27 October
October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining.
Events
Births
- 1466 (assumed) - Erasmus of Rotterdam, Dutch writer and philosopher
- 1728 - James Cook, British naval captain and explorer. (d. 1779)
- 1744 - Mary Moser, English painter and one of only two female founder members of the Royal Academy (d. 1819)
- 1782 - Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer
- 1811 - Isaac Singer, inventor of the sewing machine (d. 1875)
- 1811 - Stevens Thomson Mason, first governor of Michigan.
- 1858 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States (d. 1919)
- 1872 - Emily Post, etiquette authority (sometimes October 3, 1873 is given as her birthdate)
- 1912 - Conlon Nancarrow, composer
- 1914 - Dylan Thomas, British poet and writer (d. 1953)
- 1917 - Oliver Tambo, leader of the African National Congress
- 1918 - Teresa Wright, actress
- 1923 - Roy Lichtenstein, American artist
- 1924 - Ruby Dee, actress
- 1926 - H. R. Haldeman, Watergate scandal figure
- 1932 - Sylvia Plath, American poet (d. 1963)
- 1933 - Floyd Cramer, musician
- 1939 - John Cleese, British actor, comedian
- 1940 - John Gotti, American mobster (d. 2002)
- 1942 - Lee Greenwood, musician
- 1945 - Luís Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazilian President
- 1946 - Ivan Reitman, movie director, producer
- 1946 - Carrie Snodgress, actress
- 1947 - Terry Anderson, journalist, Middle Eastern hostage
- 1948 - Berni Wrightson, American artist
- 1950 - Fran Lebowitz, writer
- 1952 - Roberto Benigni, Italian actor
- 1953 - Peter Firth, actor
- 1953 - Robert Picardo, actor (Star Trek: Voyager)
- 1958 - Simon Le Bon, musician
- 1959 - Rick Carlisle, NBA basketball coach
- 1966 - Matt Drudge, Internet personality
- 1967 - Scott Weiland, musician ("Stone Temple Pilots")
- 1968 - Martin Clark, English snooker player
- 1972 - Maria Mutola, Mozambiquan athlete
- 1978 - Vanessa-Mae, violinist
- 1984 - Kelly Osbourne, American television personality
- 1985 - Dale Thompson, Canada Singer
Deaths
- 939 - King Athelstan I of England
- 1271 - Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy
- 1439 - Albert II of Habsburg, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
- 1449 - Ulugh Beg, Timurid astronomer
- 1505 - Ivan III of Russia
- 1949 - Marcel Cerdan, World Champion Boxer
- 1962 - Enrico Mattei, Italian politician
- 1968 - Lise Meitner, German physicist
- 1975 - Rex Stout, novelist
- 1977 - James M. Cain, novelist
- 1980 - Steve Peregrin Took, Singer/Song writer
- 1990 - Elliot Roosevelt, advertising executive
- 1990 - Xavier Cugat, musician
- 1996 - Morey Amsterdam, actor
- 2003 - Rod Roddy, television announcer
Holidays
Recorded this date
- 1903 "Silver Threads Among The Gold" (w. Eben E. Rexford m. Hart Pease Danks)
- Richard Jose
- 1911 "Day Dreams, Visions Of Bliss" (w. Harry B. Smith & Robert B. Smith m. Heinrich Reinhardt)
- Christie MacDonald & Lyric Quartette with O/Magee
- 1911 "There's A Girl In Havana" (w. Irving Berlin & E. Ray Goetz m. A. Baldwin Sloane)
- Beulah Young & Henry Burr
- 1913 "You've Got Your Mother's Big Blue Eyes" (w.m. Irving Berlin)
- Lillian Davis
- 1913 "When It's Apple Blossom Time In Normandy" (w.m Harry Gifford, Huntley Trevor & Tom Mellor)
- Harry Macdonough & Marguerite Dunlap
- 1916 "A Broken Doll" (w.m. James W. Tate & Clifford Harris)
- Nora Bayes with O/Rosario Bourdon
- 1916 "When John McCormack Sings A Song" (w. William Jerome & E. Ray Goetz m. Jean Schwartz)
- Nora Bayes
- 1921 "When Buddha Smiles" (w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown)
- Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
- 1922 "Till The Sands Of The Desert Grow Cold" (w. George Graff Jr m. Ernest R. Ball)
- Peter Dawson
- 1922 "Rolling Down To Rio" (w. Rudyard Kipling m. German)
- Peter Dawson
- 1922 "Drake Goes West" (Sanderson)
- Peter Dawson
- 1925 "Sweet Man" (w. Roy Turk m. Maceo Pinkard)
- Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
- 1925 "Sleepy Time Gal" (w. Joseph R. Alden & Raymond B. Egan m. Ange Lorenzo & Richard A. Whiting)
- Lewis James
- 1925 "Just A Cottage Small (By A Waterfall)" (w. B. G. De Sylva m. James F. Hanley)
- John McCormack
- 1926 "Because I Love You" (w.m. Irving Berlin)
- Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
- 1927 "Up In The Clouds" (w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Ruby)
- Franklyn Baur with Harry Archer & his Orchestra
- 1930 "Gorgonzola"
- Leslie Sarony with Jack Hylton & His Orchestra
- 1930 "I'm Twenty-One Today" (Kendal)
- Leslie Sarony with Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
- 1930 "Pick Up Tha' Musket"
- Stanley Holloway with piano Wolseley Charles
- 1930 "They Cut Down The Old Pine Tree" (w.m. Edward Eliscu, Billy Hill & Willie Raskin)
- Len Maurice (as Art Leonard)
- 1930 "The Face On The Bar-Room Floor" (w. Maurice De Witt m. Leonard Hope)
- Len Maurice (as Art Leonard)
- 1930 "There's Something About An Old-Fashioned Girl" (w.m. Lew Brown, B. G. De Sylva & Ray Henderson)
- Pat O'Malley w. chorus with Jack Hylton & His Orchestra
- 1930 "My Ideal" (w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting & Newell Chase)
- Pat O'Malley with Jack Hylton & His Orchestra
- 1932 "Let's Call It A Day" (w. Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson)
- Frank Marvin with Arden-Ohman Orchestra
- 1932 "Please" (w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger)
- Rudy Vallee
- 1932 "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?" (w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jay Gorney)
- Rudy Vallee & his Connecticut Yankees
- 1933 "My Hat's On The Side Of My Head" (w.m. Harry Woods & Claude Hurlburt)
- Al Bowlly with Ray Noble & his Orchestra
- 1933 "Thanks" (w. Sam Coslow m. Arthur Johnston)
- Al Bowlly with Ray Noble & his Orchestra
- 1938 "Do You Wanna Jump Children?" (w.m. James Van Heusen, Willie Bryant & Victor Selsman)
- Cab Calloway
- 1939 "I'll Remember" (Rich, Connelly)
- Cyril Grantham with Geraldo & his Orchestra
- 1939 "My Heart Belongs To Daddy" (w.m. Cole Porter)
- Evelyn Dove with Billy Cotton & his Band
- 1941 "I Hate You, Darling" (w.m. Cole Porter)
- Buddy Clark
- 1941 "Ev'rything I Love" (w.m. Cole Porter)
- Buddy Clark
- 1941 "Ev'ry Time" (w.m. Ralph Blane & Hugh Martin)
- Buddy Clark
- 1943 "My Ideal" (w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting & Newell Chase)
- Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen with Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra
- 1943 "When They Ask About You" (w.m. Sam H. Stept)
- Kitty Kallen with Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra
- 1944 "Right As The Rain" (w. E. Y. Harburg m. Harold Arlen)
- Celeste Holm & David Brooks
- 1947 "Bluegrass Breakdown"
- Bill Monroe
- 1950 "It Is No Secret" (w.m. Stuart Hamblen)
- Ink Spots
- 1950 "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" (w.m. Al Hoffman, Walter Kent & Mann Curtis)
- Frankie Laine w. Conlon Singers with O/Harry Geller
- 1951 "Charmaine" (w.m. Erno Rapee & Lew Pollack)
- Vaughn Monroe & his Orchestra
- 1953 "Not Since Nineveh" (w. & m. adapt Robert Wright & George Forrest)
- Danny Kaye with O/Sonny Burke
- 1958 "Green Christmas" (Stan Freberg)
- Stan Freberg featuring Daws Butler as Cratchet with Marvin Miller and Wil Wright & Jud Conlon chorale with Billy May & his Music
- 1959 "Young Emotions" (w. Mack David m. Jerry Livingston)
- Ricky Nelson
- 1960 "Spanish Harlem" (w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller)
- Ben E. King
- 1960 "Stand By Me" (King, Leiber, Stoller)
- Ben E. King with O/Stan Applebaum
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