World History: September 27
1870 Edmund McIlhenny patents an improved method for making pepper sauce and today only the Tabasco Sauce can bear that name.
1877 James Drummond Dole born. Known as the Pineapple King, he founded Hawaiian Pineapple Company which was later renamed Dole Pineapple Co.
1957 Jay A. Pritzker purchases the Hyatt hotel at the Los Angeles Airport from Hyatt Von Dehn, thus beginning the Hyatt Hotel Corporation.