WHAT HAPPENED ON 27. OCTOBER
Want to find out what all happened on 27. October

United States Navy radioman Allen R. Schindler, Jr. is brutally murdered by shipmate Terry M. Helvey for being gay, precipitating first military, then national, debate about gays in the military that resulted in the United States "Don't ask, don't tell" military policy. (27. October 1992)

Gliese 229B is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified. (27. October 1994)

Latvia applies for membership in the European Union. (27. October 1995)

Former Prime Minister of Italy Bettino Craxi is convicted in absentia of corruption. (27. October 1995)

October 27, 1997 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. (27. October 1997)

Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, Parliament Chairman Karen Demirchyan, and 6 other members. (27. October 1999)

Riots begin in Paris after the deaths of two Muslim teenagers. (27. October 2005)

Michael D. Higgins was chosen in the Irish presidential election as the ninth President of Ireland by the biggest vote in Irish history. (27. October 2011)