October 27

Events

 * - receives his famous.
 * - invasion of.
 * - succeeds  as.
 * - Traditional founding of the city of.
 * - : The French troops lay siege to.
 * - Condemned as a, is  just outside.
 * - in the.
 * - is founded.
 * - The and  sign the, which establishes the boundaries between  and the U.S.
 * - The enters in.
 * - Occupation of by French-Spanish troops.
 * - annexes the former  of.
 * - governor  issues the, which orders all  to leave the state or be exterminated.
 * - Marshal surrenders to  forces at  along with 140,000  soldiers in one of the biggest French defeats of the.
 * - The first  line opens; the system becomes the biggest in, and one of the biggest in world.
 * - :, marching on the n capital in support of his son Emperor , is defeated by Fitawrari , securing the throne for Empress.
 * - A referendum in rejects the country's annexation to the.
 * - The is founded in the.
 * - filed for  which would eventually allow her to marry King, thus forcing his  from the throne.
 * - First  airs (, sponsored by ).
 * - founds the  (BDS).
 * - An airliner flying from to  crashes near the . Among the victims are violinist  and.
 * - British Totem 2 is detonated at,.
 * - becomes the first  general in the.
 * -, the first , is deposed in a bloodless by General , who was appointed the enforcer of  by Mirza 20 days earlier.
 * - launched the first   in.
 * - Major of the  became the only direct human casualty of the  when his  was shot down in  by a Soviet-supplied.
 * 1962 - The plane of, Italian industry's most relevant figure, crashes in mysterious circumstances.
 * - delivers a speech on behalf of Republican candidate for president, .  The speech launched his political career and came to be known as "".
 * - receives the.
 * - is renamed.
 * - The meteorite, a 1.4  chondrite type  strikes in.
 * - The submarine  runs aground on the east coast of.
 * - The government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the.
 * - of  chooses  as republic's first.
 * - achieved independence from the.
 * 1991  - First free legislative elections in  since.
 * -   is brutally murdered by shipmates for being gay, precipitating first military, then national debate about  that resulted in the United States "" military policy.
 * - applies for membership in the.
 * 1995  - Former    is condemned  for.
 * - : s around the world because of fears of a global economic meltdown. The  plummets 554.26 points to 7,161.15. For the first time, the  activated their "circuit breakers" twice during the day eventually making the controversial move of closing the Exchange early.
 * - becomes  for the first time.
 * - Trades unionist is elected as President of.
 * 2002  - The  aired a constant regional service for the last time in  and, but  lost its identity completely. All companies (except , ,  & ) formed the national  with regional references only before regional programmes.
 * - after the deaths of two  teenagers.

Births

 * - Count (d. )
 * -, queen of (d. )
 * -, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. )
 * -, British naval captain and explorer (d. )
 * -, English painter (d. )
 * -, Prussian field marshal (d. )
 * -, Italian violinist and composer (d. )
 * -, American inventor (d. )
 * 1811  -, first Governor of Michigan (d. )
 * -, Italian statesman (d. )
 * -, Swedish writer and pacifist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, Scottish founder of the Boys' Brigade (d. )
 * -, 26th , recipient of the (d. )
 * -, English painter (d. )
 * -, American etiquette author (d. )
 * -, English cricketer (d. )
 * -, Swedish modernist painter (d. )
 * -, British general (d. )
 * -, survivor of the  (d. )
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * -, Canadian actor (d. )
 * -, American actor and singer (d. )
 * -, Welsh poet (d. )
 * -, American film producer (d. )
 * -, British (d. )
 * 1917  -, South African freedom fighter (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American actress
 * 1920  -, 10th
 * -, American encyclopedist
 * -, Danish actor and singer (d. )
 * 1922  -, American baseball player
 * -, American artist (d. )
 * -, American actress
 * 1924  -, French actor
 * -, American inventor
 * 1925  -, US Secretary of State (1993–1997)
 * -, American political personality (d. )
 * -, poet, singer and songwriter
 * -, Egyptian writer
 * -, American poet (d. )
 * 1932  -, French actor (d. )
 * -, American popular pianist (d. )
 * -, Greek actor and director
 * -, American actress
 * -, British actor and writer
 * -, American gangster (d. )
 * 1940  -, American writer
 * -, American auto racer
 * -, American singer
 * 1945  -, actor/writer
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * 1946  -, Czechoslovakian-born Canadian film actor, producer and director
 * -, American bass player
 * 1949  -, American businessman (d. )
 * -, American writer
 * -, Mexican/British cosmologist
 * 1951  -, British guitarist
 * 1951  -, American politician
 * 1951  -, American actress, model, and sportscaster
 * -, Pakistani publisher
 * 1952  -, Italian director and actor
 * -, British actor
 * 1953  -, American actor
 * -, American politician
 * -, American porn actress
 * -, American actor
 * 1957  -, English footballer
 * -, English singer
 * 1958  -,  Judge of the 25th Judicial Circuit
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, American actress and model
 * -, Australian test cricket captain (1994-1999)
 * -, American singer ( and )
 * -, Swedish drummer
 * -, American comics artist and writer
 * 1971  -, Greek footballer
 * 1971  -, Peruvian footballer
 * -, English footballer
 * 1972  -, American filmmaker
 * 1972  -, American baseball player
 * 1972  -, Finnish singer
 * 1972  -, Mozambican athlete
 * -, American baseball pitcher
 * -, British novelist
 * -, Czech footballer
 * 1977  -, Sri Lankan cricketer
 * -, Singapore musician
 * 1978  -, Russian ice hockey player
 * -, Australian TV actress
 * -, Estonian singer
 * 1980  -, American model
 * -, South Korean actress
 * 1981  -, Canadian freestyle skier
 * -, American actor
 * 1982  -, American computer hacker
 * 1982  -, Japanese actor
 * 1982  -, American singer
 * -, English television personality
 * 1984  -, American football player
 * 1984  -, Indian cricketer
 * -, English footballer
 * -, American basketball player
 * 1987  -, Chinese basketball player
 * 1987  -, Chinese basketball player

Deaths

 * - King (b. )
 * -, French crusader (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, queen of (b. )
 * -, Arab historian and geographer (b. )
 * -, Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Timurid ruler and astronomer (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Spanish theologian and doctor (burned at the stake) (b. )
 * -, Spanish conquistador (b. )
 * -, first Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden (b. )
 * -, Mughal Emperor (born )
 * -, English politician (b. )
 * -, Welsh non-conformist leader (b. )
 * -, Icelandic poet (b. )
 * -, French mathematician (b. )
 * -, American farmer and Governor of Delaware (b. )
 * -, English pilot (b. )
 * -, British racing driver (b. )
 * -, Youth Political Activist against the regime (b. )
 * -, French boxer (b. )
 * 1949  -, French violinist (b. )
 * -, English cricketer (b. )
 * -, Italian politician (b. )
 * -, German physicist (b. )
 * -, American novelist (b. )
 * -, American novelist (b. )
 * -, English singer and songwriter (b. )
 * 1980  -, American physicist,  laureate (b. )
 * 1980  -, Canadian politician, author and broadcaster (b. )
 * -, Spanish-born musician (b. )
 * 1990  -, daughter of assassinated  (b. )
 * 1990  -, American war hero, author, and advertising executive (b. )
 * 1990  -, French film director (b. )
 * 1990  -, Italian actor (b. )
 * -, American-born physicist, philosopher, and neuropsychologist (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * 1996  -, French Canadian politician (b. )
 * -, American physicist (b. )
 * 1999  -, French architect and designer (b. )
 * -, Austrian bass-baritone (b. )
 * -, American recording engineer (b. )
 * -, American television announcer (b. )
 * -, Brazilian footballer (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * 2006  -, American anarchist and independent journalist (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * - (from USSR, )
 * - (from Britain, )
 * - October 27th is the of the following  :
 * , the saint who introduced into Ethiopia.
 * - October 27th is the of the following  :
 * , the saint who introduced into Ethiopia.
 * , the saint who introduced into Ethiopia.
 * , the saint who introduced into Ethiopia.
 * , the saint who introduced into Ethiopia.