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October 27: Day of the Week
October 27, 2024 is the 301st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 65 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Nichiyōbi.
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Here’s the October calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
October 27 Historical Event(s)
312
Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross.
939
Edmund I succeeds Athelstan as King of England.
1682
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded.
1904
The first underground New York City Subway line opens; the system becomes the biggest in United States, and one of the biggest in world.
1930
ratifications exchanged in London, for the first London Naval Treaty signed in April modifying the 1925 Washington Naval Treaty and the arms limitation treaty’s modified provisions go into effect immediately; further limiting the expensive naval arms race between its five signatories.
1948
Léopold Sédar Senghor founds the Senegalese Democratic Bloc.
1986
The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang.
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.
2005
Riots begin in Paris after the deaths of two Muslim teenagers.
2005
The SSETI Express micro-satellite is successfully launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
Who were born on October 27?
1906
Earle Cabell, American politician (d. 1975)
1914
Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet (d. 1953)
1918
Teresa Wright, American actress (d. 2005)
1928
Gilles Vigneault, Canadian poet, singer and songwriter
1971
Stefano Guidoni, Italian footballer
1978
Stephanie Abrams, American meteorologist
1981
Volkan Demirel, Turkish footballer
1982
Takashi Tsukamoto, Japanese actor
1984
Irfan Pathan, Indian cricketer
1987
Andrew Bynum, American basketball player
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Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters AYKIOCTETLCB? Check your answers here: Words with these letters AYKIOCTETLCB. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
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