October 27th in History
October 27th in History
- 1987: Gilbert McNamee sentenced to 25 years in prison for being an IRA bombmaker
October 27th birthdays
- 1728: Captain James Cook, Discoverer of Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand
- 1782: Niccolo Paganini, Italian composer and violinist
- 1858: Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States
- 1914: Dylan Thomas, Welsh author and poet
- 1939: John Cleese, British actor and writer
