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What happened in history on this day: October 27?
On October 27 in ...
- 1775 - US Navy is established.
- 1787 - Federalist letters start appearing in New York newspapers.
- 1795 - William De Saussure resigns as Director of the US Mint.
- 1795 - Treaty of San Lorenzo, provides free navigation of Mississippi River.
- 1810 - US annexes West Florida from Spain.
- 1828 - Benjamin Parks claims a gold discovery in Georgia, USA.
- 1858 - RH Macy and Company opens first store (6th Avenue, New York City); gross receipts $1106.
- 1871 - Boss Tweed (William Macy Tweed), Democratic leader of Tammany Hall, is arrested after New York Times exposed his corruption.
- 1904 - New York City Mayor George McClellan operates the inaugural run of the city's new subway rapid transit system. The line, operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, travels 9.1 miles through 28 stations, running from lower Manhattan to Harlem. In the evening, the subway opens to the general public, at a cost of 5 cents each.
- 1938 - DuPont announces its new synthetic fiber will be called "nylon".
- 1941 - Chicago Daily Tribune editorializes there will not be war with Japan.
- 1954 - The ABC TV network airs the first Disneyland TV show, on Wednesday night, 7:30 to 8:30. The first episode is titled The Disneyland Story. Approximately 30.8 million American viewers watch the show.
- 1961 - First Saturn launch vehicle makes an unmanned flight test.
- 1962 - Soviet Union leasder Nikita Khrushchev publicly calls for the dismantling of U.S. missile bases in Turkey. US President Kennedy agrees to remove the sites at a later date.
- 1969 - Ralph Nader sets up a consumer organization known as Nader's Raiders.
- 1972 - Golden Gate National Recreation Area created.
- 1973 - In Canon City, Colorado, USA a building is hit by a falling meteorite.
- 1978 - US President Jimmy Carter signs Hawkins-Humphrey full employment bill.
- 1981 - Elizabeth Jones is sworn in as 11th Chief Engraver at the US Mint.
- 1981 - Andrew Young, former United Nations Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia.
- 1982 - (to October 29) In New York City, Bowers and Ruddy Galleries conducts The United States Gold Coin Sale, known as the Eliasberg Sale. Total auction sales: $12.4 million, a record for a single coin auction session. Some highlights:
- 1870-S $3, believed unique: $687,500, highest amount paid for a single US Mint coin;
- 1822 $5, VF-30, one of three known: $687,500;
- 1825/4 $5, PR-60: $220,000;
- 1854-S $5, AU-50: $187,000;
- 1839 $10, PR-65, head of 1838, large letters, one of three known: $121,000;
- 1907 $20, ultra-high relief, roman numerals: $242,000;
- 1927-D $20, MS-65: $176,000.
- 1993 - The Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas is imploded.
- 1997 - Stock markets around the world crash because of a global economic crisis scare. The Dow Jones Industrial Average follows suit and plummets 554.26, or 7.18 percent, to 7,161.15. The points loss exceeds the loss from Black Monday. Officials at the New York Stock Exchange for the first time invoke the "circuit breaker" rule to stop trading.
- 2005 - Harriet Miers withdraws her name from consideration for the Supreme Court of the United States.
- 2006 - At the Busch Stadium, the Saint Louis Cardinals beat the heavily favored Detroit Tigers, 4-2, in Game 5 of the Fall Classic to win the 2006 World Series of baseball. The Cardinals, who lost ten of their last 14 regular season games, won less games than any World Series champion in baseball history.
- 2018 - 11 people are killed during the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue.
- 2019 - U.S. President Donald Trump announces that the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed in a U.S. special forces operation. It was reported that al-Baghdadi detonated a suicide vest after being chased into a tunnel.
Births on October 27
- 1858 - Birth of Theodore Roosevelt; (Republican) 26th US President (1901-09) (Nobel Prize 1906).
- 1911 - Birth of Leif Erickson in California, USA; actor (Invaders from Mars, On the Waterfront).
- 1912 - Birth of Conlon Nancarrow in Texarkana, Arkansas, USA; composer (Soundings 4).
- 1918 - Birth of Paul Dixon in Earling, Iowa, USA; Ohio talk show host (Paul Dixon Show).
- 1918 - Birth of Teresa Wright in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Pride of the Yankees).
- 1920 - Birth of Nanette Fabray in San Diego, California, USA; actress (One Day at a Time).
- 1923 - Birth of Ruby Dee in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actress (Raisin in the Sun, Cat People).
- 1925 - Birth of Jane Connell in Oakland, California, USA; actress (Jane - Stanley, Bridget - Dumpling).
- 1925 - Birth of Mary Kay Steans in Glendale, California, USA; actress (Mary Kay and Johnny).
- 1927 - Birth of Dominick Argento in York, Pennsylvania, USA; composer (Colonel Jonathan the Saint).
- 1933 - Birth of Floyd Cramer in Louisiana, USA; country pianist ("Last Date", "On the Rebound").
- 1945 - Birth of Carrie Snodgress in Park Ridge, Illinois, USA; actress (Diary of a Mad Housewife).
- 1946 - Birth of Steven R Nagel in Canton, Illinois, USA; US Air Force/astronaut (STS 51-G, STS 61-A, STS 37).
- 1946 - Birth of Terry J Hart in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; astronaut (STS 41C).
- 1951 - Birth of Jayne Kennedy in Washington, DC, USA; actress (Penitentiary).
- 1953 - Birth of Michael A Baker in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Lieutenant Commander US Navy/astronaut (STS 43).
Deaths on October 27
- 1980 - Death of John Hasbrouck van Vleck, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899).
- 1988 - S.B. Fuller, founder of Fuller products, dies at age 83.
- 1990 - Elliott Roosevelt, son of Franklin Roosevelt, dies at age 80.
- 1992 - Death of David Bohm, American-born physicist, philosopher, and neuropsychologist (born 1917).
- 1996 - Death of Morey Amsterdam at age 87 after a heart attack; actor/comedian (Buddy Sorrell - The Dick Van Dyke Show).
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