Page 3: Historical Events In October - 27

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

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

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

1863  On this day in history dutch railway to Harlingen opens   

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

1864  Andreas Randel, composer, dies at 58 on October - 27.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1873  On this day in history henry Tate, composer   

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

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

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

1884  Architect Henry Hardenberghs Dakota-complex opens in NYC on this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history musical fantasy "Night on Bald Mountain," performed in Russia   

1889  Enid Bagnold, novelist (Chalk Garden, 1956 Award of Merit) on this day in history.   

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  Johan G Dancer, Dutch poet (Meetings) on October - 27.   

1894  Antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor (Residence-orch) on October - 27.   

1895  John Boles, Greenville TX, singer/actor (Babes in Baghdad) on this day in history.   

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

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

1896  On October - 27 edith Haisman, Titanic survivor   

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

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

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  On this day in history 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 October - 27.   

1907  Helmut Walcha, German organist (church music) on October - 27.   

1910  Fred de Cordova, film/TV producer (Tonight Show) on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222)   

1401  On October - 27 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  On this day in history birth of franz Ignaz Kaa, composer   

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

1746  Georg Anton Kreusser, composer was born on October - 27.   

1760  On October - 27 birth of august W A Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal   

0925  Rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies on October - 27.   

0939  On this day in history 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  Death of Elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289) on October - 27.   

1331  On October - 27 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  On October - 27 albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42