What Happened On October 27

10 odd things that happened on October 27

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  1967 Oddly true

  American Catholic priest Philip Berrigan led a protest against the Vietnam War by pouring blood over Selective Service records in Baltimore, Maryland.

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  1726 First ever

  J. S. Bach led the first performance of Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56, one of few works he called a cantata.

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  1726 First ever

  J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56, one of few works he called a cantata.

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  1644 Oddly true

  Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War.

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  2004 Weird

  The Boston Red Sox completed a sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals to win the 2004 World Series, breaking the so-called "Curse of the Bambino".

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  2019 Oddly true

  The Mocking of Christ (pictured) by Cimabue sold at auction in France for €19.5 million, a record for a pre-1500 artwork.

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  1904 First ever

  The first underground segment of the New York City Subway opened, connecting New York City Hall (station pictured) with Harlem.

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  2017 Oddly true

  Catalonia declares independence from Spain.

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  1961 First ever

  NASA tests the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.

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  1958 First ever

  Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier.

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Observed today

• Christian feast day: Abbán
• Christian feast day: Abraham the Poor
• Christian feast day: Frumentius (Roman Catholic Church)
• Christian feast day: Gaudiosus of Naples
• Christian feast day: Kaleb of Axum
• Christian feast day: Namatius (Namace)
• Christian feast day: Oran of Iona
• Christian feast day: October 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Černová Tragedy Day (Slovakia)
• Flag Day (Greece)
• Independence Day (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), celebrates the independence of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from United Kingdom in 1979.
• International Religious Freedom Day (United States)
• National Black Cat Day (United Kingdom)
• Navy Day (United States) (unofficial, official date is October 13)
• World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

• 2019Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant founder and leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi kills himself and three children by detonating a suicide vest during the U.S. military Barisha raid in northwestern Syria. Wikipedia →
• 2018A gunman opens fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue killing eleven and injuring six, including four police officers. Wikipedia →
• 2018Leicester City F.C. owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha dies in a helicopter crash along with four others after a Premier League match against West Ham United at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, England. Wikipedia →
• 2017Catalonia declares independence from Spain. Wikipedia →
• 2014Britain withdraws from Afghanistan at the end of Operation Herrick, after 12 years four months and seven days. Wikipedia →
• 1999Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing the Prime Minister and seven others. Wikipedia →
• 1997The 1997 Asian financial crisis causes a crash in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Wikipedia →
• 1994Gliese 229B is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified. Wikipedia →
• 1993Widerøe Flight 744 crashes in Overhalla Municipality, Norway, killing six people. Wikipedia →
• 1992United States Navy radioman Allen R. Schindler, Jr. is murdered by shipmate Terry M. Helvey for being gay, precipitating debate about gays in the military that results in the United States' "Don't ask, don't tell" military policy. Wikipedia →
• 1991Turkmenistan achieves independence from the Soviet Union. Wikipedia →
• 1988Cold War: Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow due to Soviet listening devices in the building structure. Wikipedia →
• 1986The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang. Wikipedia →
• 1981Cold War: The Soviet submarine S-363 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden. Wikipedia →
• 1980The Chun Doo-hwan government forcibly arrests and investigates monks and personnel of the Jogye Order. Wikipedia →
• 1979Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains its independence from the United Kingdom. Wikipedia →
• 1971The Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire. Wikipedia →
• 1964Ronald Reagan delivers a speech on behalf of the Republican candidate for president, Barry Goldwater. The speech launches his political career and comes to be known as "A Time for Choosing". Wikipedia →
• 1962Major Rudolf Anderson of the United States Air Force becomes the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis when his U-2 reconnaissance airplane is shot down over Cuba by a Soviet-supplied surface-to-air missile. Wikipedia →
• 1962By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war. Wikipedia →
• 1961NASA tests the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1. Wikipedia →
• 1958Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier. Wikipedia →
• 1954Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force. Wikipedia →
• 1948A deadly smog event begins in Donora, Pennsylvania, eventually killing 20 and sickening thousands. Wikipedia →
• 1944World War II: German forces capture Banská Bystrica during Slovak National Uprising thus bringing it to an end. Wikipedia →
• 1936Abdication Crisis: Mrs. Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne. Wikipedia →
• 1930Ratifications are exchanged in London for the first London Naval Treaty go into effect immediately, further limiting the expensive naval arms race among its five signatories. Wikipedia →
• 1924The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union. Wikipedia →
• 1922A referendum in Rhodesia rejects the country's annexation to the South African Union. Wikipedia →
• 1919The Fourth Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents is held by the Makhnovshchina at Oleksandrivsk. Wikipedia →
• 1916Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V, is defeated by Fitawrari Habte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zewditu I. Wikipedia →
• 1914World War I: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin. Wikipedia →
• 1913A rail workers' strike in Chile escalates into a general strike, organized by the Regional Workers' Federation of Chile. Wikipedia →
• 1907Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when gendarmes opened fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration. Wikipedia →
• 1870Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers. Wikipedia →
• 1863American Civil War: Union forces led by General William F. Smith defeat Confederate forces in the Battle of Brown's Ferry, opening up a supply line to the besieged city of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Wikipedia →
• 1838Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state or be killed. Wikipedia →
• 1810United States annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida. Wikipedia →
• 1806The French Army under Napoleon enters Berlin following the Prussian defeat at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt. Wikipedia →
• 1795The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U.S. Wikipedia →
• 1775King George III expands on his Proclamation of Rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies in his speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament. Wikipedia →
• 1726J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56, one of few works he called a cantata. Wikipedia →
• 1682Philadelphia is founded in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Wikipedia →
• 1674The French garrison in Grave surrenders the town to a Dutch army after a difficult siege. Wikipedia →
• 1644Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War. Wikipedia →
• 1553Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva. Wikipedia →
• 1524French troops lay siege to Pavia. Wikipedia →
• 1275Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam. Wikipedia →
• 312Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. Wikipedia →