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  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  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  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 this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history emily Post, authority on social behavior/writer (Etiquette)   

1873  Henry Tate, composer on this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Un Soir Un Train)   

1880  Theodore Roosevelt marries Alice Lee, on his 22nd birthday on this day in history.   

1880  On October - 27 theodore Roosevelt marries Alice Hathaway Lee, on his 22nd birthday   

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  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  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 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  Edith Haisman, Titanic survivor on October - 27.   

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

1904  On October - 27 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  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  On October - 27 anton AM Struyken, minister of justice/governor Dutch Antilles   

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

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

1913  Pres Wilson says US will never attack another country on this day in history.   

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1156  Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222) was born on October - 27.   

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

1466  On October - 27 birth of erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536)   

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

1739  On this day in history birth of franz Ignaz Kaa, composer   

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

1746  Georg Anton Kreusser, composer was born on October - 27.   

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 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  On this day in history death of elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289)   

1331  On this day in history 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