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On This Day

October 27

1972
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation: The agency is established to develop Pennsylvania Ave.

1972
Consumer Product Safety Commission: The agency is established.

1970
LSD: The psychedelic chemical is declared a Schedule I drug by the DEA.

1954
Disneyland: The TV series debuts on ABC.

1927
First sound news film: It is released by Fox Movie-Tone News.

1904
World's first underground and underwater subway: New York City opens the first section of its subway system.

1810
U.S. acquires West Florida: Pres. Madison issues a proclamation claiming it to be part of the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.

1787
Federalist papers: The series of 85 papers in defense of the Constitution begin appearing in a New York newspaper. They were written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison.

1492
Columbus discovers Cuba: Believing it to be Asia he named it Juanna.

1958
Simon Le Bon, English singer, with Duran Duran. Music: Hungry Like the Wolf (1982), Rio (1982), Union of the Snake (1983), and A View to a Kill (1985).

1946
Carrie Snodgress, American actress. Film: Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970) and The Fury (1978).

1939
John Cleese, English actor. TV: Monty Python's Flying Circus.

1926
H. Robert Haldeman, American politician, Nixon's chief of staff.

1924
Ruby Dee (Ruby Ann Wallace), American actress. TV: The Guiding Light (Martha Frazier) and Peyton Place (Alma Miles).

1924     d. 2005
Alain Bombard, French biologist, physician. He made a solo voyage across the Atlantic Ocean (1952) in a 15-foot long boat with almost no provisions. He survived by eating raw fish and plankton. He just wanted to prove that it could be done.

1920
Nanette Fabray (Nanette Fabares), American actress. Film: The Little Rascals (Baby Nan starting at age 7). TV: One Day At a Time (Grandma Romano).

1918
Teresa Wright, American Oscar-winning actress. Film: The Little Foxes (1941) Mrs. Minerva (1942, Oscar)

1914     d. 1953
Dylan Marlais Thomas, English poet. Writings: Deaths and Entrances.

1910
Frederick De Cordova, American director-producer. Film: Bedtime for Bonzo (1951). TV: My Three Sons, The Smothers Brothers, and The Tonight Show (1971-).

1889     d. 1981
Enid Bagnold, English novelist. Writings: National Velvet (1935) and The Chalk Garden (1956).

1858     d. 1919
Theodore Roosevelt, 26th U.S. President (1901-09), 25th U.S. Vice-President (1901, the youngest president - age 42). He was the first president to: ride in an automobile (1902), submerge in a submarine (1905), and fly in an airplane (1910). He was also the only president not to use the word "I" is his inaugural address (1905), and the first American to win a Nobel Peace Prize (1906). Known for his athleticism, during his presidency he participated in a boxing match with a professional fighter that cost him his sight in one eye (1904).

1811     d. 1875
Isaac Merrit Singer, American inventor. He invented the continuous-stitch sewing machine (1851).

1793     d. 1861
Eliphalet Remington, American gun manufacturer, founder of Remington gunworks.

1782     d. 1840
Nicolo Paganini, Italian violin virtuoso, considered the greatest violinist of all time.

1728     d. 1779
James Cook, English naval captain and explorer. He discovered the Hawaiian Islands, and introduced tatoos to the western world.  He was killed by the natives of the Sandwich Islands.

1996     b. 1908
Morey Amsterdam, American actor. TV: The Dick Van Dyke Show (Buddy Sorrel).

1975     b. 1886
Rex Todhunter Stout, American author, creator of the detective Nero Wolfe (1934).

1938     b. 1884
Alma Gluck, American singer. Music: Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (1915); the first single recording to sell 1,000,000 copies.

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