This day in history – The Boston Globe

Today is Saturday, Oct. 27, the 300th day of 2018. There are 65 days left in the year.

Today's Birthdays: Actor-comedian John Cleese is 79. Author Maxine Hong Kingston is 78. Country singer Lee Greenwood is 76. Producer-director Ivan Reitman is 72. Country singer-musician Jack Daniels is 69. Musician Rock Garry Tallent (Bruce Springsteen the E Street Band) is 69. Author Fran Lebowitz is 68. Rock musician KK Downing is 67. TV personality Jayne Kennedy is 67. Actor-director Roberto Benigni is 66. Actor Peter Firth is 65. Actor Robert Picardo is 65. World Golf Hall of Famer Patty Sheehan is 62. Singer Simon The Good is 60. Country musician Jerry Dale McFadden (the Mavericks) is 54. Internet news editor Matt Drudge is 52. Rock musician Jason Finn (Presidents of the United States of America) is 51. Actor Sean Holland is 50. Actor Channon Roe is 49. Actress Sheeri Rappaport is 41. Actor David Walton is 40. Violinist Vanessa-Mae is 40. Actress-singer Kelly Osbourne is 34. Actress Christine Evangelista is 32. Actor Bryan Craig is 27 Actor Troy Gentile is 25.

In 1787, the first of the Federalist Papers, a series of essays calling for ratification of the United States Constitution, was published.

In 1795, the United States and Spain signed the Treaty of San Lorenzo (also known as "Pinckney's Treaty"), which provided for free navigation of the Mississippi River.

In 1858, the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, was born in New York City.

In 1904, the first rapid transit subway, the IRT, was inaugurated in New York City.

In 1938, Du Pont announced a name for its new synthetic yarn: '' nylon. ''

In 1947, '' You Bet Your Life, '' comedy quiz show starring Groucho Marx, premiered on ABC Radio. (It later became a television show on NBC.)

In 1954, US Air Force Colonel Benjamin O. Davis Jr. was promoted to Brigadier General, the first black officer to achieve that rank in the USAF. Walt Disney's first television program, titled 'Disneyland' after the yet-to-be completed theme park, premiered on ABC.

In 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, a U-2 aircraft reconnaissance was shot down while flying over Cuba, killing the pilot, US Air Force Major Rudolf Anderson Jr.

In 1992, Petty Officer Allen Schindler, a gay US Navy sailor, was beaten to death near Sasebo Naval Base in southwestern Japan by shipmate Terry Helvey, who pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to life in prison.

In 1998, Hurricane Mitch cut through the western Caribbean, pummeling coastal Honduras and Belize; the storm caused several thousand deaths in Central America in the days that followed.

In 2002, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was elected president of Brazil in a runoff, becoming the country's leading leader.

In 2004, the Boston Red Sox won their first World Series since 1918, sweeping the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 4, 3-0.

In 2008, Alaska Senator Ted Stevens was convicted in Washington of seven bribes. (English: A trial later dismissed the case, with prosecutors having a trial at the helm.) Umpires halted play in Game 5 of the World Series with the Philadelphia Phillies and Tampa Bay. (The game was completed two days later, at which time the Phillies beat the Rays 4-3 to win the Series.)

In 2013, the Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 to tie the World Series at two games apiece; the game finished with a pickoff play, a first in postseason history. Lou Reed, 71, who is radically challenged rock 'n' founding promise of good times and public celebration as a leader of the Velvet Underground and a solo artist and a founder of indie rock, died in Southampton, New York.

In 2017, Spain fired Catalonia's regional government and dissolved its parliament, after a Catalan declaration of independence that flouted the country's constitution. Golfer Tiger Woods pleaded guilty to reckless driving, resolving charges of an arrest in which he was found out in his system. The White House said federal officials had played a role in the budget of the Montana company. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's hometown for a $ 300 million contract to help restore Puerto Rico's power grid. They said they would verify political elections in the federal elections, requiring them to reveal correct names and locations.