Oct 27, 1904 At 2:35 on the afternoon of October 27, 1904, New York City Mayor George McClellan takes the controls on the inaugural run of the citys innovative new rapid transit system: the subway. Every day, some 4.5 million passengers take the subway in New York. With the exception of the PATH train connecting New York with New Jersey and some parts of Chicagos elevated train system, New Yorks subway is the only rapid transit system in the world that runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. No matter how crowded or dirty, the subway is one New York City institution few New Yorkers—or tourists—could do without. Of course Ive lived without it all my life. Oct 27, 1873 On this day in 1873, a De Kalb, Illinois, farmer named Joseph Glidden submits an application to the U.S. Patent Office for his clever new design for a fencing wire with sharp barbs, an invention that will forever change the face of the American West. On October 27, 2004, the Boston Red Sox win the World Series for the first time since 1918, finally vanquishing the so-called Curse of the Bambino that had plagued them for 86 years. This is for anyone who has ever rooted for the Red Sox, the team’s GM told reporters after the game. This is for all of Red Sox Nation, past and present. Bornt Oct 27: 1156 - Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222) 1728 - James Cook, Yorkshire, England, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands--then he had a peanut butter and jelly 1782 - Niccolo Paganini, Genoa Italy, composer/violin virtuoso (Princess 1811 - Issac Merrit Singer, inventor (1st practical home sewing machine) 1842 - Giovanni Giolitti, 5x premier of Italy (1892..1921) 1844 - Klas Arnoldson, Sweden, politician/pacifist (Nobel 1908) 1858 - Theodore Roosevelt, NYC, (R) 26th Pres (1901-09; Nobel 1906), 1872 - Emily Post, authority on social behavior/writer (Etiquette-I aint got none) 1894 - Fritz Sauckel, German Nazi General of Labor 1895 - John Boles, Greenville TX, singer/actor (Babes in Baghdad) 1896 - Edith Haisman, Titanic survivor 1907 - Helmut Walcha, German organist (church music) 1907 - Moises F da Costa Gomez, premier Dutch Antilles 1911 - Leif Erickson, California, actor (Invaders from Mars, On the Waterfront 1920 - K. R. Narayanan, 10th President of India 1921 - Anestis Logothetis, composer 1921 - Warren Allen Smith, American encyclopedist 1922 - Carlos Andres Perez, president of Venezuela (1974-79/ 1926 - H R Haldeman, former White House Chief of Staff (Watergate figure) 1929 - Marino Iandioro, canned Tomato Pioneer 1932 - Sylvia Plath, Boston Massachusetts, American poet (Colossus, 3 Women, Bell Jar) 1933 - Floyd Cramer, La, hall of fame pianist (Last Date, On the Rebound). I had a blind roommate at college played last date fer me every day before Id go to work at the hospital. Sounded just like him. 1939 - John Cleese, Weston-Super-Mare England, comedian (Monty Python 1940 - John Gotti, Bronx NY, mafia head of the Gambino family. You talkin to me? 1942 - Lee Greenwood, Los Angeles, California, American country singer (God Bless the USA) 1946- Steven R Nail, Canton Ill, USAF/astr (STS 51-G, 61-A, 37, 1947 - Terry Anderson, AP correspondent/US hostage held in Lebanon (1985-91) 1948 - Byron Allred, Logan Ut, rocker (Steve Miller Band 1951 - K K Downing, rock guitarist (Judas Priest-Breakin the Law) 1951 - Carlos Frenk, Mexican/British cosmologist 1951 - Nancy Jacobs, American politician 1952 - Roberto Benigni, Italian director and actor 1953 - Michael Baker, Memphis Tn, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 43, 52, 68, 81) 1953 - Peter Firth, Bradford England, actor (Equus, Lifeforce, Tess) 1953 - Robert Picardo, Phila, actor (Frame Up, Gremlins 2) 1954 - Chris Tavare, cricketer (England opener & occasional scorer of runs) 1954 - Jan Duursema, American comic book artist 1955 - Debra Bowen, American politician 1956 - Patty Sheehan, Middlebury Vermont, LPGA golfer (1994 US Womens Open 1961 - Rick Gibson, Calgary Alta, Canadian Tour golfer 1964 - Jill Hetherington, Brampton Ontario, tennis player Open-7th-1995) 1964 - Mark Taylor, cricketer (genius Australian captain since 1994) 1964 - Mary Meagher-Plant, 100m butterfly swimmer (Oly-3 gold/silv/br-84, 88) 1965 - Krista Blomquist, New Haven Conn, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-7h 1966 - Timm Rosenbach, NFL quarterback (NO Saints) 1966 - Matt Drudge, American blogger 1967 - Jaren Jackson, NBA guard/forward (Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs) 1967 - Scott Weiland, American singer (Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver 1971 - Zaddick X Longenbach, Greenwalds Pa, fencer-foil (Olympics-96 1972 - John Steel, Auckland NZ, 100m/200m swimmer (Olympics-96) 1972 - Maria Mutola, Maputo Mozambique, 800m runner (Olympics-bronze-96 1972 - Elissa (singer), Lebanese singer 1972 - Marika Krook, Finnish singer (Edea) 1973 - Alison Ali Malyn Shumate, Union City Tenn, Miss America-Tenn (1996) 1973 - Monica Louwerens, Greenville Miss, Miss America (Miss-Top 10-1996) 1974 - Juan Viedna Schenkhuizen, soccer player (Ajax, NEC) 1975 - Emily John Orton, Creswell Oregon, Miss America (Oregon-2nd-1996 1984 - Brady Quinn, American football player 1984 - Irfan Pathan, Indian cricketer 1986 - Matty Pattison, English footballer 1987 - Andrew Bynum, American basketball player. And 1987 - Yi Jianlian, Chinese basketball player (Disputed) They was bornt nekked and I dont know why Yi was disputed. Either he was a basketball player or he werent. God lives him no how. He loves us all. I dont know why. But that is undisputed.
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