Page 3: Historical Events In October - 27

1858  RH Macy & Co opens 1st store, (6th Ave-NYC) Gross receipts $1106 on October - 27.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history garibaldi marches on Rome   

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

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

1873  Henry Tate, composer on October - 27.   

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

1880  Theodore Roosevelt marries Alice Lee, on his 22nd birthday on October - 27.   

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  Musical fantasy "Night on Bald Mountain," performed in Russia on this day in history.   

1889  Enid Bagnold, novelist (Chalk Garden, 1956 Award of Merit) on October - 27.   

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

1893  Hurricane hits coast between Savannah Ga & Charleston SC on this day in history.   

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

1894  On October - 27 antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor (Residence-orch)   

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

1896  On October - 27 the first Pali Road completed in Hawaii   

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

1896  On this day in history edith Haisman, Titanic survivor   

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

1904  On this day in history new York City unveils the first electric subway, the IRT, linking the Brooklyn Bridge to midtown Manhattan.   

1904  World's 1st subway, the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit), opens in NYC, subway/bus fare is set at one nickel on this day in history.   

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 October - 27.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1401  Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437) was born on this day in history.   

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 October - 27.   

1744  On October - 27 birth of mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819)   

1746  Georg Anton Kreusser, composer was born on October - 27.   

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

1271  Death of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213) on this day in history.   

1312  Death of John II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275) on October - 27.   

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 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