Anniversaries 27 October

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Birth

Abu Bakr 4

First Muslim Caliph and a companion of Muhammad 573–634

Banda Singh Bahadur photo

Banda Singh Bahadur 4

Sikh military commander 1670–1716

James Macpherson photo

James Macpherson 46

Scottish writer, poet, translator, and politician 1736–1796

Joseph Strutt photo

Joseph Strutt 65

British engraver, artist, antiquary and writer 1749–1802

Ilia Chavchavadze photo

Ilia Chavchavadze 4

Georgian poet and politician; a saint of Georgian Orthodox … 1837–1907

David Law Proudfit photo

David Law Proudfit 2

American writer 1842–1897

E. W. Hobson photo

E. W. Hobson 20

British mathematician 1856–1933

Theodore Roosevelt photo

Theodore Roosevelt 445

American politician, 26th president of the United States 1858–1919

Emily Post photo

Emily Post 2

American etiquette expert 1872–1960

Herbert Farjeon photo

Herbert Farjeon 5

American playwright, theater manager, critic, and researche… 1879–1972

Enid Bagnold photo

Enid Bagnold 1

English dramatist, playwright, memoirist 1889–1981

Fritz Sauckel photo

Fritz Sauckel 15

German general 1894–1946

Alfred Whitney Griswold photo

Alfred Whitney Griswold 8

American historian 1906–1963

Lee Krasner photo

Lee Krasner 19

American artist 1908–1984

Karl William Kapp photo

Karl William Kapp 6

American economist 1910–1976

Daniel P. Mannix photo

Daniel P. Mannix 2

animal collector and author 1911–1997

Dylan Thomas photo

Dylan Thomas 50

Welsh poet and writer 1914–1953

K. R. Narayanan photo

K. R. Narayanan 40

9th Vice President and the 10th President of India 1920–2005

Ruby Dee 3

American actress 1922–2014

Roy Lichtenstein photo

Roy Lichtenstein 15

American pop artist 1923–1997

Douglas Huebler photo

Douglas Huebler 1

American conceptual artist 1924–1997

David Bryant (bowls) photo

David Bryant (bowls) 2

bowls champion 1931

Nawal El-Saadawi photo

Nawal El-Saadawi 4

Egyptian feminist writer, activist, physician and psychiatr… 1931

Sylvia Plath photo

Sylvia Plath 342

American poet, novelist and short story writer 1932–1963

Sylvia Plath photo

Sylvia Plath 1

American poet, novelist and short story writer 1932–1963

Gerald M. Weinberg photo

Gerald M. Weinberg 22

American computer scientist 1933–2018

Barry Sanders photo

Barry Sanders 2

American academic, author 1938

John Cleese photo

John Cleese 32

actor from England 1939

Khabibullo Abdusamatov photo

Khabibullo Abdusamatov 1

Russian astrophysicist 1940

John Gotti photo

John Gotti 3

American crime boss 1940–2002

Maxine Hong Kingston photo

Maxine Hong Kingston 7

Chinese American author 1940

Janusz Korwin-Mikke photo

Janusz Korwin-Mikke 43

polish politician 1942

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva photo

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva 10

Brazilian politician, 35th president of Brazil 1945

Fran Lebowitz photo

Fran Lebowitz 34

author and public speaker from the United States 1950

A. N. Wilson photo

A. N. Wilson 1

English writer 1950

Francis Fukuyama photo

Francis Fukuyama 8

American political scientist, political economist, and auth… 1952

Steve Almond photo

Steve Almond 3

American writer 1966

Matt Drudge photo

Matt Drudge 2

American internet journalist and talk radio host 1966

Jonathan Stroud photo

Jonathan Stroud 71

British writer of fantasy fiction 1970

Tope Alabi photo

Tope Alabi 4

Nigerian Gospel artist 1970

Kate Havnevik photo

Kate Havnevik 13

Norwegian singer-songwriter 1975

Aron Ralston photo

Aron Ralston 4

Mountain climber, autobiographer, motivational speaker 1975

Kumar Sangakkara photo

Kumar Sangakkara 20

Sri Lankan cricketer 1977

Susie Castillo photo

Susie Castillo 2

MTV VJ, Miss USA 2003 1979

Kelly Osbourne photo

Kelly Osbourne 5

English singer-songwriter, actress, television presenter an… 1984

Andrew Bynum photo

Andrew Bynum 1

American basketball player 1987

Death

Michael Servetus photo

Michael Servetus 7

Spanish physician and theologian 1511–1553

John Bascom photo

John Bascom 2

American academic administrator 1827–1911

Lascelles Abercrombie photo

Lascelles Abercrombie 3

Poet, academic, literary critic 1881–1938

Rex Stout photo

Rex Stout 30

American writer 1886–1975

Charles Coughlin photo

Charles Coughlin 5

Catholic priest, radio commentator 1891–1979

James M. Cain photo

James M. Cain 8

Novelist, short story writer, journalist 1892–1977

John Hasbrouck Van Vleck photo

John Hasbrouck Van Vleck 1

American physicist 1899–1980

Jacques Heurgon photo

Jacques Heurgon 1

French historian and classical philologist 1903–1995

Abba Lerner photo

Abba Lerner 3

American economist 1903–1982

Dwight Waldo photo

Dwight Waldo 13

American political scientist 1913–2000

George Barker photo

George Barker 4

British poet 1913–1991

David Bohm photo

David Bohm 42

American theoretical physicist 1917–1992

K. R. Malkani photo

K. R. Malkani 1

Indian politician 1921–2003

Moira Lister photo

Moira Lister 3

actress 1923–2007

Judy LaMarsh photo

Judy LaMarsh 33

Canadian politician, writer, broadcaster and barrister. 1924–1980

James Hillman photo

James Hillman 5

American psychologist 1926–2011

Allen Mandelbaum photo

Allen Mandelbaum 3

American poet and professor of literature, translator from … 1926–2011

John Conyers photo

John Conyers 6

American politician from Michigan 1929–2019

Karen Demirchyan photo

Karen Demirchyan 5

Soviet politician 1932–1999

Lou Reed 31

American musician 1942–2013

Ntozake Shange photo

Ntozake Shange 5

Contemporary African American writer and performance artist 1948–2018

Johanna Lindsey photo

Johanna Lindsey 8

American writer 1952–2019

Li Keqiang photo

Li Keqiang 2

Premier of the People's Republic of China 1955–2023

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi photo

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 11

leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 1971–2019