Page 5: Historical Events In October - 27

1931  On October - 27 david Bryant, English world champion bowler/tv-host   

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

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

1933  On this day in history julius Klengel, composer, dies at 74   

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

1935  SDAP & NVV launchs "Plan for Work" in Utrect Netherlands on October - 27.   

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 this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history duPont announces its new synthetic fiber will be called "nylon"   

1938  On this day in history maurice Hinchey, (Rep-D-New York)   

1938  On October - 27 lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic, dies at 57   

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  John Cleese, Weston-Super-Mare England, comedian (Monty Python) on this day in history.   

1940  Anthea Joseph, music producer on this day in history.   

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

1941  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." on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history chicago Daily Tribune editorialize there will not be war with Japan   

1942  On this day in history 5th day of battle at El Alamein: heavy battles/Australian advance   

1943  On October - 27 bela Reinitz, composer, dies at 64   

1944  Antwerp port is taken by the Allies on this day in history.   

1944  Hertogenbosch & Tilburg freed from nazi occupation on this day in history.   

1944  Iman J Van de Bosch, Belgian resistance fighter, dies on this day in history.   

1945  On October - 27 "Carib Song" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 36 performances   

1946  On October - 27 georgi Domitrovs National Front wins Bulgaria elections (78%)   

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

1948  Israel recaptures Nizzanim in the Negev on October - 27.   

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

1950  On October - 27 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 this day in history.   

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1156  On this day in history birth of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222)   

1401  On this day in history birth of catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437)   

1466  On October - 27 birth of erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536)   

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

1739  On October - 27 birth of franz Ignaz Kaa, composer   

1744  On this day in history birth of mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819)   

1746  Georg Anton Kreusser, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 October - 27.   

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 October - 27.   

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

1331  On October - 27 aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies   

1430  Death of Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1350) on this day in history.   

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