Historical Events In October - 27

1858  On this day in history rH Macy & Co opens 1st store, (6th Ave-NYC) Gross receipts $1106   

1858  The birth of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States on this day in history.   

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

1863  Dutch railway to Harlingen opens on this day in history.   

1864  Battle of Boydton Plank Road, VA (Burgess' Mill, Southside Railroad) on this day in history.   

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

1867  Garibaldi marches on Rome on this day in history.   

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

1872  Emily Post, authority on social behavior/writer (Etiquette) on October - 27.   

1873  Henry Tate, composer on October - 27.   

1876  Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Un Soir Un Train) on this day in history.   

1880  Theodore Roosevelt marries Alice Lee, on his 22nd birthday on this day in history.   

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

1884  On October - 27 architect Henry Hardenberghs Dakota-complex opens in NYC   

1886  Musical fantasy "Night on Bald Mountain," performed in Russia on October - 27.   

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

1892  Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author/mayor of Palmeira on October - 27.   

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

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

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

1895  On October - 27 john Boles, Greenville TX, singer/actor (Babes in Baghdad)   

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

1896  On this day in history 1st Pali Road completed in Hawaii (winds so strong streams flow UP!)   

1896  Edith Haisman, Titanic survivor on October - 27.   

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

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

1907  On this day in history helmut Walcha, German organist (church music)   

1910  On October - 27 fred de Cordova, film/TV producer (Tonight Show)   

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

1912  Conlon Nancarrow, Texarkana Arkansas, composer (Soundings 4) on October - 27.   

1913  On this day in history pres Wilson says US will never attack another country   

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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 October - 27.   

1466  Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536) was born on this day in history.   

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

1739  On October - 27 birth of franz Ignaz Kaa, composer   

1744  On this day in history birth of mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819)   

1746  On October - 27 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  On October - 27 aethelstan III, king of England, dies   

1271  Death of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213) on October - 27.   

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

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

1331  On this day in history aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies   

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.