10-27-2004, 05:42 AM
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October 27th
1466 ~ Birthday of Erasmus of Rotterdam, Dutch writer and philosopher, and one of the more civilized people in recorded history.
1728 ~ Birthday of James Cook, British naval captain and explorer.
1782 ~ Birthday of Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer
1811 ~ Birthday of Isaac Singer, inventor of the sewing machine
1914 ~ Birthday of Dylan Thomas, British poet and writer. If you’ve never heard Richard Burton read “Under Milk Wood”, or “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night”, you have a treat in store for you!
1946 ~ First commercially-sponsored television program airs (Geographically Speaking, sponsored by Bristol-Myers).
1968 ~ Death of Lise Meitner, German physicist.
1990 ~ Death of Xavier Cugat, musician.
1991 ~ Turkmenistan achieved independence from the Soviet Union.
2002 ~ Trades unionist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is elected as President of Brazil.
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