On this day in History - Oct. 27
0625 - Honorius I becomes Pope.
0939 - King Athelstan I of England dies
1156 - Count Raymond VI of Toulouse was born (d. 1222).
1271 - Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy dies (b. 1213). French crusader.
1303 - Benedictus XI is elected Pope
1312 - John II, Duke of Brabant dies (b. 1275)
1327 - Elizabeth de Burgh dies. Queen of Robert I of Scotland
1331 - Abu al-Fida dies (b. 1273). Arab hitorian and geographer
1401 - Catherine of Valois was born (d. 1437). Queen of Henry VI of England
1430 - Vytautas the Great dies. Grand Prince of Lithuania
1439 - Albert II of Germany dies (b. 1397). Holy Roman Emperor
1449 - Ulugh Beg dies (b. 1394). Turkish ruler and astronomer
1466 - Erasmus was born (d. 12 Jul 1536). Dutch humanist and theologian. He was the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance, the first editor of the New Testament, and also an important figure in patristics and classical literature.
1495 - D. Manuel é aclamado rei.
1505 - Ivan III of Russia dies (b. 1440)
1553 - Michael Servetus dies burned at stake (b. 1511). Spanish theologian (burned at the stake)
1561 - Lope de Aguirre dies. Spanish conquistador.
1573 - Laurentius Petri dies (b. 1499). First Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden.
1590 - Death of Pope Urban VII.
1617 - Ralph Winwood dies. English politician.
1644 - Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War.
1670 - Vavasor Powell dies (b. 1517). Welsh non-conformist leader.
1674 - Hallgrímur Pétursson dies (b. 1614). Icelandic poet.
1675 - Gilles de Roberval dies (b. 1602). French mathematician.
1678 - Pierre de Montmort was born in Paris (d. 7 Oct 1719). French mathematician,
1728 - James Cook was born (d. 1779). British naval captain and explorer.
1744 - Mary Moser was born ( † 1819). English painter.
1760 - August von Gneisenau was born (d. 1831). Prussian field marshal
1782 - Niccolò Paganini was born (d. 1840). Italian violinist and composer
1795 - The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U.S.
1797 - Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria.
1810 - United States annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida.
1811 - Isaac Singer was born (d. 1875). American inventor.
1811 - Stevens Thomson Mason was born (d. 1843). First Governor of Michigan
1838 - Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state.
1842 - Giovanni Giolitti was born (d. 1928). Italian statesman
1844 - Klas Pontus Arnoldson was born (d. 1916). Swedish writer and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1858 - Theodore Roosevelt was born (d. 1919). 26th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1870 - Marshal François Achille Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers in one of the biggest French defeats of the Franco-Prussian War.
1873 - Emily Post was born (d. 1960). Eticquette author
1877 - George Thompson was born (d. 1943).English cricketer.
1892 - Graciliano Ramos was born (d. 1953). Brazilian writer.
1894 - Oliver Leese was born (d.1978). British general
1904 - First New York City Subway line opens; the system becomes biggest in United States of America, and one of biggest in world.
1906 - Earle Cabell was born (d. 1975). American politician.
1910 - Jack Carson was born (d. 1963). Canadian actor.
1910 - Fred De Cordova was born (d. 15 Sep 2001). Emmy Award-winning producer: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson [1975-1976, 1976-1977, 1977-1978, 1978-1979, 1991-1992]; director: Bedtime for Bonzo, Frankie and Johnny, I’ll Take Sweden;
1914 - Dylan Thomas was born (d. 1953). Welsh poet.
1917 - Oliver Tambo was born (d. 1993). South-Africa politician
1917 - Arthur Rhys Davids dies (b. 1897). English pilot
1918 - Teresa Wright was born. American actress
1920 - Nanette Fabray was born. Emmy Award-winning actress: Caesar’s Hour [1955, 1956]; One Day at a Time, Westinghouse Playhouse, Our Gang series;
1920 - K. R. Narayanan was born. President of India
1923 - Roy Lichtenstein was born (d. 1997). American artist
1924 - Ruby Dee was born. American actress
1931 - Nawal El Saadawi was born. Egyptian writer
1932 - Sylvia Plath was born (d. 1963). American poet
1939 - John Cleese was born. British Award-winning actor: guest performer: Cheers [1986-87]; A Fish Called Wanda, Monty Python’s Flying Circus, Splitting Heirs, Life of Brian, Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, Silverado, The Big Picture
1940 - John Gotti was born (d. 2002). American gangster
1945 - Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was born in Caetés, Pernambuco; President of Brazil (2003 - ~)
1946 - Carrie Snodgress was born (d. 2004). American actress.
1946 - Ivan Reitman was born. Slovakian actor
1946 - First commercially-sponsored television program airs (Geographically Speaking, sponsored by Bristol-Myers).
1948 - Léopold Sédar Senghor founds the Senegalese Democratic Bloc (BDS).
1949 - An airliner flying from Paris to New York crashes near the Azores. Among the victims are violinist Ginette Neveu and boxer Marcel Cerdan.
0939 - King Athelstan I of England dies
1156 - Count Raymond VI of Toulouse was born (d. 1222).
1271 - Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy dies (b. 1213). French crusader.
1303 - Benedictus XI is elected Pope
1312 - John II, Duke of Brabant dies (b. 1275)
1327 - Elizabeth de Burgh dies. Queen of Robert I of Scotland
1331 - Abu al-Fida dies (b. 1273). Arab hitorian and geographer
1401 - Catherine of Valois was born (d. 1437). Queen of Henry VI of England
1430 - Vytautas the Great dies. Grand Prince of Lithuania
1439 - Albert II of Germany dies (b. 1397). Holy Roman Emperor
1449 - Ulugh Beg dies (b. 1394). Turkish ruler and astronomer
1466 - Erasmus was born (d. 12 Jul 1536). Dutch humanist and theologian. He was the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance, the first editor of the New Testament, and also an important figure in patristics and classical literature.
1495 - D. Manuel é aclamado rei.
1505 - Ivan III of Russia dies (b. 1440)
1553 - Michael Servetus dies burned at stake (b. 1511). Spanish theologian (burned at the stake)
1561 - Lope de Aguirre dies. Spanish conquistador.
1573 - Laurentius Petri dies (b. 1499). First Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden.
1590 - Death of Pope Urban VII.
1617 - Ralph Winwood dies. English politician.
1644 - Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War.
1670 - Vavasor Powell dies (b. 1517). Welsh non-conformist leader.
1674 - Hallgrímur Pétursson dies (b. 1614). Icelandic poet.
1675 - Gilles de Roberval dies (b. 1602). French mathematician.
1678 - Pierre de Montmort was born in Paris (d. 7 Oct 1719). French mathematician,
1728 - James Cook was born (d. 1779). British naval captain and explorer.
1744 - Mary Moser was born ( † 1819). English painter.
1760 - August von Gneisenau was born (d. 1831). Prussian field marshal
1782 - Niccolò Paganini was born (d. 1840). Italian violinist and composer
1795 - The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U.S.
1797 - Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria.
1810 - United States annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida.
1811 - Isaac Singer was born (d. 1875). American inventor.
1811 - Stevens Thomson Mason was born (d. 1843). First Governor of Michigan
1838 - Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state.
1842 - Giovanni Giolitti was born (d. 1928). Italian statesman
1844 - Klas Pontus Arnoldson was born (d. 1916). Swedish writer and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1858 - Theodore Roosevelt was born (d. 1919). 26th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1870 - Marshal François Achille Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers in one of the biggest French defeats of the Franco-Prussian War.
1873 - Emily Post was born (d. 1960). Eticquette author
1877 - George Thompson was born (d. 1943).English cricketer.
1892 - Graciliano Ramos was born (d. 1953). Brazilian writer.
1894 - Oliver Leese was born (d.1978). British general
1904 - First New York City Subway line opens; the system becomes biggest in United States of America, and one of biggest in world.
1906 - Earle Cabell was born (d. 1975). American politician.
1910 - Jack Carson was born (d. 1963). Canadian actor.
1910 - Fred De Cordova was born (d. 15 Sep 2001). Emmy Award-winning producer: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson [1975-1976, 1976-1977, 1977-1978, 1978-1979, 1991-1992]; director: Bedtime for Bonzo, Frankie and Johnny, I’ll Take Sweden;
1914 - Dylan Thomas was born (d. 1953). Welsh poet.
1917 - Oliver Tambo was born (d. 1993). South-Africa politician
1917 - Arthur Rhys Davids dies (b. 1897). English pilot
1918 - Teresa Wright was born. American actress
1920 - Nanette Fabray was born. Emmy Award-winning actress: Caesar’s Hour [1955, 1956]; One Day at a Time, Westinghouse Playhouse, Our Gang series;
1920 - K. R. Narayanan was born. President of India
1923 - Roy Lichtenstein was born (d. 1997). American artist
1924 - Ruby Dee was born. American actress
1931 - Nawal El Saadawi was born. Egyptian writer
1932 - Sylvia Plath was born (d. 1963). American poet
1939 - John Cleese was born. British Award-winning actor: guest performer: Cheers [1986-87]; A Fish Called Wanda, Monty Python’s Flying Circus, Splitting Heirs, Life of Brian, Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, Silverado, The Big Picture
1940 - John Gotti was born (d. 2002). American gangster
1945 - Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was born in Caetés, Pernambuco; President of Brazil (2003 - ~)
1946 - Carrie Snodgress was born (d. 2004). American actress.
1946 - Ivan Reitman was born. Slovakian actor
1946 - First commercially-sponsored television program airs (Geographically Speaking, sponsored by Bristol-Myers).
1948 - Léopold Sédar Senghor founds the Senegalese Democratic Bloc (BDS).
1949 - An airliner flying from Paris to New York crashes near the Azores. Among the victims are violinist Ginette Neveu and boxer Marcel Cerdan.
1949 - José Carlos Queiroz Nunes Ribeiro dies in Paris (b. 5 Apr 1907). Portuguese poet. Prize Antero de Quental
1949 - Egas Moniz (b. 1874, d. 1955), Portuguese neurosurgeon receives the 1949 Nobel Prize for Medicine "for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses" . The prize was shared with Walter Rudolf Hess from Swiss "for his discovery of the functional organization of the interbrain as a coordinator of the activities of the internal organs".
1949 - Marcel Cerdan dies (b. 1916). French boxer.
1949 - Ginette Neveu dies (b. 1919). French violinist.
1950 - Fran Lebowitz was born. American writer
1952 - Roberto Benigni was born. Italian actor.
1953 - British nuclear test Totem 2 is detonated at Emu Field, South Australia.
1953 - Thomas Wass dies (b. 1873). English cricketer.
1954 - Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
1955 - Maurício de Souza was born in Santa Isabel, São Paulo. Brazilian cartoonist "Turma da Mônica".
1957 - Jeff East was born. American actor
1958 - Simon Le Bon was born. English singer (Duran Duran)
1958 - Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed in a bloodless coup d'état by General Ayub Khan, who was appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier.
1961 - Mongólia and Mauritâniabecome the 102nd and 103rd members of Uited Nations
1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis ends peacefully.
1962 - Enrico Mattei dies (b. 1906). Italian politician.
1963 - Marcélia Cartaxo was born. Brazilian actress.
1967 - Scott Weiland was born. American singer (Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver)
1968 - XIX Olympiad in Mexico closed.
1968 - Lise Meitner dies (b. 7 Nov 1878). Austrian physicist.
1969 - Eric Maschwitz dies (b. 1901). English poet, screenwriter.
1970 - Adrian Erlandsson was born. Swedish drummer (Cradle of Filth)
1971 - Republic of the Congo becomes Republic of Za‹re
1972 - Evan Coyne Maloney was born. Filmmaker
1972 - Brad Radke was born. Baseball player
1972 - Maria Mutola was born in Chamanculo. Mozambican athlet who won Mozambique's first ever Olympic gold (2000 Sidney, 800 m).
1973 - The Canyon City meteorite, a 1.4 kg chondrite type meteorite strikes in Fremont County, Colorado.
1977 - Jiří Jarosík was born. Czech footballer
1977 - James M. Cain dies (b. 1 Jul 1892). American writer.
1978 - Vanessa-Mae was born. Violinist.
1978 - The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to Israel’s Menachem Begin and Egypt’s Anwar Sadat. They were honored for the Camp David Agreement, which brought about a negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel.
1979 - Independência de São Vicente e Granadinas
1980 - José Rodrigues Miguéis dies (b. 1901). Portuguese writer.
1980 - Tanel Padar was born. Estonian singer and Eurovision Song Contest winner
1981 - The Soviet submarine U 137 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.
1983 - Ludovico Nitoglia was born. Italian rugby player.
1986 - The London Stock Exchange is deregulated and computerisation is introduced for the first time.
1990 - Supreme Soviet of Kirghiz SSR chooses Askar Akayev as republic's first president.
1991 - Turkmenistan achieved independence from the Soviet Union.
1991 - Askar Akayev é eleito presidente do Quirguistão
1993 - Fires in five counties in southern California destroy more than 500 homes and cause an estimate $1 billion of damage within a week.
1995 - Latvia applies for membership of the European Union.
1997 - Stock markets around the world crash because of fears of a global economic meltdown. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 554.26 points to 7,161.15. For the first time, the New York Stock Exchange activated their "circuit breakers" twice during the day eventually making the controversial move of closing the Exchange early (see October 27, 1997 mini-crash).
1998 - Gerhard Schröder becomes Chancellor of Germany for the first time.
1999 - Armenian Prime Minister Vasgen Sarkissian and 6 other members killed in an attack on the Armenian parliament.
2002 - Trades unionist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is elected as President of Brazil.
2002 - Running back Emmitt Smith becomes the current leader in career rushing yards in the National Football League, breaking the record then held by Walter Payton.
2004 - Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox won Game 4 of the World Series 3-0, sweeping the series in 4 games over the St. Louis Cardinals on a night featuring a full lunar eclipse, becoming champions for the first time since 1918.
2004 - Matti Nykänen, once a very successful Finnish ski-jumper, is found guilty of attempt of manslaughter and sentenced to a two year and two month jail term for stabbing a family friend.
2004 - Eclipse lunar total pôde ser avistado nas Américas, Europa, África e Ásia Central
Feast day of Saint Frumentius, who introduced Christianity into Ethiopia
Independence Day in Turkmenistan (1991)
Independence Day in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1979)
Feriado municipal em Lagos (Portugal)
1949 - Egas Moniz (b. 1874, d. 1955), Portuguese neurosurgeon receives the 1949 Nobel Prize for Medicine "for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses" . The prize was shared with Walter Rudolf Hess from Swiss "for his discovery of the functional organization of the interbrain as a coordinator of the activities of the internal organs".
1949 - Marcel Cerdan dies (b. 1916). French boxer.
1949 - Ginette Neveu dies (b. 1919). French violinist.
1950 - Fran Lebowitz was born. American writer
1952 - Roberto Benigni was born. Italian actor.
1953 - British nuclear test Totem 2 is detonated at Emu Field, South Australia.
1953 - Thomas Wass dies (b. 1873). English cricketer.
1954 - Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
1955 - Maurício de Souza was born in Santa Isabel, São Paulo. Brazilian cartoonist "Turma da Mônica".
1957 - Jeff East was born. American actor
1958 - Simon Le Bon was born. English singer (Duran Duran)
1958 - Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed in a bloodless coup d'état by General Ayub Khan, who was appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier.
1961 - Mongólia and Mauritâniabecome the 102nd and 103rd members of Uited Nations
1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis ends peacefully.
1962 - Enrico Mattei dies (b. 1906). Italian politician.
1963 - Marcélia Cartaxo was born. Brazilian actress.
1967 - Scott Weiland was born. American singer (Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver)
1968 - XIX Olympiad in Mexico closed.
1968 - Lise Meitner dies (b. 7 Nov 1878). Austrian physicist.
1969 - Eric Maschwitz dies (b. 1901). English poet, screenwriter.
1970 - Adrian Erlandsson was born. Swedish drummer (Cradle of Filth)
1971 - Republic of the Congo becomes Republic of Za‹re
1972 - Evan Coyne Maloney was born. Filmmaker
1972 - Brad Radke was born. Baseball player
1972 - Maria Mutola was born in Chamanculo. Mozambican athlet who won Mozambique's first ever Olympic gold (2000 Sidney, 800 m).
1973 - The Canyon City meteorite, a 1.4 kg chondrite type meteorite strikes in Fremont County, Colorado.
1977 - Jiří Jarosík was born. Czech footballer
1977 - James M. Cain dies (b. 1 Jul 1892). American writer.
1978 - Vanessa-Mae was born. Violinist.
1978 - The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to Israel’s Menachem Begin and Egypt’s Anwar Sadat. They were honored for the Camp David Agreement, which brought about a negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel.
1979 - Independência de São Vicente e Granadinas
1980 - José Rodrigues Miguéis dies (b. 1901). Portuguese writer.
1980 - Tanel Padar was born. Estonian singer and Eurovision Song Contest winner
1981 - The Soviet submarine U 137 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.
1983 - Ludovico Nitoglia was born. Italian rugby player.
1986 - The London Stock Exchange is deregulated and computerisation is introduced for the first time.
1990 - Supreme Soviet of Kirghiz SSR chooses Askar Akayev as republic's first president.
1991 - Turkmenistan achieved independence from the Soviet Union.
1991 - Askar Akayev é eleito presidente do Quirguistão
1993 - Fires in five counties in southern California destroy more than 500 homes and cause an estimate $1 billion of damage within a week.
1995 - Latvia applies for membership of the European Union.
1997 - Stock markets around the world crash because of fears of a global economic meltdown. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 554.26 points to 7,161.15. For the first time, the New York Stock Exchange activated their "circuit breakers" twice during the day eventually making the controversial move of closing the Exchange early (see October 27, 1997 mini-crash).
1998 - Gerhard Schröder becomes Chancellor of Germany for the first time.
1999 - Armenian Prime Minister Vasgen Sarkissian and 6 other members killed in an attack on the Armenian parliament.
2002 - Trades unionist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is elected as President of Brazil.
2002 - Running back Emmitt Smith becomes the current leader in career rushing yards in the National Football League, breaking the record then held by Walter Payton.
2004 - Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox won Game 4 of the World Series 3-0, sweeping the series in 4 games over the St. Louis Cardinals on a night featuring a full lunar eclipse, becoming champions for the first time since 1918.
2004 - Matti Nykänen, once a very successful Finnish ski-jumper, is found guilty of attempt of manslaughter and sentenced to a two year and two month jail term for stabbing a family friend.
2004 - Eclipse lunar total pôde ser avistado nas Américas, Europa, África e Ásia Central
Feast day of Saint Frumentius, who introduced Christianity into Ethiopia
Independence Day in Turkmenistan (1991)
Independence Day in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1979)
Feriado municipal em Lagos (Portugal)
Dia Nacional da Desburocratização (2005) : última 5ª. feira do mês de Outubro de cada ano
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