Page 7: Historical Events In October - 27

1978  On October - 27 begin & Sadat win the Nobel Peace prize   

1978  President Carter signs Hawkins-Humphrey full employment bill on October - 27.   

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

1980  Dave Gryllis sets world bicycle speed record of 94.37 kph on October - 27.   

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 this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history john Warburton, actor (King Rat, Cavalcade), dies at 94   

1982  On October - 27 china announces its population at 1 billion people plus   

1982  On October - 27 iBM ROM is capable of EGA graphics   

1985  Thieves steal 9 paintings, including 5 Monet's & 2 Renoir's on this day in history.   

1986  On October - 27 paul McCartney release "Pretty Little Head"   

1987  On October - 27 gilbert McNamee sentenced to 25 years in prison for being an IRA bombmaker   

1987  South Korean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution on this day in history.   

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

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

1988  Larry Flynt paid hitman $1M to kill Hefner, Guccione & Sinatra on this day in history.   

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

1990  On October - 27 elliott Roosevelt, son of FDR, dies at 80   

1991  On October - 27 andrzei Panufkin, Pol/Brit conductor/composer (Sinfonia Sacra), dies   

1992  On this day in history roy Marshall, cricketer (143 runs for WI, 35725 runs overall), dies   

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 October - 27 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 this day in history 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 October - 27.   

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  First operation to separate conjoined twins joined at the head in India completed in New Delhi on this day in history.   

2017  On October - 27 catalonia declares independence from Spain, but the Catalan Republic is not recognised by the Spanish government or any other sovereign nation.   

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

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 October - 27.   

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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  Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536) was born on October - 27.   

1728  James Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands was born on this day in history.   

1739  On this day in history birth of franz Ignaz Kaa, composer   

1744  On October - 27 birth of mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819)   

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

1760  On this day in history birth of august W A Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal   

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  Death of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213) on this day in history.   

1312  Death of John II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275) on October - 27.   

1327  On October - 27 death of elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289)   

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 this day in history albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42