October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining.
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
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