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  On October - 27 theodore Roosevelt, NYC, (R) 26th Pres (1901-09; Nobel 1906)  

1863  On this day in history dutch railway to Harlingen opens  

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

1864  Andreas Randel, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1867  Garibaldi marches on Rome on October - 27.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1884  Architect Henry Hardenberghs Dakota-complex opens in NYC on October - 27.  

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 October - 27 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  On this day in history edith Haisman, Titanic survivor  

1901  1st complete performance of Debussy's "Nocturnes" on October - 27.  

1904  On this day in history new York City unveils the first electric subway, the IRT, linking the Brooklyn Bridge to midtown Manhattan.  

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 October - 27.  

1906  Anton AM Struyken, minister of justice/governor Dutch Antilles on October - 27.  

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

1910  On October - 27 fred de Cordova, film/TV producer (Tonight Show)  

1911  On this day in history leif Erickson, Calif, actor (Invaders from Mars, On the Waterfront)  

1912  Conlon Nancarrow, Texarkana Arkansas, composer (Soundings 4) on this day in history.  

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

1466  On this day in history 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  Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer was born on this day in history.  

1744  On October - 27 birth of mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819)  

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

1760  August W A Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal was born on this day in history.  

0925  On October - 27 rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies  

0939  Aethelstan III, king of England, dies on October - 27.  

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  Death of Elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289) on this day in history.  

1331  Aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies on October - 27.  

1430  On this day in history 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