Page 3: Historical Events In October - 27

1858  RH Macy and Co opens 1st store, (6th Ave-NYC) Gross receipts $1106   

1858  Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States is born   

1858  Theodore Roosevelt, NYC, (R) 26th Pres (1901-09; Nobel 1906)   

1863  Dutch railway to Harlingen opens   

1864  Battle of Boydton Plank Road, VA (Burgess' Mill, Southside Railroad).   

1864  Andreas Randel, composer, dies at 58.   

1867  Garibaldi marches on Rome   

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

1872  Emily Post, authority on social behavior/writer (Etiquette).   

1873  Henry Tate, composer   

1876  Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Un Soir Un Train)   

1880  Theodore Roosevelt marries Alice Lee, on his 22nd birthday   

1880  Theodore Roosevelt marries Alice Hathaway Lee, on his 22nd birthday   

1884  Architect Henry Hardenberghs Dakota-complex opens in NYC.   

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

1889  Enid Bagnold, novelist (Chalk Garden, 1956 Award of Merit).   

1892  Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author/mayor of Palmeira.   

1893  Hurricane hits coast between Savannah Ga and Charleston SC.   

1893  Johan G Dancer, Dutch poet (Meetings).   

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

1895  John Boles, Greenville TX, singer/actor (Babes in Baghdad).   

1896  The inaugural Pali Road completed in Hawaii   

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

1896  Edith Haisman, Titanic survivor.   

1901  1st complete performance of Debussy's "Nocturnes".   

1904  New York City unveils the inaugural 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.   

1904  World's 1st subway, IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit), opens in NYC, subway/bus fare is set at one nickel (Bkln bridge-145 and Bdwy).   

1906  Anton AM Struyken, minister of justice/governor Dutch Antilles   

1907  Helmut Walcha, German organist (church music)   

1910  Fred de Cordova, film/TV producer (Tonight Show).   

1911  Leif Erickson, Calif, actor (Invaders from Mars, On the Waterfront).   

1912  Conlon Nancarrow, Texarkana Arkansas, composer (Soundings 4)   

1913  Pres Wilson says US will never attack another country   

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1156  Count raymond vi of toulouse: Count raymond vi of toulouse (d. 1222)   

1401  Catherine of valois: Queen of henry v of england   

1466  Erasmus: Dutch humanist and theologian   

1728  James cook: Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered sandwich islands   

1739  Franz ignaz kaa: Composer   

1744  Mary moser: English painter   

1746  Georg anton kreusser: Composer   

1760  August w a grave von gneisenau: Prussian fieldmarshal   

0925  Rhazes: [abu bakr mohammed ibn zakarijja al-razi], persian,   

0939  Aethelstan iii: King of england,   

1271  Hugh iv: Duke of burgundy, french crusader (b. 1213)   

1312  John ii: Duke of brabant (b. 1275)   

1327  Elizabeth de burgh: Queen of robert i of scotland (b. 1289)   

1331  Death of Aboe al-fida: [aboelfeda], arabic writer/sultan of hama,   

1430  Vytautas the great: Grand duke of lithuania (b. 1350)   

1439  Albrecht ii von habsburg: King of bohemia/hungary/germany,