Page 7: Historical Events In October - 27

1978  Begin & Sadat win the Nobel Peace prize on October - 27.   

1978  President Carter signs Hawkins-Humphrey full employment bill on this day in history.   

1979  Voluntary Euthanasia Society publishes how-to-do-it suicide guide on October - 27.   

1980  On October - 27 dave Gryllis sets world bicycle speed record of 94.37 kph   

1980  Steven Peregrine Took, rocker, dies at 31 on this day in history.   

1981  Andrew Young, former UN Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia on October - 27.   

1981  On October - 27 john Warburton, actor (King Rat, Cavalcade), dies at 94   

1982  China announces its population at 1 billion people plus on October - 27.   

1982  IBM ROM is capable of EGA graphics on this day in history.   

1985  On October - 27 thieves steal 9 paintings, including 5 Monet's & 2 Renoir's   

1986  Paul McCartney release "Pretty Little Head" on October - 27.   

1987  Gilbert McNamee sentenced to 25 years in prison for being an IRA bombmaker on October - 27.   

1987  South Korean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution on October - 27.   

1987  On this day in history vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47 72, 1st-class avg 71), dies   

1988  On this day in history "ET" released to home video (14 million presold)   

1988  On this day in history larry Flynt paid hitman $1M to kill Hefner, Guccione & Sinatra   

1988  Charles Hawtrey, English actor (Carry On), dies near London at 73 on this day in history.   

1990  Elliott Roosevelt, son of FDR, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1991  Andrzei Panufkin, Pol/Brit conductor/composer (Sinfonia Sacra), dies on this day in history.   

1992  Roy Marshall, cricketer (143 runs for WI, 35725 runs overall), dies on this day in history.   

1994  On October - 27 robert White, guitarist, dies at 57   

1995  Mike Dutfield, documentary Prodcuer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history belinda Quirey, dance historian/teacher, dies at 84   

2005  Two teenagers accidentally electrocute themselves in Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris, France, leading to widespread rioting on this day in history.   

2006  On October - 27 last Ford Taurus rolls off Atlanta Assembly line.   

2006  The St. Louis Cardinals win the 2006 World Series on this day in history.   

2011  After an emergency meeting in Brussels, the European Union announced an agreement to tackle the European sovereign debt crisis which includes a writedown of 50% of Greek bonds, a recapitalisation of European banks and an increase of the bailout fund of the European Financial Stability Facility totaling to €1 trillion on this day in history.   

2011  The Royal Australian Navy announces that they discovered the wreck of a World War II submarine in Simpson Harbour, Papua New Guinea during Operation RENDER SAFE on October - 27.   

2012  On this day in history 46 people are killed and 123 injured in Iraq after a series of attacks and bombs   

2013  On this day in history 38 people are killed in a series of car bombings in Bagdhad, Iraq   

2017  On October - 27 first operation to separate conjoined twins joined at the head in India completed in New Delhi   

2017  On this day in history catalonia declares independence from Spain, but the Catalan Republic is not recognised by the Spanish government or any other sovereign nation.   

2018  On October - 27 gunman shoots and kills 11 people and injures six at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in an anti-Semitic attack   

2018  EPL club Leicester City’s billionaire Thai owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha dies in a helicopter crash in the carpark outside the club’s King Power Stadium following 1-1 draw against West Ham United on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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  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  Aethelstan III, king of England, dies on October - 27.   

1271  On this day in history death of hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213)   

1312  On this day in history death of john II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275)   

1327  Death of Elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289) on this day in history.   

1331  Aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies on this day in history.   

1430  On this day in history 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 this day in history.