Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 27
This is a list of selected October 27 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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Michael Servetus -
The first Saturn I vehicle, SA-1, lifts off.
Ineligible
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| Independence Day in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1979) and Turkmenistan (1991) | St Vincent & Grenadines has refimprove; Turkmenistan tagged {{ISBN}} and has lots of {{cn}} tags. |
| 1275 – The earliest recorded usage of the name "Amsterdam" was made on a certificate by Count Floris V of Holland that granted the inhabitants, who had built a bridge with a dam across the Amstel, an exemption from paying the bridge's tolls. | History of Amsterdam needs more footnotes; Amsterdam has refimprove section |
| 1795 – The United States and Spain signed the Treaty of Madrid, defining the boundaries of the United States with the Spanish colonies and guaranteeing the United States navigation rights on the Mississippi River. | needs more footnotes |
| 1961 – NASA launched the first Saturn I rocket, the United States' first dedicated spacecraft designed specifically to launch loads into Earth orbit. | Tagged with {{refimprove}} |
| 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" . | DRC has refimprove sections, Zaire needs more footnotes |
Eligible
- 1553 – Condemned as a heretic for preaching nontrinitarianism and anti-infant baptism, Michael Servetus was burned at the stake outside Geneva.
- 1644 – English Civil War: The combined armies of Parliament inflicted a tactical defeat on the Royalists, but failed to gain any strategic advantage in the Second Battle of Newbury.
- 1682 – William Penn founded the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1904 – The first underground segment of the New York City Subway, today one of the most extensive public transportation systems in the world, opened, connecting New York City Hall with Harlem.
- 1992 – U.S. Navy Petty Officer Allen R. Schindler, Jr. was killed in Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan, a victim of a hate crime for being gay, sparking a national debate that led to the establishment of the U.S. armed forces' "Don't ask, don't tell" policy.
- 1838 – Governor of Missouri Lilburn Boggs issued the Mormon Extermination Order, ordering all Mormons to leave the state or be killed.
- 1916 – Supporters of deposed Ethiopian Emperor-designate Iyasu V were defeated at the Battle of Segale, ending their attempt to restore him to the throne.
- 1944 – World War II: German forces captured Banská Bystrica, the center of anti-Nazi opposition in Slovakia, bringing the Slovak National Uprising to an end.
- 1958 – General Ayub Khan (pictured) 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.
- 1981 – Cold War: Soviet Whiskey-class submarine U 137 ran aground near Sweden's Karlskrona naval base, sparking an international incident termed "Whiskey on the rocks".