Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 27
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October 27: Independence Day in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1979) and Turkmenistan (1991)
- 1275 – The earliest recorded usage of the name "Amsterdam" was made on a certificate by Count Floris V of Holland that granted the inhabitants, who had built a bridge with a dam across the Amstel, an exemption from paying the bridge's tolls.
- 1553 – Condemned as a heretic for preaching nontrinitarianism and anti-infant baptism, Michael Servetus (pictured) was burned at the stake outside Geneva.
- 1644 – English Civil War: The combined armies of Parliament inflicted a tactical defeat on the Royalists, but failed to gain any strategic advantage in the Second Battle of Newbury.
- 1904 – The first underground segment of the New York City Subway, today one of the most extensive public transportation systems in the world, opened, connecting New York City Hall with Harlem.
- 1992 – U.S. Navy Petty Officer Allen R. Schindler, Jr. was killed in Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan, a victim of a hate crime for being gay, sparking a national debate that led to the establishment of the U.S. armed forces' "Don't ask, don't tell" policy.