Event:
Tipper Gore (wife of future Vice President) admits to covering clock on her VCR with black tape so she wouldn't have to watch it blink
More Notable Events on October 27:
1978 Begin and Sadat win Nobel Peace prize
1972 Golden Gate National Recreation Area created
1969 Ralph Nader sets up a consumer organization knowns as Nader's Raiders
1925 Water skis patented by Fred Waller
1775 U.S. Navy forms