Pick an event, birthday or death day that stands out for you
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_27
1682 – Philadelphia is established in the Colonial American Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
This one is for Mikempt!
1936 – Mrs Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce decree nisi, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
Can you imagine ? A British royal marrying an American divorcee !!!
Never could have guessed that you would have picked that one Carl!
This certainly is the time of year for stock market crashes though:
1997 – Stock Market mini-crash: Stock markets around the world crash because of fears of a global economic meltdown. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 554.26 points to 7,161.15.