Vero - Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 27

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  Michael Servetus
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  Allen R. Schindler, Jr.
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  Ayub Khan
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  Memorial to the grounding of U137
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  Michael D. Higgins
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  City Hall station in the 1900s
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  The Amstel flowing through Amsterdam
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  Vazgen Sargsyan
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  Christ Mocked

Ineligible

Blurb	Reason
Independence Day in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1979)	CN tags
and Turkmenistan (1991)	refimprove section, outdated
1275 – The earliest recorded usage of the name "Amsterdam" was made on a certificate by Count [[Floris V, Count of Holland|Template:Nowrap of Holland]] that granted the inhabitants, who had built a bridge with a dam across the Amstel, an exemption from paying the bridge's tolls.	refimprove section
1553 – Condemned as a heretic for preaching nontrinitarianism and anti-infant baptism, Michael Servetus was burned at the stake outside Geneva.	refimprove section
1644 – English Civil War: the combined armies of Parliament inflicted a tactical defeat on the Royalists in the Second Battle of Newbury, but failed to gain any strategic advantage.	refimprove section
1662 – King [[Charles II of England|Template:Nowrap of England]] sold Dunkirk to King [[Louis XIV |Template:Nowrap of France]].	Too much uncited
1682 – William Penn landed at New Castle, Delaware Colony, on his way to found the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.	early section contains multiple unreferenced paras
1795 – The United States and Spain signed the Treaty of San Lorenzo, defining the boundaries of the United States with the Spanish colonies and guaranteeing the United States navigation rights on the Mississippi River.	refimprove
1810 – The United States annexed West Florida, the western portion of the Spanish colony of Florida.	too much unreferenced content
1838 – Governor Lilburn Boggs issued [[Mormon Extermination Order|Missouri Executive Template:Nowrap]], ordering all Mormons to leave the state or be killed.	reliance on block quotes, too much uncited
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The French Army of the Rhine under François Bazaine was forced to surrender after a nine-week siege of the fortifications of Metz.	Primary sources
1907 – Hungarian gendarmes fired into a crowd of people gathering for the consecration of the local church in Csernova (now Ružomberok, Slovakia), killing fifteen people.	neutrality disputed
1916 – Supporters of deposed Ethiopian Emperor-designate Lij Iyasu were defeated at the Battle of Segale, ending their attempt to restore him to the throne.	section needs footnotes
1930 - The leader of the Sediq tribe in Taiwan, Mona Rudao, and various tribes attacked the Japanese in Musha elementary school and other places.	lots of CN tags in one section (4)
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.	Too much uncited
1958 – General Ayub Khan deposed Iskander Mirza to become the second president of Pakistan.	Many cn
1961 – NASA launched the first [[Saturn I|Template:Nowrap]] rocket, the United States' first dedicated spacecraft designed specifically to launch loads into Earth orbit.	refimprove, no orbital info
1971 – The Democratic Republic of the Congo was renamed Zaire after a Portuguese mispronunciation of the Kikongo word nzere or nzadi, which translates to "the river that swallows all rivers".	DRC: refimprove section; Zaire: needs more footnotes
1981 – Cold War: The Soviet Whiskey-class submarine U137 ran aground near Sweden's Karlskrona naval base (monument pictured), sparking an international incident termed "Whiskey on the rocks".	Date not cited in article
2005 – The deaths of two Muslim youths in the Clichy-sous-Bois suburb of Paris triggered four months of rioting by mostly youths of North African origins in various parts of France.	refimprove section
2014 – War in Afghanistan: The United Kingdom ceased all combat operations and withdrew the last of its troops.	too much uncited
Vavasor Powell |d|1670	unreferenced material, too much of it
Nancy Storace |b|1765|	Birthday not cited
Pumpsie Green |b|1933|	Birthday not cited
Kumar Sangakkara |b|1977|	"Needs update" orange banner

Eligible

• 1674 – Franco-Dutch War: French forces surrender the fortress town of Grave to the Dutch army after a three month siege.
• 1726 – J. S. Bach led the first performance of Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56, one of few works he called a cantata.
• 1964 – 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.
• 2004 – 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".
• 2019 – The Mocking of Christ (pictured) by Cimabue sold at auction in France for €19.5 million, a record for a pre-1500 artwork.

• 1904 – The first underground segment of the New York City Subway opened, connecting New York City Hall (station pictured) with Harlem.
• 1914 – World War I: The Royal Navy dreadnought HMS Audacious was sunk by a mine, but its loss was kept secret for four years.
• 1946 – 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.
• 1967 – American Catholic priest Philip Berrigan led a protest against the Vietnam War by pouring blood over Selective Service records in Baltimore, Maryland.
• 1993 – Widerøe Flight 744 suffered a controlled flight into terrain while on approach to Namsos Airport, Norway, killing two crew members and four passengers.

• 1999 – 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.

• Born/died: | Abulfeda |d|1331| Gabriel Báthory |d|1613| Robert Hubert |d|1666| William Gillies |b|1868| Oliver Leese |b|1894| Judy LaMarsh |d|1980| Takahito, Prince Mikasa |d|2016| Li Keqiang |d|2023|

Mary Sidney |b|1561| Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva|b|1945| Zoya Phan |b|1980| Philip French |d|2015|

Notes

• Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia appears on September 27, so Battle of Segale should not appear in the same year

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• 1775 – King George III expanded on his Proclamation of Rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies in his speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament.
• 1942 – The Democratic Republic of the Congo achieved a pyrrhic victory against the United States at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
• 1992 – 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.
• 2011 – Michael D. Higgins (pictured) was elected President of Ireland with far more votes than any politician in the country's history.
• 2018 – Thai businessman and Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha along with four others were killed in a helicopter crash near the King Power Stadium in Leicester, England.