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{{*mp}} [[1553]] – Condemned as a [[heretic]] for preaching [[nontrinitarianism]] and anti-[[ |
{{*mp}} [[1553]] – Condemned as a [[heretic]] for preaching [[nontrinitarianism]] and anti-[[infant baptism]], '''[[Michael Servetus]]''' ''(pictured)'' was [[Execution by burning|burned at the stake]] outside [[Geneva]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1904]] – The '''[[New York City Subway]]''', one of the most extensive [[Public transport|public transportation]] systems in the world, opened [[IRT |
{{*mp}} [[1904]] – The '''[[New York City Subway]]''', one of the most extensive [[Public transport|public transportation]] systems in the world, opened [[History of the IRT subway before 1918|its first underground segment]], connecting [[New York City Hall]] with [[Harlem]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1958]] – General '''[[Ayub Khan]]''' deposed '''[[Iskander Mirza]]''' in a bloodless [[coup d'état]] to become the second [[President of Pakistan]], less than three weeks after Mirza had appointed him the enforcer of [[martial law]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1958]] – General '''[[Ayub Khan]]''' deposed '''[[Iskander Mirza]]''' in a bloodless [[coup d'état]] to become the second [[President of Pakistan]], less than three weeks after Mirza had appointed him the enforcer of [[martial law]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1961]] – [[NASA]] launched the first '''[[Saturn I]]''' [[rocket]], the [[United States]]' first dedicated [[spacecraft]] designed specifically to launch loads into [[Geocentric orbit|Earth orbit]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1961]] – [[NASA]] launched the first '''[[Saturn I]]''' [[rocket]], the [[United States]]' first dedicated [[spacecraft]] designed specifically to launch loads into [[Geocentric orbit|Earth orbit]]. |
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Revision as of 19:34, 27 October 2007
October 27: Independence Day in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1979) and Turkmenistan (1991).
- 1553 – Condemned as a heretic for preaching nontrinitarianism and anti-infant baptism, Michael Servetus (pictured) was burned at the stake outside Geneva.
- 1904 – The New York City Subway, one of the most extensive public transportation systems in the world, opened its first underground segment, connecting New York City Hall with Harlem.
- 1958 – General Ayub Khan deposed Iskander Mirza in a bloodless coup d'état to become the second President of Pakistan, less than three weeks after Mirza had appointed him the enforcer of martial law.
- 1961 – NASA launched the first Saturn I rocket, the United States' first dedicated spacecraft designed specifically to launch loads into Earth orbit.
- 1971 – The Democratic Republic of the Congo was renamed Zaire after a Portuguese mispronunciation of the Kikongo word nzere or nzadi, which translates to "the river that swallows all rivers."
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