October 27 in History

Historical Events on October 27

1682 Philadelphia is established in the Colonial American Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

1904 The first underground New York City Subway line opens; the system becomes the biggest in United States, and one of the biggest in the world.

1914 The British lose their first battleship of World War I: The British super-dreadnought battleship HMS Audacious (23,400 tons) is sunk off Tory Island, north-west of Ireland, by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin. The loss was kept an official secret in Britain until 14 November 1918 (three days after the end of the war). The sinking was witnessed and photographed by passengers on RMS Olympic.

1944 World War II: German forces capture Banská Bystrica during Slovak National Uprising thus bringing it to an end.

1964 Ronald Reagan delivers a speech on behalf of the Republican candidate for president, Barry Goldwater. The speech launches his political career and comes to be known as "A Time for Choosing".

1971 The Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire.

1988 Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow due to Soviet listening devices in the building structure.

2014 Britain withdraws from Afghanistan after the end of Operation Herrick which started on June 20, 2002 after 12 years four months and seven days.

2017 Catalonia declares independence from Spain.

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Famous Birthdays on October 27

1858 Theodore Roosevelt

1939 John Cleese

1945 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

1977 Kumar Sangakkara

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Famous Deaths on October 27

939 Æthelstan

1968 Lise Meitner

2013 Lou Reed

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