Page 7: Historical Events In October - 27

1978  On October - 27 begin & Sadat win the Nobel Peace prize   

1978  President Carter signs Hawkins-Humphrey full employment bill on this day in history.   

1979  Voluntary Euthanasia Society publishes how-to-do-it suicide guide on October - 27.   

1980  Dave Gryllis sets world bicycle speed record of 94.37 kph on October - 27.   

1980  Steven Peregrine Took, rocker, dies at 31 on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history andrew Young, former UN Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia   

1981  John Warburton, actor (King Rat, Cavalcade), dies at 94 on October - 27.   

1982  China announces its population at 1 billion people plus on this day in history.   

1982  IBM ROM is capable of EGA graphics on October - 27.   

1985  Thieves steal 9 paintings, including 5 Monet's & 2 Renoir's on October - 27.   

1986  On October - 27 paul McCartney release "Pretty Little Head"   

1987  On October - 27 gilbert McNamee sentenced to 25 years in prison for being an IRA bombmaker   

1987  South Korean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution on this day in history.   

1987  Vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47 72, 1st-class avg 71), dies on October - 27.   

1988  On this day in history "ET" released to home video (14 million presold)   

1988  Larry Flynt paid hitman $1M to kill Hefner, Guccione & Sinatra on October - 27.   

1988  Charles Hawtrey, English actor (Carry On), dies near London at 73 on October - 27.   

1990  Elliott Roosevelt, son of FDR, dies at 80 on October - 27.   

1991  On this day in history andrzei Panufkin, Pol/Brit conductor/composer (Sinfonia Sacra), dies   

1992  On this day in history roy Marshall, cricketer (143 runs for WI, 35725 runs overall), dies   

1994  On October - 27 robert White, guitarist, dies at 57   

1995  Mike Dutfield, documentary Prodcuer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1996  Belinda Quirey, dance historian/teacher, dies at 84 on October - 27.   

2005  Two teenagers accidentally electrocute themselves in Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris, France, leading to widespread rioting on October - 27.   

2006  Last Ford Taurus rolls off Atlanta Assembly line on October - 27.   

2006  On October - 27 the St. Louis Cardinals win the 2006 World Series.   

2011  After an emergency meeting in Brussels, the European Union announced an agreement to tackle the European sovereign debt crisis which includes a writedown of 50% of Greek bonds, a recapitalisation of European banks and an increase of the bailout fund of the European Financial Stability Facility totaling to €1 trillion on October - 27.   

2011  On this day in history the Royal Australian Navy announces that they discovered the wreck of a World War II submarine in Simpson Harbour, Papua New Guinea during Operation RENDER SAFE   

2012  46 people are killed and 123 injured in Iraq after a series of attacks and bombs on October - 27.   

2013  38 people are killed in a series of car bombings in Bagdhad, Iraq on this day in history.   

2017  On this day in history first operation to separate conjoined twins joined at the head in India completed in New Delhi   

2017  Catalonia declares independence from Spain, but the Catalan Republic is not recognised by the Spanish government or any other sovereign nation on October - 27.   

2018  On October - 27 gunman shoots and kills 11 people and injures six at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in an anti-Semitic attack   

2018  On this day in history ePL club Leicester City’s billionaire Thai owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha dies in a helicopter crash in the carpark outside the club’s King Power Stadium following 1-1 draw against West Ham United   

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1156  On this day in history birth of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222)   

1401  On October - 27 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 this day in history.   

1744  On October - 27 birth of mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819)   

1746  On this day in history birth of georg Anton Kreusser, composer   

1760  August W A Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal was born on this day in history.   

0925  On October - 27 rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies   

0939  Aethelstan III, king of England, dies on this day in history.   

1271  Death of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213) on this day in history.   

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  Aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies on this day in history.   

1430  On October - 27 death of vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1350)   

1439  On this day in history albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42