Historical Events In October - 27

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

1858  The birth of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States on this day in history.  

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

1863  Dutch railway to Harlingen opens on this day in history.  

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 October - 27.  

1871  On October - 27 boss Tweed (William Macy Tweed), Democratic leader of Tammany Hall, arrested after NY Times exposed his corruption  

1872  On October - 27 emily Post, authority on social behavior/writer (Etiquette)  

1873  Henry Tate, composer on this day in history.  

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1876  On this day in history jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Un Soir Un Train)  

1880  On this day in history theodore Roosevelt marries Alice Lee, on his 22nd birthday  

1880  On this day in history theodore Roosevelt marries Alice Hathaway Lee, on his 22nd birthday  

1884  On this day in history architect Henry Hardenberghs Dakota-complex opens in NYC  

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

1889  Enid Bagnold, novelist (Chalk Garden, 1956 Award of Merit) on October - 27.  

1892  On October - 27 graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author/mayor of Palmeira  

1893  On October - 27 hurricane hits coast between Savannah Ga & Charleston SC  

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

1894  On this day in history antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor (Residence-orch)  

1895  On this day in history john Boles, Greenville TX, singer/actor (Babes in Baghdad)  

1896  On October - 27 the first Pali Road completed in Hawaii  

1896  1st Pali Road completed in Hawaii (winds so strong streams flow UP!) on October - 27.  

1896  Edith Haisman, Titanic survivor on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history helmut Walcha, German organist (church music)  

1910  Fred de Cordova, film/TV producer (Tonight Show) on this day in history.  

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

1912  On October - 27 conlon Nancarrow, Texarkana Arkansas, composer (Soundings 4)  

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

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1156  Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222) was born on October - 27.  

1401  Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437) was born on October - 27.  

1466  On October - 27 birth of erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536)  

1728  James Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands was born on this day in history.  

1739  On October - 27 birth of franz Ignaz Kaa, composer  

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 October - 27.  

0939  On October - 27 aethelstan III, king of England, dies  

1271  On this day in history death of hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213)  

1312  On this day in history death of john II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275)  

1327  On this day in history death of elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289)  

1331  On October - 27 aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies  

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

1439  On this day in history albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42