Today in History - History - September 27th

1964Mickey Wright wins LPGA Visalia Ladies' Golf Open

1909US President Taft sets aside some 3 million acres of oil-rich public land (including Teapot Dome, Wyoming) for conservation purposes

1983Tim Raines is 1st since Ty Cobb to steal 70 & drive in 70 runs

1991President Bush decides to end full-time B-52 bombers alert

1950Dr Ralph Bunche receives Nobel Peace Prize

1950Ezzard Charles beats Joe Louis in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1959Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Opie Turner Golf Open

1919Babe Ruth's 29th HR is 1st of year in Wash (1st in every park in league in one season)

1833Charles Darwin rides horse to Santa Fe

1950Heavyweight champ Ezzard Charles defeats Joe Louis in 15 in Yankee Stadium, Bronx NY.

1939Kathy Whitworth, Monahans Texas, golfer (7 time LPGA Player of Year)

1949Mike Schmidt, Dayton Ohio, MLB third baseman & HR hitter (Phillies)

1627Jacques-Benigne bossuet, French bishop and writer (Louis XIV court preacher), (d. 1704)

1389Cosimo de Medici, ruler of Florence and patron of the arts (d. 1464)

1972Gwyneth Paltrow, Los Angeles California, actress (Pallbearer, Emma, Hard Eight)

1783Agustin I de Iturbide, Valladolid Michoacán, General and 1st Emperor of Mexico (1822-23)

1840Thomas Nast, Landau Germany, political cartoonist of late 1800s America

1722Samuel Adams, Boston Massachusetts, US revolutionary and politican (Lt Gov-Mass, 1789-94)

1984Avril Lavigne, Belleville Ontario, Canadian singer-songwriter

1817Hiram R. Revels, Fayetteville NC, 1st black US senator

1945Actor Richard Cromwell (35) weds actress Angela Lansbury (19) in Independence, California

1876Poet Frederic Mistral (46) weds Marie Louise Aimee Rivière

1865Physicist Johannes van der Waals (27) weds Anna Magdalena Smit (18)

2008Actress and singer Scarlett Johansson (23) weds film actor Ryan Reynolds (31) at Clayoquot Wilderness Retreat in Tofino, British Columbia

1920Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies (25) weds Pattie Maie Leckie (21) at Kew Presbyterian Church in Melbourne, Australia

1997Grammy Award winning singer-rapper Coolio (34) weds Los Angeles DJ Josefa Salinas (37) in Las Vegas

1934Baseball player and manager Leo Durocher (28) weds businesswoman Grace Dozier

1759Political activist Thomas Paine (22) weds household servant Mary Lambert (21)

2009William Safire, American Columnist, dies at 79

1965Clara Bow, US actress, dies at 60