Roosevelt, age 11

 
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt  (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919)

Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States, in office from 1901 to
1909. He was a leader of the Republican Party and founder of the short-lived
Progressive, “Bull Moose”, Party of 1912. Before becoming President, he held
various levels of city, state, and federal offices. He was a naturalist, explorer,
hunter and a soldier.

Walt Disney

The first of the Walt Disney anthology television series premiered on ABC,
Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show was originally hosted by
Walt Disney himself presenting a series of cartoons and other material from
the studio library. One-hour edits of recent Disney films were also aired and
occasionally, educational segments would be featured. The television series
continued to be produced by the Walt Disney Company under several titles
until 2008.

Filming a segment of Disneyland with Walt

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Floyd Cramer  (October 27, 1933 – December 31, 1997)

Floyd Cramer was a Hall of Fame pianist who was one of the major architects of the  
"Nashville Sound.” He popularized the "slip note" piano style, a departure from the common style of the late 1950s.

"Last Date" peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in
1960 and made the number 11 position on the country chart.

 

Victory at Sea is a NBC-TV documentary series about naval warfare during
World War ll. The original broadcast aired from Sunday October 26, 1952
to May 3, 1953. The series won an Emmy award in 1954 as “best public
affairs program”. The music soundtrack, by Richard Rodgers and Robert
Russell Bennett, was made into a record album.