Talk:October 27

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October 27: Labour Day in New Zealand (2008); Independence Day in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Turkmenistan 1553 – Condemned as a heretic for preaching nontrinitarianism and anti-infant baptism, Michael Servetus (pictured) was burned at the stake outside Geneva. 1904 – The New York City Subway, one of the most extensive public transportation systems in the world, opened its first underground segment, connecting New York City Hall with Harlem. 1958 – General Ayub Khan deposed Iskander Mirza in a bloodless coup d'état to become the second President of Pakistan, less than three weeks after Mirza had appointed him the enforcer of martial law. 1961 – NASA launched the first Saturn I rocket, the United States' first dedicated spacecraft designed specifically to launch loads into Earth orbit. 1971 – The Democratic Republic of the Congo was renamed Zaire after a Portuguese mispronunciation of the Kikongo word nzere or nzadi, which translates to "the river that swallows all rivers." More events: October 26 – October 27 – October 28 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 06:22, June 15, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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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)

Are there really no significant 19th centuary deaths, or has someone vandalised them? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.92.168.165 (talk) 18:41, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sports

How important does a sport event have to be to be listed here? Or is it just US sports? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.243.220.41 (talk) 18:29, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Navy Day

Navy day was officially moved to October 13, so either Navy Day should be removed from the October 27 page or it should be noted that October 27 is the OLD date. QHand (talk) 14:04, 14 April 2008 (UTC)