Page 7: Historical Events In October - 27

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

1978  On October - 27 president Carter signs Hawkins-Humphrey full employment bill   

1979  On this day in history voluntary Euthanasia Society publishes how-to-do-it suicide guide   

1980  On this day in history dave Gryllis sets world bicycle speed record of 94.37 kph   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1987  Gilbert McNamee sentenced to 25 years in prison for being an IRA bombmaker on October - 27.   

1987  On October - 27 south Korean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution   

1987  On this day in history vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47 72, 1st-class avg 71), dies   

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

1988  On October - 27 larry Flynt paid hitman $1M to kill Hefner, Guccione & Sinatra   

1988  On this day in history charles Hawtrey, English actor (Carry On), dies near London at 73   

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

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 this day in history two teenagers accidentally electrocute themselves in Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris, France, leading to widespread rioting.   

2006  On October - 27 last Ford Taurus rolls off Atlanta Assembly line.   

2006  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

2013  On this day in history 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 October - 27.   

2018  Gunman shoots and kills 11 people and injures six at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in an anti-Semitic attack on this day in history.   

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 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 October - 27.   

1728  On this day in history birth of james Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands   

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

1744  On this day in history birth of mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819)   

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

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  On October - 27 aethelstan III, king of England, dies   

1271  On October - 27 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  On October - 27 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