October, 27th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Wednesday 27, 2004:
Matti Nykänen, once a very successful Finnish ski-jumper, is found guilty of attempt of manslaughter and sentenced to a two year and two month jail term for stabbing a family friend.

Sunday 27, 2002:
Running back Emmitt Smith becomes the current leader in career rushing yards in the National Football League, breaking the record then held by Walter Payton.

Wednesday 27, 1999:
Armenian Prime Minister Vasgen Sarkissian and 6 other members killed in an attack on the Armenian parliament.

Tuesday 27, 1998:
Gerhard Schröder becomes Chancellor of Germany for the first time.

Friday 27, 1995:
Stock markets around the world crash because of fears of a global economic meltdown. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 554.26 points to 7,161.15. For the first time, the New York Stock Exchange activated their "circuit breakers" twice during the day eventually making the controversial move of closing the Exchange early (see October 27, 1997 mini-crash).

Wednesday 27, 1993:
Fires in five counties in southern California destroy more than 500 homes and cause an estimate $1 billion of damage within a week.

Sunday 27, 1991:
Turkmenistan achieved independence from the Soviet Union.

Saturday 27, 1990:
Supreme Soviet of Kirghiz SSR chooses Askar Akayev as republic's first president.

Monday 27, 1986:
The London Stock Exchange is deregulated and computerisation is introduced for the first time.

Tuesday 27, 1981:
The Soviet submarine U 137 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.

Saturday 27, 1973:
The Canyon City meteorite, a 1.4 kg chondrite type meteorite strikes in Fremont County, Colorado.

Saturday 27, 1962:
The Cuban Missile Crisis ends peacefully.

Monday 27, 1958:
Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed in a bloodless coup d'état by General Ayub Khan, who was appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier.

Wednesday 27, 1954:
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.

Tuesday 27, 1953:
British nuclear test Totem 2 is detonated at Emu Field, South Australia.

Thursday 27, 1949:
An airliner flying from Paris to New York crashes near the Azores. Among the victims are violinist Ginette Neveu and boxer Marcel Cerdan.

Wednesday 27, 1948:
Léopold Sédar Senghor founds the Senegalese Democratic Bloc (BDS).

Sunday 27, 1946:
First commercially-sponsored television program airs (Geographically Speaking, sponsored by Bristol-Myers).

Thursday 27, 1904:
First New York City Subway line opens; the system becomes biggest in United States of America, and one of biggest in world.

Thursday 27, 1870:
Marshal François Achille Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers in one of the biggest French defeats of the Franco-Prussian War.

Saturday 27, 1838:
Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state.

Saturday 27, 1810:
United States annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida.

Friday 27, 1797:
Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria.

Tuesday 27, 1795:
The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U.S.

Thursday 27, 1644:
Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War.

Thursday 27, 625:
Honorius I becomes Pope.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/27-october/on-this-day.html


People born on October 27

1977:
Jiří Jarosík, Czech footballer (b: October 27, 1977) (Biography of Jiri Jarosik)

1972:
Evan Coyne Maloney, filmmaker (b: October 27, 1972) (Biography of Evan Coyne Maloney)
Brad Radke, baseball player (b: October 27, 1972) (Biography of Brad Radke)

1970:
Adrian Erlandsson, Swedish drummer (Cradle of Filth) (b: October 27, 1970) (Biography of Adrian Erlandsson)

1967:
Scott Weiland, American singer (Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver) (b: October 27, 1967) (Biography of Scott Weiland)

1958:
Simon Le Bon, English singer (Duran Duran) (b: October 27, 1958) (Biography of Simon Le Bon)

1957:
Jeff East, American actor (b: October 27, 1957) (Biography of Jeff East)

1950:
Fran Lebowitz, American writer (b: October 27, 1950) (Biography of Fran Lebowitz)

1946:
Carrie Snodgress, American actress (b: October 27, 1946 ; d: April 1, 2004) (Biography of Carrie Snodgress)

1940:
John Gotti, American gangster (b: October 27, 1940 ; d: June 10, 2002) (Biography of John Gotti)

1939:
John Cleese, British actor and writer (b: October 27, 1939) (Biography of John Cleese)

1932:
Sylvia Plath, American poet (b: October 27, 1932 ; d: February 11, 1963) (Biography of Sylvia Plath)

1931:
Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian writer (b: October 27, 1931) (Biography of Nawal El Saadawi)

1924:
Ruby Dee, American actress (b: October 27, 1924) (Biography of Ruby Dee)

1923:
Roy Lichtenstein, American artist (b: October 27, 1923 ; d: September 29, 1997) (Biography of Roy Lichtenstein)

1920:
Nanette Fabray, American actress (b: October 27, 1920) (Biography of Nanette Fabray)

1918:
Teresa Wright, American actress (b: October 27, 1918) (Biography of Teresa Wright)

1914:
Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet (b: October 27, 1914 ; d: November 9, 1953) (Biography of Dylan Thomas)

1910:
Jack Carson, Canadian actor (b: October 27, 1910 ; d: January 3, 1963) (Biography of Jack Carson)

1906:
Earle Cabell, American politician (b: October 27, 1906 ; d: September 24, 1975) (Biography of Earle Cabell)

1894:
Oliver Leese, British general (b: October 27, 1894 ; d: January 22, 1978) (Biography of Oliver Leese)

1877:
George Thompson, English cricketer (b: October 27, 1877 ; d: March 3, 1943) (Biography of George Thompson (cricketer))

1858:
Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States (b: October 27, 1858 ; d: January 6, 1919) (Biography of Theodore Roosevelt)

1811:
Isaac Singer, American inventor (b: October 27, 1811) (Biography of Isaac Singer)
Stevens Thomson Mason, first Governor of Michigan (b: October 27, 1811) (Biography of Stevens Thomson Mason (Michigan))

1782:
Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (b: October 27, 1782) (Biography of Niccolo Paganini)

1760:
August von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b: October 27, 1760 ; d: August 24, 1831) (Biography of August von Gneisenau)

1744:
Mary Moser, English painter (b: October 27, 1744 ; d: May 2, 1819) (Biography of Mary Moser)

1728:
James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (b: October 27, 1728 ; d: February 14, 1779) (Biography of James Cook)

1401:
Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry VI of England (b: October 27, 1401 ; d: January 3, 1437) (Biography of Catherine of Valois)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/27-october/births.html