Page 5: Historical Events In October - 27

1931  On this day in history david Bryant, English world champion bowler/tv-host   

1932  On this day in history jean-Pierre Cassel, Paris France, actor (Trout)   

1933  Floyd Cramer, La, cowboy singer (Last Date, On the Rebound) on this day in history.   

1933  On October - 27 julius Klengel, composer, dies at 74   

1934  On October - 27 david Barclay, British hotel magnate/multi-millionaire   

1935  On this day in history sDAP & NVV launchs "Plan for Work" in Utrect Netherlands   

1937  On October - 27 lara Parker, American actress   

1938  The DuPont company changes the world forever with the introduction of its new synthetic yarn "nylon." on October - 27.   

1938  DuPont announces its new synthetic fiber will be called "nylon" on this day in history.   

1938  On October - 27 maurice Hinchey, (Rep-D-New York)   

1938  Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1938  The DuPont company changes the world forever with the introduction of its new synthetic yarn: "nylon." on this day in history.   

1939  On October - 27 the birth of John Cleese, British actor and writer   

1939  On October - 27 john Cleese, Weston-Super-Mare England, comedian (Monty Python)   

1940  On October - 27 anthea Joseph, music producer   

1940  On October - 27 fini Valdemar Henriques, composer, dies at 72   

1941  On October - 27 an editorial in the Chicago Daily Tribune downplays the possibility of a US war with Japan, stating "Even our base at Hawaii is beyond the effective power of her fleet."   

1941  On October - 27 chicago Daily Tribune editorialize there will not be war with Japan   

1942  On October - 27 5th day of battle at El Alamein: heavy battles/Australian advance   

1943  Bela Reinitz, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history antwerp port is taken by the Allies.   

1944  On this day in history hertogenbosch & Tilburg freed from nazi occupation   

1944  On October - 27 iman J Van de Bosch, Belgian resistance fighter, dies   

1945  "Carib Song" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 36 performances on this day in history.   

1946  Georgi Domitrovs National Front wins Bulgaria elections (78%) on October - 27.   

1947  On October - 27 "You Bet Your Life", with Groucho Marx, premieres on ABC radio   

1947  On October - 27 groucho Marx hosts the radio premiere of You Bet Your Life, on ABC radio. (When the show later moved to TV, it jumped ship to NBC.)   

1947  "You Bet Your Life," with Groucho Marx, premieres on ABC radio on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history israel recaptures Nizzanim in the Negev   

1948  Albert Camus' "L'etat de Siege," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history paul Creston's 3rd Symphony "Triumph of St Joan," premieres   

1952  "My Darlin' Aida" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 89 perfs on this day in history.   

1953  On October - 27 zdzislaw Jachimecki, composer, dies at 71   

1954  B O Davis Jr becomes 1st black general in USAF on October - 27.   

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1156  Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222) was born on this day in history.   

1401  Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437) was born on this day in history.   

1466  Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536) was born on October - 27.   

1728  On October - 27 birth of james Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands   

1739  Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer was born on October - 27.   

1744  Mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819) was born on October - 27.   

1746  On this day in history birth of georg Anton Kreusser, composer   

1760  August W A Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal was born on this day in history.   

0925  On this day in history rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies   

0939  Aethelstan III, king of England, dies on this day in history.   

1271  On this day in history death of hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213)   

1312  Death of John II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275) on this day in history.   

1327  On this day in history death of elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289)   

1331  Aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies on this day in history.   

1430  On this day in history death of vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1350)   

1439  On October - 27 albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42