Today in History
27 October
244 births · 116 deaths · 47 events recorded
Featured Birthday · Born 1970
Karl Backman
Swedish artist and musician
Notable Births
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Haruka Kudō (singer)
b. 1999
Japanese actress (born 1999)
Lonzo Ball
b. 1997
American basketball player (born 1997)
Rasmus Andersson
b. 1996
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1996)
Kim Woo-seok (singer)
b. 1996
South Korean singer and actor (born 1996)
Leon Draisaitl
b. 1995
German ice hockey player (born 1995)
Dimitris Gourtsas
b. 1990
Greek footballer
Karl Backman
b. 1970
Swedish artist and musician
Kit Malthouse
b. 1966
British politician (born 1966)
Notable Deaths
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Prunella Scales
d. 2025
English actress (1932–2025)
Li Keqiang
d. 2023
Premier of China from 2013 to 2023
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
d. 2019
Leader of the Islamic State from 2013 to 2019
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha
d. 2018
Thai businessman (1958–2018)
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
d. 2016
Japanese prince (1915–2016)
Ayerdhal
d. 2015
French thriller and science fiction writer
Stephanie Tyrell
d. 2003
Musical artist
Jacques Demy
d. 1990
French film director (1931–1990)
On This Day in History
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2019
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant founder and leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi kills himself and three children by detonating a suicide vest during the U.S. military Barisha raid in northwestern Syria.
Islamic State
2018
A gunman opens fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue killing eleven and injuring six, including four police officers.
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
2018
Leicester City F.C. owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha dies in a helicopter crash along with four others after a Premier League match against West Ham United at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, England.
Leicester City F.C.
2017
Catalonia declares independence from Spain.
Catalonia
2014
Britain withdraws from Afghanistan at the end of Operation Herrick, after 12 years four months and seven days.
Operation Herrick
1999
Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing the Prime Minister and seven others.
Armenian parliament shooting
1997
The 1997 Asian financial crisis causes a crash in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
1997 Asian financial crisis
1994
Gliese 229B is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified.
Gliese 229