Page 3: Historical Events In October - 27

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

1858  The birth of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States on October - 27.   

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

1863  On October - 27 dutch railway to Harlingen opens   

1864  Battle of Boydton Plank Road, VA (Burgess' Mill, Southside Railroad) on this day in history.   

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

1867  On this day in history garibaldi marches on Rome   

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

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 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 October - 27.   

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

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

1889  Enid Bagnold, novelist (Chalk Garden, 1956 Award of Merit) on this day in history.   

1892  Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author/mayor of Palmeira on October - 27.   

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

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

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 this day in history the first Pali Road completed in Hawaii   

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

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

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  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  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  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 this day in history.   

1912  Conlon Nancarrow, Texarkana Arkansas, composer (Soundings 4) on October - 27.   

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

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1156  On October - 27 birth of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222)   

1401  On this day in history birth of catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437)   

1466  Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536) was born on this day in history.   

1728  On this day in history birth of james Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands   

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

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

1746  On October - 27 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 this day in history aethelstan III, king of England, dies   

1271  Death of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213) on October - 27.   

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  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 October - 27.   

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