Historical Events In October - 27

1858  RH Macy & Co opens 1st store, (6th Ave-NYC) Gross receipts $1106 on October - 27.   

1858  On October - 27 the birth of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States   

1858  On this day in history theodore Roosevelt, NYC, (R) 26th Pres (1901-09; Nobel 1906)   

1863  On October - 27 dutch railway to Harlingen opens   

1864  On October - 27 battle of Boydton Plank Road, VA (Burgess' Mill, Southside Railroad)   

1864  On this day in history andreas Randel, composer, dies at 58   

1867  Garibaldi marches on Rome on this day in history.   

1871  On this day in history boss Tweed (William Macy Tweed), Democratic leader of Tammany Hall, arrested after NY Times exposed his corruption   

1872  Emily Post, authority on social behavior/writer (Etiquette) on October - 27.   

1873  Henry Tate, composer on October - 27.   

1876  Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Un Soir Un Train) on this day in history.   

1880  Theodore Roosevelt marries Alice Lee, on his 22nd birthday on October - 27.   

1880  Theodore Roosevelt marries Alice Hathaway Lee, on his 22nd birthday on October - 27.   

1884  On October - 27 architect Henry Hardenberghs Dakota-complex opens in NYC   

1886  On this day in history musical fantasy "Night on Bald Mountain," performed in Russia   

1889  On this day in history enid Bagnold, novelist (Chalk Garden, 1956 Award of Merit)   

1892  On this day in history graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author/mayor of Palmeira   

1893  On this day in history hurricane hits coast between Savannah Ga & Charleston SC   

1893  Johan G Dancer, Dutch poet (Meetings) on October - 27.   

1894  Antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor (Residence-orch) on October - 27.   

1895  On October - 27 john Boles, Greenville TX, singer/actor (Babes in Baghdad)   

1896  On this day in history the first Pali Road completed in Hawaii   

1896  1st Pali Road completed in Hawaii (winds so strong streams flow UP!) on this day in history.   

1896  Edith Haisman, Titanic survivor on October - 27.   

1901  On this day in history 1st complete performance of Debussy's "Nocturnes"   

1904  New York City unveils the first electric subway, the IRT, linking the Brooklyn Bridge to midtown Manhattan on October - 27.   

1904  On October - 27 world's 1st subway, the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit), opens in NYC, subway/bus fare is set at one nickel   

1904  World's 1st subway, IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit), opens in NYC, subway/bus fare is set at one nickel (Bkln bridge-145 & Bdwy) on this day in history.   

1906  On October - 27 anton AM Struyken, minister of justice/governor Dutch Antilles   

1907  Helmut Walcha, German organist (church music) on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history fred de Cordova, film/TV producer (Tonight Show)   

1911  Leif Erickson, Calif, actor (Invaders from Mars, On the Waterfront) on October - 27.   

1912  Conlon Nancarrow, Texarkana Arkansas, composer (Soundings 4) on October - 27.   

1913  Pres Wilson says US will never attack another country on October - 27.   

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1156  On October - 27 birth of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222)   

1401  On this day in history birth of catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437)   

1466  On this day in history birth of erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536)   

1728  On this day in history birth of james Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands   

1739  Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer was born on October - 27.   

1744  Mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819) was born on October - 27.   

1746  On this day in history birth of georg Anton Kreusser, composer   

1760  August W A Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal was born on October - 27.   

0925  Rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies on this day in history.   

0939  Aethelstan III, king of England, dies on this day in history.   

1271  Death of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213) on October - 27.   

1312  Death of John II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275) on October - 27.   

1327  Death of Elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289) on October - 27.   

1331  Aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies on this day in history.   

1430  On October - 27 death of vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1350)   

1439  Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42 on this day in history.