October 27
1787 - The first of the Federalist Papers, which called for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, was published.
1904 - New York City's first rapid transit subway, the IRT, opened.
1938 - Du Pont announced that 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.
1971 - The Democratic Republic of the Congo was renamed the Republic of Zaire (but it went back to its previous name in 1997).
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 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.
2012 - The eastern United States braced for high winds, torrential rains, power outages and even snow from Hurricane Sandy, which was headed north from the Caribbean toward a merger with two wintry weather systems.
2017 - Spain fired Catalonia’s regional government and dissolved its parliament, after a Catalan declaration of independence that flouted the country’s constitution.
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, whose trial is now set for April 2023, has pleaded not guilty; prosecutors are seeking a death sentence.)
2020 - Amy Coney Barrett was formally sworn as the Supreme Court’s ninth justice, her oath administered in private by Chief Justice John Roberts.
2021 - The State Department said the United States had issued its first passport with an ‘X’ gender designation for a person who does not identify as male or female.
Birthdays
25 - Lonzo Ball (basketball player)
26 - Samantha Logan (actress)
29 - Troy Gentile (actor)
31 - Bryan Craig (actor)
36 - Christine Evangelista (actress)
38 - Kelly Osbourne (singer/actress/TV host)
44 - David Walton (actor)
45 - Sheeri Rappaport (actress)
53 - Channon Roe (actor)
54 - Sean Holland (actor)
59 - Marla Maples (actress/model, ex-wife of President Donald Trump)
66 - Patty Sheehan (golfer)
69 - Robert Picardo (actor)
69 - Peter Firth (actor)
80 - Lee Greenwood (singer)
83 - John Cleese (actor/comedian)
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Today in Sports History - October 27
1894 - Doane 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.
1963 - Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings tied Maurice Richard's NHL record with his 544th career goal.
1973 - The New York Islanders beat 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.
1984 - Running back Rueben Mayes of Washington State set a then NCAA single-game rushing record with 357 yards in a contest against Oregon.
1985 - The Kansas City Royals defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games to win the World Series.
1985 - The New York Yankees fire manager Billy Martin for the fourth time.
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 Cleveland Browns' move 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 team to Nashville, Tennessee.
1996 - Irving Fryer (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 - Emmitt Smith (Dallas Cowboys) became the all-time leading rusher in the NFL when he extended his career yardage to 16,743. He achieved the record in his 193rd game. He also scored his 150th career touchdown.
2004 - The Boston Red Sox swept the St. Louis Cardinals to win their first World Series since 1918.
2004 - Barry Bonds' 700th home run ball was sold at auction for $804,129.
2006 - The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Detroit Tigers in five 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, in winning the Zozo Championship, ties Sam Snead's record of 82 PGA victories.
2020 - The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Tampa Bay Rays in six games to win their first World Series in 32 years.
2021 - The Cleveland Guardians men's roller derby team files a lawsuit seeking to block the MLB franchise Cleveland Indians from using the name "Guardians."
1787 - The first of the Federalist Papers, which called for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, was published.
1904 - New York City's first rapid transit subway, the IRT, opened.
1938 - Du Pont announced that 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.
1971 - The Democratic Republic of the Congo was renamed the Republic of Zaire (but it went back to its previous name in 1997).
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 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.
2012 - The eastern United States braced for high winds, torrential rains, power outages and even snow from Hurricane Sandy, which was headed north from the Caribbean toward a merger with two wintry weather systems.
2017 - Spain fired Catalonia’s regional government and dissolved its parliament, after a Catalan declaration of independence that flouted the country’s constitution.
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, whose trial is now set for April 2023, has pleaded not guilty; prosecutors are seeking a death sentence.)
2020 - Amy Coney Barrett was formally sworn as the Supreme Court’s ninth justice, her oath administered in private by Chief Justice John Roberts.
2021 - The State Department said the United States had issued its first passport with an ‘X’ gender designation for a person who does not identify as male or female.
Birthdays
25 - Lonzo Ball (basketball player)
26 - Samantha Logan (actress)
29 - Troy Gentile (actor)
31 - Bryan Craig (actor)
36 - Christine Evangelista (actress)
38 - Kelly Osbourne (singer/actress/TV host)
44 - David Walton (actor)
45 - Sheeri Rappaport (actress)
53 - Channon Roe (actor)
54 - Sean Holland (actor)
59 - Marla Maples (actress/model, ex-wife of President Donald Trump)
66 - Patty Sheehan (golfer)
69 - Robert Picardo (actor)
69 - Peter Firth (actor)
80 - Lee Greenwood (singer)
83 - John Cleese (actor/comedian)
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Today in Sports History - October 27
1894 - Doane 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.
1963 - Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings tied Maurice Richard's NHL record with his 544th career goal.
1973 - The New York Islanders beat 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.
1984 - Running back Rueben Mayes of Washington State set a then NCAA single-game rushing record with 357 yards in a contest against Oregon.
1985 - The Kansas City Royals defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games to win the World Series.
1985 - The New York Yankees fire manager Billy Martin for the fourth time.
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 Cleveland Browns' move 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 team to Nashville, Tennessee.
1996 - Irving Fryer (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 - Emmitt Smith (Dallas Cowboys) became the all-time leading rusher in the NFL when he extended his career yardage to 16,743. He achieved the record in his 193rd game. He also scored his 150th career touchdown.
2004 - The Boston Red Sox swept the St. Louis Cardinals to win their first World Series since 1918.
2004 - Barry Bonds' 700th home run ball was sold at auction for $804,129.
2006 - The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Detroit Tigers in five 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, in winning the Zozo Championship, ties Sam Snead's record of 82 PGA victories.
2020 - The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Tampa Bay Rays in six games to win their first World Series in 32 years.
2021 - The Cleveland Guardians men's roller derby team files a lawsuit seeking to block the MLB franchise Cleveland Indians from using the name "Guardians."
