On This Day October 27th

 OTD

October 27th is the 300th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 65 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

1275 – Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam.

1682 – Philadelphia is founded in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

1810 – The United States annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida.

1904 – The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.

1924 – The Uzbek SSR was founded in the Soviet Union.

1930 – Ratifications exchanged in London for the first London Naval Treaty go into effect immediately, limiting the expensive naval arms race among its five signatories.

1961 – NASA tests the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.

1964 – Ronald Reagan delivers a speech on behalf of the Republican presidential candidate, Barry Goldwater. The address launches his political career and becomes known as "A Time for Choosing."

1986 – The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of how they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang.

2017 – Catalonia declares independence from Spain.

 

Birthdays

1744 – Mary Moser, English painter and academic (d. 1819)

1811 – Isaac Singer, American actor and businessman, founded the Singer Corporation (d. 1875)

1858 – Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)

1910 – Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau, American chemical engineer (d. 2000)

1923 – Roy Lichtenstein, American painter and sculptor (d. 1997)

1932 – Dolores Moore, American baseball player (d. 2000)

1939 – John Cleese, English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer

1941 – Dick Trickle, American race car driver (d. 2013)

1951 – K. K. Downing, English guitarist and songwriter

1957 – Glenn Hoddle, English footballer and manager

1984 – Kelly Osbourne, English television personality.

Holiday Spotlight

 National Black Cat Day

 The black cat carries a unique status among the wide batch of different. In some locales, notably Scotland, Britain, and Japan, the presence or appearance of a black cat indicates imminent good fortune and prosperity. Beyond these regions, though, public favor of the black cat runs sharply southward. Black cats are harbingers of misfortune and wickedness in much of the Western world. This unfortunate association stems from an image that will be familiar to many readers, which is that of the black cat serving as a companion to potion-brewing, spell-casting witches everywhere.

 This relationship would have severe consequences for owners of black cats in America in the early 17th century. As the Pilgrims established their occupancy on the country's east coast, they maintained a strict suspicion of anything remotely tied to the perils of witchcraft. The black cat served as a symbol of the supposed evils and Satanic sympathies of witches, and as a result, those found harboring black cats would receive harsh punishments; some would even be sentenced to death.

 While, in general, the fears surrounding the demonic potential of witches have subsided significantly, the black cat will be left wondering why it still must suffer the consequences of a damaged collective reputation. According to several animal advocacy groups and adoption agencies, black cats experience lower rates of adoption and higher rates of euthanization than other cat breeds. Because of this, National Black Cat Day is a fantastic opportunity to subvert these trends and demonstrate appreciation for an animal that could use a little luck.

 

Others Include

American Beer Day

Boxer Shorts Day

Cranky Co-workers Day

Frankenstein Friday

International Bandanna Day

National Breadstick Day

National Mentoring Day

National Potato Day

Navy Day

Nevada Day

Occupational Therapy Day

Sylvia Plath Day

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Independence Day

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

World Lemar Day