This Day In History — Birthday of Teddy Roosevelt

October 27

1787
The first of the Federalist Papers, which called for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, was published.

1904
New York City’s first rapid transit subway, the IRT, opened.

1938
Du Pont announced that it would name its new synthetic yarn nylon.

1978
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin were named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize for their work toward a Middle East accord.

1997
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 554.26 points, forcing the stock market to shut down.

2004
After an 86 year wait, the Boston Red Sox finally captured a World Series trophy.

Birthdays

Isaac Singer
1811–75, American inventor, b. Rensselaer co., N.Y..

Erasmus
humanist (1466)

James Cook
explorer and navigator (1728)

Niccolò Paganini
violinist (1782)

Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. president (1858)

Emily Post
etiquette authority (1873)

Dylan Thomas
poet (1914)

Roy Lichtenstein
painter (1923)

Sylvia Plath
poet (1932)

John Cleese
actor (1939)

Maxine Hong Kingston
writer (1940)

Roberto Benigni
actor and filmmaker (1952)