Page 3: Historical Events In October - 27

1858  On October - 27 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  Theodore Roosevelt, NYC, (R) 26th Pres (1901-09; Nobel 1906) on October - 27.   

1863  On this day in history dutch railway to Harlingen opens   

1864  On October - 27 battle of Boydton Plank Road, VA (Burgess' Mill, Southside Railroad)   

1864  On October - 27 andreas Randel, composer, dies at 58   

1867  On this day in history 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  On this day in history emily Post, authority on social behavior/writer (Etiquette)   

1873  Henry Tate, composer on October - 27.   

1876  Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Un Soir Un Train) on October - 27.   

1880  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history musical fantasy "Night on Bald Mountain," performed in Russia   

1889  On this day in history enid Bagnold, novelist (Chalk Garden, 1956 Award of Merit)   

1892  Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author/mayor of Palmeira on this day in history.   

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

1893  On October - 27 johan G Dancer, Dutch poet (Meetings)   

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

1895  On this day in history john Boles, Greenville TX, singer/actor (Babes in Baghdad)   

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

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

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

1901  1st complete performance of Debussy's "Nocturnes" on October - 27.   

1904  On October - 27 new York City unveils the first electric subway, the IRT, linking the Brooklyn Bridge to midtown Manhattan.   

1904  On this day in history 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  Anton AM Struyken, minister of justice/governor Dutch Antilles on October - 27.   

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

1910  On this day in history fred de Cordova, film/TV producer (Tonight Show)   

1911  Leif Erickson, Calif, actor (Invaders from Mars, On the Waterfront) on October - 27.   

1912  On this day in history conlon Nancarrow, Texarkana Arkansas, composer (Soundings 4)   

1913  Pres Wilson says US will never attack another country on October - 27.   

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

1728  On October - 27 birth of james Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands   

1739  Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer was born on this day in history.   

1744  Mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

0939  Aethelstan III, king of England, dies on October - 27.   

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 October - 27 death of elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289)   

1331  On October - 27 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 this day in history albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42