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| Birthday October 27, 1728 Capt. James Cook, discovered Sandwich Islands |
| Birthday October 27, 1782 Niccolo Paganini, composer, violin virtuoso |
| Birthday October 27, 1811 Issac Merrit Singer, invented 1st practical home sewing machine |
| Birthday October 27, 1844 Klas Arnoldson, Swedish politician, pacifist (Nobel 1908) |
| Birthday October 27, 1858 Teddy Roosevelt born |
| Birthday October 27, 1858 Theodore Roosevelt is born |
| Birthday October 27, 1858 Theodore Roosevelt, 26th Pres (1901-09) (Nobel 1906) |
| Birthday October 27, 1872 Emily Post, authority on social behavior, writer (Etiquette) |
| Birthday October 27, 1910 Freddie DeCordova, film & TV producer (The Tonight Show) |
| Birthday October 27, 1914 Dylan Thomas, poet (A Child's Christmas in Wales, Under Milkwood) |
| Birthday October 27, 1914 Dylan Thomas born |
| Birthday October 27, 1917 Oliver Tambo, leader of African National Congress |
| Birthday October 27, 1918 Teresa Wright, in NYC |
| Birthday October 27, 1920 Nanette Fabray, in San Diego Calif |
| Birthday October 27, 1924 Actress Ruby Dee born |
| Birthday October 27, 1924 Ruby Dee, in Cleve |
| Birthday October 27, 1926 H.R. Haldeman, former White House Chief of Staff - Watergate figure |
| Birthday October 27, 1930 Bill George, NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears, LA Rams) |
| Birthday October 27, 1932 Sylvia Plath is born |
| Birthday October 27, 1939 John Cleese, (Monty Python, Fawlty Towers) |
| Birthday October 27, 1940 Mafia boss John Gotti is born |
| Birthday October 27, 1945 Carrie Snodgress, in Park Ridge Illinois |
| Birthday October 27, 1951 Jayne Kennedy, entertainer |
| Birthday October 27, 1958 Simon Le Bon, disco king |
| History October 27, 1553 Michael Servetus burned at the stake for heresy in Geneva Switz. |
| History October 27, 1659 Quakers executed for religious beliefs |
| History October 27, 1775 King George III speaks to Parliament of American rebellion |
| History October 27, 1787 Federalist letters start appearing in NY newspapers. |
| History October 27, 1795 Treaty of San Lorenzo provides free navigation of Mississippi |
| History October 27, 1810 US annexes West Florida from Spain. |
| History October 27, 1858 RH Macy & Co opens 1st store NYC Gross receipts $1106 |
| History October 27, 1864 Battle of Hatcher's Run (Burgess Mill) |
| History October 27, 1871 Boss Tweed (William Macy Tweed) Democratic leader of Tammany Hall arrested after NY Times exposed his corruption |
| History October 27, 1873 Joseph Glidden applies for a patent on his barbed wire design |
| History October 27, 1880 Theodore Roosevelt marries Alice Lee on his 22nd birthday. |
| History October 27, 1896 1st Pali Road completed in Hawaii (winds so strong streams flow UP!) |
| History October 27, 1904 NY opens 1st section of its subway system. |
| History October 27, 1918 German general Erich Ludendorff resigns |
| History October 27, 1938 DuPont announces that its new synthetic fiber will be called 'nylon' |
| History October 27, 1940 De Gaulle sets up the Empire Defense Council |
| History October 27, 1947 You Bet Your Life with Groucho Marx premieres on ABC radio. |
| History October 27, 1954 Walt Disney's 1st TV show Disneyland premiers on ABC. |
| History October 27, 1961 1st Saturn Made a unmanned flight test |
| History October 27, 1962 The United States and Soviet Union step back from brink of nuclear war |
| History October 27, 1966 Ambassador Harriman sent to explain Manila offer |
| History October 27, 1969 St. Vincent & the Grenadines gains associated status with Britain |
| History October 27, 1970 Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber release Jesus Christ Superstar |
| History October 27, 1971 Rep of Congo becomes Zaire. |
| History October 27, 1971 Cambodian troops battle Communists north of Phnom Penh |
| History October 27, 1972 Golden Gate Natl Recreation Area created |
| History October 27, 1973 1st time Islanders beat the Rangers - 3-2 |
| History October 27, 1978 Begin & Sadat with the Nobel Peace prize |
| History October 27, 1979 Islanders score 2 goals within 6 seconds 3 goals within 44 seconds |
| History October 27, 1980 Dave Gryllis sets world bicycle speed record of 94.37 kph. |
| History October 27, 1994 U.S. prison population exceeds one million |
| History October 27, 1995 Avalanche buries homes in Iceland |
| History October 27, 2004 Red Sox win first championship since 1918 |
| History October 27, 2006 Chick-fil-A founder takes last Ford Taurus |