October 27 - This Day in History

October 27: General Interest
1904: New York City subway opens

At 2:35 on the afternoon of October 27, 1904, New York City Mayor George McClellan takes the controls on the inaugural run of the city's innovative new rapid transit system: the subway... read more


American Revolution
1775 : King George III speaks to Parliament of American rebellion
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/king-george-iii-speaks-to-parliament-of-american-rebellion


Automotive
2006 : Chick-fil-A founder takes last Ford Taurus
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/chick-fil-a-founder-takes-last-ford-taurus


Civil War
1864 : Yankees are turned back at the Battle of Hatcher's Run
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-hatchers-run-burgess-mill


Cold War
1962 : The United States and Soviet Union step back from brink of nuclear war
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-united-states-and-soviet-union-step-back-from-brink-of-nuclear-war


Crime
1940 : Mafia boss John Gotti is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mafia-boss-john-gotti-is-born


Disaster
1995 : Avalanche buries homes in Iceland
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/avalanche-buries-homes-in-iceland


General Interest
1659 : Quakers executed for religious beliefs
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/quakers-executed-for-religious-beliefs

1858 : Teddy Roosevelt born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/teddy-roosevelt-born

1914 : Dylan Thomas born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dylan-thomas-born

1994 : U.S. prison population exceeds one million
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-prison-population-exceeds-one-million


Hollywood
1924 : Actress Ruby Dee born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/actress-ruby-dee-born


Literary
1932 : Sylvia Plath is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sylvia-plath-is-born


Music
1970 : Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber release Jesus Christ Superstar
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tim-rice-and-andrew-lloyd-webber-release-jesus-christ-superstar


Old West
1873 : Joseph Glidden applies for a patent on his barbed wire design
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/joseph-glidden-applies-for-a-patent-on-his-barbed-wire-design


Presidential
1858 : Theodore Roosevelt is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/theodore-roosevelt-is-born


Sports
2004 : Red Sox win first championship since 1918
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/red-sox-win-first-championship-since-1918


Vietnam War
1966 : Ambassador Harriman sent to explain Manila offer
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ambassador-harriman-sent-to-explain-manila-offer

1971 : Cambodian troops battle Communists north of Phnom Penh
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cambodian-troops-battle-communists-north-of-phnom-penh


World War I
1918 : German general Erich Ludendorff resigns
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/german-general-erich-ludendorff-resigns


World War II
1940 : De Gaulle sets up the Empire Defense Council
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/de-gaulle-sets-up-the-empire-defense-council