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  On October - 27 the birth of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States   

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

1863  Dutch railway to Harlingen opens on this day in history.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1884  Architect Henry Hardenberghs Dakota-complex opens in NYC on this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history musical fantasy "Night on Bald Mountain," performed in Russia   

1889  Enid Bagnold, novelist (Chalk Garden, 1956 Award of Merit) on October - 27.   

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 October - 27 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  Edith Haisman, Titanic survivor on October - 27.   

1901  On this day in history 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  World's 1st subway, the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit), opens in NYC, subway/bus fare is set at one nickel on October - 27.   

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 this day in history.   

1906  Anton AM Struyken, minister of justice/governor Dutch Antilles on October - 27.   

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

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

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

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1156  On this day in history 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  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 October - 27.   

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  On October - 27 rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies   

0939  Aethelstan III, king of England, dies on October - 27.   

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

1312  Death of John II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275) on this day in history.   

1327  On October - 27 death of elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289)   

1331  Aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies on October - 27.   

1430  On this day in history death of vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1350)   

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