Page 3: Historical Events In October - 27

1858  On October - 27 rH Macy & Co opens 1st store, (6th Ave-NYC) Gross receipts $1106   

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

1858  On October - 27 theodore Roosevelt, NYC, (R) 26th Pres (1901-09; Nobel 1906)   

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  Andreas Randel, composer, dies at 58 on October - 27.   

1867  On this day in history garibaldi marches on Rome   

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

1872  On this day in history emily Post, authority on social behavior/writer (Etiquette)   

1873  On October - 27 henry Tate, composer   

1876  Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Un Soir Un Train) on October - 27.   

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

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

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

1886  Musical fantasy "Night on Bald Mountain," performed in Russia on this day in history.   

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

1892  On October - 27 graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author/mayor of Palmeira   

1893  Hurricane hits coast between Savannah Ga & Charleston SC on October - 27.   

1893  Johan G Dancer, Dutch poet (Meetings) on this day in history.   

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  The first Pali Road completed in Hawaii on October - 27.   

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

1896  On this day in history edith Haisman, Titanic survivor   

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

1904  New York City unveils the first electric subway, the IRT, linking the Brooklyn Bridge to midtown Manhattan on this day in history.   

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  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 October - 27.   

1907  On October - 27 helmut Walcha, German organist (church music)   

1910  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536) was born on October - 27.   

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

1746  On October - 27 birth of georg Anton Kreusser, composer   

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

0925  On October - 27 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 this day in history.   

1312  On October - 27 death of john II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275)   

1327  On this day in history 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 October - 27.   

1430  Death of Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1350) on October - 27.   

1439  On October - 27 albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42