Today's birthdays:
| John Saunders born | 27 October 1921 |
| John Cleese born | 27 October 1939 |
| Nikolay Karachentsov born | 27 October 1944 |
Today's anniversaries:
| A Scandal in Bohemia starring Gordon | 27 October 1930 |
| The Red-Headed League starring Rathbone | 27 October 1940 |
| A Scandal in Bohemia starring Wheatley | 27 October 1951 |