September 27 Events 1066 - William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme river, beginning the Norman conquest of England . 1331 - The Battle of Płowce between the Poland and the Teutonic Order is fought. 1422 - After the brief Gollub War, the Teutonic Knights sign the Treaty of Melno with Poland and Lithuania 1529 - The Siege of Vienna begins when Suleiman I attacks the city. 1540 - The Society of Jesus receives its charter from Pope Paul III . 1590 - Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history. 1605 - The armies of Sweden are defeated by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm . 1669 - The Venetians surrender the fortress of Candia to the Ottomans, thus ending the 21-year-long Siege of Candia . 1777 - American Revolution: Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes the capital of the United States for one day after Congress evacuates Philadelphia. 1791 - The National Assembly votes to award full citizenship to Jews in France . 1822 - Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta Stone. 1825 - The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, the Stockton and Darlington Railway , is ceremonially opened. 1854 - The steamship sinks with 300 people on board. 1875 - The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool. 1903 - The Wreck of the Old 97 , an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad. 1908 - Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit. 1916 - Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu . 1922 - King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, George II . 1928 - The Republic of China is recognized by the United States. 1930 - Bobby Jones wins the Grand Slam of golf . 1938 - The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow. 1940 - World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy. 1941 - The Greek National Liberation Front is established with Georgios Siantos as acting leader. 1941 - The is launched, becoming the first of more than 2,700 Liberty ships. 1942 - Last day of the Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marines barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces. 1944 - The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II. 1949 - Zeng Liansong's design is chosen as the flag of the People's Republic of China . 1956 - USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first person to exceed Mach 3. Shortly thereafter, the Bell X-2 goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed. 1959 - Typhoon Vera kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan. 1962 - The Yemen Arab Republic is established. 1962 - Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1964 - The British TSR-2 aircraft XR219 makes its maiden flight. 1975 - The last use of capital punishment in Spain sparks worldwide protests. 1977 - Japan Airlines Flight 715 crashes on approach to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang , Malaysia , killing 34 of the 79 people on board. 1983 - Richard Stallman announces the GNU Project to develop a free Unix-like operating system . 1988 - The National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and others to fight dictatorship in Myanmar. 1993 - The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia. 1996 - The Battle of Kabul ends in a Taliban victory, who establish the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan . 1996 - Confusion on a tanker ship results in the Julie N. oil spill in Portland, Maine. 1998 - The Google internet search engine retroactively claims this date as its birthday. 2001 - In Switzerland, a gunman shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself. 2003 - The SMART-1 satellite is launched. 2007 - NASA launches the Dawn probe to the asteroid belt. 2008 - CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk. 2012 - In Minneapolis, a gunman shoots seven citizens , killing five and then himself. 2014 - The eruption of Mount Ontake in Japan occurs. 2019 - Over 2 million people participated in worldwide strikes to protest climate change across 2,400 locations worldwide.Births 808 - Ninmyō , Japanese emperor 823 - Ermentrude of Orléans , queen of the Franks 1271 - Wenceslaus II of Bohemia , king of Bohemia and Poland 1275 - John II, Duke of Brabant 1300 - Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine 1389 - Cosimo de' Medici , ruler of Florence 1433 - Stanisław Kazimierczyk , Polish canon regular and saint 1442 - John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk 1496 - Hieronymus Łaski , Polish diplomat 1507 - Guillaume Rondelet , French physician 1533 - Stefan Batory , King of Poland 1544 - Takenaka Shigeharu , Japanese samurai 1552 - Flaminio Scala , Italian playwright and stage actor 1598 - Robert Blake , English admiral 1601 - Louis XIII of France 1627 - Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet , French bishop and theologian 1643 - Solomon Stoddard , American pastor and librarian 1657 - Sofia Alekseyevna of Russia 1677 - Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari , Italian violinist and composer 1696 - Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori , Italian bishop and saint 1719 - Abraham Gotthelf Kästner , German mathematician and epigrammatist 1722 - Samuel Adams , American philosopher and politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts 1729 - Michael Denis , Austrian lepidopterist, author, and poet 1739 - Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock , Irish politician 1765 - Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille , French general 1772 - Martha Jefferson Randolph , daughter of Thomas Jefferson who had twelve children 1783 - Agustín de Iturbide , Mexican royalist turned insurgent; first emperor of Mexico 1803 - Samuel Francis Du Pont , American admiral 1805 - George Müller , German-English evangelist and missionary, founded the Ashley Down Orphanage 1818 - Hermann Kolbe , German chemist and academic 1821 - Henri-Frédéric Amiel , Swiss philosopher, poet, and critic 1824 - William "Bull" Nelson , American general 1830 - William Babcock Hazen , American general 1838 - Lawrence Sullivan Ross , American general and politician, 19th Governor of Texas 1840 - Alfred Thayer Mahan , American captain and historian 1840 - Thomas Nast , German-American cartoonist 1842 - Alphonse François Renard , Belgian geologist and petrographer 1843 - Gaston Tarry , French mathematician and academic 1861 - Corinne Roosevelt Robinson , American poet and author 1864 - Andrej Hlinka , Slovak priest and politician 1866 - Eurosia Fabris , Italian saint 1871 - Grazia Deledda , Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate 1879 - Hans Hahn , Austrian mathematician and philosopher 1879 - Frederick Schule , American hurdler and coach 1879 - Cyril Scott , English poet and composer 1882 - Dorothy Greenhough-Smith , English figure skater and tennis player 1885 - Harry Blackstone, Sr., American magician 1885 - Charles Benjamin Howard , Canadian businessman and politician 1892 - George Bambridge , English diplomat 1894 - Lothar von Richthofen , German lieutenant and pilot 1895 - Woolf Barnato , English race car driver and financier 1896 - Gilbert Ashton , English cricketer 1896 - Sam Ervin , American soldier and politician 1898 - Vincent Youmans , American composer and producer 1904 - Edvard Kocbek , Slovenian poet and politician 1905 - Conrad Heidkamp , German footballer and manager 1906 - William Empson , English poet and critic 1906 - Jim Thompson , American author and screenwriter 1906 - Sergei Varshavsky , Russian art collector and author 1907 - Bernard Miles , English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1911 - Marcey Jacobson , American-Mexican photographer 1913 - Albert Ellis , American psychologist and author 1916 - S. Yizhar, Israeli academic and politician 1917 - Louis Auchincloss , American novelist and essayist 1917 - Carl Ballantine , American magician and actor 1917 - William T. Orr, American actor and producer 1917 - Benjamin Rubin , American microbiologist 1918 - Martin Ryle , English astronomer and author, Nobel Prize laureate 1918 - Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd 1918 - Konstantin Gerchik , the second head of the world's first cosmodrome — "Baikonur". 1919 - Jayne Meadows , American actress and author 1919 - Charles H. Percy, American lieutenant and politician 1919 - James H. Wilkinson, American mathematician and computer scientist 1921 - Miklós Jancsó , Hungarian director and screenwriter 1921 - Milton Subotsky , American screenwriter and producer, co-founded Amicus Productions 1921 - Bernard Waber , American author and illustrator 1922 - Sammy Benskin , American pianist and bandleader 1922 - Arthur Penn , American director and producer 1924 - Ernest Becker , American-Canadian anthropologist, author, and academic 1924 - Bud Powell , American pianist and composer 1924 - Fred Singer , Austrian-American physicist and academic 1924 - Josef Škvorecký , Czech-Canadian author and publisher 1925 - Robert Edwards , English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1925 - George Gladir , American author 1926 - Steve Stavro , Canadian businessman and philanthropist 1927 - Chrysostomos I of Cyprus 1927 - Red Rodney , American trumpet player 1927 - Romano Scarpa , Italian author and illustrator 1927 - Sada Thompson , American actress 1928 - Margaret Rule , English archaeologist and historian 1929 - Calvin Jones , American pianist, composer, and educator 1929 - Bruno Junk , Estonian race walker 1929 - Barbara Murray , English actress 1930 - Paul Reichmann , Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Olympia and York 1931 - Freddy Quinn , Austrian singer, guitarist, and actor 1932 - Geoff Bent , English footballer 1932 - Michael Colvin , English captain and politician 1932 - Gabriel Loubier , Canadian politician 1932 - Oliver E. Williamson, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1932 - Marcia Neugebauer , American geophysicist 1933 - Rodney Cotterill , Danish-English physicist and neuroscientist 1933 - Paul Goble , English-American author and illustrator 1933 - Greg Morris , American actor 1934 - Wilford Brimley , American actor 1934 - Claude Jarman, Jr., American actor and producer 1934 - Dick Schaap , American sportscaster and author 1935 - Al MacNeil , Canadian ice hockey player and coach 1936 - Don Cornelius , American television host and producer 1936 - Gordon Honeycombe , English actor, playwright, and author 1937 - Vasyl Durdynets , Ukrainian politician and diplomat, 8th Prime Minister of Ukraine 1938 - Jean-Loup Dabadie , French journalist, songwriter, and screenwriter 1939 - Nicholas Haslam , English interior designer and author 1939 - Carol Lynn Pearson , American author, poet, and playwright 1939 - Kathy Whitworth , American golfer 1940 - Josephine Barstow , English soprano and actress 1940 - Benoni Beheyt , Belgian cyclist 1941 - Peter Bonetti , English footballer and coach 1941 - Serge Ménard , Canadian lawyer and politician 1941 - Don Nix , American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer 1942 - Dith Pran , Cambodian photographer and journalist 1942 - Alvin Stardust , English singer and actor 1943 - Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta 1943 - Randy Bachman , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist 1944 - Ian Garnett , English admiral 1944 - Angélica María , American-born Mexican singer-songwriter and actress 1944 - Gary Sutherland , American baseball player and scout 1945 - Jack Goldstein , Canadian-American painter 1945 - Bob Spiers , Scottish-English director and producer 1946 - Nicos Anastasiades , Cypriot lawyer and politician, 7th President of Cyprus 1946 - T. C. Cannon, American painter and sculptor 1947 - Dick Advocaat , Dutch football manager and former player 1947 - Richard Court , Australian politician, 26th Premier of Western Australia 1947 - Barbara Dickson , Scottish singer-songwriter and actress 1947 - Denis Lawson , Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter 1947 - Meat Loaf , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor 1948 - Tom Braidwood , Canadian actor, director, and producer 1948 - Les Chapman , English footballer and manager 1948 - Duncan Fletcher , Rhodesian-Zimbabwean cricketer and coach 1949 - Graham Richardson , Australian journalist and politician, 39th Australian Minister for Health 1949 - Mike Schmidt , American baseball player and coach 1949 - Jahn Teigen , Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist 1950 - Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa , Japanese-American actor and martial artist 1951 - Paul Craig , English author and academic 1951 - Geoff Gallop , Australian politician, 27th Premier of Western Australia 1951 - Michel Rivard , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist 1951 - Jim Shooter , American author and illustrator 1951 - David Starobin , American guitarist, producer, and director 1951 - Steve Soper , English race car driver 1952 - Katie Fforde , English author 1952 - Dumitru Prunariu , Romanian pilot, engineer, and astronaut 1953 - Diane Abbott , English journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development 1953 - Mata Amritanandamayi , Indian guru and saint 1953 - Claudio Gentile , Italian footballer and manager 1953 - Greg Ham , Australian keyboard player, saxophonist and songwriter 1954 - Ray Hadley , Australian radio host and sportscaster 1954 - Dmitry Sitkovetsky , Russian violinist and conductor 1954 - Larry Wall , American computer programmer and author 1956 - Steve Archibald , Scottish footballer and manager 1957 - Bill Athey , English cricketer, footballer, and coach 1957 - Peter Sellars , American actor, director, and screenwriter 1958 - Shaun Cassidy , American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter 1958 - Irvine Welsh , Scottish author and playwright 1959 - Beth Heiden , American speed skater and cyclist 1960 - Jean-Marc Barr , German-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1962 - Gavin Larsen , New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster 1963 - Marc Maron , American comedian, actor, and radio host 1964 - Predrag Brzaković , Serbian footballer 1964 - Tracy Camp , American computer scientist and academic 1964 - Johnny du Plooy , South African boxer 1964 - Stephan Jenkins , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1965 - Steve Kerr , American basketball player, coach and sportscaster 1965 - Bernard Lord , Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th Premier of New Brunswick 1965 - Peter MacKay , Canadian lawyer and politician, 50th Canadian Minister of Justice 1965 - Alexis Stewart , American radio and television host 1966 - Don Jamieson , American comedian and television host 1966 - Debbie Wasserman Schultz , American politician 1966 - Stephanie Wilson , American engineer and astronaut 1966 - Lorenzo Cherubini , Italian singer-songwriter and rapper 1967 - Uche Okechukwu , Nigerian footballer 1968 - Mari Kiviniemi , Finnish politician, 41st Prime Minister of Finland 1970 - Yoshiharu Habu , Japanese chess player and author 1970 - Tamara Taylor , Canadian actress 1971 - Horacio Sandoval , Mexican illustrator 1972 - Sylvia Crawley , American basketball player and coach 1972 - Clara Hughes , Canadian cyclist and speed skater 1972 - Gwyneth Paltrow , American actress, blogger, and businesswoman 1972 - Craig L. Rice, American politician 1973 - Vratislav Lokvenc , Czech footballer 1973 - Stanislav Pozdnyakov , Russian fencer 1974 - Carrie Brownstein , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress 1976 - Matt Harding , American video game designer and dancer 1976 - Jason Phillips , American baseball player and coach 1976 - Francesco Totti , Italian footballer 1977 - Andrus Värnik , Estonian javelin thrower 1978 - Brad Arnold , American rock singer-songwriter 1978 - Jon Rauch , American baseball player 1978 - Mihaela Ursuleasa , Romanian pianist 1979 - Jon Garland , American baseball player 1979 - Zita Görög , Hungarian actress and model 1979 - Christian Jones , Australian race car driver 1979 - Steve Simpson , Australian rugby league player 1980 - Asashōryū Akinori , Mongolian sumo wrestler, the 68th Yokozuna 1980 - Ehron VonAllen , American singer-songwriter and producer 1981 - Sophie Crumb , American author and illustrator 1981 - Brendon McCullum , New Zealand cricketer 1981 - Lakshmipathy Balaji , Indian cricketer 1982 - Jon McLaughlin , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1982 - Markus Rosenberg , Swedish footballer 1982 - Lil Wayne , American rapper, producer, and actor 1982 - Darrent Williams , American football player 1983 - Jeon Hye-bin , South Korean actress and singer 1984 - Paul Bevan , Australian footballer 1984 - Davide Capello , Italian footballer 1984 - John Lannan , American baseball player 1984 - Avril Lavigne , Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer 1984 - Wouter Weylandt , Belgian cyclist 1985 - Massimo Bertocchi , Canadian decathlete 1985 - Daniel Pudil , Czech footballer 1985 - Ibrahim Touré , Ivorian footballer 1986 - Vin Mazzaro , American baseball player 1986 - Matt Shoemaker American baseball player 1986 - Ricardo Risatti , Argentinian race car driver 1987 - Ádám Bogdán , Hungarian footballer 1987 - Austin Carlile , American singer-songwriter 1987 - Vanessa James , French figure skater 1987 - Olga Puchkova , Russian tennis player 1988 - Lisa Ryzih , German pole vaulter 1989 - Park Tae-hwan , South Korean swimmer 1991 - Ousmane Barry , Guinean footballer 1991 - Simona Halep , Romanian tennis player 1991 - Anete Paulus , Estonian footballer 1991 - Rio Uchida , Japanese model and actress 1992 - Lachlan Burr , Australian rugby league player 1992 - Luc Castaignos , Dutch footballer 1992 - Pak Kwang-ryong , North Korean footballer 1992 - Ryan O'Shaughnessy , Irish singer-songwriter and actor 1992 - Gabriel Vasconcelos Ferreira , Brazilian footballer 1992 - Granit Xhaka , Swiss footballer 1993 - Lisandro Magallán , Argentinian footballer 1993 - Monica Puig , Puerto Rican-American tennis player 1993 - Vinnie Sunseri , American football player 1994 - Dylan Walker , Australian rugby league player 1998 - Ioana Mincă , Romanian tennis player 2001 - David Malukas , American racing driver 2002 - Jenna Ortega , American actressDeaths 765 - Pugu Huai'en , Chinese general during the Tang Dynasty 936 - Gyeon Hwon , king of Hubaekje 1111 - Vekenega , Croatian Benedictine abbess 1125 - Richeza of Berg , Duchess of Bohemia 1194 - Renaud de Courtenay , Anglo-Norman nobleman 1249 - Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse 1404 - William of Wykeham , English bishop 1536 - Felice della Rovere , illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II 1612 - Piotr Skarga , Polish Jesuit and polemicist 1637 - Lorenzo Ruiz , Filipino saint 1657 - Olimpia Maidalchini , Roman noble 1557 - Emperor Go-Nara of Japan 1590 - Pope Urban VII 1651 - Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria 1660 - Vincent de Paul , French priest and saint 1674 - Robert Arnauld d'Andilly , French writer 1700 - Pope Innocent XII 1719 - George Smalridge , English bishop 1730 - Laurence Eusden , English poet and author 1735 - Peter Artedi , Swedish ichthyologist and zoologist 1742 - Hugh Boulter , Irish archbishop 1783 - Étienne Bézout , French mathematician and theorist 1832 - Karl Christian Friedrich Krause , German philosopher and author 1833 - Raja Ram Mohan Roy , Indian humanitarian and reformer 1838 - Bernard Courtois , French chemist and pharmacist 1876 - Braxton Bragg , American general 1886 - Charles Gordon Greene , American journalist and politician 1891 - Ivan Goncharov , Russian author and critic 1898 - Thomas Joseph Byrnes , Australian politician, 12th Premier of Queensland 1911 - Auguste Michel-Lévy , French geologist and academic 1915 - Remy de Gourmont , French novelist, poet, and critic 1917 - Edgar Degas , French painter and sculptor 1919 - Adelina Patti , Italian-French opera singer 1921 - Engelbert Humperdinck , German composer and educator 1934 - Ellen Willmott , English horticulturalist 1935 - Alan Gray , English composer and organist 1940 - Walter Benjamin , German philosopher and critic 1940 - Julius Wagner-Jauregg , Austrian physician and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate 1942 - Douglas Albert Munro , United States Coast Guard signalman, posthumously awarded Medal of Honor , 1944 - Aimee Semple McPherson , Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel 1956 - Gerald Finzi , English composer and educator 1956 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias , American basketball player and golfer 1960 - Sylvia Pankhurst , English activist 1960 - Hilda Doolittle . American poet, novelist, and memoirist 1965 - Clara Bow , American actress 1965 - William Stanier , English engineer, co-designed the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1967 - Felix Yusupov , Russian husband of Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia 1972 - S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician, librarian, and academic 1974 - Silvio Frondizi , Argentinian lawyer and academic 1975 - Jack Lang , Australian lawyer and politician, 23rd Premier of New South Wales 1979 - Gracie Fields , English actress and singer 1979 - Jimmy McCulloch , Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist 1981 - Robert Montgomery , American actor, singer, director, and producer 1983 - Wilfred Burchett , Australian journalist and author 1984 - Chronis Exarhakos , Greek actor 1985 - Lloyd Nolan , American actor 1986 - Cliff Burton , American bass player and songwriter 1991 - Joe Hulme , English footballer and cricketer 1992 - Zhang Leping , Chinese comic artist 1993 - Jimmy Doolittle , American general, Medal of Honor recipient 1993 - Fraser MacPherson , Canadian saxophonist and educator 1996 - Mohammad Najibullah , Afghan physician and politician, 7th President of Afghanistan 1997 - Walter Trampler , American viola player and educator 1998 - Doak Walker , American football player 2003 - Jean Lucas , French race car driver 2003 - Donald O'Connor , American actor, singer, and dancer 2004 - John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author 2005 - Ronald Golias , Brazilian comedian and actor 2005 - Mary Lee Settle , American novelist, essayist, and memoirist 2006 - Helmut Kallmeyer , German chemist and soldier 2007 - Dale Houston , American singer-songwriter 2007 - Kenji Nagai , Japanese photographer and journalist 2008 - Henri Pachard , American director and producer 2009 - Ivan Dykhovichny , Russian director and screenwriter 2009 - Charles Houston , American physician and mountaineer 2009 - William Safire , American author and journalist 2010 - George Blanda , American football player 2010 - Balaji Sadasivan , Singaporean neurosurgeon and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Singapore 2010 - Trevor Taylor , English race car driver 2011 - David Croft , English director, producer, and screenwriter 2011 - Imre Makovecz , Hungarian architect 2011 - Johnny "Country" Mathis , American singer-songwriter 2012 - Eddie Bert , American trombonist 2012 - Herbert Lom , Czech-English actor 2012 - John Silber , American academic and politician 2012 - Sanjay Surkar , Indian director and screenwriter 2012 - Frank Wilson , American songwriter and producer 2013 - Gates Brown , American baseball player and coach 2013 - Oscar Castro-Neves , Brazilian-American guitarist, composer, and conductor 2013 - Elvin R. Heiberg III, American general and engineer 2013 - Tuncel Kurtiz , Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter 2013 - A. C. Lyles, American screenwriter and producer 2013 - Albert Naughton , English rugby player 2014 - Gaby Aghion , French fashion designer, founded Chloé 2014 - Eugie Foster , American journalist and author 2014 - Taylor Hardwick , American architect and educator, designed Haydon Burns Library and Friendship Fountain Park 2014 - Wally Hergesheimer , Canadian ice hockey player 2014 - Abdelmajid Lakhal , Tunisian actor and director 2014 - James Traficant , American lawyer and politician 2015 - Syed Ahmed , Indian author and politician, 16th Governor of Manipur 2015 - Wilton Felder , American saxophonist and bass player 2015 - Pietro Ingrao , Italian journalist and politician 2015 - Denise Lor , American singer and actress 2015 - Kallen Pokkudan , Indian activist and author 2015 - Frank Tyson , English-Australian cricketer, coach, and journalist 2016 - David Hahn , American Boy Scout famous for attempting to build a nuclear reactor in a shed in his backyard 2017 - Hugh Hefner , American publisher, founder of Playboy Enterprises 2018 - Kavita Mahajan , Indian author and translator 2018 - Michael Payton , American football quarterback 2018 - Manoharsinhji Pradyumansinhji , Indian nobleman and politicianHolidays and observances Christian feast days: * Adheritus * Caius of Milan * Our Lady, Star of the Sea * Vincent de Paul * Thomas Traherne * September 27 Consumación de la Independencia French Community Holiday Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Turkmenistan from USSR in 1991. 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