Historical Events In October - 27

1858  RH Macy & Co opens 1st store, (6th Ave-NYC) Gross receipts $1106 on this day in history.   

1858  On this day in history the birth of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States   

1858  Theodore Roosevelt, NYC, (R) 26th Pres (1901-09; Nobel 1906) on this day in history.   

1863  On October - 27 dutch railway to Harlingen opens   

1864  Battle of Boydton Plank Road, VA (Burgess' Mill, Southside Railroad) on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history andreas Randel, composer, dies at 58   

1867  Garibaldi marches on Rome on October - 27.   

1871  Boss Tweed (William Macy Tweed), Democratic leader of Tammany Hall, arrested after NY Times exposed his corruption on October - 27.   

1872  Emily Post, authority on social behavior/writer (Etiquette) on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history henry Tate, composer   

1876  On October - 27 jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Un Soir Un Train)   

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 October - 27.   

1884  Architect Henry Hardenberghs Dakota-complex opens in NYC on October - 27.   

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 this day in history.   

1892  On October - 27 graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author/mayor of Palmeira   

1893  On this day in history hurricane hits coast between Savannah Ga & Charleston SC   

1893  Johan G Dancer, Dutch poet (Meetings) on October - 27.   

1894  On this day in history antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor (Residence-orch)   

1895  John Boles, Greenville TX, singer/actor (Babes in Baghdad) on this day in history.   

1896  The first Pali Road completed in Hawaii on October - 27.   

1896  1st Pali Road completed in Hawaii (winds so strong streams flow UP!) on October - 27.   

1896  Edith Haisman, Titanic survivor on this day in history.   

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

1904  On October - 27 world's 1st subway, IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit), opens in NYC, subway/bus fare is set at one nickel (Bkln bridge-145 & Bdwy)   

1906  On this day in history anton AM Struyken, minister of justice/governor Dutch Antilles   

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

1910  Fred de Cordova, film/TV producer (Tonight Show) on this day in history.   

1911  Leif Erickson, Calif, actor (Invaders from Mars, On the Waterfront) on this day in history.   

1912  On October - 27 conlon Nancarrow, Texarkana Arkansas, composer (Soundings 4)   

1913  On October - 27 pres Wilson says US will never attack another country   

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1156  On October - 27 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  On October - 27 birth of erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536)   

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

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

1271  On October - 27 death of hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213)   

1312  On October - 27 death of john II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275)   

1327  Death of Elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289) on October - 27.   

1331  On this day in history aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies   

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