TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2020

1810-U.S. annexes West Florida from Spain

1858-R.H. Macy & Co opens first store, (6th Ave-NYC); gross receipts $1106

1925-Water skis patented by Fred Waller

1931-Chuhei Numbu of Japan, sets then long jump record at 26' 2 1/4"

1938-DuPont announces its new synthetic fiber will be called "nylon"

1961-Outer Mongolia & Mauritania become the 102nd & 103rd members of the U.N.

1967-Four people from Baltimore pour blood on selective service records

1967-Expo '67 closes in Montreal, Canada

1978-Begin and Sadat win the Nobel Peace prize

1979-St. Vincent & the Grenadines becomes independent of the U.K. (Nat'l Day)

1979-Voluntary Euthanasia Society publishes how-to-do-it suicide guide

1982-China announces its population at 1 billion people plus

1985-Thieves steal 9 paintings, including 5 Monet's & 2 Renoir's

1987-South Korean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution

1988-"ET" released to home video (14 million presold)