Today in History for 27th October 2016:
Historical Events
1938 – DuPont announces its new synthetic polyamide fiber will be called “nylon”
1980 – Astros owner John McMullen replaces GM Tal Smith with Al Rosen
1984 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1992 – Fox is to launch Tuesday night network TV, rescheduled to Decemeber
1992 – Tipper Gore (wife of future VP) admits to covering clock on her VCR with black tape so she wouldn’t have to watch it blink
2013 – 18 people are killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan
Famous Birthdays
1872 – Emily Post, authority on social behavior/writer (Etiquette)
1910 – Fred de Cordova, film/TV producer (Tonight Show)
1915 – Harry Saltzman, St Johns NB Canada, producer (Goldfinger)
1918 – Teresa Wright, actress (Eleanor Gehrig-Pride of the Yankees), born in NYC, New York
1920 – Nanette Fabray, actress (Katherine-One Day at a Time), born in San Diego, California
1957 – Glen Hoddle, English soccer ball player (Tottenham)
Famous Deaths
1271 – Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213)
1652 – Henry, count of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/gov of Hulst, dies
1771 – Johann Gottlieb Graun, composer, dies
1949 – Ginette Neveu, French violinist (b. 1919)
1995 – Mike Dutfield, documentary Prodcuer, dies at 48
2000 – Walter Berry, Austrian bass-baritone (b. 1929)