October 27

Events


 * 1920 - KDKA granted broadcast license

Births


 * 1782 – Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1840)
 * 1911 – Leif Erickson, American actor and singer (d. 1986)
 * 1933 – Floyd Cramer, American popular pianist (d. 1997)
 * 1942 – Lee Greenwood, American singer
 * 1951 – K.K. Downing, English guitarist (Judas Priest)
 * 1952 – Topi Sorsakoski, Finnish singer
 * 1958 – Simon Le Bon, English singer (Duran Duran)
 * 1963 – Farin Urlaub, German singer and guitarrist (Die Ärzte)
 * 1967 – Scott Weiland, American singer (Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver)
 * 1970 – Adrian Erlandsson, Swedish drummer (Cradle of Filth)
 * 1972 – Elissa (singer), Lebanese singer
 * 1972 – Marika Krook, Finnish singer (Edea)
 * 1978 – Vanessa-Mae, Singapore musician
 * 1980 – Tanel Padar, Estonian singer