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September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. International holidays Independence Day - India National Heroes Day - Philippines Independence Day - Pakistan 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians Events 1122 - Concordat of Worms. 1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common September 2007 is the ninth month of that year It began on a Saturday September 2006 was marked by a controversy surrounding statements made by Pope Benedict XVI regarding Islam, during the same week as the fifth anniversary PortalCurrent events News collections and sources WikipediaNews collections and sources. September 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August September 27, 2003 September 2003 - please do not remove or delink the the date header September 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September September 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 95 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona, and is defeated again. Events By place Europe Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, continues his invasion of Italy with the approval of Byzantine Odoacer (435–493 also known as Odovacar (from the Germanic Audawakrs, meaning "watchful of wealth" was a Roman general and the Theodoric the Great (454 – August 30, 526) known to the Romans as Flavius Theodoricus, was king of the Ostrogoths (471-526 ruler of
• 1331 - the Battle of Plowce between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order took place. The Battle of Płowce took place on 27 September 1331 between Poland and the Teutonic Order. The Kingdom of Poland ( pol Królestwo Polskie, lat Regnum Poloniae, ukr The Teutonic Order is a German Roman Catholic religious order.
• 1540 - The Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III. The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order A charter is the grant of authority or rights stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified Pope Paul III ( February 29, 1468 &ndash November 10, 1549) born Alessandro Farnese, was Pope of the Roman
• 1590 - Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history. Pope History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and While the term " Pope " ( Latin: papa "father'" is used in several churches to denote their high spiritual leaders this title in English
• 1605 - The armies of Sweden are utterly defeated by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, officially the Commonwealth of the Crown of the Polish Kingdom and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania also known as the Most Serene Republic The Battle of Kircholm ( September 27, 1605, or September 17 in the Old Style calendar then in use in Protestant countries was one of the
• 1777 - Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the capital of the United States, for one day. Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lancaster is a city in the South Central part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is the County seat of Lancaster County. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• 1787 - The United States Constitution is delivered to the states for ratification. Year 1787 ( MDCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme Law of the United States. A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government Ratification is the act of giving official sanction or approval to a formal document such as a treaty or constitution
• 1821 - Mexico gains its independence from Spain. Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
• 1822 - Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta stone. Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Jean-François Champollion ( 23 December 1790 – 4 March 1832) was a French classical scholar, philologist The Rosetta Stone is an Ancient Egyptian artifact (حجر رشيد in Arabic which was instrumental in advancing modern understanding of hieroglyphic writing
• 1825 - The Stockton and Darlington Railway opens, and begins operation of the world's first service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains. Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR which opened in 1825 was the world's first permanent Steam locomotive hauled public Railway. A locomotive is a railway Vehicle that provides the motive power for a Train.
• 1854 - The steamship SS Arctic sinks with 300 people on board. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam power, typically driving a Propeller The side-wheeler SS Arctic sank September 27 1854, off Cape Race, Newfoundland, after colliding with the 250 ton French iron This marks the first great disaster in the Atlantic Ocean.
• 1903 - Wreck of the Old 97, a train crash made famous by the song of the same name. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting The "Old 97", a Southern Railway Train officially known as the Fast Mail, was en route from Monroe Virginia to Spencer North
• 1905 - The physics journal Annalen der Physik published Albert Einstein's paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", introducing the equation E=mc². Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Annalen der Physik is one of the best-known and oldest (since 1790 Physics journals worldwide Albert Einstein ( German: ˈalbɐt ˈaɪ̯nʃtaɪ̯n; English: ˈælbɝt ˈaɪnstaɪn (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955 was a German -born theoretical In Physics, mass–energy equivalence is the concept that for particles slower than light any Mass has an associated Energy and vice versa.
• 1916 - Iyasu is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zauditu. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Iyasu V ( Ge'ez ኢያሱ the Ethiopian version of Joshua) also known as Lij Iyasu ( Ge'ez ልጅ ኢያሱ 4 February 1895 NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Zewditu (also spelled Zawditu or Zauditu; Ge'ez ዘውዲቱ April 29, 1876 - April 2, 1930) was
• 1922 - King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, King George II. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Constantine I King of the Hellenes (Κωνσταντίνος A' Βασιλεύς των Ελλήνων - 11 January 1923 was King of Greece from 1913 to 1917 and from Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Early life first period of kingship and exile George was born at the royal villa at Tatoi, near Athens, the eldest son of Constantine I King of the Hellenes
• 1928 - The Republic of China is recognised by the United States. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• 1930 - Bobby Jones wins the U.S. Amateur Championship to complete the Grand Slam of golf. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr (March 17 1902 &ndash December 18 1971 was one of the greatest Golfers to compete on a national and international level The Grand Slam in golf is winning all the golf's major championships in the same calendar year The old structure of the grand slam was The U.S Open, The British Open, and The Amateur Championships. The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the US The Open Championship, or simply The Open (often referred to as the British Open outside the UK) is the oldest of the four major championships
• 1937 - Balinese Tiger declared extinct. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Bali tiger ( Panthera tigris balica) harimau Bali in Indonesian or referred to as samong in archaic Balinese language is an
• 1938 - Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched in Glasgow. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An ocean liner is a ship designed to transport people from one Seaport to another along regular long-distance Maritime routes according to a schedule Maiden voyage At the start of World War II the Queen Elizabeth had been launched and was still in the process of fitting out Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom
• 1940 - World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Tripartite Treaty (1906 also refers to a 1906 treaty concerning the Nile river (see Hydropolitics in the Nile Basin. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest
• 1941 - The SS Patrick Henry is launched becoming the first of more than 2,700 Liberty ships. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The SS Patrick Henry was the first Liberty ship launched The ships initially had a poor public image and to try to assuage public opinion 27 September History and service In 1936 the American Merchant Marine Act was passed to subsidize the annual construction of 50 commercial merchant vessels to be used in wartime by
• 1941 - Foundation of EAM (National Liberation Front) in Greece. The National Liberation Front (EAM ( Εθνικό Απελευθερωτικό Μέτωπο (ΕΑΜ, Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo) was the main movement of the
• 1942 - Glenn Miller and his Orchestra perform for the last time before Miller enters the US Army. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alton Glenn Miller ( March 1 1904 &ndash presumably December 15 1944) was an American Jazz musician and An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, usually fairly large with string brass woodwind sections and possibly a percussion section as well The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities.
• 1942 - Last day of the September Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps troops barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces near the Matanikau River. The Actions along the Matanikau in September and October 1942 — sometimes referred to as the Second and Third Battles of the Matanikau — were two separate but related Guadalcanal (local name Isatabu) is a 2510- Square mile (6500- km²) Island in the Pacific Ocean and a province of the Solomon The Empire of Japan ( {{unicode|Kyūjitai}}: ja 大日本帝國 Shinjitai: ja 大日本帝国 pronounced Dai Nippon Teikoku The Matanikau River of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, is located in the northwest part of the island
• 1949 - The first Plenary Session of the National People's Congress approves the design of the Flag of the People's Republic of China. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A similar term is "National Congress" which is a less common translation of People's Political Consultative Conference. The Flag of the People's Republic of China, the "Five-Starred Red Flag ( was designed by Zeng Liansong, an Economist and Artist
• 1954 - The nationwide debut of Tonight! (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as appropriate --> The Tonight Show is a long-running Steve Allen, born Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen ( December 26 1921 – October 30 2000) was an American The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's
• 1956 - USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Milburn G "Mel" Apt ( April 9, 1924 – September 27, 1956) was a US Test pilot. Mach number (\mathrm{Ma} or M (generally ˈmɑːk sometimes /ˈmɑːx/ or /ˈmæk/ is the speed of an object moving through air or any Fluid The Bell X-2 Starbuster was an American research Aircraft built to investigate flight characteristics in the Mach 2-3 range Shortly thereafter, the craft goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.
• 1959 - Nearly 5000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshū as the result of a typhoon. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. or Honshu is the largest Island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of
• 1964 - The Warren Commission releases its report, concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, assassinated President John F. Kennedy. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, known unofficially as The Warren Commission, was established on November 29, 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18 1939 &ndash November 24 1963 was according to three United States government investigations the assassin of U President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of
• 1968 - The stage musical Hair opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, where it played 1,998 performances until its closure was forced by the roof's collapsing in July 1973. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. Hair The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a Rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt The Shaftesbury Theatre is a West End Theatre, located on Shaftesbury Avenue, in the London Borough of Camden. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Events in July The traditional period known as "fence month" (the closed season for deer in England ended July 9 (date varied Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar.
• 1977 - The 300 metre tall CKVR-TV transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays CKVR-TV is a Television station in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Owned by CTVglobemedia, it is the flagship station of CTVglobemedia's Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page All aboard the aircraft are killed.
• 1979 - The United States Department of Education receives final approval from the U.S. Congress to become the 13th US Cabinet agency. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) The United States Department of Education (also referred to as ED, for Education Department is a Cabinet -level department of the United States The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses A cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of Government, typically representing the executive branch.
• 1980 - Marvin Hagler defeats Alan Minter to claim boxing's world Middleweight championship in London. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Marvelous Marvin Hagler (born Marvin Nathaniel Hagler, in Newark, New Jersey, May 23, 1954) is a former American Alan Minter (born August 17, 1951 in Crawley, England) is a former boxer who was Middleweight champion of the World Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, This is a chronological List of World Middleweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations The World Boxing Association London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. They have to be escorted away by police after a riot forms.
• 1983 - Richard Stallman announces the GNU project to develop a free Unix-like operating system. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Richard Matthew Stallman (born March 16 1953 often abbreviated " rms " is an American software freedom activist GNU ( pronounced) is a computer Operating system composed entirely of Free software. A Unix-like (sometimes shortened to *nix) Operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system while not necessarily conforming An operating system (commonly abbreviated OS and O/S) is the software component of a Computer system that is responsible for the management and coordination
• 1988 - The National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi is founded. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The National League for Democracy (အမျိုးသားဒီမိုကရေစီအဖွဲ့ချုပ် is a Burmese political party founded on 27 September Aung San Suu Kyi ( àunsʰánsṵtʃì born 19 June 1945 in Rangoon, is a pro- Democracy activist and leader of the National League for
• 1993 - The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The Sukhumi massacre (სოხუმის ტრაგედია took place on September 27, 1993, during the War in Abkhazia and fall of Sukhumi Abkhazia (Аҧсны Apsny აფხაზეთი Apkhazeti or Abkhazeti Абха́зия Abhazia) is a De facto
• 1995 - The Government of the United States unveils the first of its redesigned bank notes with the $100 bill featuring a larger portrait of Benjamin Franklin slightly off-center. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The federal government of the United States is the central United States Governmental body established by the United States Constitution. Benjamin Franklin ( April 17 1790 was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.
• 1996 - In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, The Taliban ( طالبان, also anglicised as Taleban; translation "students" is a Sunni Islamist, predominately } Kābul ( Persian and Pashto: کابل, IPA:) is the Capital and largest city of Afghanistan, with President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. Burhanuddin Rabbani ( - Burhânuddîn Rabbânî) (born 1940 an ethnic Tajik, is a former President of Afghanistan. Najibullah ( Pashto: نجيب الله; born August 1947 killed September 27, 1996) was the fourth and last President of the
• 1996 - The Julie N. tanker skip crashes into the Million Dollar Bridge in Portland, Maine spilling thousands of gallons of oil. The Julie N is a Liberian Tanker that was involved in an Oil spill occurring on the Fore River on September 27, 1996, in Portland The Million Dollar Bridge was a Bascule bridge built in 1916 which carried traffic on Route 77 over the Fore River in Maine between Portland is the largest city in the US state of Maine and the County seat of Cumberland County.
• 1997 - Communications are suddenly lost with the Mars Pathfinder space probe. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The Mars Pathfinder was launched on December 4, 1996 by NASA aboard a Delta II just a month after the Mars Global Surveyor
• 1998 - Google is launched. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Google Inc is an American public corporation, earning revenue from advertising related to its Internet search, e-mail, online
• 1999 - The last professional baseball game is played at historic Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each Tiger Stadium (formerly Navin Field then Briggs Stadium is a Stadium located in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan. Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America.
• 2002 - Timor-Leste (East Timor) joins the United Nations. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste (officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste) is a country in Southeast Asia. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security
• 2003 - Smart 1 satellite is launched. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. SMART-1 was a Swedish -designed European Space Agency Satellite that Orbited around the Moon.

Births

• 1275 - John II of Brabant (d. John II van Brabant ( September 27, 1275 &ndash October 27, 1312, Tervuren) also called John the Peaceful, was Duke 1312)
• 1601 - King Louis XIII of France (d. For the cognac see Louis XIII de Rémy Martin. Louis XIII ( September 27, 1601 – May 14, 1643) 1643)
• 1627 - Jacques Benigne Bossuet, French bishop (d. Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet ( September 27, 1627 - April 12, 1704) was a French Bishop and theologian, renowned 1704)
• 1643 - Solomon Stoddard, American Puritan clergyman
• 1696 - Alphonsus Liguori, Italian founder of the Redemptionist order (d. Year 1704 ( MDCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Solomon Stoddard ( September 27, 1643, baptized October 1, 1643 &ndash February 11, 1728 or 1729 was the American Saint Alphonsus Liguori ( September 27, 1696 &ndash August 1, 1787) was a Roman Catholic Bishop, spiritual 1787)
• 1719 - Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician (d. Year 1787 ( MDCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1719 ( MDCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Abraham Gotthelf Kästner was a German Mathematician and Epigrammatist He was known in his professional life for writing textbooks and compiling encyclopedias 1800)
• 1722 - Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader (d. Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. Year 1722 ( MDCCXXII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Samuel Adams ( – October 2 1803 was an American Statesman, Politician, Writer and political philosopher, brewer 1803)
• 1729 - Michael Denis, Austrian poet (d. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1729 ( MDCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Johann Nepomuk Cosmas Michael Denis ( 27 September 1729 - 29 September 1800) was an Austrian Poet, Bibliographer 1800)
• 1772 - Martha Jefferson Randolph, daughter of Thomas Jefferson (d. Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. Year 1772 ( MDCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Martha Washington Jefferson Randolph ( September 27, 1772 &ndash October 10, 1836) was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson, the Thomas Jefferson (April 13 1743 – July 4 1826 was the third President of the United States (1801–1809 the principal author of the Declaration of Independence 1836)
• 1803 - Samuel Francis du Pont, American admiral (d. Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Samuel Francis Du Pont ( September 27, 1803 &ndash June 23, 1865) was an American naval officer who achieved the rank of Rear 1865)
• 1805 - George Müller, Prussian orphanage builder (d. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or George Fredrick Müller (German Georg Friedrich Müller) ( September 27, 1805 &ndash March 10, 1898) a Christian 1898)
• 1818 - Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, German chemist (d. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe ( September 27, 1818 &ndash November 25, 1884) was a German Chemist. 1884)
• 1821 - Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss writer (d. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Henri Frédéric Amiel ( September 27 1821 - May 11 1881) was a Swiss Philosopher, poet and critic 1881)
• 1824 - William "Bull" Nelson, American Civil War general (d. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year William "Bull" Nelson ( September 27, 1824 &ndash September 29, 1862) was a United States Navy officer and later a 1862)
• 1830 - William Babcock Hazen, American Civil War general (d. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display William Babcock Hazen ( September 27, 1830 &ndash January 16, 1887) was a career United States Army officer who served in the 1887)
• 1840 - Thomas Nast, German-born political cartoonist (d. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Thomas Nast ( September 27, 1840 – December 7, 1902) was a famous German-American Caricaturist and Editorial cartoonist 1902)
• 1842 - Alphonse Francois Renard, Belgian geologist (d. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Alphonse Francois Renard ( 27 September 1842 &ndash 9 July 1903) Belgian Geologist and petrographer, was born 1903)
• 1843 - Gaston Tarry, French mathematician (d. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Gaston Tarry ( September 27, 1843 - June 21, 1913) was a French Mathematician. 1913)
• 1864 - Andrej Hlinka, Slovak politician and Catholic Priest (d. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Andrej Hlinka ( September 27, 1864 - August 16, 1938) was a Slovak politician and Catholic priest one of the most 1938)
• 1866 - Eurosia Fabris, Italian Catholic Blessed (d. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Blessed Eurosia Fabris ( September 27, 1866 – January 8, 1932) also known as Mamma Rosa, was best known to Catholics 1932)
• 1871 - Grazia Deledda, Italian writer, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Grazia Deledda ( September 27, 1871 — August 15, 1936) was an Italian Writer whose works won her a Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1936)
• 1879 - Hans Hahn, Austrian mathematician (d. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Hans Hahn ( September 27, 1879 - July 24, 1934) was an Austrian mathematician who made contributions to Functional analysis 1934)
• 1879 - Cyril Scott, English composer (d. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cyril Meir Scott ( September 27, 1879 &ndash December 31 1970) was an English Composer, Writer, and Poet 1970)
• 1885 - Harry Blackstone, Sr., American magician (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Harry Blackstone ( September 27, 1885 - November 16, 1965) was a famed stage magician and illusionist of the 20th century 1965)
• 1894 - Olive Tell, American actress (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Olive Tell ( September 27, 1894 - June 6, 1951) was a stage and screenactress from New York City. 1951)
• 1894 - Lothar von Richthofen German pilot (d. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Lothar-Siegfried Freiherr von Richthofen ( 27 September 1894 &ndash 4 July 1922) was a German First World War 1922)
• 1895 - Woolf Barnato, British racing driver (d. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Joel Woolf Barnato ( 27 September 1895 &ndash 27 July 1948) was a British Financier and racing driver, one of 1948)
• 1896 - Sam Ervin, American politician (d. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Samuel James Ervin Jr ( September 27, 1896 &ndash April 23, 1985) was a Democratic United States Senator from 1985)
• 1898 - Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Vincent Youmans ( September 27, 1898 - April 5, 1946) was an American popular composer and Broadway producer 1946)
• 1906 - William Empson, British poet (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Sir William Empson ( 27 September 1906 – 15 April 1984) was an English Literary critic 1984)
• 1906 - Jim Thompson, American author (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) James Myers Thompson ( September 27, 1906, Anadarko, Oklahoma Territory - April 7, 1977, Los Angeles, California 1977)
• 1907 - Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Maurice Blanchot ( September 22, 1907  &ndash February 20, 2003) was a French Writer, Philosopher, and 2003)
• 1907 - Bhagat Singh, Indian freedom fighter (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Bhagat Singh ( Punjabi: ਭਗਤ ਸਿੰਘ بھگت سنگھ pə̀gət̪ sɪ́ŋg ( September 27, 1907 &ndash March 23, 1931 1931)
• 1911 - John Harvey, stage and film actor (d. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year John Harvey ( 27 September 1911 &ndash July 19, 1982) was an English Actor. 1982)
• 1913 - Albert Ellis, American psychologist (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Albert Ellis ( September 27 1913 &ndash July 24 2007) was an American Psychologist who in 1955 developed Rational Emotive 2007)
• 1916 - Frank Handlen, American artist
• 1917 - Louis Auchincloss, American novelist
• 1917 - William T. Orr, American television producer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year frankhandlenstatuejpg|150px|right|thumb|Our Forebears of the Coast by Frank Handlen]] Frank Handlen (born 1916 is an American painter Biography Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Louis Stanton Auchincloss (pronounced Awk-kin-claus; born September 27, 1917) is a prolific American novelist historian and essayist William T Orr ( 27 September 1917 - 25 December 2002) was principally a Television producer, most associated with a string of 2002)
• 1918 - Martin Ryle, English radio astronomer, Nobel laureate (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sir Martin Ryle ( September 27, 1918 - October 14, 1984) was an English radio astronomer who developed revolutionary The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1984)
• 1919 - James H. Wilkinson, American mathematician (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common James Hardy Wilkinson ( 27 September, 1919 &ndash 5 October, 1986) was a prominent figure in the field of Numerical analysis, a field 1986)
• 1919 - Johnny Pesky, American baseball player
• 1919 - Charles Percy. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) John Michael Pesky (born John Michael Paveskovich, September 27 1919 in Portland Oregon) nicknamed "The Needle" is a former Charles Percy may refer to Charles H Percy (1919- United States Senator and businessman Charles "Don Carlos" Percy (1704-1794 American politician
• 1920 - William Conrad, American actor (d. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar 1994)
• 1920 - Jayne Meadows, American actress
• 1921 - Milton Subotsky, American TV and film producer (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Jayne Meadows (born September 27, 1920) is an American movie and stage Actress and Author. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Milton Subotsky ( 27 September 1921 – 27 June 1991 was an American TV and Film writer/producer 1991)
• 1922 - Carl Ballantine, American actor
• 1922 - Arthur Penn, American director
• 1924 - Bernard Waber, American author
• 1924 - Fred Singer, American scientist
• 1924 - Bud Powell, American jazz pianist (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Carl Ballantine (born Meyer Kessler on September 27, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor magician Arthur Hiller Penn (born September 27, 1922, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a Film director and producer. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bernard Waber (born September 27, 1924) is an American children's author most famous for the books The House on East 88th Street (1962 Siegfried Frederick Singer (born September 27, 1924 in Vienna) is an American atmospheric physicist. Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell ( September 27[[ 924]] &ndash July 31[[ 966]] in New York City) was an American Jazz pianist, usually considered 1966)
• 1927 - Romano Scarpa, Italian comic book artist
• 1927 - Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Romano Scarpa (September 27 1927 Venice - April 23 2005 Málaga) was one of the most famous Italian creators of Disney comics. Steve Atanas Stavro, CM ( September 27, 1927 - April 24, 2006) born Manoli Stavroff Sholdas, was a Macedonian Canadian 2006)
• 1931 - Freddy Quinn, Austrian singer
• 1932 - Roger C. Carmel, American actor (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Freddy Quinn (born September 27, 1931 in Niederfladnitz, Niederösterreich) is an Austrian singer and actor whose popularity within Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Roger Charles Carmel ( September 27, 1932 &ndash November 11, 1986) was an American Character actor. 1986)
• 1932 - Michael Colvin, Canadian singer
• 1932 - Oliver E. Williamson, American economist
• 1932 - Yash Chopra, Indian director
• 1932 - Geoff Bent, English footballer (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Michael Keith Beale Colvin ( 27 September 1932 &ndash 24 February 2000) was a politician in the United Kingdom. Oliver Eaton Williamson (born September 27, 1932) is a prominent author in the area of Transaction cost economics a student of Ronald Coase, Yash Raj Chopra ( Hindi: यश चोपड़ा born 27 September 1932) is a writer director and producer of Bollywood movies in India Geoffrey "Geoff" Bent ( 27 September 1932 &ndash 6 February 1958) was an English footballer and one of the eight 1958)
• 1933 - Will Sampson, American actor (d. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Will Sampson ( September 27, 1933 - June 3, 1987) was an American Actor and Artist. 1987)
• 1933 - Greg Morris, American actor (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Francis Gregory Alan Morris ( September 27, 1933 - August 27, 1996) was an American Television and movie 1996)
• 1933 - Rodney Cotterill, Danish-English physicist (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Rodney Michael John Cotterill Order of the Dannebrog ( 27 September, 1933 – 24 June, 2007) was a English - Danish 2007)
• 1934 - Wilford Brimley, American actor
• 1934 - Claude Jarman Jr., American actor
• 1934 - Dick Schaap, American sports reporter (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Allen Wilford Brimley (born September 27 1934 in Salt Lake City Utah) is an American Actor. Richard J Schaap ( September 27, 1931 &ndash December 21, 2001) was an American sportswriter 2001)
• 1936 - Don Cornelius, American television host
• 1936 - Gordon Honeycombe, British playwright
• 1939 - Kathy Whitworth, American golfer
• 1939 - Carol Lynn Pearson, American poet and writer
• 1941 - Serge Ménard, Québécois politician
• 1941 - Peter Bonetti, English footballer
• 1941 - Gay Kayler Ashcroft, Australian country music singer
• 1942 - Dith Pran, Cambodian-born photojournalist
• 1942 - Alvin Stardust, English singer
• 1943 - Randy Bachman, Canadian musician
• 1943 - Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat
• 1945 - Jack Goldstein, Canadian-born artist (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Don Cornelius (born September 27, 1936 in Chicago Illinois) is an African-American television show producer who is best known as the host of Ronald Gordon Honeycombe (born 27 September 1936) is an author playwright and stage actor well known in the United Kingdom as a national television Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Amateur career Whitworth began playing golf at age of 15 and won the 1957 and 1958 New Mexico State Amateur Championship Carol Lynn Wright Pearson (b September 27, 1939 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American poet author screenwriter and playwright Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Serge Ménard (born September 27 1941 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Québec politician A Québécois or Quebecois (pronounced) or in the feminine Québécoise (pronounced) (plural Québécoises) is a native or resident of the Peter Phillip Bonetti (born 27 September 1941 in Putney, London of Swiss parents from Canton Ticino) was a football Gay Kayler (born Gay Kahler 27 September 1941, Gatton, Queensland) is an Australian country music entertainer and recording Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dith Pran ( September 27 1942 &ndash March 30 2008) was a Cambodian photojournalist best known as a refugee and Alvin Stardust (born Bernard William Jewry, 27 September 1942, Muswell Hill, North London) is an English Pop Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Randolph Charles Bachman (the Bachman family name is pronounced as /bækmæn/ ( OC OM) (born September 27 1943 was lead guitarist and songwriter Prince Amedeo of Savoy Duke of Aosta, ( Given names: Amedeo Umberto Costantino Giorgio Paolo Elena Maria Fiorenzo Zvonimir; born 27 September 1943 Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Jack Goldstein ( September 27, 1945 &ndash March 14, 2003) was a Canadian born California-based performance and conceptual 2003)
• 1945 - Kay Ryan, American poet
• 1946 - Robin Nedwell, English comedy actor (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Kay Ryan (born 1945 is an American poet and educator She is the sixteenth Poet Laureate of the United States. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robin Nedwell ( 27 September 1946 - 1 February 1999) was an English Actor. 1999)
• 1946 - T.C. Cannon, Kiowa/Caddo artist (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tommy Wayne Cannon (born September 27, 1946 in Lawton Oklahoma - died May 8, 1978) was an important Native American 1978)
• 1947 - Barbara Dickson, Scottish singer
• 1947 - Denis Lawson, Scottish actor
• 1947 - Meat Loaf, American singer
• 1947 - Liz Torres, American actress and singer
• 1948 - Michele Dotrice, English actor
• 1948 - A Martinez, American actor
• 1948 - Tom Braidwood, Canadian actor
• 1948 - John K. Reed, American coral biologist
• 1949 - Graham Richardson, Australian politician
• 1949 - Mike Schmidt, American baseball player
• 1949 - Jahn Teigen, Norwegian singer
• 1950 - Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japanese actor
• 1951 - Jim Shooter, American comic book writer
• 1951 - Paul Craig, British law professor
• 1951 - Michel Rivard, Québécois singer and composer (Beau Dommage)
• 1952 - Didier Dubois, French mathematician
• 1952 - Dumitru Prunariu, Romanian cosmonaut
• 1952 - André Viger, French Canadian marathoner
• 1953 - Diane Julie Abbott, British politician
• 1953 - Mata Amritanandamayi, Indian religious leader
• 1953 - Greg Ham, Australian musician (Men at Work)
• 1954 - Ray Hadley, Australian radio broadcaster
• 1958 - Shaun Cassidy, American singer
• 1959 - Beth Heiden, American speed skater
• 1960 - Barron Lerner, American physician and historian
• 1960 - Jean-Marc Barr, French-American actor and director
• 1961 - Irvine Welsh, Scottish writer
• 1961 - Andy Lau, Hong Kong actor and singer
• 1965 - Ricky Fuji, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1965 - Steve Kerr, American basketball player
• 1965 - Peter MacKay, Canadian political leader
• 1965 - Alexis Stewart, American radio personality
• 1965 - Bernard Lord, Premier of New Brunswick
• 1966 - Lorenzo Cherubini, Italian singer (Jovanotti)
• 1967 - Uche Okechukwu, Nigerian international soccer player
• 1970 - Yoshiharu Habu, Japanese professional shogi player
• 1971 - Li Yapeng, Chinese actor
• 1971 - Amanda Detmer, American actress
• 1972 - Sylvia Crawley, American basketball player
• 1972 - Clara Hughes, Canadian cyclist
• 1972 - Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress
• 1972 - Craig L. Rice, American Politician
• 1973 - Chris Demakes, American singer/guitarist (Less Than Jake)
• 1976 - Dean Butterworth, English musician
• 1976 - Matt Harding, American video game developer
• 1976 - Jason Phillips, American baseball player
• 1976 - Francesco Totti, Italian footballer
• 1977 - Andrus Värnik, Estonian javelin thrower
• 1978 - Brad Arnold, American singer (3 Doors Down)
• 1978 - Jon Rauch, American baseball player
• 1979 - Jon Garland, American baseball player
• 1979 - Zita Görög, Hungarian actress and model
• 1979 - Christian Jones, Australian racing driver
• 1979 - Steve Simpson, Australian rugby league footballer
• 1980 - Asashoryu, Mongolian sumo wrestler
• 1981 - Lakshmipathy Balaji, Indian cricketer
• 1981 - Brendon McCullum, New Zealand cricketer
• 1981 - Cytherea, American adult actress
• 1982 - Darrent Williams, American football player (d. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Barbara Ruth Dickson OBE (born Dunfermline, Fife, 27 September 1947) is a Scottish singer whose hits include " I Know Denis Stamper Lawson (born 27 September 1947 is a Scottish Actor. Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27 1947 better known by his stage name Meat Loaf, is an American rock Musician Elizabeth "Liz" Torres (born on September 27, 1947) is an actress singer and comedian of Puerto Rican descent Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michele Dotrice (born September 27 1948 in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire) is a British actress best known for her portrayal A Martinez (born Adolfo Larrue Martinez III September 27, 1948) is an American Actor and Singer with prominent roles Tom Braidwood (born September 27, 1948) is a Canadian Actor known for the role of Melvin Frohike, one of the conspiracy theorists John Reed is a senior scientist in the Biomedical Marine Research group at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Graham Frederick Richardson ( 27 September 1949) is a former Australian politician for the Australian Labor Party. Michael Jack Schmidt (born September 27, 1949 in Dayton Ohio) is a former professional Baseball player who played his entire Career Jahn Teigen (born September 27, 1949 in Tønsberg) is a Norwegian singer and musician Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. is a Japanese American actor In addition to his extensive film work he has appeared on television in Star Trek The Next Generation - " Encounter Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January James Shooter (born September 27 1951 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American Writer, occasional fill-in artist editor, and Paul Craig (born 27 September 1951) is currently Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St John's College Michel Rivard (born September 27, 1951) is a Singer-songwriter and musician from Quebec. A Québécois or Quebecois (pronounced) or in the feminine Québécoise (pronounced) (plural Québécoises) is a native or resident of the Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Didier Dubois (born 1952 is a French mathematicianSince 1999 he is a co-editor-in-chief of the journal Fuzzy Sets and Systems. Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu (duˈmitru doˈrin pruˈnarju born September 27 1952) is a Romanian Cosmonaut. André Viger ( September 27 1952 - October 1 2006) was a French Canadian Wheelchair Marathoner and Paralympian Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Diane Julie Abbott (born 27 September 1953 in Paddington, London, England) is a British Labour Party Member of Parliament Mātā Amritanandamayī Devi ( Devanagari: माता अमृतानन्‍दमयी born Sudhamani September 27, 1953) is an Indian Greg Ham (born 27 September 1953) is an Australian Songwriter, Actor and saxophone player known for playing multiple For the 1990 movie "Men at Work" see Men at Work (film. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Raymond Morris Hadley OAM (born 27 September 1954 is a socially conservative Australian radio presenter Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Shaun Cassidy is an American Actor, Singer, Writer, and producer. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Elizabeth ("Beth" Lee Heiden-Reid (born 27 September 1959) is an American athlete who excelled in Speed skating, Cross-country Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jean-Marc Barr (born on 27 September 1960 in Bitburg, Germany) is a French - American film Actor and director. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Irvine Welsh (born 27 September 1958 Leith, Edinburgh) is a contemporary Scottish novelist, best known for his novel Trainspotting Not to be confused with film director Andrew Lau. Andy Lau Tak-Wah MH, JP (born September 27 1961 is a Hong Kong Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. is a Japanese professional wrestler best known under the name. Stephen Douglas "Steve" Kerr (born September 27 1965 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a retired American professional Peter Gordon MacKay, PC, QC, MP (born September 27, 1965) serves as the Member of Parliament (MP for Central Nova Alexis Stewart (born September 27, 1965) is best known as Martha Stewart 's daughter Bernard Lord, ONB (born September 27, 1965 in Roberval Quebec) is a Canadian politician New Brunswick ( French: Nouveau-Brunswick /nuvobʁɔnzwik/ is one of Canada 's three Maritime provinces and is the only constitutionally Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Jovanotti (often misspelt as Giovanotti) is an Italian Singer-songwriter and Rapper. Jovanotti (often misspelt as Giovanotti) is an Italian Singer-songwriter and Rapper. Uche Alozie Okechukwu (born September 27, 1967) known as Uche for short is a Nigerian football player who played 44 matches Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. is a professional shogi player. His teacher is Tatsuya Futakami Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Li Yapeng ( Traditional Chinese: 李亞鵬 Simplified Chinese: 李亚鹏 born September 27 1971) is the popular Chinese actor who starred Amanda Jeannette Detmer (born September 27, 1971) is an American actress who has appeared in various films and television shows Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sylvia Crawley (born September 27, 1972 in Steubenville Ohio, U Clara Hughes, OC, OM (born September 27, 1972) is a Canadian cyclist and speed skater, and has won multiple Gwyneth Kate Paltrow (born September 27 1972 is an Academy Award - Golden Globe - and double Screen Actors Guild Award -winning American Craig L Rice is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 15 in Montgomery County, Maryland. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Christopher DeMakes (born September 27, 1973) is the Guitarist and along with Roger Manganelli, vocalist of the ska-punk band Less Than Jake is an American Ska punk band from Gainesville Florida. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dean "Deano" Butterworth (born September 26, 1976) is a professional Drummer. Matthew "Matt" Harding (born September 27, 1976) is an American Video game developer and Internet celebrity known as Jason Lloyd Phillips (born September 27, 1976 in La Mesa California) is a Major League Baseball Catcher and First baseman Francesco Totti, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI, (born September 27 1976 in Rome) is a World Cup -winning footballer who plays for Italian Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Andrus Värnik (born September 27, 1977 in Antsla) is an Estonian Javelin thrower His personal best set in 2003 87 Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Bradley Kirk Arnold (born September 27, 1978) is the vocalist in the band 3 Doors Down. 3 Doors Down is an American rock band formed in 1994 in by Brad Arnold ( Vocals and drums) Matt Roberts ( Guitar For the gay freelance writer activist and National Journal columnist see Jonathan Rauch. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Jon Steven Garland (born September 27 1979 in Valencia California) is a right-handed Starting pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Zita Görög (in Hungarian Görög Zita (born September 27, 1979 in Pásztó, Hungary) is a Hungarian Actress Christian Jones is an Australian racing driver he is the adopted son of 1980 Formula 1 World Champion Alan Jones. Steve Simpson (born 27 September, 1979 in Maitland New South Wales) is an Australian professional Rugby league footballer for Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) is a Sumo wrestler ( rikishi) from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. He is the 68th yokozuna in the history of the sport in Japan Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Lakshmipathy Balaji (born September 27, 1981 in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India) is an Indian Cricketer He is Brendon Barrie McCullum (born 27 September 1981 in Dunedin) is a New Zealand Test cricketer Cytherea (born September 27, 1981 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American Pornographic actress and model who Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Darrent Demarcus Williams ( September 27 1982 &ndash January 1 2007) was an American football player for the Denver 2007)
• 1982 - Lil Wayne, American rapper
• 1983 - Travis MacRae, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1983 - Shermon Tang, Hong Kong actress
• 1983 - Jeon Hye Bin, Korean actress
• 1984 - Paul Bevan, Australian rules footballer
• 1984 - John Lannan, American baseball player
• 1984 - Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1985 - Jamar Butler, American basketball player
• 1986 - Ricardo Risatti, Argentine racing driver
• 1990 - Kylee Lin, American beauty pageant winner
• 1992 - Jake Burbage, American actor
• 1996 - Iman bint Al Abdullah II, princess of Jordan
• 1996 - Daeg Faerch, Danish-born Canadian actor

Deaths

• 1249 - Count Raymond VII of Toulouse (b. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Dwayne Michael Carter Jr (born September 27 1982 better known by his Stage name Lil Wayne, is an American Rapper. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Travis MacRae is a Canadian Singer/songwriter known for his folk (or folk blues) music for his accomplished Guitar and Harmonica Shermon Tang Sheung Man ( Chinese:鄧上文 is a Hong Kong television actress Jeon Hye Bin (전혜빈, (born on September 27, 1983) is a South Korean actress and singer known as Bin (빈. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Paul Bevan (born 27 September 1984 is an Australian rules football player with the local Sydney Swans of the AFL. John E Lannan (born September 27, 1984 in Long Beach New York) is a left-handed Major League Baseball Starting pitcher in Avril Lavigne Whibley (born September 27 1984 better known by her birth name of Avril Lavigne (ˈævrɨl ləˈviːn is a Canadian Grammy Award Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Ricardo Caíto Risatti (born September 27, 1986 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine racing driver who has progressed through the ranks Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Kylee Diane Lin (born 27 September 1990 in San Rafael, California) is an American beauty pageant queen Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Jake Burbage, (born in Willingboro New Jersey on September 27, 1992) is an American actor who is best known for his role on Grounded for Life Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Princess Iman bint Al Abdullah (b September 27, 1996) is the first daughter and second child of King Abdullah Daeg Faerch (ˈdeɪg ˈfɛrk born September 27) is a Danish-Canadian actor Raymond VII of Saint-Gilles (July 1197 &ndash 27 September 1249) was Count of Toulouse, Duke of Narbonne and Marquis of Provence 1197)
• 1304 - John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey, English soldier
• 1404 - William of Wykeham, English bishop (b. John de Warenne (1231 &ndash c 29 September 1304 7th Earl of Surrey or Warenne was prominent during the reigns of Henry III and Edward I. William of Wykeham (1320 &ndash 27 September 1404) was Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor of England, founder of Winchester 1320)
• 1557 - Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (b. Emperor Go-Nara (後奈良天皇 Go-Nara-tennō) ( January 26, 1497 - September 27, 1557) was the 105th emperor 1497)
• 1590 - Pope Urban VII (b. Pope 1521)
• 1615 - Arbella Stuart, English noblewoman (b. Arbella Stuart (or " Arabella " and/or " Stewart " ( 1575 - 27 September 1615) was an English Renaissance 1575)
• 1651 - Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (b. Not to be confused with King Maximilian I of Bavaria (1756-1825 prince-elector of Bavaria (as Maximilian IV Joseph. 1573)
• 1660 - Vincent de Paul, French saint (b. St Vincent de Paul and Church of St Vincent de Paul redirect here 1580)
• 1700 - Pope Innocent XII (b. Pope Innocent XII ( March 13, 1615 &ndash September 27, 1700) born Antonio Pignatelli was Pope from 1691 to 1700 1615)
• 1719 - George Smalridge, English Bishop of Bristol (b. Year 1719 ( MDCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a George Smalridge, ( May 18 1662 &ndash September 27, 1719) English bishop was born at Lichfield, where he received his 1662)
• 1730 - Laurence Eusden, English poet (b. Year 1730 ( MDCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Laurence Eusden ( 1688 - September 27, 1730) was an English Poet who became Poet Laureate in 1718 1688)
• 1735 - Peter Artedi, Swedish naturalist (b. Year 1735 ( MDCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Peter Artedi or Petrus Arctaedius ( February 22, 1705 &ndash September 27, 1735) was a Swedish naturalist and 1705)
• 1737 - John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor (b. Year 1705 ( MDCCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1737 ( MDCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a John Sidney 6th Earl of Leicester, PC ( February 14, 1680 &ndash September 27, 1737) was a Privy Councillor during the Georgian 1680)
• 1742 - Hugh Boulter, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (b. Year 1742 ( MDCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Hugh Boulter, ( January 4 1672 &ndash September 27 1742) was the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh, the Primate of 1672)
• 1783 - Étienne Bézout, French mathematician (b. Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Étienne Bézout ( March 31, 1730 - September 27, 1783) was a French Mathematician who was born in Nemours, 1730)
• 1832 - Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (b. Year 1730 ( MDCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Karl Christian Friedrich Krause ( May 6, 1781 – September 27, 1832) was a German Philosopher, born at Eisenberg 1781)
• 1876 - Braxton Bragg, American Confederate general (b. Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Braxton Bragg (March 22 1817 &ndash September 27 1876 was a career United States Army officer and then a General in the Confederate States Army, a 1817)
• 1891 - Ivan Goncharov, Russian author (b. Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov (Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Гончаро́в (– was a Russian novelist best known as the author of Oblomov 1812)
• 1911 - Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist (b. Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Auguste Michel-Lévy ( August 7, 1844 - September 27, 1911) was a French Geologist. 1844)
• 1915 - Remy de Gourmont, French poet (b. Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Remy de Gourmont ( April 4, 1858 - September 27, 1915) was a French Symbolist poet Novelist and influential 1858)
• 1917 - Edgar Degas, French painter (b. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 1834)
• 1921 - Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer (b. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Engelbert Humperdinck ( September 1, 1854 &ndash September 27, 1921) was a German Composer, best known for his Opera 1854)
• 1940 - Walter Benjamin, German philosopher (b. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin ( July 15, 1892 &ndash September 27, 1940) was a German - Jewish Marxist 1892)
• 1940 - Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Julius Wagner-Jauregg, ( March 7, 1857 Wels, Upper Austria – September 27, 1940 Vienna) was an Austrian physician The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1857)
• 1944 - Aimee Semple McPherson, American evangelist (b. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Aimee Semple McPherson ( October 9, 1890 &ndash September 27, 1944) also known as "Sister Aimee" or "Sister" was a 1890)
• 1956 - Gerald Finzi, English composer (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gerald Raphael Finzi ( July 14, 1901 &ndash September 27, 1956) was a British Composer, whose popularity has increased 1901)
• 1956 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete (b. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Mildred Ella ("Babe" Didrikson Zaharias ( June 26, 1911 &ndash September 27, 1956) was an American athlete named 1911)
• 1960 - Sylvia Pankhurst, English suffragette (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst ( May 5, 1882 September 27, 1960) was a notable campaigner for the Suffragette movement in the United 1882)
• 1965 - Clara Bow, American actress (b. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Clara Gordon Bow ( July 29, 1905 &ndash September 27 1965) was an American Actress and Sex symbol, who rose to fame 1905)
• 1972 - S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician (b. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan ( August 9, 1892, Sirkali Tamil Nadu - September 27, 1972, Bangalore) was a Mathematician 1892)
• 1974 - Silvio Frondizi, Argentine lawyer, assassinated by the Triple A(b. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Silvio Frondizi ( Paso de los Libres, Corrientes Province, January 19, 1907 &mdash September 27, 1974) was an Argentine The Argentine Anticommunist Alliance ( Alianza Anticomunista Argentina, usually known as Triple A or AAA was a Far-right Death squad active in 1907)
• 1975 - Jack Lang, Australian politician (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Thomas Lang ( 21 December 1876 - 27 September 1975) Australian politician usually referred to as J 1876)
• 1979 - Dame Gracie Fields, British comedian (b. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Dame Gracie Fields, DBE ( January 9 1898 &ndash September 27 1979) born Grace Stansfield, was an English / 1898)
• 1981 - Robert Montgomery, American actor (b. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Robert Montgomery ( May 21, 1904 &ndash September 27, 1981) was an American actor and director 1904)
• 1985 - Lloyd Nolan, American actor (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Lloyd Benedict Nolan ( August 11, 1902 &ndash September 27, 1985) was an American film and television actor 1902)
• 1986 - Cliff Burton, American bassist (Metallica) (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Clifford Lee Burton (February 10 1962 &ndash September 27 1986 was a bass guitarist best known for his work with the American heavy metal band Metallica Metallica is an American heavy metal band that formed in 1981 in. 1962)
• 1991 - Oona O'Neill, daughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill and 4th wife of Charlie Chaplin (b. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Oona Lady Chaplin (née O'Neill) ( May 13, 1925 – September 27, 1991) was the daughter of Nobel and Pulitzer Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16 1888–November 27 1953 was a Nobel -prize winning American playwright 1926)
• 1993 - Jimmy Doolittle, American general (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) General James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle USAF (14 December 1896 &ndash 27 September 1993 was an American Aviation pioneer 1896)
• 1996 - Mohammad Najibullah, President of Afghanistan (b. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Najibullah ( Pashto: نجيب الله; born August 1947 killed September 27, 1996) was the fourth and last President of the Afghanistan has only intermittently been a Republic - between 1973-1992 and from 2001 onwards - at other times being governed by a variety of kings Emirs 1947)
• 1997 - Walter Trampler, American violist (b. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Walter Trampler ( August 25, 1915, Munich &ndash September 27, 1997, Port Joli Nova Scotia) was a virtuoso performer 1915)
• 1998 - Narita Bryan, Japanese racehorse (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Narita Brian (ナリタブライアン May 3, 1991 - September 27, 1998) was a Japanese Racehorse, sired by Brian's 1991)
• 1998 - Doak Walker, American footballer (b. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Ewell Doak Walker Jr ( January 1 1927 &ndash September 27 1998) was an American football player who is a member of the 1927)
• 2003 - Donald O'Connor, American actor (b. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Donald David Dixon Ronald O’Connor ( August 28, 1925 &ndash September 27, 2003) was an American Dancer, Singer 1925)
• 2004 - John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " John Edward Mack MD (4 October 1929 – 27 September 2004 was an American Psychiatrist, and Professor at the Harvard University School of Medicine 1929)
• 2005 - Ronald Golias, Brazilian comedian (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ronald Golias was a Brazilian Comedian and Actor, ( São Carlos May 4, 1929 - September 27, 2005) 1929)
• 2007 - Kenji Nagai, Japanese photojournalist (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. was a Japanese photojournalist shot dead in Burma during the 2007 Burmese anti-government protests. 1957)

Holidays and observances

• RC Saints - Saint Vincent de Paul. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints St Vincent de Paul and Church of St Vincent de Paul redirect here
• Ethiopian Orthodox Church - Meskel. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (in transliterated Amharic: Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan) is an Oriental Meskel ( Ge'ez: መሰቀል) in the Ethiopian Orthodox and Eritrean Orthodox Churches is an annual Religious holiday commemorating
• Also see September 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics). Sep 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep 28 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Oct
• Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Mashíyyat (Will) - First day of the eleventh month of the Bahá'í calendar. The Bahá'í Faith is a Religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in nineteenth-century Persia, emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap
• Belgium - French Community Holiday. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those The Belgian French Community Holiday (Fête de la Communauté française is a holiday on September 27, held only in the French Community of Belgium.
• French Republican Calendar - Balsamine (Impatiens) Day, sixth day in the Month of Vendémiaire. The French Republican Calendar or French Revolutionary Calendar was a Calendar proposed during the French Revolution, and used by the French government Impatiens is a genus of about 900-1000 species of Flowering Plants in the family Balsaminaceae. Vendémiaire was the first Month in the French Republican Calendar.
• World Tourism Day. Since 1980 September 27 is celebrated by the World Tourism Organization as World Tourism Day.

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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