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Hubble Zooms In on a Galaxy That Maps the Universe’s Expansion

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Spiral Galaxy NGC 3370Hubble’s updated view of NGC 3370, richer in light and detail than ever before, deepens our understanding of both the galaxy and the cosmos itself. This new Hubble Picture of the Week highlights a galaxy that has been a favorite subject for more than two decades. Known as NGC 3370, this elegant spiral galaxy lies […]



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Bronze Age chisel with wooden handle found in cave – The History Blog

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An excavation earlier this year of the Pertosa-Auletta Caves in the province of Salerno, southern Italy, unearthed thousands of artifacts, including an extremely rare Bronze Age chisel with its wooden handle still intact and attached.

The Pertosa-Auletta Caves is the only cave system in Italy with a navigable river, and visitors are taken on guided tours by boat to an underground waterfall and the Great Hall, an enormous chamber 80 feet high. There is evidence of human occupation of the cave going back 8,000 years. The presence of the river has preserved organic materials in the cave, and previous excavations unearthed a prehistoric pile dwelling from the 2nd millennium B.C., a unique example on the European archaeological record of a pile house built in a subterranean environment.

Many of the artifacts recovered in the most recent campaign had a ritual purpose. Archaeologists identified coins, ornaments, unguent vessels, incense burners, sculpted figures and burned plant remains as deposits for an important cult structure built in the Hellenistic era (4th-1st century B.C.) in the underground riverbed. Among the notable objects found in the sacred area were a large piece of precious amber and a terracotta sculpture of a female head. They also found an extension of the 3,500-year-old pile dwelling.

The January-February excavation was part of a new three-year campaign that is scheduled to resume next month. For the first time, high school students will participate in the fieldwork thanks to a work training program that will give them the very special opportunity to learn about speleo-archaeological processes first-hand.



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Famous Deaths on October 27

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  • 925 Rhazes [Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyāʾ al-Rāzī], Persian physician, philosopher, and writer, dies at 60 (death disputed, 925 or 935)
  • 939 Athelstan, one of the greatest Anglo-Saxon kings, often regarded as the 1st king of England dies (b. 895)
  • 1271 Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader, dies at 59
  • 1312 John II, Flemish Duke of Brabant, Lothier and Limburg (1294–1312), dies at 37
  • 1327 Elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289)
  • 1331 Aboe al-Fida [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies
  • 1430 Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1350)
  • 1439 Albert II of Germany, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia, dies at about 42
  • 1449 Ulugh Beg, Timurid sultan of Samarkand and astronomer, assassinated at 56
  • 1485 Rudolphus Agricola [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist, scholar (De inventione dialectica), poet, and organist, dies at 41 or 42

Grand Prince of Moscow and Russia (1462-1505) who conquered Lithuania, dies at 65

Ivan the Great

  • 1542 Abraham ben Avigdor, rabbi/author (commentary on Tur), dies
  • 1553 Michael Servetus, Spanish theologian physician, burnt at stake for heresy at Champel near Geneva
  • 1561 Lope de Aguirre, Spanish conquistador (b. 1510)
  • 1573 Laurentius Petri, first Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1499)
  • 1580 John Bonga, beggar, dies

3rd Mughal Emperor of India (1556-1605), dies at 63

Akbar

  • 1617 Ralph Winwood, English politician (b. 1563)
  • 1651 Jan III van Foreest, Dutch lawyer, poet and mayor of Hoorn, dies at 65
  • 1652 Henry, count of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/gov of Hulst, dies
  • 1670 Vavasor Powell, Welsh non-conformist leader (b. 1617)
  • 1674 Hallgrímur Pétursson, Icelandic poet (b. 1614)
  • 1675 Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician, worked on geometry of curves, dies at 73
  • 1687 Renatus Rapinus [René Rapin], French Jesuit theologian and poet (Hortorum libri IV), dies at 65
  • 1725 Jacob Hop, Dutch politician and diplomat (treasurer of the Dutch republic), dies at 71
  • 1743 Christoph von Graffenried, Swiss nobleman and explorer who founded New Bern, British Province of Carolina (1710), dies at 82
  • 1771 Johann Gottlieb Graun, German violinist and composer, dies at about 67 (exact birthday uncertain, c. 1703)
  • 1781 Herman-François Delange, Belgian composer, dies at 66
  • 1789 John Cook, American farmer and Governor of Delaware (b. 1730)
  • 1822 Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, German pianist, composer and publisher, dies at 55
  • 1824 Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres, Swiss-Canadian cartographer and statesman, dies at 102
  • 1833 Ferdinand Franzl, composer, dies at 66
  • 1845 Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, French Physicist (Peltier effect 1834), dies at 60
  • 1848 Alexander Egorovich Varlamov, Russian composer, dies at 46
  • 1858 Ida Laura Pfeiffer, Austrian explorer and travel writer who made two round the world trips, dies at 61
  • 1864 Andreas Randel, Swedish composer, dies at 58
  • 1879 John Wilkins Whitfield, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 61
  • 1897 Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, granddaughter of George III, grandmother of Edward VIII and George VI and great-grandmother of Elizabeth II, dies at 63
  • 1917 Arthur Rhys-Davids, English flying ace (WW I), dies at 20
  • 1925 Wilhelm Gericke, Austrian composer, dies at 80
  • 1927 Joseph “Squizzy” Taylor, Australian gangster, dies of wounds following a gunfight with a rival gangster, John “Snowy” Cutmore, at 39
  • 1933 Julius Klengel, German cellist and composer, dies at 74
  • 1933 Meir Shapira, rabbi/organizer (Daf Yomi), dies
  • 1935 Ernest Eldridge, British auto racer (world land speed record 1924 at Arpajon, France; 1 mile −145.89 mph), dies from pneumonia at 40
  • 1938 Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet and critic (Revaluations), dies at 57
  • 1940 Fini Valdemar Henriques, composer, dies at 72
  • 1941 Ernest Everett Just, African-American embryologist (physiology of development, fertilization, cell division), dies of pancreatic cancer at 58
  • 1942 Helmuth Hübener, German anti-Nazi activist and pamphleteer, executed for treason at 17
  • 1943 Béla Reinitz, Hungarian composer, dies at 64
  • 1943 Isidor Traube, German chemist who founded capillary chemistry and researched liquids (osmosis, surface tension), dies at 83
  • 1944 Iman J Van de Bosch, Belgian resistance fighter, dies
  • 1949 Ginette Neveu, French child prodigy and concert violinist, dies in a plane crash on São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal at 30
  • 1949 Marcel Cerdan, French boxer (NBA, NYSAC, The Ring middleweight titles 1948-49), dies in a plane crash at 33
  • 1953 Zdzislaw Jachimecki, Polish composer and music historian, dies at 71
  • 1954 Franco Alfano, Italian opera composer (Puccini’s Turandot), dies at 78
  • 1954 Frank Druce, English cricket batsman (5 Tests, 1 x 50; Surrey CCC), dies at 79
  • 1954 Sydney Horler, English detective writer (Checkmate), dies at 66

American Baseball HOF pitcher (MLB ERA leader 1898 Chicago Colts/Orphans) and manager (Chicago WS, NY Highlanders, Cincinnati Reds, Washington Sens [owner]), dies at 85

Clark Griffith

  • 1955 Vladimir Mikhaylovich Deshevov, composer, dies at 66
  • 1958 Frederik Gerretson [Geerten Gossaert], Dutch historian, poet and politician, dies at 74
  • 1958 Joseph Klausner, Polish-Israeli new testament expert, dies at 84
  • 1962 Enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate (Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi), dies at 58
  • 1962 Fatso Marco, American actor and comedian (Milton Berle Show), dies at 56
  • 1962 Rudolph Anderson, U-2 pilot, shot down over Cuba
  • 1964 Sammee Tong, actor (Bachelor Father, Mickey), dies at 63
  • 1964 Willi Bredel, German anti-Nazi communist writer (Die Prüfung), dies at 63
  • 1965 Edythe Wright, American big band era singer (Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, 1935-39), dies of pancreatic cancer at 51
  • 1965 Leo van Puyfielde, Belgian art historian and museum curator (worked with Monuments Men during WWII to recover looted artifacts), dies at 83
  • 1966 Nigel Haig, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests; 1,000 runs and 100 wickets 1921, 27, 29 Middlesex CCC), dies at 78
  • 1968 Lise Meitner, Austrian-Swedish physicist (discovered the nuclear fission of uranium, dies at 89
  • 1969 Jaume Pahissa, Spanish-Catalan composer (Gala Placidia; Aurora de esperanza), and musicologist, dies at 89
  • 1972 Lew Parker [Austin Lewis Jacobs], American actor (Are You with It?, That Girl), dies from cancer at 64
  • 1973 Allan “Rocky” Lane, American western cowboy actor (voice of Mr Ed, Red Ryder), dies from cancer at 64
  • 1974 Rudolf Dassler, German entrepreneur (founder sportswear company Puma), dies at 76
  • 1975 H. V. Porter, American basketball coach and administrator (created fan-shaped backboard; moulded basketball, rules films), dies at 84
  • 1975 Rex Stout, American detective writer (Nero Wolfe), dies at 88
  • 1976 Deryck Victor Cooke, composer, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 57
  • 1977 (Anton) “Tony” Hulman Jr., American businessman and motorsport entrepreneur (owner of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 1945-77), dies of heart failure at 76
  • 1977 James M. Cain, American writer (Postman Always Rings Twice), dies at 85
  • 1977 Peg Leg Sam [Arthur Jackson], American country blues harmonica player, singer and comedian, dies at 65
  • 1979 Father Charles Coughlin, Canadian-American Roman Catholic priest and pro-Fascist radio broadcaster, dies at 88
  • 1980 John Van Vleck, American physicist, mathematician, and Nobel Laureate who pioneered the modern quantum mechanical theory of magnetism, dies at 81
  • 1980 Judy LaMarsh, Canadian lawyer, politician (Member of Parliament, 1960-68), author, and broadcaster (CBC Radio), dies of pancreatic cancer at 55
  • 1980 Steve Peregrin Took, English musician (Tyrannosaurus Rex), dies of a drug overdose at 31
  • 1981 John Warburton, British actor (Saratoga Trunk, King Rat, Cavalcade), dies at 82
  • 1985 Thomas Townsend Brown, American scientist (The Man Who Mastered Gravity), dies at 80 [1] [2]
  • 1986 Alan Branscombe, British jazz and session pianist, vibraphonist, and saxophonist (Tubby Hayes; Beatles – “Got To Get You Into My Life”), dies at 50
  • 1987 Vijay Merchant, Indian cricket batsman (10 Tests, 3 x 100, HS 154; Bombay CC), dies at 76
  • 1988 Charles Hawtrey, English actor (Carry On films), dies near London at 73
  • 1988 Hannah Tillich, German-American writer (Harbor Mouse) and wife of Paul Tillich, dies at 92
  • 1988 S B Fuller, founder (Fuller products), dies at 83
  • 1990 Elliott Roosevelt, American general, writer and son of FDR (Murder in the Oval Office), dies at 80
  • 1990 Jacques Demy, French film director and screenwriter (Lola; The Umbrellas of Cherbourg; Donkey Skin), dies of AIDS at 59
  • 1990 Princess Sophie von Hohenberg, daughter of assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (b. 1901)
  • 1990 Ugo Tognazzi, Italian comedy actor, director and screenwriter (La Cage Aux Folles, The Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 68
  • 1990 Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American bandleader, dies at 90
  • 1991 Andrzej Panufnik, Polish-British conductor and composer (Arbor Cosmica; Sinfonia Sacra), dies at 77
  • 1991 George Barker, English poet, dies at 78
  • 1991 Pyke Koch, Dutch magic realism painter (Dolores’ Breakfast), dies at 90
  • 1992 David Bohm, American-born physicist, philosopher, and neuropsychologist (b. 1917)
  • 1992 Roy Marshall, West Indian cricket batsman (4 Tests; Hampshire CCC, Barbados), dies from cancer at 62
  • 1994 Robert White, American guitarist (The Funk Brothers), dies of complications from open heart surgery at 57
  • 1994 Wally Halder, Canadian ice hockey forward (Olympic gold 1948, tournament top scorer), dies of cancer at 69
  • 1995 Mike Dutfield, documentary producer, dies in motorcycle accident at 48
  • 1995 Susi Hush, English television producer, dies at 49
  • 1996 Belinda Quirey, British dance historian and teacher, dies at 84
  • 1996 James Aubrey Turner, scientist, dies at 57
  • 1996 John Gregory, English ballet dancer, dies at 82
  • 1998 Gene Taylor, American politician (Rep-D-St Louis, 1973-89), dies at 70
  • 1999 Charlotte Perriand, French architect and furniture designer (Unité d’habitation), dies at 96
  • 1999 Frank De Vol, American pop arranger, composer (theme songs to My Three Sons, The Brady Bunch, Family Affair; Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte ), orchestra leader, and actor (Fernwood 2-Night – “Happy Kyne”; The Big Mouth), dies of congestive heart failure at 88
  • 1999 Lois Collier [Madelyn Earle Jones], American actress (A Night in Casablanca, Boston Blackie, Slave Girl), dies of Alzheimer’s disease at 80
  • 1999 Robert Mills, American physicist (quantum field theory), dies at 72
  • 1999 Vazgen Sargsyan, Armenian military commander and politician, Prime Minister of Armenia (1999), assassinated in the National Assembly at 40
  • 2000 Walter Berry, Austrian lyric bass-baritone singer, dies of a heart attack at 71
  • 2002 Charles O. Whitley, American politician (Rep-D-NC, 1977-87), dies at 75
  • 2002 Tom Dowd, American recording engineer and producer (innovator of multitrack recording), dies of emphysema at 77
  • 2003 Rod Roddy, American television announcer known for “Come on down! from “The Price is Right”, dies of cancer at 66
  • 2004 Claude Helffer, French classical pianist and composer, dies at 82
  • 2004 Lester Lanin, American high society ballroom dance orchestra leader (At the Tiffany Ball; Twistin’ in High Society!), dies at 97 [1] [2]
  • 2006 Brad Will, American anarchist and independent journalist (b. 1970)
  • 2006 Joe Niekro, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1979; NL wins leader 1979; Houston Astros; World Series 1987; NY Yankees), dies from a brain aneurysm at 61
  • 2006 Marlin McKeever, American NFL linebacker (Pro Bowl 1966; LA Rams), dies from injuries suffered in a fall at 66
  • 2007 Pierre Janssen, Dutch art museum director, dies at 81
  • 2008 Bernard W. Rogers, United States Army general who served as the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army and NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander, dies at 87
  • 2008 Ray Ellis, American record producer, arranger, conductor, and saxophonist (Billie Holiday, Barbra Streisand, Filmation Associates), dies of melanoma at 85
  • 2009 David Shepherd, English cricket umpire (92 Tests 1985–2005; 172 ODIs 1983–2005), dies from lung cancer at 68
  • 2009 Roy DeCarava, American photographer known for his photographs of jazz musicians (The Sound I Saw), dies at 89
  • 2010 Denise Borino, American actress (b. 1964)
  • 2010 James Wall, American actor and stage manager (b. 1917)
  • 2010 Néstor Kirchner, Argentine politician, President of Argentina (2003-2007), dies of heart failure at 60
  • 2010 Owen B Pickett, American politician (Rep-D-Virginia 1987-2001), dies at 80
  • 2011 David Rea, American finger-picking folk guitarist, singer, and songwriter (Maverick Child; Slewfoot), dies at 65
  • 2011 James Hillman, American psychologist, and educator (C.G. Jung Institute, Zurich), dies from bone cancer at 85
  • 2012 Hans Werner Henze, German composer, dies at 86
  • 2012 Terry Callier, American soul, folk and jazz guitarist, and singer-songwriter (“What Color Is Love”), dies of cancer at 67
  • 2013 Lou Reed, American rock singer-songwriter (Velvet Underground – “Sweet Jane”; solo -“Take A Walk On The Wild Side”), dies from liver disease at 71
  • 2015 Betsy Drake, American actress (Every Girl Should be Married), writer, and psychotherapist, dies at 92
  • 2016 Pentti Siimes, Finnish actor (Miriam), dies at 87
  • 2017 Jack Levy, English mechanical engineer, dies at 91
  • 2017 Ladislav Kubík, Czech-American composer (Aulos; Subterranean River) and educator (Florida State University, 1990-2017), dies at 71
  • 2018 Murray Khouri, New Zealand classical clarinet player (Australia Ensemble), writer, and broadcaster, dies at 77
  • 2018 Ntozake Shange, American playwright and poet known for “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf”, dies at 70
  • 2018 Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Thai businessman, sports team owner (Leicester City FC), dies in helicopter crash at 60
  • 2019 John Conyers, American politician (Rep-D-MI, 1965-2017), dies at 90
  • 2019 Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian author, activist, and dissident (To Build a Castle; Judgment In Moscow: Soviet Crimes and Western Complicity), dies of cardiac arrest at 76 [1]
  • 2020 Jimmy Orr, American NFL wide receiver (Pro Bowl 1959, 65; Super Bowl 1971; Baltimore Colts), dies at 85
  • 2021 Bernd Nickel, German soccer attacking midfielder (1 cap West Germany, 1972 Olympics; Eintracht Frankfurt 426 games, 141 goals), dies at 72
  • 2021 Bob Ferry, American basketball forward (St. Louis Hawks, Detroit Pistons, Baltimore Bullets) and executive (GM Washington Bullets; NBA Exec of the Year 1979, 82), dies at 84
  • 2021 Sandy Carmichael, Scottish rugby union prop (50 caps; British and Irish Lions 1971, 74; West of Scotland, Glasgow District), dies at 77
  • 2022 Bahaa Taher, Egyptian writer (1st winner International award for Arabic Fiction 2008), dies at 87
  • 2022 Gerald Stern, American poet, (The One Thing in Life), essayist (Some Secrets), and educator, dies at 97 [1]
  • 2022 Joyce Molyneux, British chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author, dies at 91
  • 2023 Anne Heywood [Violet Pretty], British-American actress (The Fox; The Nun and the Devil) and beauty queen (Miss Great Britain, 1950), dies of cancer at 91

Chinese Premier of the State Council and China’s head of government, dies of a heart attack at 68 [1]

Li Keqiang

  • 2023 Viktor Mamatov, Russian biathlete (Olympic gold USSR 4 × 7.5k relay 1968, 72; World C’ship gold 20k individual 1967, 4 × 7.5k relay 1969, 70, 71), dies at 86

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Famous Birthdays on October 27

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  • 1156 Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (1194-1222), born in Saint-Gilles, Gard, France (d. 1222)
  • 1401 Catherine of Valois, Queen of Henry V of England, born in Paris (d. 1437)
  • 1661 Fyodor Apraksin, Russian admiral (Great Northern War, Russo-Persian War) and Governor of Estonia and Karelia (1712-23), born in Russia (d. 1728)
  • 1739 Franz Ignaz Kaa, German composer, born in Offenburg, Baden-Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1818)
  • 1744 Mary Moser, English painter (Flowers Still Life), born in London (d. 1819)
  • 1746 Georg Anton Kreusser, German composer, born in Triefenstein, Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1810)
  • 1760 August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal, born in Schildau, Saxony (d. 1831)
  • 1761 Matthew Baillie, Scottish Physician (first systematic study of pathology in 1793), born in Shotts Manse, Lanarkshire (d. 1823)
  • 1762 Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp, Dutch count and Minister of Foreign affairs (1813-14), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1834)
  • 1763 William Maclure, Scottish-American Geologist (first geological map), born in Ayr, Scotland (d. 1840)
  • 1775 Traugott Maximilian Eberwein, German composer, born in Weimar, Duchy of Saxe-Weimar, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1831)
  • 1782 Niccolò Paganini, Italian violin virtuoso, and composer (24 Caprices for Solo Violin; Princess Lucca), born in Genoa, Republic of Genoa (d. 1840) [1]
  • 1800 Benjamin Franklin Wade, American politician, US Senator from Ohio (1851-69), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1878)
  • 1809 Peter Donders, Dutch Roman Catholic missionary to Suriname, born in Tilburg, Netherlands (d. 1887)

American inventor of the first practical home sewing machine, born in Pittstown New York

Isaac Singer

  • 1811 Stevens T. Mason, American politician (1st Governor of Michigan. 1835-40), born in Leesburg, Virginia (d. 1843)
  • 1814 Daniel H. Wells, Mormon leader and 3rd Mayor of Salt Lake City, born in Trenton, New York (d. 1891)
  • 1817 Anton de Kontski [Antoni Kątski], Polish-American pianist and composer (Awakening Of The Lion), born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1899)
  • 1828 Jacob Dolson Cox, Canadian-American statesman, lawyer, and Major General (Union Army), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1900)
  • 1829 Christopher Columbus Andres, American diplomat, newspaperman, author, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Hillsborough, New Hampshire (d. 1922)
  • 1838 John Davis Long, American politician (32nd Governor of Massachusetts 1880-1915), born in Buckfield, Maine (d. 1915)

5x Prime Minister of Italy (1892-93, 1903-05, 1906-09, 1911-14, 1920-21), born in Mondovì, Kingdom of Sardinia

Giovanni Giolitti

  • 1844 Klas Arnoldson, Swedish politician and pacifist (Nobel Peace 1908), born in Gothenburg, Sweden (d. 1916)
  • 1854 Sir William Alexander Smith, Scottish founder of the Boys’ Brigade, born in Pennyland House, Thurso, Scotland (d. 1914)

26th US President (R: 1901-09; Nobel 1906), born in New York City

Theodore Roosevelt

  • 1865 Charles Spencelayh, English painter (Why War), born in Rochester, Kent (d. 1958)
  • 1868 Annie Patterson, Irish organist, composer, and musicologist, born in Lurgan, Ireland (d. 1934)
  • 1872 Emily Post, American authority on social behaviour and writer (Etiquette), born in Baltimore, Maryland [or Oct 3rd, 1873] (d. 1960)
  • 1873 Henry Tate, Australian composer and poet, born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1926)

Owen D. Young

  • 1876 Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, Dutch actress (Un Soir Un Train), born in Pamekasan, Dutch Indies (d. 1976)
  • 1885 Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish modernist painter, born in Sundsvall, Sweden (d. 1948)
  • 1889 Enid Bagnold, British novelist (Chalk Garden, 1956 Award of Merit), born in Rochester, Kent (d. 1981)
  • 1892 Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author (Vidas Secas), born in Quebrangulo, Brazil (d. 1953)
  • 1892 Victor E. van Vriesland, Dutch poet (Mirror of Dutch Poetry), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1974)
  • 1894 Fritz Sauckel, German Nazi politician (General Plenipotentiary for Labour Deployment, 1942-45), and convicted war criminal, born in Hassfurt, Germany (d. 1946)
  • 1894 Oliver Leese, British World War II general, born in Westminster, London (d. 1978)
  • 1896 Edith Haisman, the oldest survivor of Titanic, born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 1997)
  • 1904 Ernő Schwarz, Hungarian-American soccer forward (2 caps Hungary; Ferencváros, NY Giants, NY Americans) and coach (United States [men] 1953-56), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1974)
  • 1906 Earle Cabell, American politician, 48th Mayor of Dallas (1961-64), born in Dallas County, Texas (d. 1975)
  • 1907 Helmut Walcha, a blind German organist (church music), born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1991)
  • 1907 Moises Frumencio da Costa Gomez, 1st Prime Minister of Dutch Antilles, born in Otrobanda, Curaçao (d. 1966)
  • 1908 Lee Krasner, American abstract expressionist painter, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1984)
  • 1909 Henry “Mule” Townsend, American blues singer, guitarist, and piano player, born in Shelby, Mississippi (d. 2006)
  • 1910 Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne and Guinness brewing heir, born in Mandatory Palestine (d. 1992)
  • 1910 Folke Eriksberg [Eriksberger], Swedish jazz and session guitarist, and composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1976)
  • 1910 Fred de Cordova, American film and TV producer (Tonight Show), born in New York City (d. 2001)
  • 1910 Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce), born in Manitoba (d. 1963)
  • 1911 Leif Erickson, American actor (Invaders from Mars, On the Waterfront), born in Alameda, California (d. 1986)
  • 1912 Conlon Nancarrow, American-Mexican composer, often of player piano music (Soundings 4), born in Texarkana, Arkansas (d. 1997)
  • 1912 Gösta Törner, Swedish hot jazz and session trumpeter and bandleader, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1982)
  • 1913 Joseph Medicine Crow, Native American chief and historian, born near Lodge Grass, Montana (d. 2013)
  • 1913 Otto Wichterle, Czech chemist and inventor of the soft contact lens, born in Prostjov, Moravia (d. 1998) [1]

Welsh poet and writer (Child’s Christmas in Wales), born in Swansea, Wales

Dylan Thomas

  • 1914 Stanislaw Brunstein, Polish-British artist who specialized in images of the lost world of Jewish Poland, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1994)
  • 1915 Harry Saltzman, Canadian theater and film producer (Goldfinger), born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada (d. 1994)
  • 1916 Bob de Lange [Jacob Bernard de Lange], Dutch actor and director (Daniel), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1978)
  • 1916 Kazimierz Brandys, Polish essayist and writer, born in Łódź, Poland (d. 2000)
  • 1917 Augustine Harris, British Bishop of Middlesbrough, born in West Derby, Liverpool (d. 2007)
  • 1917 Carl “Bama” Warwick, American jazz trumpeter (Dizzy Gillespie; John Kirby; Woody Herman; Buddy Rich), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2003)

South African lawyer, anti-apartheid politician and co-founder (African National Congress), born in Nkantolo, Bizana, South Africa

Oliver Tambo

  • 1918 Paul Dixon, Ohio talk show host (Paul Dixon Show), born in Albia, Iowa (d. 1974)
  • 1918 Teresa Wright, American actress (Shadow Of A Doubt; Pride of the Yankees; The Best Years of Our Lives), born in Harlem, New York (d. 2005)
  • 1919 Babs Gonzales [Lee Brown], American be-bop jazz vocalist, poet, and songwriter (“Oop-Pop-A-Da”), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1980)
  • 1920 K. R. Narayanan, 10th President of India (1997-2002), born in Uzhavoor, Kerala (d. 2005)
  • 1920 Nanette Fabray [Ruby Fabares], American actress and singer (Love Life, Caesar’s Hour, One Day at a Time), born in San Diego, California (d. 2018)
  • 1921 Anestis Logothetis, Austrian composer, born in Burgas, Bulgaria (d. 1994)
  • 1921 Warren Allen Smith, American gay rights activist and writer, born in Minburn, Iowa (d. 2017)
  • 1922 Carlos Andrés Pérez, President of Venezuela (1974-79, 89-94), born in Rubio, Venezuela (d. 2010)
  • 1922 George Young, Scottish soccer defender (54 caps; Rangers 293 games), born in Grangemouth, Scotland (d. 1997)
  • 1922 Poul Bundgaard, Danish comic actor (Olsen-banden films) and operetta singer (Royal Danish Theatre, 1958-73), born in Hellerup, Denmark (d. 1998)

American Baseball HOF left fielder (NL HR leader 1946–52; 6×MLB All-Star; Pittsburgh Pirates) and sportscaster (NY Mets), born in Santa Rita, New Mexico

Ralph Kiner

  • 1922 Ruby Dee (née Wallace), American Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actress (A Raisin in the Sun; American Gangster), poet, and civil rights activist, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2014)
  • 1923 Ned Wertimer, American actor (The Jeffersons), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2013)
  • 1923 Roy Lichtenstein, Pop art painter (painted comic book panels), born in New York City (d. 1997)
  • 1924 Alain Bombard, French biologist, physician, and politician who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in a small boat to test his theory that a shipwrecked person could survive without provisions, born in Paris (d. 2005)
  • 1924 Bonnie Lou [Mary Joan Okum], American rockabilly musician (“Tennessee Mambo”), born in Towanda, Illinois (d. 2015)
  • 1924 Gary Chester [Cesario Gurciullo], Italian-American session drummer (Ben E. King; Dionne Warwick; John Denver) and drum instructor, born in Siracusa, Italy (d. 1987)
  • 1924 George Wallington [Giacinto Figlia], Italian-American jazz pianist, composer (“Lemon Drop”; “Godchild”), and bandleader, born in Palermo, Sicily (d. 1993)
  • 1924 Michel Galabru, French actor (Judge & the Assassin), born in Safi, Morocco (d. 2016)
  • 1925 Albert Medwin, American electrical engineer (developed integrated circuits at RCA, led development first low power CMOS chips), born in New York City (d. 2020) [1]
  • 1925 Jane Connell, American actress (Jane-Stanley, Bridget-Dumpling), born in Oakland, California (d. 2013)
  • 1925 Mary Kay Stearns, American actress (Mary Kay & Johnny), born in Glendale, California (d. 2018)
  • 1925 Warren M Christopher, 63rd United States Secretary of State (1993-97), born in Scranton, North Dakota (d. 2011)

Nixon’s White House Chief of Staff during Watergate, born in Los Angeles, California

H. R. Haldeman

  • 1926 Nana Joshi, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (12 tests, 27 dismissals, 1 x 50; Maharashtra CC), born in Baroda, Gujarat, India (d. 1987)
  • 1927 Bernard Parmegiani, French composer (L’Oeil écoute – The Eye Listens), born in Paris (d. 2013)
  • 1927 Dominick Argento, American composer (Colonel Jonathan the Saint), born in York, Pennsylvania (d. 2019)
  • 1927 Edward Keinholz, American artist and sculptor, born in Fairfield, Washington (d. 1994)
  • 1928 Datta Gaekwad, Indian cricket batsman and captain (11 Tests, 1 x 50; Baroda CC), born in Vadodara, India (d. 2024)
  • 1928 Kyle Rote, College Football HOF halfback (SMU; 4 × Pro Bowl; NY Giants) and broadcaster (WNEW, NBC, WNBC New York), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2002)
  • 1928 Stefan Wewerka, German architect and sculptor, born in Magdeburg, Germany (d. 2013)
  • 1929 Bill George, American Pro Football HOF linebacker (8 × First-team All-Pro; 8 × Pro Bowl; Chicago Bears, LA Rams), born in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania (d. 1982)
  • 1929 Marino Iandiorio, Italian canned tomato pioneer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1994)
  • 1931 David Bryant, English lawn bowler (World Outdoor C’ship singles 1966, 80, 88; 4 x C’wealth Games gold singles), born in Clevedon, England (d. 2020)
  • 1931 Nawal el-Saadawi, Egyptian feminist writer and activist, born in Kafr Tahla, Egypt (d. 2021) [1]
  • 1932 Chuck Stobart, American college football coach (University of Toledo, University of Utah, University of Memphis), born in Middleport, Ohio (d. 2022)
  • 1932 Harry Gregg, Irish soccer goalkeeper (25 caps Northern Ireland; Manchester United) and manager (Shrewsbury Town, Swansea, Crewe Alexandra), born in Magherafelt, Northern Ireland (d. 2020)
  • 1932 Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor (Trout), born in Paris, France (d. 2007)
  • 1932 Kathy Cornelius, American golfer (US Open 1956), born in Boston, Massachusetts

American poet (The Colossus; Three Women), novelist (The Bell Jar), and posthumous Pulitzer Prize winner (Poetry, 1982), born in Boston, Massachusetts

Sylvia Plath

  • 1933 Earle Wells, New Zealand sailor (Olympic gold Flying Dutchman 1964), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2021)
  • 1933 Floyd Cramer, American Country Music Hall of Fame pianist (“Last Date”; “On the Rebound”), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 1997)
  • 1933 Valentin Boreyko, Russian rower (Olympic gold coxless pair [Oleg Golovanov] 1960), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 2012)
  • 1934 Barre Phillips, American jazz double bassist, based in France, born in San Francisco, California
  • 1934 David Barclay, British hotel magnate (The Ritz) and multi-billionaire, born in Hammersmith, London (d. 2021)
  • 1934 Frederick Barclay, British hotel magnate (The Ritz) and multi-billionaire, born in Hammersmith, London
  • 1934 Giorgos Konstadinou, Greek actor and director (Ta filarakia, Sofia …Orthi), born in Athens, Greece
  • 1934 Ivan Jullien, French jazz and session trumpeter and bandleader, born in Vincennes, France (d. 2015)
  • 1934 Phil Horrocks-Taylor, English rugby union fly half (9 caps England, 1 British & Irish Lions; Leicester Tigers), born in Halifax, England (d. 2021)
  • 1937 Lara Parker [Mary Rickey], American actress (Dark Shadows – “Angelique”; Save the Tiger; Race with the Devil), and novelist, born in Knoxville, Tennessee (d. 2023)
  • 1938 Elliot del Borgo, American music educator (SUNY/Crane School of Music, 1966-95) and composer (1980 Winter Olympics), born in Port Chester, New York (d. 2013)
  • 1938 Maurice Hinchey, American politician (Rep-D-New York, 1993-2013), born in New York City (d. 2017)
  • 1939 Dallas Frazier, American country music songwriter (“Alley Oop”; “Elvira”; “There Goes My Everything”), born in Spiro, Oklahoma (d. 2022)

John Cleese

  • 1940 Anthea Joseph, British folk music promoter, and record company publicist, born in London, England (d. 1997)

American mafia gangster and head of the Gambino family, born in The Bronx, New York

John Gotti

  • 1940 Julius Eastman, American pianist, vocalist, and minimalist composer (The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc; Gay Guerrilla), born in New York City (d. 1990) [1]
  • 1940 Maxine Hong Kingston, American author (The Woman Warrior), born in Stockton, California
  • 1941 Dick Trickle, American auto racer (7 x ARTGO C’ships, ASA AC-Delco Challenge C’ship 1984, 85; NASCAR Rookie of the Year 1989), born in Wisconsin Rapids (d. 2013)
  • 1942 Lee Greenwood, American country singer (“God Bless the USA”; “I Don’t Mind the Thorns (If You’re the Rose)”), born in South Gate, California
  • 1942 Mike Appel, American musician, songwriter and producer (Sir Lord Baltimore; Bruce Springsteen), born in Flushing, Queens, New York
  • 1942 Philip Catherine, Belgian jazz guitarist (Chet Baker; Stephane Grappelli; Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen; Jean-Luc Ponty), born in London, England
  • 1944 Bob Flick, American folk musician (The Brother Four – “Greenfields”), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
  • 1944 Piet Oudolf, Dutch garden designer (New Perennial style, High Line NY), born in Haarlem, Netherlands
  • 1945 Carrie Snodgress, American actress (Diary of Mad Housewife), born in Barrington, Illinois (d. 2004)
  • 1945 Dick Dodd, American rock drummer, singer (The Standells, 1964-68 – “Dirty Water”), and Mouseketeer, born in Hermosa Beach, California (d. 2013)
  • 1945 John Kane, British stage and screen actor (Royal Shakespeare Company; Doctor Who) and screenwriter (Terry and June), born in Dundee, Angus, Scotland

1945 35th President of Brazil (2003-11 and 2023-), born in Caetés, Pernambuco, Brazil

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Slovak-Canadian director and producer (Stripes; Ghostbusters; Dave; Private Parts), born in Komárno, Slovakia

Ivan Reitman

  • 1946 Leslie Byrne, American politician (Rep-D-Virginia), born in Salt Lake City, Utah
  • 1946 Peter Martins, Danish dancer and choreographer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 1946 Steven R. Nagel, American astronaut, USAF (STS 51-G, 61-A, 37, 55), born in Canton, Illinois (d. 2014)
  • 1946 Terry J. Hart, American astronaut (STS 41C), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • 1947 Terry Anderson, American journalist, US hostage held in Lebanon (1985-91), born in Lorain, Ohio (d. 2024)
  • 1948 Byron Allred, American rock keyboardist (Steve Miller Band), born in Logan, Utah
  • 1948 Sherman Robertson, American blues guitarist (I’m the Man), born in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana
  • 1949 Clifford Antone, American businessman, born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 2006)
  • 1949 Garry Tallent, American rock bassist and producer (E Street Band), born in Detroit, Michigan
  • 1949 Jack Daniels, American country guitarist (Highway 101 – “Cry, Cry, Cry”; “Who’s Lonely Now?”), born in Choctaw, Oklahoma,
  • 1949 Mike Kopetski, American businessman and politician (Rep-D-Oregon), born in Pendleton, Oregon
  • 1949 Robin Miller, American motorsports journalist (Indianapolis Star, Autoweek, Car and Driver, ESPN, Speed, NBCSN), born in Anderson, Indiana (d. 2021)
  • 1950 Fran Lebowitz, American author and actress (Resident Alien), born in Morristown, New Jersey
  • 1951 Carlos Frenk, Mexican-British cosmologist, born in Mexico

American CIA Case Officer and alleged Soviet spy who defected to the Soviet Union in 1985, born in Alamogordo, New Mexico

Edward Lee Howard

  • 1951 Jayne Kennedy, American actress (Body and Soul), born in Washington, D.C.
  • 1951 K. K. Downing, British rock guitarist (Judas Priest – “Breakin’ The Law”), born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England
  • 1951 Nancy Jacobs, American politician (R), Senator Maryland (1999-2015), born in Charleston, West Virginia
  • 1952 (Edward) “Ted” Wass, American actor (Soap – “Danny”; Blossom – “Nick’), and director, born in Lakewood, Ohio
  • 1952 Bill Bottrell, American Grammy Award-winning sound engineer, songwriter and record producer (Sheryl Crow; Shelby Lynne; Michael Jackson; Rosanne Cash), born in California

1952 Italian director and actor (Life Is Beautiful, The Tiger and the Snow), born in Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy

Roberto Benigni

  • 1953 Michael Baker, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 43, 52, 68, 81), born in Memphis, Tennessee
  • 1953 Peter Firth, English actor (Equus, Lifeforce, Tess), born in Bradford, England
  • 1953 Robert Picardo, American actor (Frame Up, Gremlins 2), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1954 Chris Tavaré, English cricket batsman (31 Tests, 2 x 100, 12 x 50, HS 149; Kent CCC, Somerset CCC), born in Orpington, England
  • 1954 Jan Duursema, American comic book artist (Star Wars comics), born in New Jersey
  • 1954 Uffe Steen, Danish jazz, rock and blues electric guitarist, born in Odense, Denmark
  • 1955 Debra Bowen, American politician, 31st Secretary of State of California (2007-15), born in Rockford, Illinois
  • 1956 Ben Besiakov, Danish jazz pianist and jazz-fusion keyboard player, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 1956 Jaq D. Hawkins, British author, occultist and lecturer, born in California

1956 American golfer (6 LPGA major titles; US Open 1992, 94), born in Middlebury, Vermont

Patty Sheehan

  • 1957 Glenn Hoddle, English soccer midfielder (53 caps; Tottenham; Monaco, Swindon, Chelsea) and manager (England, Southampton, Tottenham, Wolverhampton), born in London, England
  • 1957 Jeff East, American actor (Huckleberry Finn, Superman), born in Kansas City, Missouri
  • 1958 Hazell Dean [Poole], English disco singer (Always Doesn’t Mean Forever), born in Chelmsford, Essex, England
  • 1958 Manu Katché, French session and touring drummer (Peter Gabriel; Preface; Sting), born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
  • 1958 Simon Le Bon, English rock vocalist (Duran Duran – “Hungry Like The Wolf”), born in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England
  • 1959 Rick Carlisle, American basketball guard and head coach (Dallas Mavericks 2008-19; Indiana Pacers; NBA Coach of the Year 2002, Detroit Pistons), born in Ogdensburg, New York
  • 1959 Víctor Luna, Colombian soccer defender (21 caps; Atlético Nacional, América de Cali), born in Medellín, Colombia (d. 2024)
  • 1960 Oleg Bryjak, Kazakhstani-German bass-baritone opera singer (Deutsche Oper am Rhein), born in Jezkazgan, Kazakhstan, USSR (d. 2015)
  • 1961 Håkan Hardenberger, Swedish classical trumpet soloist, and conductor, born in Malmö, Sweden
  • 1961 Igor Butman, Russian-American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader, born in Lenningrad, Russia, Soviet Union
  • 1961 Joanna Scanlan, English actress (After Love), born in West Kirby, England
  • 1963 Deborah Moore, English actress (Danielle-Day of Our Lives), born in London

1963 American actress (Will Rogers Follies), ex-wife of Donald Trump, born in Dalton, Georgia

Marla Maples

  • 1964 Mark Taylor, Australian cricketer (genius Australian captain since 1994), born in Leeton, Australia
  • 1964 Mary T. Meagher, American swimmer (3 x Olympic gold 100/200m butterfly, 4x100m medley 1984; WR 100/200m butterfly 1981), born in Louisville, Kentucky
  • 1966 Matt Drudge, American political commentator and blogger (Drudge Report), born in Takoma Park, Maryland
  • 1966 Timm Rosenbach, NFL quarterback (New Orleans Saints), born in Everett, Washington

American rock singer-songwrite (Stone Temple Pilots; Velvet Revolver), born in San Jose, California

Scott Weiland

  • 1969 John Kasay, NFL kicker (Carolina Panthers), born in Athens, Georgia
  • 1970 Adrian Erlandsson, Swedish drummer (Cradle of Filth), born in Malmö, Sweden
  • 1970 Felix Bwalya, Zambian boxer, born in Chingola, Zambia
  • 1970 Vernon Lewis, NFL cornerback (NE Patriots), born in Houston, Texas
  • 1971 Jade Arcade, American comics artist and writer, born in Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1971 Jorge Soto, Peruvian soccer midfielder (101 caps; Sporting Cristal), born in Lima, Peru
  • 1971 Mike Ricci, Canadian NHL center (Colorado Avalanche), born in Scarborough, Ontario
  • 1971 Theodoros Zagorakis, Greek soccer midfielder (120 caps; Kavala, PAOK, Leicester City, AEK Athens, Bologna) and politician (Member European Parliament), born in Kavala, Greece
  • 1972 Brad Radke, American baseball pitcher (Minnesota Twins), born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
  • 1972 Elissa [Elissar Zakaria Khoury] Lebanese singer, born in Deir el Ahmar, Lebanon
  • 1972 James Deakin, Filipino-British television host, and automotive journalist, born in Manila, Philippines
  • 1972 Maria Mutola, Mozambican 800m runner (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
  • 1972 Marika Krook, Finnish singer (Edea), born in Stockholm, Sweden
  • 1973 Anthony Doerr, American writer (All the Light We Cannot See – Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2015), born in Cleveland, Ohio [1]
  • 1973 Monica Louwerens, Canadian-American actress (Power Rangers) and Miss America-Mississippi (Top 10, 1996), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
  • 1975 Aron Ralston, American mountaineer and motivational speaker (survived canyoning accident by cutting off arm), born in Marion, Ohio
  • 1975 Igor Lumpert, Slovene jazz-fusion saxophonist (The Sidewinders), born in Novo Mesto, Yugoslavia
  • 1977 Jiří Jarosík, Czech footballer, born in Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia
  • 1977 Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lankan cricketer, born in Matale, Sri Lanka
  • 1978 Dmitri Kogan, Russian concert violinist (Five Great Violins), born in Moscow, USSR (d. 2017)
  • 1978 Sergei Samsonov, Russian ice hockey player, born in Moscow, Soviet Union
  • 1978 Vanessa-Mae [Vanakorn Nicholson], Singaporean-British violinist and Olympic alpine skier, born in Singapore
  • 1979 Melanie Vallejo, Australian TV actress (Power Rangers Mystic Force), born in Adelaide, Australia
  • 1980 Missy Mazzoli, American classical composer (Breaking the Waves; The Listeners), and pianist, born in Lansdale, Pennsylvania
  • 1980 Tanel Padar, Estonian singer-songwriter (46th Eurovision Song Contest winner, 2001 – “Everybody”), born in Uhtna, Estonia
  • 1981 Han Hye-jin, South Korean actress (No Mercy), born in South Korea
  • 1981 Kristi Richards, Canadian freestyle skier (FIS World C’ship gold Moguls 2007, bronze 2011), born in Penticton, British Columbia
  • 1982 Dennis Moran, American computer hacker, born in Middlesex County, Massachusetts (d. 2013)
  • 1982 Patrick Fugit, American actor (Wristcutters: A Love Story), born in Salt Lake City, Utah
  • 1982 Takashi Tsukamoto, Japanese actor (Battle Royale), born in Tokyo
  • 1983 Brent Clevlen, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers), born in Austin, Texas
  • 1983 Kivanc Tatlitug, Turkish actor (Brave and Beautiful), born in Adana, Turkey
  • 1984 Brady Quinn, American football quarterback (Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos) and broadcaster (CBS Sports HQ, Fox Sports), born in Columbus, Ohio
  • 1984 Irfan Pathan, Indian cricket all-rounder (29 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 102, 100 wickets, BB 7/59; 120 ODIs; Baroda, Middlesex CCC, Kings XI Punjab, Delhi Daredevils), born in Vadodara, Gujarat, India
  • 1984 Kelly Osbourne, British television personality (The Osbournes, The Talk), born in Westminster, London
  • 1986 Alba Flores, Spanish actress (Money Heist), born in Madrid, Spain
  • 1986 David Warner, Australian cricket batsman (HS 335no 2019; 2nd highest by an Australian; “Sandpaper-gate” 2018 12-month suspension), born in Sydney, Australia
  • 1986 Inbar Lavi, Israeli actress (Prison Break, Lucifer), born in Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • 1986 Matty Pattison, South African footballer (Whickham), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
  • 1987 Andrew Bynum, American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers), born in Plainsboro Township, New Jersey
  • 1987 Yi Jianlian, Chinese basketball player (Milwaukee Bucks), born in Heshan, Guangdong, China
  • 1996 Samantha Logan, American actress (All American), born in Boston, Massachusetts
  • 1997 Jess Carter, English soccer defender (Birmingham, Chelsea, NJ/NY Gotham FC), born in Warwick, England

1997 American NBA basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers, New Orleans Pelicans, Chicago Bulls), born in Anaheim, California

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  • 625 Honorius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
  • 710 Saracens invade Sardinia
  • 939 Edmund I succeeds Athelstan as King of England
  • 1275 Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam
  • 1523 English troops occupy Montalidier, France
  • 1553 Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva
  • 1605 Spanish army under General Spinola occupies Wachtendonk

Invasion of Île de Ré

1627 English invasion force under Duke of Buckingham abandons assault on French fortress of Saint Martin on Île de Ré, returning with just 2989 troops out of nearly 7000

Second Battle of Newbury

1644 Second Battle of Newbury: King Charles I‘s Royalist army and the armies of Parliamentary fight an indecisive battle at Speen in Berkshire

  • 1651 English troops occupy Limerick, Ireland
  • 1676 Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire sign the Peace of Warsaw

Philadelphia Founded

1682 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is founded by Englishman William Penn

Robert Spencer Dismissed

1688 King of England James II dismisses adviser Robert Spencer

  • 1702 British troops plunder St Augustine, Florida
  • 1780 Samuel Williams and the first US astronomical expedition record an eclipse of the sun at Penobscot Bay
  • 1795 Pinckney’s Treaty [Treaty of San Lorenzo] is signed by Spain and the US, establishing the southern boundary of the US and giving Americans the right to navigate the Mississippi River
  • 1806 The French Army enters in Berlin
  • 1810 United States annexes West Florida from Spain
  • 1830 Major-General Baron D Chasse bombs Antwerp (Belgium revolution)
  • 1838 Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state or be exterminated
  • 1854 Chatham Rail disaster: gravel train hit by an express train at Baptiste Creek killing 52 people – then North America’s worst rail disaster [1]
  • 1863 Dutch railway to Harlingen opens
  • 1863 First Sanitation Fair to raise funds for US Civil War relief opens in Chicago organized by Mary Ashton Livermore
  • 1864 Battle of Boydton Plank Road, VA (Burgess’ Mill, Southside Railroad)

Sinking of the CSS Albemarle

1864 Confederate ship CSS Albemarle torpedoed and sunk by a spar torpedo mounted on a steam launch commanded by William B. Cushing

  • 1864 Second Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia near Richmond

Boss Tweed Arrested

1871 Democratic leader of Tammany Hall NY, Boss Tweed is arrested after the NY Times exposes his corruption

  • 1884 Architect Henry Hardenberghs Dakota apartment complex opens in NYC
  • 1893 Hurricane hits coast between Savannah, Georgia & Charleston, South Carlolina
  • 1896 1st Pali Road completed in Hawaii (winds so strong streams flow UP!)

Nocturnes

1901 1st complete performance of Claude Debussy‘s orchestral composition “Nocturnes” by the Lamoureux Orchestra conducted by Camille Chevillard, in Paris, France

  • 1904 The first section of the New York subway, running from Lower Manhattan to Broadway Harlem for a fare of one nickel and built by the Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT), opens
  • 1907 The first trial of the so called Eulenberg Affair, which will rock the highest circles of Germany, ends

Woodrow Wilson’s Vow

1913 In a speech in Mobile, Alabama, President Woodrow Wilson vows the US will “will never again seek one additional foot of territory by conquest” [1]

  • 1914 British battleship Audacious sunk by mine

PM Billy Hughes

1915 Andrew Fisher is replaced as Labour Prime Minister by William ‘Billy’ Hughes, who will advocate a more active role for Australians in the war

  • 1916 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.
  • 1917 20,000 women march in a suffrage parade in New York, US
  • 1919 Axeman of New Orleans claims last victim
  • 1920 League of Nations moves headquarters in Geneva
  • 1920 Westinghouse radio station in East Pittsburgh, KDKA is granted a Limited Commercial license by the Department of Commerce
  • 1922 1st commemoration of Navy Day (USA)
  • 1922 Dutch 2nd Chamber votes for child labor laws

Luigi Facta Resigns

1922 In Italy, Liberal Prime Minister Luigi Facta resigns after King Victor Emmanuel refuses request to declare martial law in the face of threats from Mussolini that “either the Government will be given to us or we will seize it by marching on Rome”

  • 1924 The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union
  • 1925 Water skis are patented by Fred Waller
  • 1931 Chuhei Numbu of Japan, sets then long jump record at 26′ 2½”
  • 1935 SDAP and NVV launches “Plan for Work” in Utrect, Netherlands
  • 1938 DuPont announces its new synthetic polyamide fiber will be called “nylon”
  • 1941 Chicago Daily Tribune editorialize there will not be war with Japan
  • 1942 5th day of battle at El Alamein: heavy battles/Australian advance
  • 1942 US aircraft carrier Hornet sinks off Santa Cruz
  • 1944 Hertogenbosch & Tilburg freed from nazi occupation
  • 1945 1st edition of Elseviers Weekly newspaper (Elseviers Magazine)
  • 1946 Georgi Domitrovs National Front wins Bulgaria elections (78%)

You Bet Your Life

1947 “You Bet Your Life” with Groucho Marx premieres on ABC radio

  • 1947 WMAR TV channel 2 in Baltimore, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting

The State of Siege

1948 Albert Camus‘ play “The State of Siege (L’État de siège)” premieres in Paris

  • 1948 Israel recaptures Nizzanim in Negev
  • 1950 Paul Creston’s 3rd Symphony, “Three Mysteries,” 1st performance with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra
  • 1954 Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
  • 1954 WISN TV channel 12 in Milwaukee, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting
  • 1955 Argentine peso devalued
  • 1955 Satomi Myodo, renews Zen nun vows & takes Buddhist name of Daien Myodo
  • 1957 Celal Bayar re-elected president of Turkey
  • 1957 WOWL TV channel 15 in Florence, AL (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
  • 1957 WPTA TV channel 21 in Fort Wayne, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
  • 1958 General Ayub Khan succeeds Iskander Mirza as President of Pakistan
  • 1958 WEDU TV channel 3 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
  • 1959 Rare Pacific hurricane kills 2,000 in Western Mexico
  • 1960 AL admits LA & Washington to the league
  • 1960 American pop and soul singer Ben E. King records “Spanish Harlem” and “Stand By Me” in NYC
  • 1961 1st Saturn launch vehicle makes an unmanned flight test
  • 1961 American Basketball League starts play

Music Premiere

1961 David Diamond’s 8th Symphony premieres with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

  • 1961 Outer Mongolia & Mauritania become 102nd & 103rd members of United Nations
  • 1961 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya & Sary Shagan USSR

1962 Black Saturday during the Cuban Missile Crisis: An American spy plane is shot down over Cuba and the navy drops warning depth charges on Soviet submarines

  • 1962 The plane of Enrico Mattei, Italian oil industry’s most powerful figure, crashes in mysterious circumstances
  • 1962 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
  • 1962 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

NHL Record

1963 Detroit Red Wings right wing Gordie Howe scores 544th career goal in 6-4 loss to Montreal Canadiens, tying Maurice Richard’s all-time NHL regular season record

  • 1964 Congo rebel leader Christopher Gbenye holds 60 Americans & 800 Belgians
  • 1965 WCFT-TV channel 33 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama (CBS) begins broadcasting
  • 1966 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
  • 1966 UN deprives South Africa of Namibia
  • 1966 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
  • 1967 4 people from Baltimore pour blood on selective service records
  • 1968 XIX Summer Olympic Games close at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario in Mexico City
  • 1969 Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to John Tinbergen

Event of Interest

1969 Ralph Nader sets up a consumer organization known as Nader’s Raiders

  • 1969 St Vincent & Grenadines gains associated status with Britain
  • 1971 Gerard Newe becomes the first Catholic to serve in any Northern Ireland government since 1920; Newe was appointed to try to improve community relations
  • 1971 Republic of Congo-Kinshasa becomes Republic of Zaire
  • 1972 Golden Gate National Recreation Area created
  • 1972 OPEC approves plan providing for 25 percent government ownership of all Western oil interests operating within Kuwait, Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia

Talking Book

1972 Tamla/Motown Records releases “Talking Book”, the 15th studio album by Stevie Wonder;includes the hit singles “Superstition”, and Grammy Awrd-winning “You Are the Sunshine of My Life”

  • 1973 1st time Islanders beat Rangers-3-2
  • 1973 Alabama sets offensive record (828 yds), beats Virginia Tech 77-6
  • 1974 French runner Chantal Langlacé sets female world marathon record (2:46:24) in Neuf-Brisach, France

Rock’s New Sensation

1975 Covers of both Time (“Rock’s New Sensation”) and Newsweek (“Making of a Rock Star”) magazines feature rock singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen after the release of his breakthrough album “Born to Run”

  • 1977 Amsterdam businessman M Caransa kidnapped
  • 1977 NASA launches space vehicle S-200

Full Employment Act

1978 US President Jimmy Carter signs Hawkins-Humphrey full employment bill

  • 1979 Islanders score 2 goals within 6 seconds 3 goals within 44 seconds
  • 1979 St Vincent & Grenadines becomes independent of UK (National Day)
  • 1979 Voluntary Euthanasia Society publishes how-to-do-it suicide guide
  • 1980 American Dave Gryllis sets world bicycle speed record of 94.37 km/h
  • 1980 MLB Houston Astros owner John McMullen replaces GM Tal Smith with Al Rosen

The Ayatollah Votes

1980 William Safire’s column entitled “The Ayatollah Votes” is published in the New York Times, and was later quoted in a campaign ad for Ronald Reagan in that year’s presidential election

  • 1981 Andrew Young, former UN Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia

Wrack My Brain

1981 Ringo Starr releases single “Wrack My Brain”, written and produced by George Harrison, and album “Stop and Smell the Roses” in the US

  • 1981 Soviet submarine S-363 runs aground near the Swedish naval base at Karlskrona in the “Whiskey on the Rocks” incident
  • 1982 China announces its population has reached over 1 billion people
  • 1982 IBM ROM is capable of EGA graphics
  • 1982 NASA launches the RCA-E into orbit
  • 1984 France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
  • 1984 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
  • 1984 Washington State University’s running back Rueben Mayes sets collegiate football record of 357 yards rushing in one game (at Oregon)
  • 1985 Anthony Carter begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions

Event of Interest

1985 Art thieves steal nine paintings, including five Monets and two Renoirs, from the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris

  • 1985 Hurricane Juan ravages US Gulf states & east coast, 49 die
  • 1986 British government deregulates financial markets in a “Big Bang,” enhancing London’s status as a financial capital while increasing income inequality
  • 1987 Lucas Mangopes Democratic Party wins Bophuthatswana elections
  • 1987 South Korean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution
  • 1988 “ET” released to home video (14 million presold)
  • 1990 Supreme Soviet of Kirghiz SSR chooses Askar Akayev as republic’s first president.
  • 1992 Don Baylor appointed 1st manager of MLB expansion team Colorado Rockies
  • 1992 Fox is to launch Tuesday night network TV, rescheduled to Decemeber
  • 1992 Great Britain issues a postage stamp on the 100th anniversary of J.R.R. Tolkien
  • 1992 Tipper Gore, wife of future Vice President Al Gore, admits to covering the clock on her VCR with black tape so she doesn’t have to watch it blink
  • 1993 Howard Stern Radio Show begins broadcasting in El Paso, Texas
  • 1995 Contract finalizing Cleveland Browns’ move to Baltimore is signed

Leaving Las Vegas

1995 Dramatic film “Leaving Las Vegas” directed by Mike Figgis and starring Nicolas Cage (Oscar for Best Actor) and Elisabeth Shue premieres

  • 1995 Latvia applies for membership in the European Union.
  • 1995 South African fast bowler Meyrick Pringle takes cricket hat-trick in England tour game at Soweto
  • 1996 US beats Japan, 21½-14½, at Nichirei International Golf Tournament
  • 1997 Dow Jones Industrial Average crashes 554.26 points (7.18%) to close at 7,161.15; tenth largest percentage decline in the index since 1915

Event of Interest

1997 Intel Corp buys Digital Equipment’s semiconductor manufacturing operation for $700 million

  • 1997 Microsoft argues it should be “free from government interference”
  • 1997 US releases a redesigned $50 bill; anti-counterfeit measures include color shifting ink, embedded security thread, and microprint

Election of Interest

1998 Helmut Kohl resigns as Chancellor of Germany after 16 years, following a landslide defeat in elections

  • 1999 Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, Parliament Chairman Karen Demirchyan, and 6 other members.
  • 2002 The British ITV Network airs a regional service for the last time in England and Wales, LWT loses its identity completely
  • 2005 Riots begin in Paris after the deaths of two Muslim teenagers.

Back to Black

2006 Amy Winehouse releases her second and final studio album “Back to Black”

  • 2008 The banking group BNP Paribas states that Australia is in a risky position with regards to the global financial crisis as foreign liabilities accounted for 60% of the nation’s GDP
  • 2011 Royal Australian Navy announces the discovery of the wreck of a World War II submarine, likely Japanese, in Simpson Harbour, Papua New Guinea, during Operation RENDER SAFE
  • 2012 46 people are killed and 123 injured in Iraq after a series of attacks and bombs
  • 2012 Thousands demonstrate in Madrid against proposed budget cuts
  • 2013 18 people are killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan
  • 2013 38 people are killed in a series of car bombings in Bagdhad, Iraq

2013 American Serena Williams wins her 4th season ending tennis title; beats Li Na of China 2–6, 6–3, 6–0 in the WTA Championship final in Istanbul, Turkey

2013 German Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel wins the Indian Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit to clinch his 4th straight F1 World Drivers Championship; 6th consecutive GP victory

  • 2013 Giorgi Margvelashvili wins the Georgian Presidential election in a landslide victory
  • 2014 “Montevallo” debut album by Sam Hunt is released (American Country Countdown Award Digital Album of the Year 2016, Billboard Album of the Year 2015)

1989

2014 Taylor Swift releases her 5th studio album “1989” (2015 Billboard Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Album of the Year 2016)

Event of Interest

2017 Catalan parliament meets and unilaterally declares independence from Spain

  • 2017 Indian surgeons successfully separate conjoined twins joined at the head in New Delhi, India
  • 2018 Australian 7-year old mare Winx wins unprecedented fourth consecutive Cox Plate at Moonee Valley in Melbourne; her record 29th-straight win and her 22nd Group 1 racing success
  • 2018 EPL club Leicester City’s billionaire Thai owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha dies in a helicopter crash in the carpark outside the club’s King Power Stadium following 1-1 draw against West Ham United
  • 2018 Gunman shoots and kills 11 people and injures six at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in an anti-Semitic attack
  • 2019 Argentine presidential election won by Alberto Fernandez, defeating sitting President Mauricio Macri
  • 2019 California Governor Gavin Newson declares state of emergency with multiple fires across the state, including Sonomoa County’s Kincade Fire burning over 30,000 acres

Sports History

2019 Tiger Woods scores a wire-to-wire 3-stroke win over Hideki Matsuyama at the inaugural Zozo Championship at Accordia Golf & Country Club, tying Sam Snead‘s record of 82 PGA victories

  • 2019 Wes Studi is the first Native American actor to receive an Oscar, an honorary award for career achievement
  • 2020 A record 69.5 million Americans have already voted, a week before election day, 50.4% of 2016 total vote [1]
  • 2020 Leader of the NXIVM cult Keith Raniere (60) sentenced to 120 years in prison for sex trafficking, racketeering, fraud and other crimes
  • 2020 Organizers of 96th East-West Shrine Bowl college football all-star game, benefiting Shriners Hospitals for Children, announce cancellation of game scheduled for January 23, 2021, in St. Petersburg, Florida, due to COVID-19 issues.

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  • 2020 WHO confirms Europe is in the midst of a 2nd COVID-19 wave with cases rising rapidly, 30% in a week, deaths rising 40%
  • 2021 Cleveland Guardians men’s roller derby team files lawsuit seeking to block MLB baseball Cleveland Indians name change
  • 2021 More than one million people in southern Madagascar are on the brink of famine according to Amnesty International, who urges world to provide relief

Event of Interest

2022 Elon Musk takes ownership and control of Twitter, immediately fires 4 executives [1]

  • 2023 Alliance of rebel armies begin Operation 1027, an offensive against the ruling military junta in Myanmar [1]
  • 2023 Gaza plunged into a total communications blackout as Israel launches one of its biggest nights of bombing so far [1]
  • 2023 Lewiston, Maine mass shooter who killed 18 people is found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his former place of employment [1]
  • 2023 Taylor Swift releases her “1989 (Taylor’s Version),” album, beating her own Spotify record for most streams in a day [1]

Lost Chopin Waltz

2024 A long-lost waltz by Frédéric Chopin is reportedly rediscovered after 200 years at the Morgan Library & Museum in Manhattan [1]

  • 2024 Japanese snap election sees the ruling Liberal Democratic Party lose its majority in the lower house amid a corruption scandal [1]

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  • 1982 China announces its population has reached over 1 billion people
  • 1986 British government deregulates financial markets in a “Big Bang,” enhancing London’s status as a financial capital while increasing income inequality

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  • 1960 American pop and soul singer Ben E. King records “Spanish Harlem” and “Stand By Me” in NYC

Oct 27 in Sport

  • 2019 Tiger Woods scores a wire-to-wire 3-stroke win over Hideki Matsuyama at the inaugural Zozo Championship at Accordia Golf & Country Club, tying Sam Snead‘s record of 82 PGA victories

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DuPont announces its new synthetic polyamide fiber will be called “nylon”

October 27, 1938


Fun Fact About October 27

The first section of the New York subway, running from Lower Manhattan to Broadway Harlem for a fare of one nickel and built by the Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT), opens

October 27, 1904

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Scientists Discover Brain Chemical Linked to Depression and Suicidal Thoughts

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Very Depressed Man Close UpA brain chemical called SGK1 may explain why childhood trauma increases depression risk. Blocking it could lead to better antidepressants. Neuroscientists from Columbia University and McGill University have identified a brain chemical that may explain why people who experienced trauma or adversity in childhood are more prone to depression and suicidal thoughts. Their findings reveal […]



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Cosmic Mystery: Brightest FRB Ever Seen Doesn’t Repeat, Baffling Astronomers

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CHIME Outriggers and RBFLOATThe brightest cosmic radio flash ever seen has been traced to a nearby galaxy, offering the clearest view yet of one of astronomy’s biggest mysteries. An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the University of Toronto, has detected the most luminous Fast Radio Burst (FRB) ever recorded. By combining data from a network of […]



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The Universe “Will End in a Big Crunch,” Physicists Warns

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Big Bang Universe ExplosionDark-energy evidence suggests the universe will end in a “big crunch” roughly 20 billion years from now. The universe is nearing the halfway point of what may be a 33-billion-year lifespan, according to new calculations by a Cornell physicist using updated dark energy data. The findings suggest that the cosmos will continue expanding for roughly […]



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How Far Can the Body Go? Scientists Find the Ultimate Limit of Human Endurance

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Dedicated Marathon Runner on RoadEven the most elite endurance athletes can’t outrun biology. A new study finds that humans hit a metabolic ceiling at about 2.5 times their resting energy burn. When ultra-runners take on races that last for hundreds of miles and continue for several days, they are not only challenging their mental endurance and physical strength. They […]



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