Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 27
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October 27: Independence Day in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1979) and Turkmenistan (1991)
- 1795 - The United States and Spain signed the Treaty of Friendship, Limits, and Navigation, which established the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U.S.
- 1904 - The first section of the New York City Subway opened, running between City Hall and the Bronx.
- 1958 - General Ayub Khan deposed Iskander Mirza in a bloodless coup d'état to become the second President of Pakistan, less than 3 weeks after Mirza had appointed him the enforcer of martial law.
- 1961 - NASA launched the first Saturn I rocket (pictured).
- 1998 - Gerhard Schröder became the Chancellor of Germany.
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