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  The birth of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States on October - 27.   

1858  On October - 27 theodore Roosevelt, NYC, (R) 26th Pres (1901-09; Nobel 1906)   

1863  Dutch railway to Harlingen opens on October - 27.   

1864  On this day in history battle of Boydton Plank Road, VA (Burgess' Mill, Southside Railroad)   

1864  Andreas Randel, composer, dies at 58 on October - 27.   

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  On October - 27 henry Tate, composer   

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

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

1886  On October - 27 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 October - 27 graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author/mayor of Palmeira   

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

1893  On this day in history johan G Dancer, Dutch poet (Meetings)   

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

1895  John Boles, Greenville TX, singer/actor (Babes in Baghdad) on October - 27.   

1896  The first Pali Road completed in Hawaii on this day in history.   

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

1896  On October - 27 edith Haisman, Titanic survivor   

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

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

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  On October - 27 world's 1st subway, IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit), opens in NYC, subway/bus fare is set at one nickel (Bkln bridge-145 & Bdwy)   

1906  Anton AM Struyken, minister of justice/governor Dutch Antilles on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history helmut Walcha, German organist (church music)   

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

1911  On October - 27 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1728  James Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands was born on October - 27.   

1739  Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer was born on this day in history.   

1744  Mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819) was born on this day in history.   

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

0939  On this day in history aethelstan III, king of England, dies   

1271  Death of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213) on this day in history.   

1312  On October - 27 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 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