October 27 - Princess Party

Princess Party

Happy Anniversary Aunt Tee & Uncle Rodney!

This Day In History

312

Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross.

1275

Traditional date for the founding of the city of Amsterdam.

1682

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded.

1827

Bellini's third opera Il pirata is premiered at Teatro alla Scala di Milano

1904

The first underground New York City Subway line opens; the system becomes the biggest in United States, and one of the biggest in world. Fare is set at one nickel.

1961

NASA tests the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.

1994

Gliese 229B is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified.

Famous Birthdays

1401

Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437)

1728

James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (d. 1779)

1744

Mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819)

1811

Isaac Singer, American inventor (d. 1875)

1858

Theodore Roosevelt, American politician, 33rd Governor of New York, 25th Vice President of the United States, 26th President of the United States, and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1919)

1872

Emily Post, American etiquette author (d. 1960)

1914

Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet (d. 1953)

1920

Nanette Fabray, American actress

1923

Roy Lichtenstein, American Pop Art painter (d. 1997)

1932

Sylvia Plath, American poet (d. 1963)

1939

John Cleese, British actor and writer

1942

Lee Greenwood, American singer
1946
Ivan Reitman, Czechoslovakian-born Canadian film actor, producer and director
1953
Peter Firth, British actor
1958
Simon Le Bon, English singer (Duran Duran)
1984
Emilie Ullerup, Danish actress