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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Events[change | change source]
Up to 1900[change | change source]
- 97 - Roman Emperor Nerva adopts the then-44-year-old Trajan.
- 710 - Saracen invasion of Sardinia.
- 939 – Edmund I of England becomes king.
- 1275 – Traditional founding of Amsterdam.
- 1524 - Italian Wars: French troops lay siege to Pavia.
- 1553 - Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva.
- 1644 - The Second Battle of Newbury takes place in the English Civil War.
- 1662 - Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to France.
- 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.
- 1827 - Vincenzo Bellini's third opera, Il pirata, has its first performance at La Scala, Milan.
- 1838 - Governor of Missouri Lilburn Boggs issues an extermination order to Mormons in the state, which would force them either to leave or be killed.
- 1870 - Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Francois Achille Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion to the Siege of Metz.
- 1892 - British passenger steamer Roumania crashes into rocks off Peniche, Portugal.
1901 – 2000[change | change source]
- 1904 – New York City's first underground Subway opens.
- 1907 - Cernova massacre: 15 people are killed in the Hungarian half of Austria-Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church for its consecration.
- 1914 - World War I: British super dreadnought battleship HMS Audacious is sunk off Tory Island, northwest of Ireland, by a minefield laid by German merchant cruiser Berlin.
- 1916 - Battle of Segale in Ethiopia.
- 1922 – Italian fascists, led by Benito Mussolini, begin their March on Rome.
- 1922 - A referendum in Rhodesia rejects the country's annexation (being taken control of) to the Union of South Africa.
- 1924 - Soviet Union: The Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic is founded.
- 1936 – Wallis Simpson files for divorce. She later marries Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, after he abdicates the throne.
- 1944 - World War II: German troops end the Slovak National Uprising in Banska Bystrica.
- 1953 - British nuclear test Totem 2 is carried out at Emu Field, South Australia.
- 1954 - Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the first African American to join the United States Air Force.
- 1958 – Iskandar Mirza is deposed as President of Pakistan.
- 1961 – Mauritania and Mongolia join the UN.
- 1961 - NASA tests the first Saturn I rocket in Mission-Saturn Apollo 1.
- 1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis: A nuclear war is narrowly avoided.
- 1962 - Rudolf Anderson of the United States Air Force becomes the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
- 1962 - A plane carrying Enrico Mattei, a post-war Italian administrator, crashes in mysterious circumstances.
- 1962 - Australian Dawn Fraser swims the 100 meter-backstroke in less than a minute, as the first woman to do so.
- 1964 - Ronald Reagan delivers "A Time for Choosing" speech at a Barry Goldwater campaign.
- 1966 - The UN removes South Africa's mandate over Namibia.
- 1968 - The 1968 Summer Olympics end in Mexico City.
- 1971 – The Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire.
- 1979 – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines become independent.
- 1981 - Soviet submarine U 137 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.
- 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.
- 1997 - Global stock markets crash because of financial meltdown fears.
- 1999 – Gunmen open fire on the Armenian Parliament.
From 2001[change | change source]
- 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.
- 2003 - Bomb attacks in Baghdad kill over 40 people.
- 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 Néstor Kirchner dies aged 60. He had been expected to run for President again in 2011.
- 2011 - Michael D. Higgins is elected President of Ireland.
- 2013 - Sebastian Vettel becomes the fourth driver to win four Formula One world titles in a row, and the youngest driver, at age 26, to do so.
- 2013 - Storms begin to affect parts of western and central Europe, causing destruction and disruption the next day.
Births[change | change source]
Up to 1900[change | change source]
- 921 - Chai Rong, Chinese Emperor (d. 959)
- 1196 - Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (d. 1222)
- 1401 – Catherine of Valois, Queen Consort of England (d. 1437)
- 1466 (assumed) – Erasmus of Rotterdam, Dutch writer and philosopher (d. 1536)
- 1703 - Johann Gottfried Graun, German violinist and composer (d. 1771)
- 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)
- 1760 - August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1831)
- 1763 - William Maclure, Scottish geologist (d. 1840)
- 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).
- 1828 - Jacob Dolson Cox, 28th Governor of Ohio (d. 1900)
- 1838 - John Davis Long, 32nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1915)
- 1842 – Giovanni Giolitti, Italian statesman (d. 1928)
- 1844 – Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish writer and pacifist (d. 1916)
- 1854 - William Alexander Smith, Scottish founder of the Boys' Brigade (d. 1914)
- 1858 – Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States (d. 1919)
- 1858 - Saito Makoto, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1936)
- 1869 - Viola Allen, American actress (d. 1948)
- 1873 - James J. Davis, Welsh-born American politician (d. 1947)
- 1877 - Walt Kuhn, American painter and cartoonist (d. 1949)
- 1877 – George Thompson, English cricketer (d. 1943)
- 1885 - Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish painter (d. 1948)
- 1889 - Fanny Durack, Australian swimmer (d. 1956)
- 1894 - Oliver Leese, English general (d. 1978)
- 1896 – Edith Brown, RMS Titanic survivor (d. 1997)
1901 – 1950[change | change source]
- 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)
- 1910 - Jack Carson, Canadian actor (d. 1963)
- 1911 - Leif Erickson, American actor (d. 1986)
- 1913 - Joe Medicine Crow, American tribal historian, anthropologist and author (d. 2016)
- 1914 – Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet (d. 1953)
- 1916 - Kazimierz Brandys, Polish writer (d. 2000)
- 1917 – Oliver Tambo, South African activist (d. 1993)
- 1917 - Arne Andersson, Swedish athlete (d. 2009)
- 1918 - Edgar Herschler, 28th Governor of Wyoming (d. 1990)
- 1918 – Teresa Wright, American actress (d. 2005)
- 1919 - Tim M. Babcock, 16th Governor of Montana (d. 2015)
- 1920 – Nanette Fabray, American actress
- 1920 – K. R. Narayanan, President of India (d. 2005)
- 1922 - Ruby Dee, American actress (d. 2014)
- 1922 - Ralph Kiner, American baseball player (d. 2014)
- 1922 - Michel Galabru, French actor (d. 2016)
- 1922 - Carlos Andrés Pérez, President of Venezuela (d. 2010)
- 1923 – Roy Lichtenstein, American pop artist (d. 1997)
- 1923 - Ned Wertimer, American actor (d. 2013)
- 1924 - Bonnie Lou, American singer (d. 2015)
- 1925 – Warren Christopher, former United States Secretary of State (d. 2011)
- 1930 - Leo Baxendale, English cartoonist
- 1931 – Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian writer
- 1932 – Sylvia Plath, American poet (d. 1963)
- 1932 - Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor (d. 2007)
- 1933 - Floyd Cramer, American musician (d. 1997)
- 1937 - Peter Lustig, German television presenter (d. 2016)
- 1939 – John Cleese, British actor, writer, and Monty Python member
- 1940 – John Gotti, New York mafia boss (d. 2002)
- 1941 - Dick Trickle, American racing driver (d. 2013)
- 1945 – Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 35th President of Brazil
- 1945 - Arild Andersen, Norwegian composer and bassist
- 1946 - Steven R. Nagel, American astronaut, pilot and engineer (d. 2014)
- 1946 – Carrie Snodgress, American actress (d. 2004)
- 1946 - Ivan Reitman, Czech-Canadian actor, producer and director
- 1949 - Garry Talent, American musician (E Street Band)
- 1950 – Fran Lebowitz, writer
- 1950 - Sue Lloyd-Roberts, English journalist (d. 2015)
1951 – 1975[change | change source]
- 1951 - K. K. Downing, English musician (Judas Priest)
- 1951 - Carlos Frenk, Mexican-English physicist, cosmologist and academic
- 1952 – Roberto Benigni, Italian actor and director
- 1953 - Peter Firth, English actor
- 1954 - Mike Kelley, American artist (d. 2012)
- 1957 – Jeff East, American actor
- 1957 – Glenn Hoddle, English footballer
- 1958 – Simon Le Bon, British musician (Duran Duran)
- 1959 - Rick Carlisle, American basketball player and coach
- 1963 - Marla Maples, American actress and model
- 1963 - Farin Urlaub, German musician and songwriter
- 1964 - Mary T. Meagher, American swimmer
- 1967 – Scott Weiland, American musician Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver (d. 2015)
- 1967 - Simone Moro, Italian mountaineer
- 1970 – Adrian Erlandsson, musician (Cradle of Filth)
- 1971 - Elissa, Lebanese singer
- 1971 – Theodoros Zagorakis, Greek footballer
- 1972 – Maria Mutola, Mozambican athlete
- 1972 – Evan Coyne Maloney, documentary movie maker
- 1972 – Brad Radke, American baseball player
- 1975 - Zadie Smith, English novelist
- 1975 - Aron Ralston, American mountaineer and engineer
From 1976[change | change source]
- 1976 – Ariel Ibagaza, Argentine footballer
- 1977 – Jiří Jarosík, Czech footballer
- 1977 - Sheeri Rappaport, American actress
- 1978 - Toby Petersen, American ice hockey player
- 1978 – Vanessa-Mae, Singapore-born British musician
- 1980 - Tanel Padar, Estonian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1980 - Vaclav Noid Bartar, Czech singer and actor
- 1981 – Volkan Demirel, Turkish footballer
- 1982 - Takashi Tsukamoto, Japanese actor and singer
- 1984 – Kelly Osbourne, daughter of Ozzy Osbourne
- 1984 - Kostas Kapetanos, Greek footballer
- 1984 - Emilie Ullerup, Danish actress
- 1986 - David Warner, Australian cricketer
- 1987 - Yi Jianlian, Chinese basketball player
- 1987 - Viktor Genev, Bulgarian footballer
- 1988 – Evan Turner, American basketball player
- 1992 - Stephan El Shaarawy, Italian footballer
- 1992 - Emily Hagins, American director, producer and screenwriter
- 1994 - Eddie Alderson, American actor
- 1997 - Eden Taylor-Draper, English actress
- 1999 - Haruka Kudo, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
Deaths[change | change source]
Up to 1900[change | change source]
- 673 - Pope Agatho of Alexandria (b. 654)
- 939 – King Athelstan I of England (b. 895)
- 1271 - Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213)
- 1303 - Beatrice of Castile (b. 1242)
- 1312 - John II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275)
- 1327 - Elizabeth de Burgh, wife of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289)
- 1430 – Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1350)
- 1439 – Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1392)
- 1449 - Ulugh Beg, Persian astronomer, mathematician and Sultan (b. 1394)
- 1485 - Rudolf Agricola, Dutch writer and educator (b. 1444)
- 1505 – Tsar Ivan III of Russia (b. 1440)
- 1553 – Michael Servetus, Spanish theologian and doctor (b. 1511)
- 1561 - Lope de Aguirre, Spanish explorer (b. 1510)
- 1605 – Akbar the Great, Mughal Emperor (b. 1542)
- 1674 – Hallgrimur Petursson, Icelandic poet and hymnist (b. 1614)
- 1675 - Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (b. 1602)
- 1789 - John Cook, Governor of Delaware (b. 1730)
- 1880 - Thrasyvoulos Zaimis, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1827)
1901 – 2000[change | change source]
- 1917 - Arthur Rhys-Davids, English pilot (b. 1897)
- 1926 - Warren Wood, American golfer (b. 1887)
- 1935 - Ernest Eldridge, English racing driver (b. 1897)
- 1942 – Helmuth Hubener, German resistance activist (b. 1925)
- 1954 - Harry Tate, American soccer player (b. 1886)
- 1962 - Rudolf Anderson, American pilot (b. 1927)
- 1962 – Enrico Mattei, Italian politician (b. 1906)
- 1968 – Lise Meitner, German physicist (b. 1878)
- 1975 – Rex Stout, American novelist (b. 1886)
- 1980 - Steve Peregrin Took, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1949)
- 1980 – John Hasbrouck van Vleck, American physicist (b. 1899)
- 1986 - Sherman Adams, 67th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1899)
- 1990 – Xavier Cugat, Catalan-born bandleader (b. 1900)
- 1990 - Jacques Demy, French director (b. 1931)
- 1990 - Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor (b. 1922)
- 1999 – Vazgen Sargsyan, Prime Minister of Armenia (b. 1959)
- 1999 – Karen Demirchyan, Chairman of the Armenian Parliament (b. 1932)
From 2001[change | change source]
- 2001 - Pradeep Kumar, Indian actor, director and producer (b. 1925)
- 2003 – Walter Washington, American politician (b. 1915)
- 2003 - Stephanie Tyrell, American songwriter and producer (b. 1949)
- 2006 – Brad Will, American anarchist and independent journalist (b. 1970)
- 2010 – Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina (b. 1950)
- 2012 - Natina Reed, American singer, producer and rapper (b. 1979)
- 2012 - Hans Peter Henze, German composer (b. 1926)
- 2013 - Lou Reed, American musician (b. 1942)
- 2014 - Daniel Boulanger, French actor and writer (b. 1922)
- 2014 - Starke Taylor, American politician, Mayor of Dallas, Texas (b. 1922)
- 2014 - Shin Hae-chul, South Korean singer (b. 1968)
- 2015 - Philip French, British film critic (b. 1933)
- 2016 - Prince Mikasa, Japanese royal (b. 1915)
Observances[change | change source]
- Independence Day (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Turkmenistan)
