27 October
The 27t o October is the 300t day o the year (301t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 65 days bidin.
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Events
- 939 - Edmund I o Ingland becomes King.
- 1275 - Tradeetional foondin o Amsterdam.
- 1662 - Charles II, Keeng o Scots sells Dunkirk tae Fraunce.
- 1682 - Foondin o Philadelphia, Pennsylvanie.
- 1810 - The Unitit States annexes Wast Florida frae Spain.
- 1904 - The first New York Ceety subway opens.
- 1914 - Warld War I: Breetish super dreadnought battleship "HMS Audacious" is sunk bi a German-laid minefield aff Tory Island, Ireland.
- 1924 - The Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic is creatit.
- 1953 - Breetish nuclear test Totem 2 is carried oot at Emu Field, Sooth Australie.
- 1961 - NASA tests the first Saturn I rocket.
- 1966 - The Unitit Naitions remove Sooth Africae's mandate ower Namibie.
- 1968 - End o the 1968 Simmer Olympics in Mexico Ceety.
- 1971 - The name o the Democratic Republic o the Congo is chynged tae Zaire.
- 1979 - Saunt Vincent an the Grenadines gain unthirldom frae the Unitit Kinrick.
- 1991 - Turkmenistan declares unthirldom frae the Soviet Union.
- 1999 - Gunmen attack Armenie's pairliament.
- 2002 - Munt Etna erupts.
- 2002 - Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is electit Preses o Brazil.
- 2003 - The Pablo Picasso museum is opened in Malaga, Andalusie, Spain.
- 2011 - Michael D. Higgins is electit Preses o the Republic o Ireland.
- 2017 - The Catalan pairlament declares unthirldom frae Spain; Spain's central govrenment muives tae tak total control o the region.
- 2018 - 11 fowk are kilt in a shuitin at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanie.
- 2018 - A helicopter crashes in Leicester ootside the Leicester City F.C. stadium an bursts intae flames, killin aw 5 fowk on baird, incluidin the club's chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.
Births
- 1736 - James Macpherson, Scots poet, writer an politeecian (d. 1796)
- 1782 - Niccolo Paganini, Italian violinist, guitarist an componer (d. 1840)
- 1797 - Andrew Combe, Scots medicinar (d. 1847)
- 1799 - Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 11t Yerl o Home, Scots politeecian and diplomat (d. 1881)
- 1808 - James Macrae Aitken, Scots chess player (d. 1883)
- 1844 - Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swadish writer an pacifist (d. 1916)
- 1858 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26nt Preses o the Unitit States (d. 1919)
- 1914 - Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet an writer (d. 1953)
- 1922 - Ralph Kiner, American basebaw player (d. 2014)
- 1922 - George Young, Scots fitbawer (d. 1997)
- 1923 - Roy Lichtenstein, American airtist (d. 1997)
- 1925 - Warren Christopher, Unitit States Secretar o State (d. 2011)
- 1929 - Frank Meechan, Scots fitbawer (d. 1976)
- 1931 - Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian writer
- 1932 - Sylvia Plath, American poet, novelist an short story writer (d. 1963)
- 1939 - John Cleese, Inglis actor an comedian
- 1945 - Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, umwhile Preses o Brazil
- 1951 - K. K. Downing, Inglis muisicker
- 1952 - Roberto Benigni, Italian actor
- 1954 - Frank Gray, Scots fitbawer
- 1958 - Simon Le Bon, Inglis sangster (Duran Duran)
- 1962 - Stewart McKimmie, Scots fitbawer
- 1975 - Aron Ralston, American adventurer
- 1978 - Vanessa-Mae, Singapore-born violinist
- 1980 - Seth Gueko (Nicolas Salvadori), French rapper an entrepreneur
- 1984 - Kelly Osbourne, Inglis telly personality
- 1992 - Stephan El Shaarawy, Italian fitbawer
Daiths
- 939 - Athelstan, Saxon King o Ingland (b. 895)
- 1327 - Elizabeth de Burgh, Queen o Scots
- 1449 - Ulugh Beg, Timurid ruler (b. 1394)
- 1505 - Ivan III o Roushie (b. 1440)
- 1605 - Akbar the Great, Mughal Emperor (b. 1542)
- 1932 - Henry Ogg Forbes, Scots splorer, ornithologist an botanist (b. 1851)
- 1968 - Lise Meitner, Austrick pheesicist (b. 1878)
- 1980 - John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, American pheesicist (b. 1899)
- 2010 - Néstor Kirchner, Preses o Argentinae (b. 1950)
- 2013 - Lou Reed, American muisicker (b. 1942)
- 2018 - Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Thai businessman (b. 1958)
Halidays
- Naitional Day o Turkmenistan an Saunt Vincent an the Grenadines
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