Today in History for 27th October 2025

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Historical Events

1931 - Chuhei Numbu of Japan, sets then long jump record at 26' 2½"
1957 - WPTA TV channel 21 in Fort Wayne, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
1986 - Paul McCartney releases single "Pretty Little Head"
1992 - Tipper Gore, wife of future Vice President Al Gore, admits to covering the clock on her VCR with black tape so she doesn't have to watch it blink
2024 - A long-lost waltz by Frédéric Chopin is reportedly rediscovered after 200 years at the Morgan Library and Museum in Manhattan

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Famous Birthdays

1842 - Giovanni Giolitti, 5x Prime Minister of Italy (1892-93, 1903-05, 1906-09, 1911-14, 1920-21), born in Mondovì, Kingdom of Sardinia (d. 1928)
1944 - Bob Flick, American folk musician (The Brother Four - "Greenfields"), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
1951 - K. K. Downing, British rock guitarist (Judas Priest - "Breakin' The Law"), born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England
1964 - Mary T. Meagher, American swimmer (3 x Olympic gold 100/200m butterfly, 4x100m medley 1984; WR 100/200m butterfly 1981), born in Louisville, Kentucky
1986 - Matty Pattison, South African footballer (Whickham), born in Johannesburg, South Africa

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Famous Deaths

1617 - Ralph Winwood, English politician (b. 1563)
1789 - John Cook, American farmer and Governor of Delaware (b. 1730)
1935 - Ernest Eldridge, British auto racer (world land speed record 1924 at Arpajon, France; 1 mile −145.89 mph), dies from pneumonia at 40
1999 - Charlotte Perriand, French architect and furniture designer (Unité d'habitation), dies at 96
2006 - Joe Niekro, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1979; NL wins leader 1979; Houston Astros; World Series 1987; NY Yankees), dies from a brain aneurysm at 61

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