births
October 27, 1936
Neil Sheehan, American journalist and author (died 2021)
Neil Sheehan
Cornelius Mahoney Sheehan was an American journalist. As a reporter for The New York Times in 1971, Sheehan obtained the classified Pentagon Papers from Daniel Ellsberg. His series of articles revealed a secret United States Department of Defense history of the Vietnam War and led to a U.S. Supreme Court case, New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971), which invalidated the United States government's use of a restraining order to halt publication.
October 27
October 27 is the 300th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 65 days remain until the end of the year.