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1904 : Inauguration of the New York subwayOn October 27, 1904, the New York subway was inaugurated by the mayor, George McClellan. The New York subway quickly became one of the largest in the world. On the evening of the inauguration, 100,000 people paid a nickel and have a ride on the line. Today, the New York subway has 26 lines and 468 stations. It is open 24/24, seven days a week. |
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1962 : Plan to end the missile crisisOn October 27, 1962, the United States developed a plan to end the Cuban missile crisis. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev sent a letter on 26 to answer to the quarantine imposed on Cuba by the United States saying that the Soviet ships bringing food supplies would not carry any weapons if the U.S. promised not to invade Cuba. On 27, Khrushchev sent another letter offering to withdraw the missiles from Cuba if the U.S. did the same in Turkey. The Attorney General of the United States, Robert Kennedy proposed to his brother to respond positively to the first letter and to ignore the second while behind the scenes putting across Soviet diplomats that if the Russians withdrew their missiles, the United States would do the same. |
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1994 : The U.S. prison population exceeds one millionOn October 27, 1994, a study showed that the U.S. prison population in state prisons and federal prisons, exceeded for the first time one million people. More than 500,000 people were also prisoners in local jails. |
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1995 : An avalanche buries a village in IcelandOn October 27, 1995, an avalanche covered the village of Flateyri in Iceland. 20 people were killed. An avalanche had already killed 16 people in another village in the region, Sudavik, on January 17, 1995. The two villages are located in an area with a high risk of avalanches. |
Actualidad del día : 27 Octubre
Independence Day in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines October 27 is Independence Day in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines which celebrates its independence gained against the United Kingdom on October 27, 1979. |
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National Day in Turkmenistan October 27 is a National Day in Turkmenistan which celebrates its independence gained after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, on October 27, 1991. |
Cita del día : 27 Octubre
Robert Kennedy One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time. |
Cumpleaños : 27 Octubre
Catherine of Valois, Hija, esposa y madre de Reyes (1401) | |
Niccolò Paganini, Violinista italiano (1782) | |
Isaac Singer, Inventor estadounidense de máquinas de coser (1811) | |
Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Político y periodista sueco, Premio Nobel de la Paz (1844) | |
Theodore Roosevelt, 26o Presidente de los Estados Unidos (1858) | |
Lee Krasner, Pintor americano (1908) | |
Jack Carson, Actor canadiense (1910) | |
Harry Saltzman, Productor americano (1915) | |
Oliver Tambo, Activista anti-apartheid sudáfricano (1917) | |
Teresa Wright, Actriz americana (1918) | |
K. R. Narayanan, 10o Presidente de la India (1920) | |
Michel Galabru, Actor francés (1922) | |
Warren Christopher, 63o secretario de Estado de los Estados Unidos (1925) | |
Gilles Vigneault, Poeta canadiense (1928) | |
Nawal El Saadawi, Escritora egipcia (1931) | |
John Cleese, Actor y guionista inglés (1939) | |
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 35 º Presidente de Brasil (1945) | |
Ivan Reitman, Director de cine y productor canadiense (1946) | |
Roberto Benigni, Actor y director de cine italiano (1952) | |
Simon Le Bon, Músico inglés (Duran Duran) (1958) | |
Manu Katché, Músico francés (1958) | |
Simone Moro, Alpinista italiano (1967) | |
Santiago Botero, Ciclista colombiano (1972) | |
Lorànt Deutsch, Actor y escritor francés (1975) | |
Sheeri Rappaport, Actriz americana (1977) | |
Patrick Fugit, Actor americano (1982) |
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Rex Stout, Escritor americano (1975) | |
James M. Cain, Escritor estadounidense (1977) | |
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, Físico estadounidense, Premio Nobel (1980) | |
Jacques Demy, Director de cine americano (1990) | |
Ugo Tognazzi, Actor y director de cine italiano (1990) | |
François-Henri de Virieu, Periodista francés (1997) | |
Robert Mills, Físico estadounidense (1999) | |
Serginho, Futbolista brasileño (2004) | |
Georges Guingouin, Líder de la resistencia durante la 2 ª Guerra Mundial (2005) | |
Chris Bryant, Guionista inglés (2008) | |
Pierre Doris, Comediante francés (2009) |
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