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| 1787 | The first of the Federalist Papers, a series of essays calling for ratification of the U.S. Constitution, was published in a New York newspaper. |
| 1858 | Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, was born in New York City. |
| 1880 | Theodore Roosevelt married Alice Lee. |
| 1914 | Author-poet Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea, Wales. |
| 1947 | "You Bet Your Life," starring Groucho Marx, premiered on ABC Radio. |
| 1967 | Expo '67 closed in Montreal. |
| 1978 | Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin were named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. |
| 1997 | The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 554.26 points, forcing the stock market to shut down for the first time since the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. |
| 2002 | Dallas Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith broke the NFL career rushing yardage record of 16,726 held by Walter Payton. (Smith finished his career with 18,355 yards rushing.) |
| 2002 | Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was elected president of Brazil in a runoff, becoming the country's first elected leftist leader. |
| 2004 | The Boston Red Sox won their first World Series since 1918, beating the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 in Game 4. |
| 2005 | White House counsel Harriet Miers withdrew her nomination to the Supreme Court after three weeks of criticism from fellow conservatives. |
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New York City subway opens
At 2:35 on the afternoon of October 27, 1904, New York City Mayor George McClellan takes the controls on the inaugural run of the city's innovative new rapid transit system: the subway.
While London boasts the world's oldest underground train network (opened in 1863) and Boston built the first subway in the United States in 1897, the New York City subway soon became the largest American system. The first line, operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), traveled 9.1 miles through 28 stations. Running from City Hall in lower Manhattan to Grand Central Terminal in midtown, and then heading west along 42nd Street to Times Square, the line finished by zipping north, all the way to 145th Street and Broadway in Harlem. On opening day, Mayor McClellan so enjoyed his stint as engineer that he stayed at the controls all the way from City Hall to 103rd Street.
At 7 p.m. that evening, the subway opened to the general public, and more than 100,000 people paid a nickel each to take their first ride under Manhattan. IRT service expanded to the Bronx in 1905, to Brooklyn in 1908 and to Queens in 1915. Since 1968, the subway has been controlled by the Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA). The system now has 26 lines and 468 stations in operation; the longest line, the 8th Avenue "A" Express train, stretches more than 32 miles, from the northern tip of Manhattan to the far southeast corner of Queens.
Every day, some 4.5 million passengers take the subway in New York. With the exception of the PATH train connecting New York with New Jersey and some parts of Chicago's elevated train system, New York's subway is the only rapid transit system in the world that runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. No matter how crowded or dirty, the subway is one New York City institution few New Yorkers--or tourists--could do without.
Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&id=5473
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| John Cleese turns 69 years old today. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 AP Photo/Matt Sayles Actor and comedian John Cleese ("Monty Python") turns 69 years old today.
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