Today is Saturday, October 27 the 300th day of 2007. There are 65 days left in the year.
625 _ Honorius I begins his reign as Catholic pope
1775 _ The U.S. Navy established
1810 _ The U.S. annexes West Florida from Spain
1920 _ The League of Nations moves headquarters in Geneva
1938 _ DuPont announces its new synthetic fiber will be called "nylon"
1961 _ The first Saturn launch vehicle makes an unmanned flight test
1961 _ Outer Mongolia and Mauritania become the 102nd and 103rd members of the U.N.
1971 _ The Republic of the Congo becomes the Republic of Zaire
1972 _ The Golden Gate National Recreation Area created
1978 _ Begin and Sadat win the Nobel Peace prize
1982 _ China announces its population at 1 billion people plus
1982 _ IBM ROM is capable of EGA graphics
1987 _ South Korean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution
1988 _ "ET" released to home video (14 million presold)