Page 3: 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 October - 27.   

1863  On October - 27 dutch railway to Harlingen opens   

1864  On this day in history 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  On this day in history emily Post, authority on social behavior/writer (Etiquette)   

1873  Henry Tate, composer on October - 27.   

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

1880  On October - 27 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  On this day in history 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  On October - 27 john Boles, Greenville TX, singer/actor (Babes in Baghdad)   

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

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

1896  On this day in history edith Haisman, Titanic survivor   

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

1904  On October - 27 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1746  Georg Anton Kreusser, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1430  Death of Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1350) on this day in history.   

1439  On October - 27 albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42