Historical Events In October - 27

1978  On this day in history begin & Sadat win the Nobel Peace prize   

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

1979  On October - 27 voluntary Euthanasia Society publishes how-to-do-it suicide guide   

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

1980  On October - 27 steven Peregrine Took, rocker, dies at 31   

1981  On October - 27 andrew Young, former UN Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia   

1981  John Warburton, actor (King Rat, Cavalcade), dies at 94 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history paul McCartney release "Pretty Little Head"   

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

1987  On this day in history south Korean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution   

1987  Vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47 72, 1st-class avg 71), dies on October - 27.   

1988  On October - 27 "ET" released to home video (14 million presold)   

1988  Larry Flynt paid hitman $1M to kill Hefner, Guccione & Sinatra on October - 27.   

1988  On October - 27 charles Hawtrey, English actor (Carry On), dies near London at 73   

1990  Elliott Roosevelt, son of FDR, dies at 80 on October - 27.   

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

1992  On October - 27 roy Marshall, cricketer (143 runs for WI, 35725 runs overall), dies   

1994  On this day in history robert White, guitarist, dies at 57   

1995  On October - 27 mike Dutfield, documentary Prodcuer, dies at 48   

1996  On October - 27 belinda Quirey, dance historian/teacher, dies at 84   

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

2006  Last Ford Taurus rolls off Atlanta Assembly line on October - 27.   

2006  The St. Louis Cardinals win the 2006 World Series on October - 27.   

2011  On October - 27 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.   

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 this day in history.   

2012  On October - 27 46 people are killed and 123 injured in Iraq after a series of attacks and bombs   

2013  38 people are killed in a series of car bombings in Bagdhad, Iraq on October - 27.   

2017  First operation to separate conjoined twins joined at the head in India completed in New Delhi on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history birth of catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437)   

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  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 this day in history.   

0939  On October - 27 aethelstan III, king of England, dies   

1271  On October - 27 death of hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213)   

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