Today is Wednesday, October 27, the 300th day of 2010. There are 65 days left in the year.
1904 ― World's first subway, the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit), opens in NYC, subway/bus fare is set at one nickel
1916 ― First published reference to ``jazz" appears (Variety)
1920 ― League of Nations moves headquarters in Geneva
1925 ― Water skis patented by Fred Waller
1938 ― DuPont announces its new synthetic fiber will be called ``nylon"
1941 ― Chicago Daily Tribune editorialize there will not be war with Japan
1954 ― Walt Disney's first TV show, ``Disneyland," premieres on ABC
1978 ― Begin and Sadat win the Nobel Peace Prize
1982 ― China announces its population at 1 billion people plus
1987 ― South Korean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution