Historical Events In October - 27

1954  On this day in history walt Disney premieres his first series, Disneyland, on ABC, while his theme park is still under construction.   

1954  On October - 27 franco Alfano, Ital (opera)composer (Puccini's Turandot), dies at 78   

1955  On October - 27 argentine peso devalued   

1955  Clark Griffith, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees), dies at 85 on October - 27.   

1957  On October - 27 celal Bayar re-elected president of Turkey   

1958  On October - 27 gen Ayub Khan succeeds Iskander Mirza as president of Pakistan   

1958  Frederik Gerretson [Geerten Gossaert], historian/poet/politician, dies at 74 on October - 27.   

1959  On October - 27 rare Pacific hurricane kills 2,000 in Western Mexico   

1960  AL admits LA & Washington to the league on this day in history.   

1961  On October - 27 american Basketball League starts play   

1961  Outer Mongolia & Mauritania become the 102nd & 103rd members of UN on October - 27.   

1961  On this day in history the first Saturn launch vehicle makes an unmanned flight test   

1961  On October - 27 1st Saturn launch vehicle makes an unmanned flight test   

1962  "Beyond the Fringe" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 673 perfs on October - 27.   

1962  On October - 27 enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate, dies at 58   

1963  On this day in history bob Simpson completes 359 for NSW v Qld at Gabba   

1964  "Ben Franklin in Paris" opens at Lunt Fontanne NYC for 215 perfs on October - 27.   

1964  On October - 27 sammee Tong, actor (Bachelor Father, Mickey), dies at 63   

1965  French Luitjes, Dutch athlete, dies at 21 on October - 27.   

1966  Nigel Haig, cricketer (England pace bowler in 5 Tests 1921-30), dies on this day in history.   

1967  4 people from Baltimore pour blood on selective service records on this day in history.   

1967  Expo '67 closes in Montreal, Canada on October - 27.   

1968  On October - 27 lise Meitner, Austria/Swedish physics (protactinium), dies at 89   

1969  On October - 27 ralph Nader sets up a consumer organization known as Nader's Raiders   

1969  On this day in history st Vincent & the Grenadines gains associated status with Britain   

1969  Jaime Pahissa, composer, dies at 89 on October - 27.   

1971  On this day in history republic of the Congo becomes Republic of Za‹re   

1971  Steve Garvey weds Cynthia Truhan on October - 27.   

1972  On this day in history golden Gate National Recreation Area created   

1972  On October - 27 lew Parker, actor (Lou Marie-That Girl), dies a day before turning 65   

1973  Allan "Rocky" Lane, western actor (Mister Ed, Red Ryder), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1975  Rex Stout, US detective writer (Nero Wolfe), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1977  NASA launches space vehicle S-200 on this day in history.   

1977  On October - 27 james M Cain, US writer (Postman Always Rings Twice), dies at 85   

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1156  Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222) was born on October - 27.   

1401  On this day in history birth of catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437)   

1466  On October - 27 birth of erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536)   

1728  On this day in history birth of james Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands   

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

1744  Mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819) was born on this day in history.   

1746  On this day in history birth of georg Anton Kreusser, composer   

1760  August W A Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal was born on this day in history.   

0925  On this day in history rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies   

0939  Aethelstan III, king of England, dies on this day in history.   

1271  On October - 27 death of hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213)   

1312  On October - 27 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 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  Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42 on October - 27.