1998: 77 year-old JOHN GLENN become the oldest astronaut in the world when he blasted off from NASA’S lauch site in Florida in space shuttle DISCOVERY, on its nine day flight to study the sun. (Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962)

1996: 2,000 sheep went on the march in central Madrid, Spain, as shepherds called for traditional livestock pathways to be preserved.

1990: JACQUES DEMY, French film director died.

1986: Big Bang Day in the City of London, England, was brought about by the deregulation of the money market.

1978: Egypt’s PRESIDENT ANWAR SADAT and Israel’s Prime Minister MENACHEM BEGIN were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their effort in establishing peace between their two countries.

Celebrity Birthdays for October 27

SIMON LE BON, frontman of British ‘New Romantics’ group DURAN DURAN, 46

ROBERTO BENIGNI, Italian actor and director, 51

JOHN CLEESE, british comedy actor, 64

SYLVIA PLATH, American novelist b.1932

ROY LICHTENSTEIN, American pop art pioneer b.1923

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