Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 27

October 27: Independence Day in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1979) and Turkmenistan (1991)

• 1553 - Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus was burned at the stake outside Geneva.

• 1904 - The first section of the New York City Subway opened, running between City Hall and the Bronx.

• 1958 - General Ayub Khan deposed Iskander Mirza in a bloodless coup d'état to become the second President of Pakistan, less than 3 weeks after Mirza had appointed him the enforcer of martial law.

• 1961 - NASA launched the first Saturn I rocket (pictured).

• 1971 - The Democratic Republic of the Congo was renamed Zaire.

Recent days: October 26 – October 25 – October 24

More anniversaries:

• September 30
• October 1
• October 2