Page 7: Historical Events In October - 27

1978  On October - 27 begin & Sadat win the Nobel Peace prize   

1978  President Carter signs Hawkins-Humphrey full employment bill on October - 27.   

1979  Voluntary Euthanasia Society publishes how-to-do-it suicide guide on October - 27.   

1980  On this day in history dave Gryllis sets world bicycle speed record of 94.37 kph   

1980  Steven Peregrine Took, rocker, dies at 31 on this day in history.   

1981  On October - 27 andrew Young, former UN Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia   

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

1982  China announces its population at 1 billion people plus on this day in history.   

1982  On October - 27 iBM ROM is capable of EGA graphics   

1985  Thieves steal 9 paintings, including 5 Monet's & 2 Renoir's on this day in history.   

1986  Paul McCartney release "Pretty Little Head" on October - 27.   

1987  Gilbert McNamee sentenced to 25 years in prison for being an IRA bombmaker on this day in history.   

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

1987  On October - 27 vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47 72, 1st-class avg 71), dies   

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

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

1988  On October - 27 charles Hawtrey, English actor (Carry On), dies near London at 73   

1990  On October - 27 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 this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history robert White, guitarist, dies at 57   

1995  On this day in history mike Dutfield, documentary Prodcuer, dies at 48   

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 October - 27.   

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

2006  The St. Louis Cardinals win the 2006 World Series on this day in history.   

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 October - 27.   

2011  On October - 27 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   

2012  On this day in history 46 people are killed and 123 injured in Iraq after a series of attacks and bombs   

2013  38 people are killed in a series of car bombings in Bagdhad, Iraq on October - 27.   

2017  On this day in history first operation to separate conjoined twins joined at the head in India completed in New Delhi   

2017  Catalonia declares independence from Spain, but the Catalan Republic is not recognised by the Spanish government or any other sovereign nation on October - 27.   

2018  On this day in history gunman shoots and kills 11 people and injures six at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in an anti-Semitic attack   

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  On October - 27 birth of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222)   

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

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

1728  James Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands was born on October - 27.   

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  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  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  Death of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213) on October - 27.   

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 October - 27.   

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  Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42 on October - 27.