THE HISTORY OF OCTOBER 27

THE HISTORY OF OCTOBER 27

WORLD EVENTS

Today is National Potato Day

1787  The first of the Federalist Papers were published – called for the ratification of the Constitution

1858  RH Macy & Co. opened its first store on

6^th Ave

in NYC

1858  The 26^th President Teddy Roosevelt was born

1872  Etiquette author Emily Post was born

1878  The Manhattan Savings Bank in NYC was robbed of $3 million

1891  DB Downing received a patent for the street letter box – the mailbox

1904  The first subway in NYC was opened – subway and bus fare were 5 cents

1916  The first public reference to “jazz” appeared in Vanity

1925  Water skis were patented by Fred Waller

1940  Mafia head John Gotti was born

1941  The Chicago Tribune editorialized that there would be no was with Japan calling it “a military impossibility”

1947  “You Bet Your Life” with Groucho Marx premiered on ABC radio

1954  Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe were divorced – they were married on 1/14/1954

1963  Marla Maples was born – one of Donald Trump’s wives

1964  Sonny and Cher were married

1966  Matt Drudge was born – “The Drudge Report”

1982  China announced its population exceeded 1 billion people

1988  “ET” was released to home video – 14 million copies had been pre-sold

1994  The Justice Department announced that the prison population had hit 1 million for the first time

1997  The Dow Jones Average dropped 554 points – markets closed for the first time since the attempted assassination of President Reagan

2001  The California Institute of Technology received a $600 million gift from Gordon Moore, the c0-founder of Intel – the largest donation in history at the time

2004  NYC’s subway system marked its 100^th year in service

SPORTS HISTORY ON OCTOBER 27

2006  St. Louis wins the World Series – had only won 83 regular season games

2004  Boston wins their first World Series in 86 years as they sweep St. Louis

2003  Red Sox announce that manager Grady Little’s contract will not be renewed

2002  Emmitt Smith breaks career rushing yardage record of Walter Payton

2002  Angels win World Series as they beat San Francisco in game 7 – their 1^st title in their 42^nd year

1999  NYY beat Atlanta to win their 25^th World Series – Braves have lost 4 World Series this decade

1991  Minnesota wins World Series 1-0 in 10 innings – Jack Morris named MVP as he gave up 3 earned runs in 22 innings – 5 of the 7 games were decided by 1 run – both Minnesota and Atlanta were last in their division in 1990

1989  World Series resumes after a 10 day delay due to the earthquake in San Francisco  - Oakland beats Giants 13-7

1986  NY Mets beat Red Sox in game 7 of World Series

1985  Royals beat St. Louis 11-0 in game 7 of the World Series – Cardinals batted only .185 in the series – lowest ever for a 7 game series

1984  Reuben Mayes of Washington State runs for NCAA record 357 yards

1984  Hakeem Olajuwon makes his NBA debut – 26,946 points, NBA record 3,830 blocks, 21.8 average, 11.1 rebounds, and 3.1 blocks per game in his career

1956  Tommy Heinsohn makes his NBA debut – Rookie of the Year – 8 time champion

# 1 SONGS ON OCTOBER 27

1961  Runaround Sue – Dion

1964  Baby Love – The Supremes

1965  Yesterday – The Beatles

1966  96 Tears - ? & the Mysterians

1967  To Sir, With Love - Lulu

1968  Hey Jude –The Beatles

1969  Suspicious Minds – Elvis Presley

1970  I’ll Be There – The Jackson 5

1971  Maggie May – Rod Stewart

1973  Midnight Train to Georgia – Gladys Knight & the Pips

1976  If You Leave Me Now – Chicago

1978  Hot Child In the City – Nick Glider

1980  Woman In Love – Barbra Streisand

1982  Who Can It Be Now – Men at Work

1983  Islands in the Stream – Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton

1984  I Just Called to Say I Love You – Stevie Wonder

1985  Saving All My Love for You – Whitney Houston

1986  True Colors – Cyndi Lauper

1987  Bad – Michael Jackson

1988  Groovy Kind of Love – Phil Collins

1989  Miss You Much – Janet Jackson

1992  End of the Road – Boyz II Men

1993  Dream Lover – Mariah Carey

1994  I’ll Make Love to You – Boyz II Men

1995  Fantasy – Mariah Carey

1996  Macarena – Los Del Rio       

1997  Candle in the Wind (1997) – Elton John

1999  Smooth – Santana with Rob Thomas