Talk:October 27
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October 27: Independence Day in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1979) and Turkmenistan (1991)
- 1553 - Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus was burned at the stake outside Geneva.
- 1904 - The first section of the New York City Subway opened, running between City Hall and the Bronx.
- 1958 - General Ayub Khan deposed Iskander Mirza in a bloodless coup d'état to become the second President of Pakistan, less than 3 weeks after Mirza had appointed him the enforcer of martial law.
- 1961 - NASA launched the first Saturn I rocket (pictured).
- 1971 - The Democratic Republic of the Congo was renamed Zaire.
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[edit] Removal of vanity / not notable / unverifiable birthdays
- Dave Harold, added by 65.60.128.131 on 16 April. I cannot find any mention of him on the web except for linkbacks to this article.Tobycat 16:26, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
- Erin Straka (1995) added by User:24.206.183.57 (contribs) on 18 October 2006. 6 hits on Google all non-notable. Used {{nn-test}} on User talk:24.206.183.57. Notary137 21:23, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
