{
  "question": "Was today a founding father's birthday?",
  "url": "https://was.today/a-founding-fathers-birthday",
  "verdict": "no",
  "headline": "NO",
  "answer": "No — no U.S. Founding Father was born on October 27; John Adams' birthday was October 30.",
  "details": [
    "October 27's 1858 birth: Theodore Roosevelt, not a founder",
    "Founders' window: John Adams Oct 30, 1735",
    "Also born this date: James Cook, 1728"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Wikipedia: October 27",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_27"
    },
    {
      "title": "National Archives (.gov)",
      "url": "https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/signers-factsheet?source=post_page-----90aab66b6cb3--------------------------------#1"
    },
    {
      "title": "upi.com",
      "url": "https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2026/10/27/Famous-birthdays-for-Oct-27-Kelly-Osbourne-Lee-Greenwood/6221793065175/"
    },
    {
      "title": "WikiTree",
      "url": "https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:American_Founding_Fathers"
    },
    {
      "title": "Google Books",
      "url": "https://books.google.com/books?id=RedvDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=sl#1"
    },
    {
      "title": "Blogger.com",
      "url": "http://sbynews.blogspot.com/2009/10/founding-fathers.html"
    },
    {
      "title": "Miami University",
      "url": "https://events.miamioh.edu/event/founding-father-faceoff"
    }
  ],
  "date": "2026-10-27",
  "place": null,
  "permalink": "https://was.today/a-founding-fathers-birthday/2026-10-27",
  "scope": "global",
  "volatile": false,
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-27T07:45:43.831Z"
}