Page 7: Historical Events In October - 27

1978  On this day in history begin & Sadat win the Nobel Peace prize   

1978  On this day in history president Carter signs Hawkins-Humphrey full employment bill   

1979  Voluntary Euthanasia Society publishes how-to-do-it suicide guide on this day in history.   

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

1980  Steven Peregrine Took, rocker, dies at 31 on October - 27.   

1981  Andrew Young, former UN Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia on this day in history.   

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

1982  On October - 27 china announces its population at 1 billion people plus   

1982  IBM ROM is capable of EGA graphics on this day in history.   

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

1986  Paul McCartney release "Pretty Little Head" on October - 27.   

1987  On this day in history gilbert McNamee sentenced to 25 years in prison for being an IRA bombmaker   

1987  South Korean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution on October - 27.   

1987  On October - 27 vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47 72, 1st-class avg 71), dies   

1988  "ET" released to home video (14 million presold) on October - 27.   

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

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

1990  On October - 27 elliott Roosevelt, son of FDR, dies at 80   

1991  Andrzei Panufkin, Pol/Brit conductor/composer (Sinfonia Sacra), dies on this day in history.   

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

1994  On this day in history robert White, guitarist, dies at 57   

1995  Mike Dutfield, documentary Prodcuer, dies at 48 on October - 27.   

1996  Belinda Quirey, dance historian/teacher, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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

2006  Last Ford Taurus rolls off Atlanta Assembly line on this day in history.   

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

2011  On this day in history 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.   

2011  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 on October - 27.   

2012  46 people are killed and 123 injured in Iraq after a series of attacks and bombs on this day in history.   

2013  On October - 27 38 people are killed in a series of car bombings in Bagdhad, Iraq   

2017  First operation to separate conjoined twins joined at the head in India completed in New Delhi on October - 27.   

2017  Catalonia declares independence from Spain, but the Catalan Republic is not recognised by the Spanish government or any other sovereign nation on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history 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 October - 27 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  Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437) was born on October - 27.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Georg Anton Kreusser, composer was born on this day in history.   

1760  On October - 27 birth of august W A Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal   

0925  On this day in history rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies   

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 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 October - 27.   

1430  Death of Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1350) on October - 27.   

1439  Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42 on October - 27.