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RE: October 27th

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HMS Audacious was sunk by a German naval mine off the northern coast of Donegal, Ireland in 1914
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Audacious_(1912)

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1st Test Flight of the Saturn 1 Launch Vehicle on October 27, 1961
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SA-1_%28Apollo%29

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The Student Space Exploration & Technology Initiative (SSETI) project was launched in 2005
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t4156194/sseti-express-launch/

Progress M-08M was launched on 27 October 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_M-08M

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People

Steven Ray Nagel (Col, USAF) (October 27, 1946 - August 21, 2014), was an American astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_R._Nagel

Michael Allen Baker (born October 27, 1953) is a retired captain in the United States Navy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_A._Baker

Chester Burleigh Watts (October 27, 1889 - July 17, 1971) was an American astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Burleigh_Watts

Thomas Gwyn Empy Elger (27 October 1836 - 9 January 1897) was an English lunar mapper
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t51332576/thomas-gwyn-elger-1836-1897/

Heinrich Ferdinand Scherk (27 October 1798 - 4 October 1885) was a German mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Scherk

Charles David Bailyn (born October 27, 1959) is the A. Bartlett Giamatti Professor of Astronomy and Physics at Yale University
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bailyn

Professor Carlos Silvestre Frenk (born October 27, 1951) is a Mexican-British cosmologist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Frenk

William Maclure (27 October 1763 - 23 March 1840) was an Americanised Scottish geologist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Maclure

Captain James Cook (27 October 1728 - 14 February 1779) was a British explorer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cook

Roman Emperor Constantine I had a vision on 27 October 312.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Milvian_Bridge#Vision_of_Constantine

Nikolay Antonovich Dollezhal (October 27, 1899 - November 20, 2000) was a Soviet mechanical engineer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Dollezhal

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Dr Who: 'The Creature from the Pit' was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 27 October to 17 November 1979

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Star Trek: "Catspaw" was first broadcast October 27, 1967

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Star Trek: "Miri" was first broadcast October 27, 1966

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NGC Discovered

NGC 24 was discovered by William Herschel on the 27th October 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55370471/ngc-24/

NGC 288 was discovered by William Herschel on 27th October 1785
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53262609/ngc-288/

The open cluster NGC 366 was discovered by John Herschel on the 27th October 1829.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55370643/ngc-366/

NGC 631 was discovered by Albert Marth on the 27th October 1864.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55370588/ngc-631/

NGC 645 was discovered by Albert Marth on the 27th October 1864.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55370616/ngc-645/

NGC 6299 is a magnitude +14.1 elliptical galaxy discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on the 27th October 1861.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58867733/ngc-6299/

NGC 6307 is a magnitude +12.9 lenticular galaxy discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on the 27th October 1861.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58867738/ngc-6307/

NGC 6310 is a magnitude +13.1 spiral galaxy discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on the 27th October 1861.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58867745/ngc-6310/

NGC 6411 is a magnitude +11.9 elliptical galaxy discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on the 27th October 1861.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58867747/ngc-6411/

NGC 6359 is a magnitude +12.6 elliptical galaxy discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on the 27th October 1861.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58867753/ngc-6359/

NGC 6512 is a magnitude +13.9 elliptical galaxy discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on the 27th October 1861.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58867757/ngc-6512/

NGC 6566 is a magnitude +14.5 elliptical galaxy discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on the 27th October 1861.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58867762/ngc-6566/

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Supernova 2012fr, in NGC 1365 was discovered on the 27th October 2012
http://cador.obs-hp.fr/sn_tarot/PSN_J03333599-3607377/

Gliese 229B was discovered on the 27th October 1994
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t51330736/gliese-229/

Asteroid (446) Aeternitas was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on October 27, 1899 in Heidelberg.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/446_Aeternitas

Asteroid (447) Valentine was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on October 27, 1899 in Heidelberg.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/447_Valentine

Asteroid (448) Natalie was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on October 27, 1899 in Heidelberg.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/448_Natalie

82P/Gehrels is a periodic comet that was discovered on October 27, 1975
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/82P/Gehrels

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A bright bolide was reported in northwest Europe during the night of 2001, October 27.
https://dmsweb.home.xs4all.nl/fireballs/20011027_fireball.html

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Meteorites

Bright lights and sizzling sounds accompanied the fall of the Diepenveen meteorite on 27 October 1873 in the village of Diepenveen in the Netherlands
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55913900/diepenveen-meteorite/

The Canon City (H6) meteorite fell in Colorado on the 27th October 1973.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t21827510/canon-city-meteorite/

The Bilanga (Diogenite) meteorite fell in Gnagna, Burkina Faso, on the 27th October 1999.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45810928/bilanga-meteorite/