Born on 27 October 2016

At A Glance

27 October 2016 at a glance

Day of the week

27 October 2016 was a Thursday.

Irish Chart Song in 2016

The Irish chart song for 2016 was “One Dance” by Drake.

Top Film of 2016

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2016 was Captain America: Civil War.

Star sign

The star sign for 27 October is Scorpio.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 27 October 2016 fell in the Year of the Monkey.

Birthstone

The birthstone for October is Opal.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 27 October 2016 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 27 October

• 1988 Cold War: Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow due to Soviet listening devices in the building structure.
• 1991 Turkmenistan achieves independence from the Soviet Union.
• 1994 Gliese 229B is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified.
• 2014 Britain withdraws from Afghanistan at the end of Operation Herrick, after 12 years four months and seven days.
• 2017 Catalonia declares independence from Spain.

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)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)