Page 7: Historical Events In October - 27

1978  Begin & Sadat win the Nobel Peace prize on this day in history.   

1978  President Carter signs Hawkins-Humphrey full employment bill on this day in history.   

1979  On October - 27 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  On this day in history steven Peregrine Took, rocker, dies at 31   

1981  Andrew Young, former UN Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia on October - 27.   

1981  John Warburton, actor (King Rat, Cavalcade), dies at 94 on October - 27.   

1982  On this day in history china announces its population at 1 billion people plus   

1982  On this day in history iBM ROM is capable of EGA graphics   

1985  On this day in history thieves steal 9 paintings, including 5 Monet's & 2 Renoir's   

1986  On October - 27 paul McCartney release "Pretty Little Head"   

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

1987  On this day in history south Korean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution   

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

1988  On October - 27 "ET" released to home video (14 million presold)   

1988  On this day in history larry Flynt paid hitman $1M to kill Hefner, Guccione & Sinatra   

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

1990  On this day in history elliott Roosevelt, son of FDR, dies at 80   

1991  On October - 27 andrzei Panufkin, Pol/Brit conductor/composer (Sinfonia Sacra), dies   

1992  Roy Marshall, cricketer (143 runs for WI, 35725 runs overall), dies on October - 27.   

1994  Robert White, guitarist, dies at 57 on October - 27.   

1995  Mike Dutfield, documentary Prodcuer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history belinda Quirey, dance historian/teacher, dies at 84   

2005  Two teenagers accidentally electrocute themselves in Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris, France, leading to widespread rioting on this day in history.   

2006  Last Ford Taurus rolls off Atlanta Assembly line on this day in history.   

2006  On October - 27 the St. Louis Cardinals win the 2006 World Series.   

2011  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 on this day in history.   

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

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  On October - 27 catalonia declares independence from Spain, but the Catalan Republic is not recognised by the Spanish government or any other sovereign nation.   

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 October - 27.   

2018  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 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 October - 27.   

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 October - 27.   

1739  Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer was born on October - 27.   

1744  On this day in history 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  On this day in history rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies   

0939  On this day in history aethelstan III, king of England, dies   

1271  On this day in history death of hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213)   

1312  Death of John II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275) on this day in history.   

1327  On this day in history death of elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289)   

1331  Aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies on this day in history.   

1430  Death of Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1350) on this day in history.   

1439  Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42 on this day in history.