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{{pp-pc1}} {{pp-move-indef}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[312]] – [[Constantine the Great]] is said to have received his famous [[Vision of Constantine|Vision of the Cross]]. *[[1275]] – Traditional founding of the city of [[Amsterdam]]. *[[1524]] – French troops [[Italian campaign of 1524–25|lay siege to Pavia]]. *[[1553]] – Condemned as a heretic, [[Michael Servetus]] is burned at the stake just outside Geneva. ===1601–1900=== *[[1644]] – [[Second Battle of Newbury]] in the English Civil War. *[[1674]] – The French garrison in [[Grave, Netherlands|Grave]] surrenders the town to a Dutch army after [[Siege of Grave (1674)|a difficult siege]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Laguette |first1=J. A. |date=1974 |title=Beleg en herovering van Grave in 1674|url=https://www.militairespectator.nl/sites/default/files/bestanden/uitgaven/1918/1974/1974-0547-01-0157.PDF|journal=Militaire Spectator |pages=547–556|language=Dutch}}</ref> *[[1682]] – [[Philadelphia]] is founded in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. *[[1775]] – [[George III|King George III]] expands on his [[Proclamation of Rebellion]] in the Thirteen Colonies in his speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/amrev/shots/address.html| title = Proclamation of Rebellion| website = [[Library of Congress]]}}</ref> *[[1795]] – The United States and Spain sign the [[Treaty of Madrid (1795)|Treaty of Madrid]], which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U.S. *[[1806]] – The French Army under Napoleon [[Fall of Berlin (1806)|enters Berlin]] following the Prussian defeat at the [[Battle of Jena–Auerstedt]]. *[[1810]] – United States annexes the former Spanish colony of [[West Florida]]. *[[1838]] – Missouri governor [[Lilburn Boggs]] issues the [[Extermination Order (Mormonism)|Extermination Order]], which orders all Mormons to leave the state or be killed. *[[1863]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces led by General [[William Farrar Smith|William F. Smith]] defeat [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces in the [[Battle of Brown's Ferry]], opening up a [[Military supply-chain management|supply line]] to the [[Chattanooga campaign|besieged]] city of [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Fight at Brown's Ferry|url=https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/fight-browns-ferry|publisher=American Battlefield Trust|website=Battlefields.org|access-date=October 29, 2024}}</ref> *[[1870]] – Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the [[Siege of Metz (1870)|Siege of Metz]] along with 140,000 French soldiers. ===1901–present=== *[[1907]] – Fifteen people are [[Černová massacre|killed in Hungary]] when gendarmes opened fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration. *[[1914]] – [[World War I]]: The new British battleship [[HMS Audacious (1912)|HMS ''Audacious'']] is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser ''Berlin''. *[[1916]] – Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V, [[Battle of Segale|is defeated]] by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zewditu I. *[[1919]] – The [[Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents#Fourth Congress (October 1919)|Fourth Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents]] is held by the [[Makhnovshchina]] at [[Zaporizhzhia|Oleksandrivsk]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Michael|last=Malet|url=https://libcom.org/library/nestro-makhno-russian-civil-war|title=Nestor Makhno in the Russian Civil War|year=1982|isbn=0-333-25969-6|oclc=1194667963|publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]]|location=[[London]]|pages=108–109}}</ref> *[[1922]] – A [[Southern Rhodesian government referendum, 1922|referendum]] in Rhodesia rejects the country's annexation to the South African Union. *[[1924]] – The [[Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic|Uzbek SSR]] is founded in the Soviet Union. *[[1930]] – Ratifications exchanged in London for the first [[London Naval Treaty]] go into effect immediately, further limiting the expensive naval arms race among its five signatories. *[[1936]] – Mrs. Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry [[King Edward VIII]] of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his [[Edward VIII abdication crisis|abdication]] from the throne.<ref>{{cite news|title=Divorce Decree for Mrs. Simpson|work=Liverpool Evening Express|date=27 October 1936|page=1}}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[World War II]]: [[Wehrmacht|German forces]] capture [[Banská Bystrica]] during [[Slovak National Uprising]] thus bringing it to an end. *[[1948]] – [[1948 Donora smog|Ecological disaster]] in [[Donora, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Hamill, Sean D. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/us/02smog.html |title=Unveiling a Museum, a Pennsylvania Town Remembers the Smog That Killed 20|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date= November 1, 2008|access-date= November 2, 2008}}</ref> *[[1954]] – [[Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.]] becomes the first [[African-American]] general in the [[United States Air Force]]. *[[1958]] – Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is [[1958 Pakistani coup d'état|deposed]] by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier. *[[1961]] – NASA tests the first Saturn I rocket in [[SA-1 (Apollo)|Mission Saturn-Apollo 1]]. *[[1962]] – Major [[Rudolf Anderson]] of the United States Air Force becomes the only direct human casualty of the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]] when his U-2 reconnaissance airplane is shot down over Cuba by a Soviet-supplied surface-to-air missile. * 1962 – By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, [[Vasily Arkhipov (vice admiral)|Vasily Arkhipov]] averts nuclear war. *[[1964]] – [[Ronald Reagan]] delivers a speech on behalf of the Republican candidate for president, Barry Goldwater. The speech launches his political career and comes to be known as "[[A Time for Choosing]]". *[[1971]] – The [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] is renamed [[Zaire]]. *[[1979]] – [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]] gains its independence from the United Kingdom. *[[1981]] – Cold War: The {{ship|Soviet submarine|S-363}} runs aground on the east coast of Sweden. *[[1986]] – The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the [[Big Bang (financial markets)|Big Bang]]. *[[1988]] – Cold War: Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new [[Embassy of the United States, Moscow|U.S. Embassy in Moscow]] due to Soviet listening devices in the building structure. *[[1991]] – [[Turkmenistan]] achieves independence from the Soviet Union. *[[1992]] – United States Navy radioman [[Allen R. Schindler, Jr.]] is murdered by shipmate Terry M. Helvey for being gay, precipitating debate about gays in the military that results in the United States' "[[Don't ask, don't tell]]" military policy. *[[1993]] – [[Widerøe Flight 744]] crashes in [[Overhalla Municipality]], Norway, killing six people.<ref>{{cite web |author= |author-link= |year=1996 |title=Rapport om luftfartsulykke ved Namsos den 27. oktober 1993 med DHC-6-300 Twin Otter, LN-BNM |trans-title=Aviation accident report at Namsos on October 27, 1993 involving DHC-6-300 Twin Otter, LN-BNM |url=http://www.aibn.no/rapport-07-1996-pdf?pid=Native-ContentFile-File&attach=1 |publisher=[[Norwegian Safety Investigation Authority|Accident Investigation Board Norway]] |language=Norwegian}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Gliese 229B]] is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified. *[[1997]] – The [[1997 Asian financial crisis]] causes a [[October 27, 1997, mini-crash|crash]] in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. *[[1999]] – Gunmen [[Armenian parliament shooting|open fire]] in the Armenian Parliament, killing the Prime Minister and seven others. *[[2014]] – Britain withdraws from Afghanistan at the end of [[Operation Herrick]], after 12 years four months and seven days. *[[2017]] – [[Catalonia]] [[Catalan declaration of independence|declares independence]] from [[Spain]]. <!--PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE THIS LISTING without discussing first. Catalonia is fast becoming an extremely contentious topic on Wikipedia and there's a discussion to be had about whether or not this is worthy of inclusion here.--> *[[2018]] – A gunman opens fire on a [[Pittsburgh synagogue shooting|Pittsburgh synagogue]] killing eleven and injuring six, including four police officers. * 2018 – [[Leicester City F.C.]] owner [[Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha]] [[2018 Leicester helicopter crash|dies in a helicopter crash]] along with four others after a [[Premier League]] match against [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] at the [[King Power Stadium]] in Leicester, England.<ref>{{cite web|title=Leicester City owner confirmed dead in helicopter crash|url=https://news.sky.com/story/live-leicester-city-owner-confirmed-dead-in-helicopter-crash-11538203}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] founder and leader [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]] kills himself and three children by detonating a suicide vest during the U.S. military [[Barisha raid]] in northwestern [[Syria]].<ref name=bbc>{{cite web|website=BBC World News|title=Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: IS leader 'killed after US operation' in Syria|date=Oct 27, 2019|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50200339}}</ref><ref name=cnn>{{cite web|website=CNN Politics|title=President Trump: ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead|author1=Maegan Vazquez|author2=Zachary Cohen |date=Oct 27, 2019|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/27/politics/isis-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-operation-donald-trump/index.html}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[892]] – [[Emperor Ai of Tang]], Chinese emperor (d. 908) *[[921]] – [[Chai Rong]], Chinese emperor (d. 959) *[[1156]] – [[Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse]] (d. 1222) *[[1335]] – [[Taejo of Joseon]] (d. 1408) *[[1401]] – [[Catherine of Valois]] (d. 1437) *[[1561]] – [[Mary Sidney]], English writer, patroness and translator (d. 1621) *[[1572]] – [[Marie Elisabeth of France]], French princess (d. 1578) ===1601–1900=== *[[1615]] – [[Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg]], (d. 1691) *[[1661]] – [[Fyodor Apraksin]], Russian admiral (d. 1728) *[[1703]] – [[Johann Gottlieb Graun]], German violinist and composer (d. 1771) *[[1744]] – [[Mary Moser]], English painter and academic (d. 1819) *[[1760]] – [[August Neidhardt von Gneisenau]], Prussian field marshal (d. 1831) *[[1765]] – [[Nancy Storace]], English soprano (d. 1817) *[[1782]] – [[Niccolò Paganini]], Italian violinist and composer (d. 1840) *[[1806]] – [[Juan Seguín]], American colonel, judge, and politician, 101st [[List of mayors of San Antonio|Mayor of San Antonio]] (d. 1890) *[[1811]] – [[Stevens T. Mason]], American lawyer and politician, 1st [[Governor of Michigan]] (d. 1843) * 1811 – [[Isaac Singer]], American actor and businessman, founded the [[Singer Corporation]] (d. 1875) *[[1814]] – [[Daniel H. Wells]], American religious leader and politician, 3rd [[List of mayors of Salt Lake City|Mayor of Salt Lake City]] (d. 1891) *[[1838]] – [[John Davis Long]], American lawyer and politician, 34th [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] (d. 1915) *[[1842]] – [[Giovanni Giolitti]], Italian politician, 13th [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (d. 1928) *[[1844]] – [[Klas Pontus Arnoldson]], Swedish journalist and politician, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1916) *[[1854]] – [[William Alexander Smith (Boys' Brigade)|William Alexander Smith]], Scottish religious leader, founded the [[Boys' Brigade]] (d. 1914) *[[1858]] – [[Elliott Lewis (politician)|Elliott Lewis]], Australian politician, 19th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (d. 1935) * 1858 – [[Saitō Makoto]], Japanese admiral and politician, 30th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (d. 1936) * 1858 – [[Theodore Roosevelt]], American colonel and politician, 26th [[President of the United States]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1919) *[[1865]] – [[Charles Spencelayh]], English painter and academic (d. 1958) *[[1868]] – [[William Gillies (Australian politician)|William Gillies]], Australian politician, 21st [[Premier of Queensland]] (d. 1928) *[[1877]] – [[Walt Kuhn]], American painter and academic (d. 1949) * 1877 – [[George Thompson (cricketer)|George Thompson]], English cricketer and umpire (d. 1943) *[[1884]] – [[Shirō Takasu]], Japanese admiral (d. 1944) *[[1885]] – [[Sigrid Hjertén]], Swedish painter (d. 1948) *[[1890]] – [[Toshinari Shōji]], Japanese general (d. 1974) *[[1894]] – [[Agda Helin]], Swedish actress (d. 1984) * 1894 – [[Oliver Leese]], English-Welsh general (d. 1978) * 1894 – [[Fritz Sauckel]], German sailor and politician (d. 1946) * 1894 – [[Ye Shengtao]], Chinese writer, educator, and politician (d. 1988)<ref>{{Cite web |title=叶圣陶诞辰120周年 北大：其教育理念未过时 |url=http://sd.ifeng.com/dongying/jiaoyuzixun/detail_2014_10/29/3080357_0.shtml|website=sd.ifeng.com|access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1904]] – [[Riho Lahi]], Estonian journalist and author (d. 1995) *[[1906]] – [[Peter Blume]], Belarusian-American painter and sculptor (d. 1992) * 1906 – [[Earle Cabell]], American banker and politician, [[Mayor of Dallas]] (d. 1975) * 1906 – [[Kazuo Ohno]], Japanese dancer and educator (d. 2010) *[[1908]] – [[Lee Krasner]], American painter (d. 1984)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Oct. 27: Roberto Benigni, Kelly Osbourne |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/10/27/Famous-birthdays-for-Oct-27-Roberto-Benigni-Kelly-Osbourne/3171666819274/#:~:text=27%3A%20Roberto%20Benigni%2C%20Kelly%20Osbourne%20%2D%20UPI.com |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=25 October 2023 |date=27 October 2022}}</ref> *[[1910]] – [[Jack Carson]], Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1963) * 1910 – [[Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau]], American chemical engineer (d. 2000) *[[1911]] – [[Leif Erickson (actor)|Leif Erickson]], American actor (d. 1986)<ref name="UPI"></ref> *[[1913]] – [[Joe Medicine Crow]], American anthropologist, historian, and author (d. 2016) * 1913 – [[Luigi Piotti]], Italian race car driver (d. 1971) *[[1914]] – [[Ahmet Kireççi]], Turkish wrestler (d. 1979) * 1914 – [[Dylan Thomas]], Welsh poet and playwright (d. 1953)<ref name="UPI"></ref> *[[1915]] – [[Harry Saltzman]], Canadian-French production manager and producer (d. 1994) *[[1917]] – [[Augustine Harris]], English bishop (d. 2007) * 1917 – [[Oliver Tambo]], South African lawyer and politician (d. 1993) *[[1918]] – [[Mihkel Mathiesen]], Estonian engineer and politician (d. 2003) * 1918 – [[Teresa Wright]], American actress and singer (d. 2005) *[[1920]] – [[Nanette Fabray]], American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2018)<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1920 – [[K. R. Narayanan]], Indian lawyer and politician, 10th [[President of India]] (d. 2005) *[[1921]] – [[Warren Allen Smith]], American journalist, author, and activist (d. 2017) *[[1922]] – [[Poul Bundgaard]], Danish actor and singer (d. 1998) * 1922 – [[Ruby Dee]], American actress and poet (d. 2014) * 1922 – [[Michel Galabru]], French actor and playwright (d. 2016) * 1922 – [[Ralph Kiner]], American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2014)<ref name="UPI"></ref> *[[1923]] – [[Roy Lichtenstein]], American painter and sculptor (d. 1997)<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1923 – [[Ned Wertimer]], American actor (d. 2013) *[[1924]] – [[Bonnie Lou]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2015) *[[1925]] – [[Warren Christopher]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 63rd [[United States Secretary of State]] (d. 2011) * 1925 – [[Jane Connell]], American actress and singer (d. 2013) * 1925 – [[Paul Fox (television executive)|Paul Fox]], English broadcaster (d. 2024) * 1925 – [[Monica Sims]], English radio host and producer (d. 2018) *[[1926]] – [[Boris Chetkov]], Russian painter (d. 2010) * 1926 – [[Henri Fertet]], [[French Resistance]] fighter (d. 1943)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ordredelaliberation.fr/fr/compagnons/henri-fertet |title=Henri Fertet |website=[[Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération]] |language=fr |access-date=2019-12-01}}</ref> * 1926 – [[H. R. Haldeman]], American businessman and diplomat, 4th [[White House Chief of Staff]] (d. 1993) * 1926 – [[Takumi Shibano]], Japanese author and translator (d. 2010) *[[1927]] – [[Dominick Argento]], American composer and educator (d. 2019) *[[1928]] – [[Gilles Vigneault]], Canadian singer-songwriter and poet *[[1929]] – [[Myra Carter]], American actress (d. 2016) * 1929 – [[Bill George (linebacker)|Bill George]], American football player (d. 1982) * 1929 – [[Maurice Robert Johnston]], English general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire]] *[[1930]] – [[Leo Baxendale]], English cartoonist (d. 2017) * 1930 – [[Barry Supple]], English historian and academic *[[1931]] – [[Nawal El Saadawi]], Egyptian physician, psychiatrist, and author (d. 2021) * 1931 – [[Anatoliy Zayaev]], Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2012) *[[1932]] – [[Jean-Pierre Cassel]], French actor (d. 2007) * 1932 – [[Harry Gregg]], Northern Irish footballer and manager (d. 2020) * 1932 – [[Dolores Moore]], American baseball player (d. 2000) * 1932 – [[Sylvia Plath]], American poet, novelist, and short story writer (d. 1963)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sylvia Plath {{!}} Biography, Poems, Books, Death, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sylvia-Plath |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1933]] – [[Floyd Cramer]], American singer and pianist (d. 1997) * 1933 – [[Ryō Hanmura]], Japanese author (d. 2002) *[[1934]] – [[Giorgos Konstantinou]], Greek actor, director, and screenwriter *[[1935]] – [[Maurício de Sousa]], Brazilian journalist and cartoonist * 1935 – [[Charlie Tagawa]], Japanese-American banjo player and educator (d. 2017) *[[1936]] – [[Neil Sheehan]], American journalist and author<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Neil Sheehan, fearless war correspondent who had huge exclusive with the Pentagon Papers |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/19070008.obituary-neil-sheehan-fearless-war-correspondent-huge-exclusive-pentagon-papers/ |website=HeraldScotland |date=5 February 2021 |access-date=3 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref> (d. 2021) *[[1937]] – [[Alma Powell]], American audiologist (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vries |first=Karl de |date=2024-07-29 |title=Alma Powell, wife of late Secretary of State Colin Powell, dies at 86 {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/29/politics/alma-powell-dies/index.html |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/07/29/alma-powell-death/|title = Alma Powell, civic leader and widow of Colin Powell, dies at 86|last = Javaid|first = Maham|date = July 29, 2024|accessdate = July 29, 2024|newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]|url-access = limited}}</ref> *[[1938]] – [[Lara Parker]], American actress and author (d. 2023) *[[1939]] – [[John Cleese]], English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer<ref>{{cite web |title=John Cleese |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1392da6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711144726/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1392da6 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 11, 2016 |website=BFI |access-date=9 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1939 – [[Suzy Covey]], American scholar and academic (d. 2007) * 1939 – [[Dallas Frazier]], American country music singer-songwriter (d. 2022) * [[1940]] – [[Arthur Blessitt]], American Christian preacher (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Risen |first=Clay |date=January 24, 2025 |title=Arthur Blessitt, Who Carried a Cross Around the World, Dies at 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/us/arthur-blessitt-dead.html |access-date=February 8, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *1940 – [[John Gotti]], American mob boss (d. 2002) * 1940 – [[Maxine Hong Kingston]], American author and academic *[[1941]] – [[Dave Costa]], American football player (d. 2013) * 1941 – [[Warren Ryan]], Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster * 1941 – [[Dick Trickle]], American race car driver (d. 2013) *[[1942]] – [[Lee Greenwood]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1942 – [[Janusz Korwin-Mikke]], Polish journalist and politician *[[1943]] – [[Carmen Argenziano]], American actor and producer (d. 2019) * 1943 – [[Jerry Rook]], American basketball player and coach (d. 2019) *[[1944]] – [[J. A. Jance]], American author and poet *[[1945]] – [[Arild Andersen]], Norwegian bassist and composer * 1945 – [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]], Brazilian union leader and politician, 35 and 39th [[President of Brazil]]<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1945 – [[Carrie Snodgress]], American actress (d. 2004) *[[1946]] – [[Peter Martins]], Danish dancer and choreographer * 1946 – [[Steven R. Nagel]], American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (d. 2014) * 1946 – [[Ivan Reitman]], Slovak-Canadian actor, director, and producer (d. 2022)<ref name="UPI"></ref> *[[1947]] – [[Terry A. Anderson]], American journalist (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite news|title=Terry Anderson, AP reporter abducted in Lebanon and held captive for years, has died at 76|last=Meldrum|first=Andrew|last2=Weber|first2=Christopher|date=21 April 2024|publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|url=https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireStory/terry-anderson-ap-reporter-held-captive-years-died-109479051|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427171932/https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireStory/terry-anderson-ap-reporter-held-captive-years-died-109479051|archive-date=27 April 2024|access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref> *[[1948]] – [[Kevin Borich]], New Zealand-Australian guitarist and songwriter<ref name="APRA Gonna See">{{cite web|publisher=[[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA)|title="Gonna See My Baby Tonight" at APRA search engine|url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Gonna%20See%20My%20Baby%20Tonight|access-date=17 April 2009}}</ref> *[[1949]] – [[Garry Tallent]], American bass player and record producer<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1950]] – [[Michael Driscoll (economist)|Michael Driscoll]], English economist and academic * 1950 – [[Fran Lebowitz]], American author<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1950 – [[Július Šupler]], Slovak ice hockey player and coach * 1950 – [[A. N. Wilson]], English journalist, historian, and author *[[1951]] – [[K. K. Downing]], English guitarist and songwriter<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1951 – [[Carlos Frenk]], Mexican-English physicist, cosmologist, and academic * 1951 – [[Nancy Jacobs]], American politician * 1951 – [[Jayne Kennedy]], American model, actress, and sportscaster<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1952]] – [[Roberto Benigni]], Italian actor, director, and screenwriter<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for October 27, 2022 includes celebrities John Cleese, Kelly Osbourne |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/10/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-october-27-2022-includes-celebrities-john-cleese-kelly-osbourne.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=25 October 2023 |date=27 October 2022}}</ref> * 1952 – [[Francis Fukuyama]], American political scientist, economist, and author * 1952 – [[Atsuyoshi Furuta]], Japanese footballer * 1952 – [[Topi Sorsakoski]], Finnish singer-songwriter (d. 2011) *[[1953]] – [[Peter Firth]], English actor<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1953 – [[Robert Picardo]], American actor, director, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1954]] – [[Jan Duursema]], American illustrator * 1954 – [[Mike Kelley (artist)|Mike Kelley]], American artist and musician (d. 2012) * 1954 – [[Chris Tavaré]], English cricketer and biologist *[[1955]] – [[Debra Bowen]], American lawyer and politician, 31st [[Secretary of State of California]] *[[1956]] – [[Patty Sheehan]], American golfer * 1956 – [[Babis Tsertos]], Greek singer-songwriter and [[bouzouki]] player *[[1957]] – [[Glenn Hoddle]], English footballer and manager * 1957 – [[Peter Marc Jacobson]], American actor, director, and producer *[[1958]] – [[Gordon Cowans]], English footballer * 1958 – [[David Hazeltine]], American pianist and composer * 1958 – [[Simon Le Bon]], English singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1958 – [[Jonathan Shapiro]], South African political cartoonist who uses the pseudonym Zapiro * 1958 – [[Felix Wurman]], American cellist and composer (d. 2009) * 1958 – [[Donnell Thompson]], American football player (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite news |date=September 17, 2024 |title=Lumberton football legend Donnell Thompson dies at 65 |url=https://www.robesonian.com/sports/304743/lumberton-football-legend-donnell-thompson-dies-at-65|work=Robesonian |access-date=September 18, 2024}}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[Rick Carlisle]], American basketball player and coach *[[1960]] – [[Tom Nieto]], American baseball player, coach, and manager *[[1963]] – [[David Hall (horse trainer)|David Hall]], Australian horse trainer * 1963 – [[Marla Maples]], American model and actress<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1963 – [[Tom McKean]], Scottish runner *[[1964]] – [[Mary T. Meagher]], American swimmer * 1964 – [[Mark Taylor (cricketer)|Mark Taylor]], Australian cricketer and sportscaster * 1964 – [[Ian Wells]], English footballer (d. 2013) *[[1965]] – [[Mohan Kapoor]], Indian television and film actor *[[1966]] – [[Steve Almond]], American author and educator * 1966 – [[Kit Malthouse]], English accountant and politician * 1966 – [[Hege Nerland]], Norwegian lawyer and politician (d. 2007) * 1966 – [[Masanobu Takashima]], Japanese actor *[[1967]] – [[Simone Moro]], Italian mountaineer and pilot * 1967 – [[Dejan Raičković]], Montenegrin footballer and manager * 1967 – [[Scott Weiland]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2015)<ref name="UPI"></ref> *[[1968]] – [[Alain Auderset]], Swiss author and illustrator * 1968 – [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]], Indian actor and producer * 1968 – [[Vinny Samways]], English footballer and manager *[[1969]] – [[Marek Napiórkowski]], Polish jazz guitarist and composer * 1969 – [[Michael Tarnat]], German footballer *[[1970]] – [[Karl Backman]], Swedish guitarist and songwriter * 1970 – [[Felix Bwalya]], Zambian boxer (d. 1997) * 1970 – [[Adrian Erlandsson]], Swedish drummer * 1970 – [[Jonathan Stroud]], English author * 1970 – [[Ruslana Taran]], Ukrainian sailor *[[1971]] – [[Stefano Guidoni]], Italian footballer * 1971 – [[Jorge Soto (footballer)|Jorge Soto]], Peruvian footballer * 1971 – [[Theodoros Zagorakis]], Greek footballer and politician *[[1972]] – [[Lee Clark (footballer)|Lee Clark]], English footballer and manager * 1972 – [[Elissa (Lebanese singer)|Elissa]], Lebanese singer * 1972 – [[Evan Coyne Maloney]], American director, producer, and screenwriter * 1972 – [[Maria Mutola]], Mozambican runner and coach * 1972 – [[Brad Radke]], American baseball player *[[1973]] – [[Jason Johnson (baseball)|Jason Johnson]], American baseball player * 1973 – [[Semmy Schilt]], Dutch kick-boxer and mixed martial artist *[[1975]] – [[Predrag Drobnjak]], Montenegrin basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Predrag Drobnjak |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1542/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=25 October 2023}}</ref> * 1975 – [[Nicola Mazzucato]], Italian rugby player and coach * 1975 – [[Aron Ralston]], American mountaineer and engineer *[[1976]] – [[Bobby Fish]], American professional wrestler * 1976 – [[Maneet Chauhan]], Indian-American chef and author * 1976 – [[Wilson Júnior (footballer, born 1976)|Wilson Júnior]], Brazilian footballer *[[1977]] – [[Jiří Jarošík]], Czech footballer * 1977 – [[Sheeri Rappaport]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1977 – [[Kumar Sangakkara]], Sri Lankan cricketer *[[1978]] – [[Sergei Samsonov]], Russian ice hockey player and scout * 1978 – [[Vanessa-Mae]], Singaporean-English violinist and skier *[[1979]] – [[Hiroyuki Yamamoto (footballer)|Hiroyuki Yamamoto]], Japanese footballer *[[1980]] – [[Sayuri Osuga]], Japanese speed skater and cyclist * 1980 – [[Tanel Padar]], Estonian singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1980 – [[Henriett Seth F.]], Hungarian autistic savant artist and author<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/professional/savant-syndrome/profiles-and-videos/profiles/henriett-seth-f-rain-girl/|title=Henriett Seth F.: Rain Girl|work=Wisconsin Medical Society|access-date=2018-04-11|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621095906/https://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/professional/savant-syndrome/profiles-and-videos/profiles/henriett-seth-f-rain-girl/|archive-date=2016-06-21|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Salem Al Fakir]], Swedish singer and keyboard player * 1981 – [[Sririta Jensen]], Thai actress and model * 1981 – [[Volkan Demirel]], Turkish footballer * 1981 – [[Kristi Richards]], Canadian skier *[[1982]] – [[Patrick Fugit]], American actor and producer * 1982 – [[Takashi Tsukamoto]], Japanese actor and singer *[[1983]] – [[Brent Clevlen]], American baseball player * 1983 – [[Martín Prado]], Venezuelan baseball player *[[1984]] – [[Yi Jianlian]], Chinese basketball player * 1984 – [[Kostas Kapetanos]], Greek footballer * 1984 – [[Kelly Osbourne]], English television personality<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1984 – [[Brady Quinn]], American football player * 1984 – [[Emilie Ullerup]], Danish-Canadian actress *[[1985]] – [[Sirli Hanni]], Estonian biathlete * 1985 – [[Sandra Volk]], Slovenian tennis player *[[1985]] – [[Alex Soros]], American investor and philanthropist<ref>{{cite web |title=Alex Soros |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-Soros |publisher=[[Encyclopedia Britannica]] |access-date={{Date}}}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Chris Butler (ice hockey)|Chris Butler]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Butler |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/chris-butler-8471761 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=25 October 2023}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Anna Cruz]], Spanish basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Anna Cruz |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/203813/anna-cruz |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=25 October 2023}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Christine Evangelista]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1986 – [[Crystal Langhorne]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Crystal Langhorne |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/201518/crystal-langhorne |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=25 October 2023}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Jon Niese]], American baseball player * 1986 – [[Matty Pattison]], South African-English footballer * 1986 – [[David Warner (cricketer)|David Warner]], Australian cricketer * 1986 – [[Lou Williams]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Lou Williams |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/101150/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=25 October 2023}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Thelma Aoyama]], Japanese singer * 1987 – [[Björn Barrefors]], Swedish decathlete and heptathlete * 1987 – [[Andrew Bynum]], American basketball player * 1987 – [[Guillaume Franke]], French-German rugby player *[[1988]] – [[Brady Ellison]], American archer * 1988 – [[Viktor Genev]], Bulgarian footballer * 1988 – [[Illimar Pärn]], Estonian ski jumper * 1988 – [[Evan Turner]], American basketball player *[[1989]] – [[Mark Barron]], American football player *[[1990]] – [[Alex Bentley]], American-Belarusian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Alex Bentley |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/203410/alex-bentley |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=25 October 2023}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Dimitrios Gkourtsas]], Greek footballer * 1990 – [[Oktovianus Maniani]], Indonesian footballer *[[1991]] – [[Shohei Takahashi]], Japanese footballer *[[1992]] – [[Stephan El Shaarawy]], Italian footballer * 1992 – [[Emily Hagins]], American director, producer, and screenwriter * 1992 – [[Brandon Saad]], American ice hockey player * 1992 – [[Daniel Sams]], Australian cricketer<ref name="DanielSams">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/826901.html |title=Daniel Sams |access-date=30 October 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Troy Gentile]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1993 – [[Kiefer Ravena]], Filipino basketball player *[[1994]] – [[Rasmus Ristolainen]], Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Rasmus Ristolainen |url=https://www.nhl.com/flyers/player/rasmus-ristolainen-8477499 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=25 October 2023}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Leon Draisaitl]], German ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Leon Draisaitl |url=https://www.nhl.com/oilers/player/leon-draisaitl-8477934 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=25 October 2023}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Rasmus Andersson]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Rasmus Andersson |url=https://www.nhl.com/flames/player/rasmus-andersson-8478397 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=25 October 2023}}</ref> * 1996 – [[Kim Woo-seok (singer)|Kim Woo-seok]], South Korean singer and actor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itopgroup.com/bbs/page.php?hid=KIMWOOSEOK_profile|title=Kim Woo Seok |publisher=[[TOP Media]]|access-date=January 15, 2022}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Lonzo Ball]], American basketball player * 1997 – [[James TW]], English singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web| url = https://thevogue.com/artists/james-tw/| title = James TW biography}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Haruka Kudo (singer)|Haruka Kudo]], Japanese singer and actress <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. --> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[939]] – [[Æthelstan]], English king<ref>{{cite web |title=Athelstan {{!}} king of England {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Athelstan |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=20 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * [[1052]] – [[Qirwash ibn al-Muqallad]], Uqaylid emir<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | last = Zetterstéen | first = K. V. | author-link = Karl Vilhelm Zetterstéen | title = Ḳarwās̲h̲ | encyclopedia = The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Volume II: E–K | location = Leiden and London | publisher = E. J. Brill | year = 1927 | pages = 781–782 | doi = 10.1163/2214-871X_ei1_SIM_3957 | url = http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2214-871X_ei1_SIM_3957}}</ref> * [[1269]] – [[Ulrich III, Duke of Carinthia]] (b. c.1220) * [[1272]] – [[Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy]] (b. 1213) * [[1277]] – [[Walter de Merton]], [[Lord Chancellor|Lord Chancellor of England]] * [[1303]] – [[Beatrice of Castile (1242–1303)|Beatrice of Castile]], wife of King [[Afonso III of Portugal]] * [[1312]] – [[John II, Duke of Brabant]] (b. 1275) * [[1326]] – [[Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester]] (b. 1262) * [[1327]] – [[Elizabeth de Burgh]], queen of [[Robert the Bruce]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Undiscovered Scotland: Timeline of Scottish History: 1300 to 1350 |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usfeatures/timeline/to1350.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref> * [[1329]] – [[Mahaut, Countess of Artois]] (b. 1268) * [[1331]] – [[Abulfeda]], Arab historian and geographer (b. 1273) * [[1430]] – [[Vytautas]], Lithuanian ruler (b. 1350) * [[1439]] – [[Albert II of Germany]] (b. 1397) * [[1441]] – [[Margery Jourdemayne]], executed for treasonable witchcraft * [[1449]] – [[Ulugh Beg]], Persian astronomer, mathematician and sultan (b. 1394) * [[1485]] – [[Rodolphus Agricola]], Dutch philosopher, poet and educator (b. 1443) * [[1505]] – [[Ivan III of Russia]] (b. 1440) * [[1513]] – [[George Manners, 11th Baron de Ros]], [[England|English]] nobleman * [[1553]] – [[Michael Servetus]], Spanish physician and theologian (b. 1511) * [[1561]] – [[Lope de Aguirre]], Spanish explorer (b. 1510) * [[1573]] – [[Laurentius Petri]], Swedish archbishop (b. 1499) ===1601–1900=== * [[1605]] – [[Akbar]], Mughal emperor (b. 1542) * [[1613]] – [[Gabriel Báthory]], Prince of Transylvania (b. 1589) * [[1617]] – [[Ralph Winwood]], English lawyer and politician, [[Secretary of State (England)|English Secretary of State]] (b. 1563) * [[1666]] – [[Robert Hubert]], French watchmaker (b. 1640) * [[1670]] – [[Vavasor Powell]], Welsh minister (b. 1617) * [[1674]] – [[Hallgrímur Pétursson]], Icelandic minister and poet (b. 1614) * [[1675]] – [[Gilles de Roberval]], French mathematician and academic (b. 1602) * [[1789]] – [[John Cook (governor)|John Cook]], American farmer and politician, 6th [[Governor of Delaware]] (b. 1730) * [[1812]] – [[Isaac Brock]], British army officer and administrator, Lieutenant Governor of [[Upper Canada]] (b. 1769) * [[1816]] – [[Santō Kyōden]], Japanese poet and painter (b. 1761) * [[1880]] – [[Thrasyvoulos Zaimis]], Greek soldier and politician, 48th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. 1822) ===1901–present=== * [[1917]] – [[Arthur Rhys-Davids]], English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897) * [[1926]] – [[Warren Wood]], American golfer and soldier (b. 1887) * [[1927]] – [[Squizzy Taylor]], Australian gangster (b. 1888) * [[1929]] – [[Théodore Tuffier]], French surgeon (b. 1857) * [[1930]] – [[Ellen Hayes]], American mathematician and astronomer (b. 1851) * [[1935]] – [[Ernest Eldridge]], English race car driver (b. 1897) * [[1942]] – [[Helmuth Hübener]], German activist (b. 1925) * [[1944]] – [[Judith Auer]], German World War II resistance fighter (b. 1905)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gdw-berlin.de/en/recess/biographies/index_of_persons/biographie/view-bio/judith-auer/?no_cache=1|title=Judith Auer|website=German Resistance Memorial Center|access-date=2019-08-03}}</ref> * [[1947]] – [[William Fay]], Irish actor and producer, co-founded the [[Abbey Theatre]] (b. 1872) * [[1949]] – [[Marcel Cerdan]], Algerian-French boxer (b. 1916) * [[1953]] – [[Thomas Wass]], English cricketer (b. 1873) * [[1957]] – [[James McGirr]], Australian politician, 28th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (b. 1890) * [[1962]] – [[Rudolf Anderson]], American soldier and pilot (b. 1927) * 1962 – [[Enrico Mattei]], Italian businessman and politician (b. 1906) * [[1968]] – [[Lise Meitner]], Austrian-English physicist and academic (b. 1878)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bailey Ogilvie |first1=Marilyn |last2=Harvey| first2=Joy |title=The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L–Z | location=London |publisher=Routledge| year=2000 |isbn=978-0-41592-040-7 |page=877}}</ref> * [[1974]] – [[C. P. Ramanujam]], Indian mathematician and academic (b. 1938) * [[1975]] – [[Rex Stout]], American detective novelist (b. 1886) * [[1977]] – [[James M. Cain]], American journalist and author (b. 1892) * [[1980]] – [[Judy LaMarsh]], Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd [[Secretary of State for Canada]] (b. 1924) * 1980 – [[John Hasbrouck Van Vleck]], American physicist and mathematician, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1899) * [[1982]] – [[Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes]], [[President of Guatemala]] (1958–1963) (b. 1895) * [[1988]] – [[Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]], English actor, singer, and pianist (b. 1914) * [[1990]] – [[Xavier Cugat]], Spanish-American violinist, bandleader, and actor (b. 1900) * 1990 – [[Jacques Demy]], French actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1931) * 1990 – [[Elliott Roosevelt (general)|Elliott Roosevelt]], American general and author (b. 1910) * 1990 – [[Ugo Tognazzi]], Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922) * [[1991]] – [[George Barker (poet)|George Barker]], English author and poet (b. 1913) * [[1992]] – [[David Bohm]], American-English physicist and philosopher (b. 1917) * 1992 – [[Allen R. Schindler, Jr.]] American sailor (b. 1969) * [[1996]] – [[Arthur Tremblay]], Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1917) * [[1997]] – [[Mahala Andrews]], British vertebrae palaeontologist (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ewan |first1=Elizabeth L. |last2=Innes |first2=Sue |last3=Reynolds |first3=Sian |last4=Pipes |first4=Rose |title=Biographical Dictionary of ScottishWomen |date=2007 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=978-0-7486-2660-1 |page=14 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zs6qBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA14 |language=en}}</ref> * [[1999]] – [[Robert Mills (physicist)|Robert Mills]], American physicist and academic (b. 1927) * 1999 – [[Charlotte Perriand]], French architect and designer (b. 1903) * [[2000]] – [[Walter Berry (bass-baritone)|Walter Berry]], Austrian lyric bass-baritone (b. 1929) * [[2001]] – [[Pradeep Kumar]], Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1925) * [[2002]] – [[Tom Dowd]], American record producer and engineer (b. 1925) * 2002 – [[Valve Pormeister]], Estonian architect (b. 1922) * [[2003]] – [[Rod Roddy]], American game show announcer (b. 1937) * 2003 – [[Stephanie Tyrell]], American songwriter and producer (b. 1949) * [[2004]] – [[Lester Lanin]], American bandleader (b. 1907) * 2004 – [[Paulo Sérgio Oliveira da Silva]], Brazilian footballer (b. 1974) * 2004 – [[Zdenko Runjić]], Croatian songwriter and producer (b. 1942) * [[2005]] – [[Jerry Cooke (photographer)|Jerry Cooke]], Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (b. 1921) * [[2006]] – [[Jozsef Gregor]], Hungarian opera singer (b. 1940) * 2006 – [[Reko Lundán]], Finnish journalist and author (b. 1969) * 2006 – [[Marlin McKeever]], American football player (b. 1940) * 2006 – [[Joe Niekro]], American baseball player (b. 1944) * 2006 – [[Brad Will]], American journalist and activist (b. 1970) * [[2007]] – [[Moira Lister]], South African actress (b. 1923) * [[2008]] – [[Chris Bryant (writer)|Chris Bryant]], English actor and screenwriter (b. 1936) * 2008 – [[Ray Ellis]], American conductor and producer (b. 1923) * 2008 – [[Frank Nagai]], Japanese singer (b. 1932) * 2008 – [[Roy Stewart]], Jamaican-English actor and stuntman (b. 1925) * [[2009]] – [[John David Carson]], American actor (b. 1952) * 2009 – [[August Coppola]], American author and academic (b. 1934) * 2009 – [[David Shepherd (umpire)|David Shepherd]], English cricketer and umpire (b. 1940) * 2009 – [[Taylor Mitchell]], Canadian singer and songwriter (b. 1990)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/woman-airlifted-after-attack-by-coyotes-in-cape-breton-1.447983|title=Woman airlifted after attack by coyotes in Cape Breton|date=October 27, 2009|work=CTV News|accessdate=May 13, 2018|archive-date=June 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615004453/https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/woman-airlifted-after-attack-by-coyotes-in-cape-breton-1.447983|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[2010]] – [[Néstor Kirchner]], Argentinian lawyer and politician, 51st [[President of Argentina]] (b. 1950) * [[2011]] – [[James Hillman]], American psychologist and author (b. 1926) * 2011 – [[Robert Pritzker]], American businessman, co-founded [[Marmon Group]] (b. 1926) * [[2012]] – [[Terry Callier]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945) * 2012 – [[Angelo Maria Cicolani]], Italian engineer and politician (b. 1952) * 2012 – [[Regina Dourado]], Brazilian actress (b. 1952) * 2012 – [[Hans Werner Henze]], German composer and educator (b. 1926) * 2012 – [[Rodney S. Quinn]], American colonel, pilot, and politician, 44th [[Secretary of State of Maine]] (b. 1923) * 2012 – [[Göran Stangertz]], Swedish actor and director (b. 1944) * [[2013]] – [[Noel Davern]], Irish lawyer and politician, [[Minister for Education (Ireland)|Minister for Education and Skills]] (b. 1945) * 2013 – [[Leonard Herzenberg]], American immunologist, geneticist, and academic (b. 1931) * 2013 – [[Luigi Magni]], Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1928) * 2013 – [[Lou Reed]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (b. 1942) * 2013 – [[Michael Wilkes]], English general and politician, [[Lieutenant Governor of Jersey]] (b. 1940) * 2013 – [[Vinko Coce]], Croatian opera and pop singer (b. 1954) * [[2014]] – [[Daniel Boulanger]], French actor and screenwriter (b. 1922) * 2014 – [[Shin Hae-chul]], South Korean singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1968) * 2014 – [[Starke Taylor]], American soldier and politician, [[List of mayors of Dallas|mayor of Dallas]] (b. 1922) * [[2015]] – [[Ayerdhal]], French author (b. 1959) * 2015 – [[Ranjit Roy Chaudhury]], Indian pharmacologist and academic (b. 1930) * 2015 – [[Betsy Drake]], French-American actress and singer (b. 1923) * 2015 – [[Philip French]], English journalist, critic, and producer (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite web |title=Philip French obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/27/philip-french |website=The Guardian |access-date=9 January 2022 |language=en |date=27 October 2015}}</ref> * [[2016]] – [[Takahito, Prince Mikasa]], member of the Imperial Family of Japan (b. 1915) * [[2018]] – [[Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha]], chairman of Leicester City F.C<ref>{{cite news |title=Leicester City confirm chairman's death |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-46013381 |website=BBC News |access-date=28 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=King Power Stadium incident |url=https://leics.police.uk/news-appeals/news/2018/10/28/king-power-stadium-incident-five-believed-dead |website=Leicestershire Police |access-date=28 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028224000/https://leics.police.uk/news-appeals/news/2018/10/28/king-power-stadium-incident-five-believed-dead |archive-date=28 October 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> (b. 1958) * [[2019]] – [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]], leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL); suicide (b. 1971)<ref name=bbc /><ref name=cnn /> * [[2023]] – [[Li Keqiang]], premier of [[China]] (b. 1955)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tan |first=Yvette |last2=McDonnell |first2=Stephen |date=27 October 2023 |title=Former China PM Li Keqiang dead at 68 |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67235777/ |access-date=27 October 2023}}</ref> <!-- Do not add yourself or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. --> ==Holidays and observances== * Christian [[feast day]]: ** [[Abbán]] ** [[Abraham the Poor]] ** [[Frumentius]] ([[Roman Catholic Church]]) ** [[Gaudiosus of Naples]] ** [[Kaleb of Axum]] ** [[Namatius|Namatius (Namace)]] ** [[Oran of Iona]] ** [[October 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] * [[Černová massacre|Černová Tragedy Day]] ([[Slovakia]]) * [[Flag Day (Greece)]] * [[Independence Day (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)]], celebrates the independence of [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]] from United Kingdom in 1979. * [[International Religious Freedom Act|International Religious Freedom Day (United States)]]<ref>https://editorials.voa.gov/a/international-religious-freedom-day/5139812.html</ref> * National Black Cat Day (United Kingdom)<ref name="usatodayncd">https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/pets/2024/10/25/set-superstition-aside-on-national-black-cat-day/75570857007/</ref> * [[Navy Day (United States)]] (unofficial, official date is October 13) * [[World Day for Audiovisual Heritage]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/27 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=10|day=27}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/october/27 |title=Historical Events on October 27 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:October 27}} [[Category:Days of October]]
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