One thing about historical events is that they don’t just get locked in the past, they still contribute to shaping the future. What are some of the events that happened on October 27?
Read on to find out!
- 1682 – The historical city in the state of Pennsylvania, the City of Philadelphia, was founded.
- 1806 – The French Army entered Berlin.
- 1795 – The United States and Spain signed the Treaty of San Lorenzo.
- 1904 – New York City Subway began operations.
- 1920 – K. R. Narayanan, the 10th President of India, was born.
- 1954 – The first Walt Disney television show “Disneyland” premiered on ABC.
- 1954 – American President Eisenhower offered aid to South Vietnam Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm.
- 1962 – America performed an atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island.
- 1966 – The United Nations deprived South Africa of Namibia.
- 1978 – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin were named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1982 – China announced its population had reached 1 billion-plus people.
- 1984 – France performed a nuclear test at Mururoa atoll.
- 1987 – South Korean voters approved a new constitution.
- 1991 – Turkmenistan gained independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1995 – Latvia applied for membership in the European Union.
- 1998 – Disney’s “Lion King II: Simba’s Pride” was released on video.
- 1997 – America released a redesigned $50 bill.
- 1999 – There was a shooting in the Armenian Parliament.
- 2003 – Bank of America Corp. announced it had agreed to buy FleetBoston Financial Corp.
- 2017 – The first operation to separate conjoined twins joined at the head in India was completed in New Delhi.
- 2019 – Alberto Fernandez, won the Argentine presidential election defeating the sitting President Mauricio Macri.