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October 27

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103

March on Rome

103 years ago

Born this day

1858

Theodore Roosevelt

Died aged 60

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1452nd

Abu Bakr

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Famous births27

AD 573 · 1452 yrs

Abu Bakr

Abu Bakr (Arabic: أبو بكر, romanised: ʾAbū Bakr), born Abd Allah ibn Abi Quhafa (Arabic: عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ, romanised: ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʾAbī Quḥāfa; c.

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PoliticsDied aged 60

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1782 · 243 yrs

Niccolò Paganini

Niccolò (or Nicolò) Paganini (Italian:; 27 October 1782 – 27 May 1840) was an Italian violinist, guitarist and composer. He was the most celebrated violin virtuoso of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique.

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MusicDied aged 57

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1811 · 214 yrs

Isaac Singer

Isaac Merritt Singer (October 27, 1811 – July 23, 1875) was an American inventor, actor, and businessman. He made important improvements in the design of the sewing machine and was the founder of what became one of the first American multi-national businesses, the Singer Sewing Machine Company.

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BusinessDied aged 63

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1837 · 188 yrs

Ilia Chavchavadze

Tavadi (Prince) Ilia Chavchavadze (Georgian: ილია ჭავჭავაძე; 8 November 1837 – 12 September 1907) was a Georgian journalist, publisher, writer and poet who spearheaded the revival of Georgian nationalism during the second half of the 19th century in the period of Tsarist rule.

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LiteratureDied aged 69

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1842 · 183 yrs

Giovanni Giolitti

Giovanni Giolitti (Italian pronunciation:; 27 October 1842 – 17 July 1928) was an Italian statesman who was the prime minister of Italy five times between 1892 and 1921. He is the longest-serving democratically elected prime minister in Italian history, and the second-longest serving overall after Benito Mussolini.

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PoliticsDied aged 85

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1858 · 167 yrs

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.

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PoliticsDied aged 60

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1894 · 131 yrs

Fritz Sauckel

Ernst Friedrich Christoph Sauckel (27 October 1894 – 16 October 1946) was a German Nazi politician and convicted war criminal.

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PoliticsWould be 131

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1914 · 111 yrs

Dylan Thomas

Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer, whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion", as well as the "play for voices" Under Milk Wood.

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LiteratureWould be 111

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1918 · 107 yrs

Teresa Wright

Muriel Teresa Wright (October 27, 1918 – March 6, 2005) was an American actress. She won the 1942 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Carol Beldon in Mrs.

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FilmWould be 107

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1920 · 105 yrs

K. R. Narayanan

Kocheril Raman Narayanan (27 October 1920 – 9 November 2005) was an Indian diplomat, academician, and statesman who served as the president of India from 1997 to 2002 and vice president of India from 1992 to 1997.

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PoliticsWould be 105

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1923 · 102 yrs

Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Fox Lichtenstein ( LIK-tən-STYN; October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) was an American artist. A leading figure of the Pop Art movement, he is best known for his large-scale paintings inspired by comic books, advertisements, and mass-produced imagery.

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ArtWould be 102

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1931 · 94 yrs

Nawal El Saadawi

Nawal El Saadawi (Arabic: نوال السعداوي, ALA-LC: Nawāl as-Saʿdāwī; 27 October 1931 – 21 March 2021) was an Egyptian feminist writer, activist, physician, and psychiatrist.

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LiteratureWould be 94

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Famous deaths15

1439 · 586 yrs

Albert II of Germany

Albert II (German: Albrecht II., 10 August 1397 – 27 October 1439) was King of the Romans and a member of the House of Habsburg. By inheritance he became Albert V, Duke of Austria.

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RoyaltyDied aged 42

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1449 · 576 yrs

Ulugh Beg

Mīrzā Muhammad Tarāghāy bin Shāhrukh (Chagatay: میرزا محمد تراغای بن شاهرخ; Persian: میرزا محمد طارق بن شاهرخ), better known as Ulugh Beg (Persian: الغ‌بیگ; 22 March 1394 – 27 October 1449), was a Timurid sultan, as well as an astronomer and mathematician.

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ScienceDied aged 55

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1505 · 520 yrs

Ivan III of Moscow

Ivan III Vasilyevich (Russian: Иван III Васильевич; 22 January 1440 – 27 October 1505), also known as Ivan the Great, was Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1462 until his death in 1505. Ivan served as the co-ruler and regent for his blind father Vasily II before he officially ascended the throne.

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RoyaltyDied aged 65

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1553 · 472 yrs

Michael Servetus

Michael Servetus (Spanish: Miguel Servet; French: Michel Servet; also known as Michel Servetus, Miguel de Villanueva, Revés, or Michel de Villeneuve; 29 September 1509 or 1511 – 27 October 1553) was a Spanish theologian, physician, cartographer, and Renaissance humanist.

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ScienceDied aged 42

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1605 · 420 yrs

Akbar

Akbar (Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar, (1542-10-15)15 October 1542 – (1605-10-27)27 October 1605), also known as Akbar the Great, was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605.

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RoyaltyDied aged 63

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1968 · 57 yrs

Lise Meitner

Elise "Lise" Meitner ( MYTE-ner; German:; 7 November 1878 – 27 October 1968) was an Austrian and Swedish nuclear physicist who was instrumental in the discovery of nuclear fission.

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ScienceWould be 147

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1980 · 45 yrs

John Hasbrouck Van Vleck

John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (March 13, 1899 – October 27, 1980) was an American physicist and mathematician who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1977 for his contributions to the understanding of the behavior of electronic magnetism in solids. He shared the Prize with Philip W. Anderson and Nevill Mott.

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ScienceWould be 127

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1992 · 33 yrs

David Bohm

David Joseph Bohm (20 December 1917 – 27 October 1992) was an American-Brazilian physicist who has been described as one of the most significant theoretical physicists of the 20th century and who contributed unorthodox ideas to quantum theory, neuropsychology, and the philosophy of mind.

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ScienceWould be 108

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2006 · 19 yrs

Brad Will

Bradley Roland Will (June 14, 1970 – October 27, 2006) was an American activist, videographer, and journalist. He was affiliated with Indymedia.

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ActivismWould be 56

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2010 · 15 yrs

Néstor Kirchner

Néstor Carlos Kirchner Ostoić (25 February 1950 – 27 October 2010) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the president of Argentina from 2003 to 2007.

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PoliticsWould be 76

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2013 · 12 yrs

Lou Reed

Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013) was an American musician, songwriter, and poet. He was the guitarist, lead singer, and principal songwriter for the rock band the Velvet Underground and had a solo career that spanned five decades.

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MusicWould be 84

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2017 · 8 yrs

Maria Verónica Reina

Maria Verónica Reina (15 June 1964 – 27 October 2017) was an Argentine educational psychologist and activist who campaigned internationally for disability rights.

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ActivismWould be 62

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Events5

1922 · 103 yrs

March on Rome

The March on Rome (Italian: Marcia su Roma) was an organized mass demonstration in October 1922 which resulted in Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista, PNF) ascending to power in the Kingdom of Italy. In late October 1922, Fascist Party leaders planned a march on Rome.

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War

2005 · 20 yrs

2005 French riots

The 2005 French riots was a three-week long period of civil disturbances that took place in the suburbs of Paris and other French cities in October and November 2005. These riots involved youth in violent attacks, outbreaks of arson of vehicles and public buildings.

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Tragedy

2017 · 8 yrs

Catalan declaration of independence

The Catalan declaration of independence (Catalan: Declaració d'independència de Catalunya) was a resolution that was passed by the Parliament of Catalonia on 27 October 2017.

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Politics

2018 · 7 yrs

Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

On October 27, 2018, an antisemitic mass shooting occurred at the Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha Congregation synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Tragedy

2019 · 6 yrs

2019 Mexican Grand Prix

The 2019 Mexican Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Gran Premio de México 2019) was a Formula One motor race held on 27 October 2019 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City.

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