Today in History: October 27, ‘Curse of the Bambino’ reversed
In current times is Monday Oct the th day of There are days left in the year In contemporary times in history On Oct the Boston Red Sox won their first World Series since sweeping the St Louis Cardinals in four games The club s -year championship drought was known as the Curse of the Bambino Also on this date In the first of the Federalist Papers a series of essays calling for ratification of the United States Constitution was published Related Articles Democratic Gov Gavin Newsom of California says he ll consider presidential run after midterms Boeing defense workers on strike in the Midwest reject the company s latest contract offer Trump administration posts notice that no federal food aid will go out Nov In the modern day in History October Newborn receives baboon heart in experimental transplant In the present day in History October Teapot Dome Outrage conviction In during the Cuban Missile Emergency a U- reconnaissance aircraft was shot down while flying over Cuba killing the pilot U S Air Force Maj Rudolf Anderson Jr In a sniper killed one soldier and wounded others during an outdoor physical training session at Fort Bragg North Carolina Paratrooper William J Kreutzer was convicted in the shootings and condemned to death the sentence was later commuted to life in prison In powerful Hurricane Mitch cut through the western Caribbean pummeling coastal Honduras and Belize the storm caused several thousand deaths in Central America before eventually making U S landfall in southwest Florida as a tropical storm In a gunman shot and killed congregants and wounded six others at Pittsburgh s Tree of Life synagogue in the deadliest domestic attack on Jews in U S history agents disclosed the suspect Robert Bowers raged against Jews during and after the rampage Bowers was convicted and sentenced to death in In Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died by detonating a suicide vest as U S special forces raided his compound in northwest Syria He once commanded tens of thousands of fighters who had carved out a territorial caliphate for a time in parts of Syria and Iraq and carried out a wave of atrocities In Israel knocked out communications and created a near-blackout of information with stepped-up bombardment and artillery fire in the Gaza Strip The Israeli military mentioned it was expanding ground operations in the territory ahead of a planned invasion as it sought to crush the ruling Hamas militant group after its Oct surprise attack and hostage-taking in southern Israel In the current era s Birthdays Actor-comedian John Cleese is Author Maxine Hong Kingston is Country singer Lee Greenwood is Brazilian President Luiz In cio Lula da Silva is Author Fran Lebowitz is Actor-director Roberto Benigni is Golf Hall of Famer Patty Sheehan is Singer Simon Le Bon Duran Duran is Internet news editor Matt Drudge is Author Anthony Doerr is Violinist Vanessa-Mae is TV personality Kelly Osbourne is
