Page 3: Historical Events In October - 27

1858  RH Macy & Co opens 1st store, (6th Ave-NYC) Gross receipts $1106 on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history battle of Boydton Plank Road, VA (Burgess' Mill, Southside Railroad)   

1864  On October - 27 andreas Randel, composer, dies at 58   

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 this day in history.   

1876  Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Un Soir Un Train) on October - 27.   

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

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

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

1886  Musical fantasy "Night on Bald Mountain," performed in Russia on this day in history.   

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

1892  Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author/mayor of Palmeira on this day in history.   

1893  Hurricane hits coast between Savannah Ga & Charleston SC on this day in history.   

1893  Johan G Dancer, Dutch poet (Meetings) on this day in history.   

1894  Antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor (Residence-orch) on this day in history.   

1895  John Boles, Greenville TX, singer/actor (Babes in Baghdad) on this day in history.   

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

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

1896  Edith Haisman, Titanic survivor on October - 27.   

1901  On October - 27 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 this day in history 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 this day in history anton AM Struyken, minister of justice/governor Dutch Antilles   

1907  Helmut Walcha, German organist (church music) on October - 27.   

1910  On this day in history 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  On October - 27 conlon Nancarrow, Texarkana Arkansas, composer (Soundings 4)   

1913  On October - 27 pres Wilson says US will never attack another country   

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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 this day in history.   

1466  Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536) was born on October - 27.   

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  On this day in history birth of mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819)   

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

1760  On October - 27 birth of august W A Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal   

0925  Rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies on October - 27.   

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

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

1312  On October - 27 death of john II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275)   

1327  On October - 27 death of elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289)   

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

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