On This Day in History — October 27

• 2017 — Catalonia declares independence from Spain.
• 2014 — Britain withdraws from Afghanistan after the end of Operation Herrick which started on June 20, 2002 after 12 years four months and seven days.
• 1999 — Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, Chairman Karen Demirchyan, and six others.
• 1997 — Stock Market mini-crash: Stock markets around the world crash because of fears of a global economic meltdown. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 554.26 points to 7,161.15.
• 1995 — Former Prime Minister of Italy Bettino Craxi is convicted in absentia of corruption.
• 1994 — Gliese 229B is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified.

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Notable Births on October 27

• 1999 — Haruka Kudo, Japanese singer and actress
• 1997 — Lonzo Ball, American basketball player
• 1993 — Kiefer Ravena, Filipino basketball player
• 1992 — Stephan El Shaarawy, Italian footballer
• 1992 — Emily Hagins, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1992 — Brandon Saad, American ice hockey player

Notable Deaths on October 27

• 2016 — Takahito, Prince Mikasa, member of the Imperial Family of Japan (b. 1915)
• 2015 — Ayerdhal, French author (b. 1959)
• 2015 — Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, Indian pharmacologist and academic (b. 1930)
• 2015 — Betsy Drake, French-American actress and singer (b. 1923)
• 2015 — Philip French, English journalist, critic, and producer (b. 1933)
• 2014 — Daniel Boulanger, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1922)

Sports on October 27

• NBA: Indiana Pacers @ Milwaukee Bucks — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: Phoenix Suns @ Oklahoma City Thunder — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Milwaukee Brewers @ Tampa Bay Rays — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Atlanta Dream @ Golden State Valkyries — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NFL: Dallas Cowboys @ Philadelphia Eagles — 00:15 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Toronto Maple Leafs @ Calgary Flames — 00:30 UTC Scheduled

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Public Holidays on October 28

• 🌍 Den vzniku samostatného československého státu (Czech Republic)
• 🌍 Independent Czechoslovak State Day (Czech Republic)
• 🌍 Ochi Day (Greece)
• 🌍 Ημέρα του Όχι (Greece)

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On This Day in History — October 28

• 2014 — An unmanned Antares rocket carrying NASA's Cygnus CRS Orb-3 resupply mission to the International Space Station explodes seconds after taking off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia.
• 2013 — Five people are killed and 38 are injured after a car crashes into barriers just outside the Forbidden City in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China.
• 2009 — The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.
• 2009 — NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its later-cancelled Constellation program.
• 2007 — Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first woman elected President of Argentina.
• 2006 — The funeral service takes place for those executed at Bykivnia forest, outside Kiev, Ukraine. 817 Ukrainian civilians (out of some 100,000) executed by Bolsheviks at Bykivnia in 1930s/1940s are reburied.

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Notable Births on October 28

• 1998 — Nolan Gould, American actor
• 1997 — Taylor Fritz, American tennis player
• 1996 — Jasmine Jessica Anthony, American actress
• 1996 — Jack Eichel, American ice hockey player
• 1996 — Una Raymond-Hoey, Irish cricketer
• 1995 — Glen Kamara, Finnish footballer

Notable Deaths on October 28

• 2014 — Galway Kinnell, American poet and academic (b. 1927)
• 2014 — Michael Sata, Zambian police officer and politician, 5th President of Zambia (b. 1937)
• 2013 — Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
• 2013 — Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Polish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1927)
• 2013 — Aleksandar Tijanić, Serbian journalist (b. 1949)
• 2013 — Rajendra Yadav, Indian author (b. 1929)

Sports on October 28

• NBA: Detroit Pistons @ New York Knicks — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: Sacramento Kings @ San Antonio Spurs — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Milwaukee Brewers @ Tampa Bay Rays — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• College Football: Sam Houston Bearkats @ Missouri State Bears — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Boston Bruins @ Carolina Hurricanes — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Los Angeles Kings @ Chicago Blackhawks — 00:00 UTC Scheduled

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