-born Canadian film actor, producer and director | |
October 27th, 1945 (October 27 1945) | Birth | Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil | |
October 27th, 1945 (October 27 1945) | Birth | John Kane, actor/writer | |
October 27th, 1942 (October 27 1942) | Birth | Lee Greenwood, American singer | |
October 27th, 1942 (October 27 1942) | Death | Helmuth Hubener, Youth Political Activist against the Hitler regime (born in 1925) | |
October 27th, 1941 (October 27 1941) | Birth | Dick Trickle, American auto racer | |
October 27th, 1940 (October 27 1940) | Birth | John Gotti, American gangster (died in 2002) | |
October 27th, 1940 (October 27 1940) | Birth | Maxine Hong Kingston, American writer | |
October 27th, 1939 (October 27 1939) | Birth | John Cleese, British actor and writer | |
October 27th, 1937 (October 27 1937) | Birth | Lara Parker, American actress | |
October 27th, 1936 (October 27 1936) | Event | Mrs Wallis Simpson filed for divorce which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne. | |
October 27th, 1935 (October 27 1935) | Death | E. A. D. Eldridge, British racing driver (born in 1897) | |
October 27th, 1934 (October 27 1934) | Birth | Giorgos Konstadinou, Greek actor and director | |
October 27th, 1933 (October 27 1933) | Birth | Floyd Cramer, American popular pianist (died in 1997) | |
October 27th, 1932 (October 27 1932) | Birth | Sylvia Plath, American poet (died in 1963) | Sylvia Plath Quotes |
October 27th, 1932 (October 27 1932) | Birth | Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor (died in 2007) | |
October 27th, 1931 (October 27 1931) | Birth | Nawal el-Saadawi, Egyptian writer | |
October 27th, 1929 (October 27 1929) | Birth | Maurice Robert Johnston, English Lieutenant-General | |
October 27th, 1928 (October 27 1928) | Birth | Gilles Vigneault, Canadian poet, singer and songwriter | |
October 27th, 1926 (October 27 1926) | Birth | H.R. Haldeman, American political personality (died in 1993) | |
October 27th, 1925 (October 27 1925) | Birth | Albert Medwin, American inventor | |
October 27th, 1925 (October 27 1925) | Birth | Warren Christopher, US Secretary of State (1993-1997) | |
October 27th, 1924 (October 27 1924) | Event | The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union. | |
October 27th, 1924 (October 27 1924) | Birth | Ruby Dee, American actress | |
October 27th, 1924 (October 27 1924) | Birth | Michel Galabru, French actor | |
October 27th, 1923 (October 27 1923) | Birth | Roy Lichtenstein, American artist (died in 1997) | |
October 27th, 1922 (October 27 1922) | Event | A referendum in Rhodesia rejects the country s annexation to the South African Union. | |
October 27th, 1922 (October 27 1922) | Birth | Poul Bundgaard, Danish actor and singer (died in 1998) | |
October 27th, 1922 (October 27 1922) | Birth | Ralph Kiner, American baseball player | |
October 27th, 1921 (October 27 1921) | Birth | Warren Allen Smith, American encyclopedist | |
October 27th, 1920 (October 27 1920) | Birth | Nanette Fabray, American actress | |
October 27th, 1920 (October 27 1920) | Birth | K. R. Narayanan, 10th President of India | |
October 27th, 1918 (October 27 1918) | Birth | Teresa Wright, American actress (died in 2005) | |
October 27th, 1917 (October 27 1917) | Birth | Augustine Harris, British Bishop of Middlesbrough (died in 2007) | |
October 27th, 1917 (October 27 1917) | Birth | Oliver Tambo, South African freedom fighter (died in 1993) | |
October 27th, 1917 (October 27 1917) | Death | Arthur Rhys Davids, English pilot (born in 1897) | |
October 27th, 1916 (October 27 1916) | Event | Battle of Segale: Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasus V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zauditu. | |
October 27th, 1915 (October 27 1915) | Birth | Harry Saltzman, American film producer (died in 1994) | |
October 27th, 1914 (October 27 1914) | Birth | Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet (died in 1953) | |
October 27th, 1911 (October 27 1911) | Birth | Leif Erickson, American actor and singer (died in 1986) | |
October 27th, 1910 (October 27 1910) | Birth | Jack Carson, Canadian actor (died in 1963) | |
October 27th, 1906 (October 27 1906) | Birth | Earle Cabell, American politician (died in 1975) | |
October 27th, 1904 (October 27 1904) | Event | The first underground New York City Subway line opens; the system becomes the biggest in United States, and one of the biggest in world. | |
October 27th, 1904 (October 27 1904) | Birth | Erno Schwarz, Hungarian American soccer player (died in 1974) | |
October 27th, 1896 (October 27 1896) | Birth | Edith Brown, survivor of the Titanic (died in 1997) | |
October 27th, 1894 (October 27 1894) | Birth | Oliver Leese, British general (died in 1978) | |
October 27th, 1885 (October 27 1885) | Birth | Sigrid Hjerten, Swedish modernist painter (died in 1948) | |
October 27th, 1877 (October 27 1877) | Birth | George Thompson, English cricketer (died in 1943) | |
October 27th, 1873 (October 27 1873) | Birth | Emily Post, American etiquette author (died in 1960) | |
October 27th, 1870 (October 27 1870) | Event | Marshal Francois Achille Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers in one of the biggest French defeats of the Franco-Prussian War. | |
October 27th, 1865 (October 27 1865) | Birth | Charles Spencelayh, English painter (died in 1958) | |
October 27th, 1858 (October 27 1858) | Birth | Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (died in 1919) | Theodore Roosevelt Quotes |
October 27th, 1854 (October 27 1854) | Birth | Sir William Smith, Scottish founder of the Boys Brigade (died in 1914) | Will Smith Quotes |
October 27th, 1844 (October 27 1844) | Birth | Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish writer and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (died in 1916) | |
October 27th, 1842 (October 27 1842) | Birth | Giovanni Giolitti, Italian statesman (died in 1928) | |
October 27th, 1838 (October 27 1838) | Event | Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state or be exterminated. | |
October 27th, 1838 (October 27 1838) | Birth | John Davis Long, 32nd Governor of Massachusetts (died in 1915) | |
October 27th, 1814 (October 27 1814) | Birth | Daniel H. Wells, Mormon leader and politician (died in 1891) | |
October 27th, 1811 (October 27 1811) | Birth | Isaac Singer, American inventor (died in 1875) | |
October 27th, 1811 (October 27 1811) | Birth | Stevens Thomson Mason, first Governor of Michigan (died in 1843) | |
October 27th, 1810 (October 27 1810) | Event | United States annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida. | |
October 27th, 1806 (October 27 1806) | Event | The French Army enters in Berlin. | |
October 27th, 1795 (October 27 1795) | Event | The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U.S. | |
October 27th, 1789 (October 27 1789) | Death | John Cook, American farmer and Governor of Delaware (born in 1730) | |
October 27th, 1782 (October 27 1782) | Birth | Niccolo Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (died in 1840) | |
October 27th, 1760 (October 27 1760) | Birth | August von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (died in 1831) | |
October 27th, 1744 (October 27 1744) | Birth | Mary Moser, English painter (died in 1819) | |
October 27th, 1728 (October 27 1728) | Birth | James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (died in 1779) | |
October 27th, 1682 (October 27 1682) | Event | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded. | |
October 27th, 1675 (October 27 1675) | Death | Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (born in 1602) | |
October 27th, 1674 (October 27 1674) | Death | Hallgrimur Petursson, Icelandic poet (born in 1614) | |
October 27th, 1670 (October 27 1670) | Death | Vavasor Powell, Welsh non-conformist leader (born in 1617) | |
October 27th, 1644 (October 27 1644) | Event | Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War. | |
October 27th, 1617 (October 27 1617) | Death | Ralph Winwood, English politician (born in 1563) | |
October 27th, 1605 (October 27 1605) | Death | Akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed, Mughal Emperor (born 1542) | |
October 27th, 1573 (October 27 1573) | Death | Laurentius Petri, first Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden (born in 1499) | |
October 27th, 1561 (October 27 1561) | Death | Lope de Aguirre, Spanish conquistador (born in 1510) | |
October 27th, 1553 (October 27 1553) | Event | Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva. | |
October 27th, 1553 (October 27 1553) | Death | Michael Servetus, Spanish theologian and doctor (burned at the stake) (born in 1511) | |
October 27th, 1524 (October 27 1524) | Event | Italian Wars: The French troops lay siege to Pavia. | |
October 27th, 1505 (October 27 1505) | Death | Ivan III of Russia (born in 1440) | |
October 27th, 1466 (October 27 1466) | Birth | Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (died in 1536) | |
October 27th, 1449 (October 27 1449) | Death | Ulugh Beg, Timurid ruler and astronomer (born in 1394) | |
October 27th, 1439 (October 27 1439) | Death | Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (born in 1397) | |
October 27th, 1430 (October 27 1430) | Death | Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania (born in 1350) | |
October 27th, 1401 (October 27 1401) | Birth | Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (died in 1437) | |
October 27th, 1331 (October 27 1331) | Death | Abu al-Fida, Arab historian and geographer (born in 1273) | |
October 27th, 1327 (October 27 1327) | Death | Elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (born in 1289) | |
October 27th, 1312 (October 27 1312) | Death | John II, Duke of Brabant (born in 1275) | |
October 27th, 1275 (October 27 1275) | Event | Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam. | |
October 27th, 1271 (October 27 1271) | Death | Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (born in 1213) | |
October 27th, 1156 (October 27 1156) | Birth | Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (died in 1222) | |
October 27th, 0939 (October 27 0939) | Event | Edmund I succeeds Athelstan as King of England. | |
October 27th, 0939 (October 27 0939) | Death | King Athelstan I of England (born in 895) | |
October 27th, 0710 (October 27 0710) | Event | Saracen invasion of Sardinia. | |
October 27th, 0312 (October 27 0312) | Event | Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. | |