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 this day in history theodore Roosevelt, NYC, (R) 26th Pres (1901-09; Nobel 1906)   

1863  Dutch railway to Harlingen opens on October - 27.   

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

1864  Andreas Randel, composer, dies at 58 on October - 27.   

1867  On October - 27 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  Emily Post, authority on social behavior/writer (Etiquette) on October - 27.   

1873  On October - 27 henry Tate, composer   

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  On October - 27 theodore Roosevelt marries Alice Hathaway Lee, on his 22nd birthday   

1884  On this day in history architect Henry Hardenberghs Dakota-complex opens in NYC   

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  Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author/mayor of Palmeira on October - 27.   

1893  Hurricane hits coast between Savannah Ga & Charleston SC on October - 27.   

1893  Johan G Dancer, Dutch poet (Meetings) on this day in history.   

1894  Antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor (Residence-orch) on this day in history.   

1895  On October - 27 john Boles, Greenville TX, singer/actor (Babes in Baghdad)   

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 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  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 this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1913  Pres Wilson says US will never attack another country on this day in history.   

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1156  Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222) was born on October - 27.   

1401  Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437) was born on October - 27.   

1466  On this day in history birth of erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536)   

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  Mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819) was born on October - 27.   

1746  Georg Anton Kreusser, composer was born on this day in history.   

1760  August W A Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal was born on October - 27.   

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

1312  On this day in history death of john II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275)   

1327  Death of Elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289) on this day in history.   

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

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

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