October 27
People born on this day are Scorpio.
- 1986
The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang.
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Cold War: Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow due to Soviet listening devices in the building structure.
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Turkmenistan achieves independence from the Soviet Union.
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United States Navy radioman Allen R. Schindler, Jr. is murdered by shipmate Terry M. Helvey for being gay, precipitating debate about gays in the military that results in the United States' "Don't ask, don't tell" military policy.
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Widerøe Flight 744 crashes in Overhalla Municipality, Norway, killing six people.
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The 1997 Asian financial crisis causes a crash in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
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Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing the Prime Minister and seven others.
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Britain withdraws from Afghanistan at the end of Operation Herrick, after 12 years four months and seven days.
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Catalonia declares independence from Spain.
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A gunman opens fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue killing eleven and injuring six, including four police officers.
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Leicester City F.C. owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha dies in a helicopter crash along with four others after a Premier League match against West Ham United at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, England.
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant founder and leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi kills himself and three children by detonating a suicide vest during the U.S. military Barisha raid in northwestern Syria.
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1999Haruka Kudo, Japanese singer and actress
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1997Lonzo Ball, American basketball player
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1996Rasmus Andersson, Swedish ice hockey player
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1996Kim Woo-seok, South Korean singer and actor
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1995Leon Draisaitl, German ice hockey player
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1994Rasmus Ristolainen, Finnish ice hockey player
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1993Troy Gentile, American actor
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1993Kiefer Ravena, Filipino basketball player
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1992Stephan El Shaarawy, Italian footballer
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1992Emily Hagins, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1992Brandon Saad, American ice hockey player
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1992Daniel Sams, Australian cricketer
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