October 27: Tihar/Swanti begin (Nepalese calendar, 2016); Independence Day in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1979) and Turkmenistan (1991)
City Hall station, New York City Subway
- 1644 – English Civil War: The combined armies of Parliament inflicted a tactical defeat on the Royalists, but failed to gain any strategic advantage in the Second Battle of Newbury.
- 1810 – The United States annexed West Florida, the western portion of the Spanish colony of Florida.
- 1904 – The first underground segment of the New York City Subway (City Hall station pictured), today one of the most extensive public transportation systems in the world, opened, connecting New York City Hall with Harlem.
- 1944 – World War II: German forces captured Banská Bystrica, the center of anti-Nazi opposition in Slovakia, bringing the Slovak National Uprising to an end.
- 1999 – Armed men led by Nairi Hunanyan attacked the National Assembly of Armenia, killing Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, Speaker of Parliament Karen Demirchyan, and six others.
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