Page 3: 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 October - 27.   

1858  Theodore Roosevelt, NYC, (R) 26th Pres (1901-09; Nobel 1906) on this day in history.   

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

1864  On October - 27 battle of Boydton Plank Road, VA (Burgess' Mill, Southside Railroad)   

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

1867  On October - 27 garibaldi marches on Rome   

1871  Boss Tweed (William Macy Tweed), Democratic leader of Tammany Hall, arrested after NY Times exposed his corruption on this day in history.   

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

1873  Henry Tate, composer on this day in history.   

1876  On October - 27 jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Un Soir Un Train)   

1880  On October - 27 theodore Roosevelt marries Alice Lee, on his 22nd birthday   

1880  On this day in history theodore Roosevelt marries Alice Hathaway Lee, on his 22nd birthday   

1884  Architect Henry Hardenberghs Dakota-complex opens in NYC on October - 27.   

1886  On October - 27 musical fantasy "Night on Bald Mountain," performed in Russia   

1889  On October - 27 enid Bagnold, novelist (Chalk Garden, 1956 Award of Merit)   

1892  On this day in history graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author/mayor of Palmeira   

1893  On this day in history hurricane hits coast between Savannah Ga & Charleston SC   

1893  On this day in history johan G Dancer, Dutch poet (Meetings)   

1894  Antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor (Residence-orch) on this day in history.   

1895  On this day in history john Boles, Greenville TX, singer/actor (Babes in Baghdad)   

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

1896  On October - 27 1st Pali Road completed in Hawaii (winds so strong streams flow UP!)   

1896  Edith Haisman, Titanic survivor on this day in history.   

1901  1st complete performance of Debussy's "Nocturnes" on this day in history.   

1904  New York City unveils the first electric subway, the IRT, linking the Brooklyn Bridge to midtown Manhattan on October - 27.   

1904  On this day in history world's 1st subway, the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit), opens in NYC, subway/bus fare is set at one nickel   

1904  World's 1st subway, IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit), opens in NYC, subway/bus fare is set at one nickel (Bkln bridge-145 & Bdwy) on this day in history.   

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  Fred de Cordova, film/TV producer (Tonight Show) on October - 27.   

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

1912  On this day in history conlon Nancarrow, Texarkana Arkansas, composer (Soundings 4)   

1913  On October - 27 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  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 October - 27 birth of franz Ignaz Kaa, composer   

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

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 October - 27 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  On October - 27 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.