October 27th in History
1987: Gilbert McNamee sentenced to 25 years in prison for being an IRA bombmaker


October 27th birthdays
1728: Captain James Cook, Discoverer of Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand
1782: Niccolo Paganini, Italian composer and violinist
1858: Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States
1914: Dylan Thomas, Welsh author and poet
1939: John Cleese, British actor and writer

October 28th in History
1636: Americas oldest university,'Havard', founded
1886: The Statue of Liberty,a gift from the people of France, is unveiled by President Grover Cleveland,marking the 100th anniversary of independence
1914: George Eastman of the 'Kodak'company,announces the invention of colour photographs


October 28th birthdays
1903: Evelyn Waugh, English novelist
1909: Francis Bacon, British artist
1933: Michael Noakes, Portrait and landscape painter

October 29th in History
1863: International Red Cross founded by Henri Dunant
1929: Black Tuesday': New York's Wall Street crash
1989: The African National Congress(ANC) first political rally for almost thirty years is attended by 70,000 supporters


October 29th birthdays
1740: James Boswell, Scottish biographer and diarist
1897: Joseph Goebbels, Nazi propaganda chief
1947: Richard Dreyfuss, American actor

October 30th in History
1905: Aspirin developed by the German company Bayer


October 30th birthdays
1735: John Adams, 2nd American President
1741: Angelica Kauffman, Swiss painter
1885: Ezra Pound, American poet
1935: Michael Winner, American director

October 31st in History
1485: Coronation of British king Henry VII
1922: Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister and Dictator of Italy
1952: US detonate first hydrogen bomb at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific


October 31st birthdays
1632: Jan Vermeer, Dutch painter
1795: John Keats, English poet; works include 'Ode to a Nightingale'
1945: Barrie Keefe, American writer

November 1st in History
1940: Prehistoric cave paintings discovered in Lascaux, France
1962: First ever spacecraft to Mars, Mars 1, launched


November 1st birthdays
1757: Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor
1871: Stephen Crane, American novelist
1887: L.S Lowry, English artist; famous for his matchstick figures

November 2nd in History
1976: Jimmy Carter elected as the (38th) US President
1986: Following intervention of Terry Waite, US hostage David Jacobsen is fred in Beirut after 18 months imprisonment


November 2nd birthdays
1755: Marie Antoinette, Former Queen of France
1913: Burt Lancaster, American actor

November 3rd in History
1957: Russians launch a dog named Laika into space, the first living creature to leave the earth
1985: Two French agents found guilty of sinking the Greenpeace ship 'Rainbow Warrior'
1992: Bill Clinton wins the US Presidential elections with a 'landslide' victory over George Bush


November 3rd birthdays
1917: Conor Cruise O'Brien, Irish writer
1921: Charles Bronson, American actor
1954: Adam Ant, British Singer/songwriter

November 4th in History
1862: Gatling gun patented
1942: Battle of El Alamein ends with victory for the allies, after 12 days conflict with Rommel's 'Africa Corps'
1980: Ronald Reagan elected 40th President of the US


November 4th birthdays
1868: Scott Joplin, Renowned 'ragtime' pianist
1879: Will Rogers, American actor and humorist
1916: Walter Cronkite, Legendary US TV reporter

November 5th in History
1940: Franklin Delano Roosevelt elected to a record third term as President


November 5th birthdays
1913: Vivien Leigh, British actress
1941: Art Garfunkel, American Singer
1963: Tatum O'Neal, American actress