October 27
1682 - The city of Philadelphia is founded by William Penn.
1787 - The Federalist Papers, which called for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, were published.
1858 - Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, was born in New York City.
1904 - New York City's first rapid transit subway, the IRT, opened.
1938 - Du Pont announced it would name its new synthetic yarn "nylon".
1941 - The Chicago Daily Tribune dismissed the possibility of war with Japan, editorializing, "She cannot attack us. That is a military impossibility. Even our base at Hawaii is beyond the effective striking power of her fleet."
1954 - U.S. Air Force Col. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. was promoted to brigadier general, the first Black officer to achieve that rank in the USAF.
1962 - During the Cuban Missile Crisis, a U-2 reconnaissance aircraft was shot down while flying over Cuba, killing the pilot, U.S. Air Force Maj. Rudolf Anderson Jr.
1978 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin were named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize for their work toward a Middle East peace accord.
1995 - A sniper killed one soldier and wounded 18 others at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (Paratrooper William J. Kreutzer was convicted in the shootings, and condemned to death; the sentence was later commuted to life in prison.)
1997 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 554.26 points, forcing the stock market to shut down for the first time since the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan.
2001 - In Washington, the search for deadly anthrax widened to thousands of businesses and 30 mail distribution centers.
2002 - Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was elected president of Brazil in a runoff, becoming the country's first elected leftist leader.
2005 - White House counsel Harriet Miers withdrew her nomination to the Supreme Court after three weeks of criticism from fellow conservatives.
2005 - Surgeons in France performed the world's first partial face transplant on a woman who was mauled by a dog.
2008 - Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) was convicted of seven corruption charges for lying about free home renovations and other gifts from a wealthy contractor. (A judge later dismissed the case, saying prosecutors had withheld evidence.)
2015 - President Barack Obama, addressing the International Association of Chiefs of Police in Chicago, defended officers who had come under intense scrutiny amid a breakdown in relations between law enforcement and minority communities, and said police couldn’t be expected to contain problems that society refuses to solve.
2015 - Walgreens confirmed it was buying rival pharmacy chain Rite Aid for about $9.4 billion in cash.
2018 - A gunman shot and killed 11 congregants and wounded six others at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history; authorities said the suspect, Robert Bowers, raged against Jews during and after the rampage. (Bowers, who is awaiting trial, has pleaded not guilty; prosecutors are seeking a death sentence.)
2018 - Hundreds of Mexican federal officers carrying plastic shields blocked a Central American caravan from advancing toward the United States after several thousand migrants turned down the chance to apply for refugee status in Mexico and obtain a Mexican offer of benefits.
2019 - In an address from the White House, President Donald Trump announced that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had died after U.S. special operations forces cornered him during a raid in Syria. (Al-Baghdadi blew himself up as U.S. forces approached.)
2019 - Freshman Rep. Katie Hill, a rising Democratic star in the House, resigned amid an ethics probe; she said explicit private photos of her with a campaign staffer had been “weaponized” by her husband and political operatives.
Birthdays
22 - Sophie Piper (reality star)
23 - Lonzo Ball (basketball player)
24 - Samantha Logan (actress)
27 - Troy Gentile (actor)
29 - Bryan Craig (actor)
31 - Xenia Deli (model)
34 - Christine Evangelista (actress)
34 - Alba Flores (actress)
36 - Kelly Osbourne (actress/singer)
42 - Vanessa-Mae (musician)
42 - David Walton (actor)
43 - Sheeri Rappaport (actress)
48 - Elissa (singer)
51 - Channon Roe (actor)
52 - Sean Holland (actor)
54 - Matt Drudge (Internet news editor)
57 - Marla Maples (actress/ex-wife of President Donald Trump)
62 - Simon Le Bon (singer)
64 - Patty Sheehan (golfer)
67 - Robert Picardo (actor)
67 - Peter Firth (actor)
69 - Jayne Kennedy (TV personality)
78 - Lee Greenwood (country singer)
81 - John Cleese (actor/comedian)
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Today in Sports History - October 27
1894 - Doane College defeats Nebraska 12-0.
1900 - Nebraska and Kansas City Medics play to a 0-0 tie.
1906 - Nebraska defeats Doane 28-0.
1917 - Michigan defeats Nebraska 20-0.
1923 - Nebraska and Missouri play to a 7-7 tie.
1928 - Nebraska defeats Missouri 24-0.
1934 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 7-6.
1945 - Missouri defeats Nebraska 19-0.
1951 - Missouri defeats Nebraska 35-19.
1956 - Colorado defeats Nebraska 16-0.
1961 - The American Basketball League began play.
1962 - Nebraska defeats Colorado 31-6.
1973 - The New York Islanders defeated the New York Rangers for the first time.
1973 - #10 Nebraska and Oklahoma State play to a 17-17 tie.
1979 - #2 Nebraska defeats Colorado 38-10.
1984 - #4 Nebraska defeats Kansas State 62-14.
1985 - The Kansas City Royals defeat the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games to win their first World Series.
1986 - The New York Mets defeat the Boston Red Sox in seven games to win the World Series.
1990 - #4 Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 45-13.
1991 - The Minnesota Twins defeat the Atlanta Braves in seven games to win the World Series.
1995 - The contract that finalized the move of the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore was signed in secret.
1996 - Bud Adams, owner of the Houston Oilers, announced that he would allow his team to play one final season in Houston before moving the franchise to Nashville, Tennessee.
1996 - Irving Fryar of the Philadelphia Eagles became the 15th player in NFL history to catch 600 passes in a career.
1999 - The New York Yankees sweep the Atlanta Braves to win the World Series.
2001 - #3 Nebraska defeats #2 Oklahoma 20-10.
2002 - The Anaheim Angels defeated the San Francisco Giants in seven games to win their first World Series.
2002 - Dallas Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith broke the NFL's career rushing record of 16,726 yards held by Walter Payton.
2003 - The Monday Night Football Game between the Miami Dolphins and San Diego Chargers was played in Tempe, Arizona, due to wild fires in the San Diego area.
2004 - Barry Bonds' 700th home run ball was sold at auction for $804,129.
2004 - After an 86 year wait, the Boston Red Sox won their first World Series since 1918, sweeping the St. Louis Cardinals.
2006 - The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Detroit Tigers in six games to win their 10th World Series.
2007 - #17 Texas defeats Nebraska 28-25.
2012 - Nebraska defeats #20 Michigan 23-9.
2015 - American soccer star Abby Wambach announces her retirement.
2018 - Nebraska defeats Bethune-Cookman 45-9.
2019 - Tiger Woods wins the inaugural Zozo Championship to tie Sam Snead's record of 82 PGA victories.
1682 - The city of Philadelphia is founded by William Penn.
1787 - The Federalist Papers, which called for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, were published.
1858 - Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, was born in New York City.
1904 - New York City's first rapid transit subway, the IRT, opened.
1938 - Du Pont announced it would name its new synthetic yarn "nylon".
1941 - The Chicago Daily Tribune dismissed the possibility of war with Japan, editorializing, "She cannot attack us. That is a military impossibility. Even our base at Hawaii is beyond the effective striking power of her fleet."
1954 - U.S. Air Force Col. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. was promoted to brigadier general, the first Black officer to achieve that rank in the USAF.
1962 - During the Cuban Missile Crisis, a U-2 reconnaissance aircraft was shot down while flying over Cuba, killing the pilot, U.S. Air Force Maj. Rudolf Anderson Jr.
1978 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin were named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize for their work toward a Middle East peace accord.
1995 - A sniper killed one soldier and wounded 18 others at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (Paratrooper William J. Kreutzer was convicted in the shootings, and condemned to death; the sentence was later commuted to life in prison.)
1997 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 554.26 points, forcing the stock market to shut down for the first time since the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan.
2001 - In Washington, the search for deadly anthrax widened to thousands of businesses and 30 mail distribution centers.
2002 - Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was elected president of Brazil in a runoff, becoming the country's first elected leftist leader.
2005 - White House counsel Harriet Miers withdrew her nomination to the Supreme Court after three weeks of criticism from fellow conservatives.
2005 - Surgeons in France performed the world's first partial face transplant on a woman who was mauled by a dog.
2008 - Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) was convicted of seven corruption charges for lying about free home renovations and other gifts from a wealthy contractor. (A judge later dismissed the case, saying prosecutors had withheld evidence.)
2015 - President Barack Obama, addressing the International Association of Chiefs of Police in Chicago, defended officers who had come under intense scrutiny amid a breakdown in relations between law enforcement and minority communities, and said police couldn’t be expected to contain problems that society refuses to solve.
2015 - Walgreens confirmed it was buying rival pharmacy chain Rite Aid for about $9.4 billion in cash.
2018 - A gunman shot and killed 11 congregants and wounded six others at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history; authorities said the suspect, Robert Bowers, raged against Jews during and after the rampage. (Bowers, who is awaiting trial, has pleaded not guilty; prosecutors are seeking a death sentence.)
2018 - Hundreds of Mexican federal officers carrying plastic shields blocked a Central American caravan from advancing toward the United States after several thousand migrants turned down the chance to apply for refugee status in Mexico and obtain a Mexican offer of benefits.
2019 - In an address from the White House, President Donald Trump announced that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had died after U.S. special operations forces cornered him during a raid in Syria. (Al-Baghdadi blew himself up as U.S. forces approached.)
2019 - Freshman Rep. Katie Hill, a rising Democratic star in the House, resigned amid an ethics probe; she said explicit private photos of her with a campaign staffer had been “weaponized” by her husband and political operatives.
Birthdays
22 - Sophie Piper (reality star)
23 - Lonzo Ball (basketball player)
24 - Samantha Logan (actress)
27 - Troy Gentile (actor)
29 - Bryan Craig (actor)
31 - Xenia Deli (model)
34 - Christine Evangelista (actress)
34 - Alba Flores (actress)
36 - Kelly Osbourne (actress/singer)
42 - Vanessa-Mae (musician)
42 - David Walton (actor)
43 - Sheeri Rappaport (actress)
48 - Elissa (singer)
51 - Channon Roe (actor)
52 - Sean Holland (actor)
54 - Matt Drudge (Internet news editor)
57 - Marla Maples (actress/ex-wife of President Donald Trump)
62 - Simon Le Bon (singer)
64 - Patty Sheehan (golfer)
67 - Robert Picardo (actor)
67 - Peter Firth (actor)
69 - Jayne Kennedy (TV personality)
78 - Lee Greenwood (country singer)
81 - John Cleese (actor/comedian)
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Today in Sports History - October 27
1894 - Doane College defeats Nebraska 12-0.
1900 - Nebraska and Kansas City Medics play to a 0-0 tie.
1906 - Nebraska defeats Doane 28-0.
1917 - Michigan defeats Nebraska 20-0.
1923 - Nebraska and Missouri play to a 7-7 tie.
1928 - Nebraska defeats Missouri 24-0.
1934 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 7-6.
1945 - Missouri defeats Nebraska 19-0.
1951 - Missouri defeats Nebraska 35-19.
1956 - Colorado defeats Nebraska 16-0.
1961 - The American Basketball League began play.
1962 - Nebraska defeats Colorado 31-6.
1973 - The New York Islanders defeated the New York Rangers for the first time.
1973 - #10 Nebraska and Oklahoma State play to a 17-17 tie.
1979 - #2 Nebraska defeats Colorado 38-10.
1984 - #4 Nebraska defeats Kansas State 62-14.
1985 - The Kansas City Royals defeat the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games to win their first World Series.
1986 - The New York Mets defeat the Boston Red Sox in seven games to win the World Series.
1990 - #4 Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 45-13.
1991 - The Minnesota Twins defeat the Atlanta Braves in seven games to win the World Series.
1995 - The contract that finalized the move of the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore was signed in secret.
1996 - Bud Adams, owner of the Houston Oilers, announced that he would allow his team to play one final season in Houston before moving the franchise to Nashville, Tennessee.
1996 - Irving Fryar of the Philadelphia Eagles became the 15th player in NFL history to catch 600 passes in a career.
1999 - The New York Yankees sweep the Atlanta Braves to win the World Series.
2001 - #3 Nebraska defeats #2 Oklahoma 20-10.
2002 - The Anaheim Angels defeated the San Francisco Giants in seven games to win their first World Series.
2002 - Dallas Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith broke the NFL's career rushing record of 16,726 yards held by Walter Payton.
2003 - The Monday Night Football Game between the Miami Dolphins and San Diego Chargers was played in Tempe, Arizona, due to wild fires in the San Diego area.
2004 - Barry Bonds' 700th home run ball was sold at auction for $804,129.
2004 - After an 86 year wait, the Boston Red Sox won their first World Series since 1918, sweeping the St. Louis Cardinals.
2006 - The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Detroit Tigers in six games to win their 10th World Series.
2007 - #17 Texas defeats Nebraska 28-25.
2012 - Nebraska defeats #20 Michigan 23-9.
2015 - American soccer star Abby Wambach announces her retirement.
2018 - Nebraska defeats Bethune-Cookman 45-9.
2019 - Tiger Woods wins the inaugural Zozo Championship to tie Sam Snead's record of 82 PGA victories.