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 300^th 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, 29,358,720 minutes 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.

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.

October 27 Historical Events

• 1795 –
  The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U.S.
• 1810 –
  United States annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida.
• 1870 –
  Marshal François Achille Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers in one of the biggest French defeats of the Franco-Prussian War.
• 1914 –
  World War I: The British super-dreadnought battleship HMS Audacious (23,400 tons), is sunk off Tory Island, north-west of Ireland, by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
• 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.
• 1967 –
  Catholic priest Philip Berrigan and others of the Baltimore Four protest the Vietnam War by pouring blood on Selective Service records.
• 1992 –
  United States Navy radioman Allen R. Schindler, Jr. is brutally murdered by shipmate Terry M. Helvey for being gay, precipitating first military, then national, debate about gays in the military that resulted in the United States “Don't ask, don't tell” military policy.
• 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?

• 1156 –
  Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222)
• 1922 –
  Ralph Kiner, American baseball player
• 1929 –
  Maurice Robert Johnston, English Lieutenant-General
• 1933 –
  Floyd Cramer, American popular pianist (d. 1997)
• 1945 –
  John Kane, actor/writer
• 1960 –
  Tom Nieto, American baseball player
• 1970 –
  Alama Ieremia, New Zealand rugby union player
• 1977 –
  Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1981 –
  Han Hye-jin, South Korean actress
• 1988 –
  Evan Turner, American basketball player

Who died on October 27?

• 939 –
  King Athelstan I of England (b. 895)
• 1917 –
  Arthur Rhys Davids, British pilot (b. 1897)
• 1977 –
  James M. Cain, American novelist (b. 1892)
• 1990 –
  Xavier Cugat, Spanish-born musician (b. 1900)
• 2001 –
  Pradeep Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1925)
• 2004 –
  Serginho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1974)
• 2004 –
  Zdenko Runjić, Croatian composor (b. 1942)
• 2006 –
  Jozsef Gregor, Hungarian opera singer (b. 1940)
• 2008 –
  Frank Nagai, Japanese singer (b. 1932)
• 2009 –
  August Coppola, American academic; father of Nicolas Cage (b. 1934)