What are the important events that happened on October 27? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 27: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 27 is the 300th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 65 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 14, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,761,523,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectagon’ day.
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Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 113 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,693 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 27 Historical Events
- 312 –Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross.
- 939 –Edmund I succeeds Athelstan as King of England.
- 1644 –Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War.
- 1838 –Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state or be exterminated.
- 1916 –Battle of Segale: Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasus V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zauditu.
- 1953 –British nuclear test Totem 2 is carried out at Emu Field, South Australia.
- 1958 –Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed in a bloodless coup d'état by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier.
- 1981 –The Soviet submarine U 137 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.
- 1991 –Turkmenistan achieves independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1999 –Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, Parliament Chairman Karen Demirchyan, and 6 other members.
Who were born on October 27?
- 1917 –Augustine Harris, British Bishop of Middlesbrough (d. 2007)
- 1917 –Oliver Tambo, South African freedom fighter (d. 1993)
- 1926 –H.R. Haldeman, American political aide and 4th White House Chief of Staff (d. 1993)
- 1932 –Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor (d. 2007)
- 1943 –Carmen Argenziano, American actor
- 1943 –Jerry Rook, American basketball player
- 1951 –Carlos Frenk, Mexican/British cosmologist
- 1951 –Nancy Jacobs, American politician
- 1957 –Jeff East, American actor
- 1987 –Yi Jianlian, Chinese basketball player (birth date disputed)
Who died on October 27?
- 1271 –Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213)
- 1331 –Abu al-Fida, Kurdish historian, geographer, and tribal leader (b. 1273)
- 1605 –Emperor Jellaladin Mahommed Akbar of Mughal (b. 1542)
- 1947 –William Fay, Irish actor and theatre producer (b. 1872)
- 1990 –Elliott Roosevelt, American author and advertising executive (b. 1910)
- 1990 –Jacques Demy, French film director (b. 1931)
- 1990 –Princess Sophie von Hohenberg, daughter of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (b. 1901)
- 2007 –Satyen Kappu, Indian actor (b. 1931)
- 2008 –Chris Bryant, British screenwriter (b. 1936)
- 2009 –David Shepherd, British cricket umpire (b. 1940)
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