Islamic State
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant founder and leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi kills himself and three children by detonating a suicide vest during the U.S. military Barisha raid in northwestern Syria.
34 events · 20 births · 20 deaths · 8 observances. From 1674 to 2025.

October 27 is the 300th day of the year. These facts are computed from the calendar, not copied from anywhere.
A dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant founder and leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi kills himself and three children by detonating a suicide vest during the U.S. military Barisha raid in northwestern Syria.
The Mocking of Christ (pictured) by Cimabue sold at auction in France for €19.5 million, a record for a pre-1500 artwork.
A gunman opens fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue killing eleven and injuring six, including four police officers.
Leicester City F.C. owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha dies in a helicopter crash along with four others after a Premier League match against West Ham United at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, England.

Catalonia declares independence from Spain.
Britain withdraws from Afghanistan at the end of Operation Herrick, after 12 years four months and seven days.
Michael D. Higgins (pictured) was elected President of Ireland with far more votes than any politician in the country's history.

The Boston Red Sox completed a sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals to win the 2004 World Series, breaking the so-called "Curse of the Bambino".
Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing the Prime Minister and seven others.
Armed men led by Nairi Hunanyan carried out a mass shooting at the Armenian parliament, killing Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan (pictured), National Assembly speaker Karen Demirchyan, and six others.
The 1997 Asian financial crisis causes a crash in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Gliese 229B is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified.
Widerøe Flight 744 suffered a controlled flight into terrain while on approach to Namsos Airport, Norway, killing two crew members and four passengers.
United States Navy radioman Allen R. Schindler, Jr. is murdered by shipmate Terry M. Helvey for being gay, precipitating debate about gays in the military that results in the United States' "Don't ask, don't tell" military policy.
U.S. Navy Petty Officer Allen R. Schindler Jr. was killed in Sasebo, Japan, for being gay, which led to the U.S. Armed Forces' "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Turkmenistan achieves independence from the Soviet Union.
Cold War: Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow due to Soviet listening devices in the building structure.
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.

Cold War: The Soviet submarine S-363 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.
The Chun Doo-hwan government arrested 153 people related to the Jogye Order, which is considered an abuse of state power.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire.
American Catholic priest Philip Berrigan led a protest against the Vietnam War by pouring blood over Selective Service records in Baltimore, Maryland.

Actor Ronald Reagan delivered a speech on behalf of Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater, launching his own political career, which culminated in him serving two full terms as U.S. president.
Major Rudolf Anderson of the United States Air Force becomes the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis when his U-2 reconnaissance airplane is shot down over Cuba by a Soviet-supplied surface-to-air missile.

By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war.
Inter-religious riots in which Hindu mobs targeted Muslim families began in the Indian state of Bihar, resulting in 2,000 to 30,000 deaths.
The Empire of Japan achieved a pyrrhic victory against the United States at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.

World War I: The Royal Navy dreadnought HMS Audacious was sunk by a mine, but its loss was kept secret for four years.
A rail workers' strike in Chile escalates into a general strike, organized by the Regional Workers' Federation of Chile.
The first underground segment of the New York City Subway opened, connecting New York City Hall (station pictured) with Harlem.
King George III expanded on his Proclamation of Rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies in his speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament.

J. S. Bach led the first performance of Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56, one of few works he called a cantata.
Franco-Dutch War: French forces surrender the fortress town of Grave to the Dutch army after a three month siege.
A notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.


A notable person who died on this day.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL); suicide (born 1971)
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Thai businessman, chairman of Leicester City F.C. (born 1958)
Takahito, Prince Mikasa, member of the Imperial Family of Japan (born 1915)

Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, Indian pharmacologist and academic (born 1930)
Starke Taylor, American soldier and politician, mayor of Dallas (born 1922)
Lou Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (born 1942)
Noel Davern, Irish lawyer and politician, Minister for Education and Skills (born 1945)
Leonard Herzenberg, American immunologist, geneticist, and academic (born 1931)
Michael Wilkes, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (born 1940)
Angelo Maria Cicolani, Italian engineer and politician (born 1952)
A holiday, feast day, awareness day or national day observed every year on this date.
Christian feast day: October 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Frumentius (Roman Catholic Church)
Christian feast day: Abbán
Christian feast day: Abraham the Poor
Christian feast day: Namatius (Namace)
Christian feast day: Kaleb of Axum
Christian feast day: Gaudiosus of Naples
Christian feast day: Oran of Iona
Earliest: Franco-Dutch War (1674). Most recent: Prunella Scales (2025).
October 27 is the 300th day of the year, with 65 days left after it.
October 27 falls under Scorpio (October 23 – November 21), a water sign ruled by Pluto (traditionally Mars). The birthstone for the month is Opal or Tourmaline.
We record 82 entries for October 27: 34 events · 20 births · 20 deaths · 8 observances. From 1674 to 2025.
Haruka Kudō (singer) (1999) is among the notable births on October 27. The births section lists the rest.
The day is filled the first time anyone opens it and then re-checked for new entries about every 90 days. Computed facts such as the weekday and the anniversaries update every year.
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