Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/October 27

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[edit] Births

• 1728 - James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (d. 1779)
• 1782 - Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1840) (pictured)
• 1811 - Isaac Singer, American inventor (d. 1875)
• 1858 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1919)
• 1914 - Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet (d. 1953)
• 1923 - Roy Lichtenstein, American artist (d. 1997)
• 1932 - Sylvia Plath, American poet (d. 1963)
• 1939 - John Cleese, British actor and writer

[edit] Deaths

• 939 - King Athelstan I of England
• 1674 - Hallgrímur Pétursson, Icelandic poet (b. 1614)
• 1675 - Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (b. 1602)
• 1996 - Morey Amsterdam, American actor (b. 1908)
• 2003 - Rod Roddy, American television announcer (b. 1937)