MONDAY, Oct. 27, 2025

312-Roman Emperor Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross

1913-In a speech in Mobile, Alabama, President Woodrow Wilson vows the US will "will never again seek one additional foot of territory by conquest"

1920-League of Nations moves headquarters in Geneva

1931-Chuhei Numbu of Japan, sets then long jump record at 26' 2½"

1938-DuPont announces its new synthetic polyamide fiber will be called “nylon”

1958-General Ayub Khan succeeds Iskander Mirza as President of Pakistan

1962-Black Saturday during the Cuban Missile Crisis: An American spy plane is shot down over Cuba and the navy drops warning depth charges on Soviet submarines

1982-China announces its population has reached over 1 billion people

1987-South Korean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution

1998-Helmut Kohl resigns as Chancellor of Germany after 16 years, following a landslide defeat in elections

2023-Alliance of rebel armies begin Operation 1027, an offensive against the ruling military junta in Myanmar