Today in History
Today is Tuesday, Oct. 27, the 300th day of 2026. There are 65 days left in the year. On Oct. 27, a gunman killed 11 congregants and injured six others at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue, marking the deadliest domestic attack on Jews in U.S. history. The first of the Federalist Papers in 1787, calling for ratification of the United States Constitution, was published. In 1904, New York's first subway line opened to the public and carried over 100,000 passengers on its first day. In 1961, NASA launched the first test flight of its new Saturn I rocket. In 1962, a U-2 reconnaissance aircraft was shot down during the Cuban missile crisis, killing the pilot, U. Air Force Maj. Rudolf Anderson Jr. In 1995, a sniper killed one soldier and wounded 18 others during an outdoor physical training session at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. In 2022, billionaire Elon Musk took control of Twitter by completing the acquisition for $44 billion, rebranded the social media platform as X in 2023. In 2019, Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died by detonating a suicide vest as U.
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Today is Tuesday, Oct. 27, the 300th day of 2026. There are 65 days left in the year.
On Oct. 27, 2018, a gunman shot and killed 11 congregants and wounded six others at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life syn... [4168 symbols]
