October 27
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[edit] Births
- 1466 (assumed) - Erasmus of Rotterdam, Dutch writer and philosopher
- 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.
- 1858 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States (d. 1919)
- 1877 - George Thompson, Northamptonshire all-rounder and mainstay in the county's earliest first-class days (d. 1943)
- 1914 - Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet
- 1918 - Teresa Wright, American actress
- 1920 - Nanette Fabray, American actress
- 1923 - Roy Lichtenstein, American pop artist (d. 1997)
- 1924 - Ruby Dee, American actress
- 1931 - Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian writer
- 1932 - Sylvia Plath, poet
- 1939 - John Cleese, British actor, writer, and Monty Python member
- 1940 - John Gotti, New York mafia boss
- 1946 - Carrie Snodgress, American actress (d. 2004)
- 1950 - Fran Lebowitz, writer
- 1957 - Jeff East, American actor
- 1958 - Simon Le Bon, musician, Duran Duran
- 1967 - Scott Weiland, musician, Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver
- 1970 - Adrian Erlandsson, musician, Cradle of Filth
- 1972 - Evan Coyne Maloney, documentary filmmaker
- 1972 - Brad Radke, baseball player
- 1977 - Jiří Jarosík, Czech footballer
- 1984 - Kelly Osbourne, daughter of Ozzy Osbourne
[edit] Deaths
[edit] Events
- 1976 - Foundation of University of Economics, HCMC, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- 2006 - Opening of Arsenal F.C.'s Emirates Stadium.
