Born on 27 October 1960

At A Glance

27 October 1960 at a glance

Day of the week

27 October 1960 was a Thursday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“It's Now or Never” by Elvis Presley was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1960

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1960 was Swiss Family Robinson.

Star sign

The star sign for 27 October is Scorpio.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 27 October 1960 fell in the Year of the Rat.

Birthstone

The birthstone for October is Opal.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 27 October 1960 was First Quarter.

On this day: 27 October

• 1954 Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
• 1958 Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier.
• 1961 NASA tests the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
• 1962 By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war.
• 1964 Ronald Reagan delivers a speech on behalf of the Republican candidate for president, Barry Goldwater. The speech launches his political career and comes to be known as "A Time for Choosing".

Famous people born on 27 October

• Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (1858–1919)
• Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazilian union leader and politician, 35 and 39th President of Brazil (born 1945)
• John Cleese, English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer (born 1939)
• Sylvia Plath, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (1932–1963)

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