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27 October 1978 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat (left) and Israeli Prime Minister, Menachem Begin, were named as the joint winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. The announcement came shortly after the conclusion of the Camp David talks which led to 1979 Egypt-Israeli Peace Treaty. #History

27 October 1962 Rudolf Anderson of the US Air Force, became the only casualty of the Cuban missile crisis when his high-altitude Lockheed U-2 plane was shot down over Cuba. #History #HistoryMatters

27 October 1858 Roland Macy opened Macy’s Department Store in New York City. The flagship store covers almost an entire New York City block with about 1.1 million square feet of retail space. The store organises the annual Thanksgiving Parade. #History #HistoryMatters

27 October 939 King Æthelstan died. He was the son of Edward the Elder and King of the English from 927 to 939. Historians view him as the first King of England and one of the greatest Anglo-Saxon kings. He never married, had no children and was succeeded by Edmund. #History #HistoryMatters

27 October 1931 General Election was won by the National Government led by Labour rebel Ramsay MacDonald who joined forces with the Tories under Stanley Baldwin and the breakaway National Liberals. It was the last time a general election was held on a Tuesday. #History #HistoryMatters

27 October 1967 Abortion Act, allowing women abortions for medical reasons, was given Royal assent. It became operative on 27 April 1968. #History #HistoryMatters

27 October 1916 Gunner Frederick Walsh MM (348333) 12 Bde Canadian Field Artillery was killed in action and was buried Bapaume Post Military Cemetery Frederick is also remembered on the Cheadle Hulme War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

27 October 1917 Private Albert Zugg (12265) 1 Bn Cheshire Regiment was killed in action and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. Albert is remembered on the Bredbury & Romiley and the Romiley War Memorials #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

27 October 1917 Sapper Harry Coppock (282691) Royal Engineers died from wounds and was buried in Stockport Cemetery. Harry is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

27 October 1919 Private John William Dean (25022) 2 Bn Cheshire Regiment died due to his war service and captivity as a POW from 1915. John was buried in Stockport's Willow Grove. John is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

27 October 1918 Private Herbert Downs (59782) 10 Bn Northumberland Fusiliers died and was buried in Tezze British Cemetery. Herbert was 21. Herbert is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters.

27 October 1917 Corporal Fred Thomas Barnes (37244) 9 Bn Lancashire Fusiliers died and was buried in Bully-Grenay Communal Cemetery. Fred is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

Michael Jackson’s *Thriller* leads the list of the best-selling albums of all time, with an estimated 72 million copies sold worldwide. #History #HistoryMatters

26 October 1984 The Terminator opened. James Cameron’s sci-fi thriller introduced audiences to Arnold Schwarzenegger as the relentless cyborg assassin and launched one of the most enduring franchises of the ’80s. #History #HistoryMatters

26 October 1981 Queen and David Bowie released "Under Pressure." Built around one of rock’s most recognisable bass lines, the collaboration brought together Freddie Mercury and Bowie for a timeless musical moment #History #HistoryMatters

27 October 2018 Leicester City F.C. owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha dies in a helicopter crash along with four others after a Premier League match against West Ham United at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, England #History #HistoryMatters

27 October 2014 Britain withdraws from Afghanistan at the end of Operation Herrick, after 12 years four months and seven days. #History #HistoryMatters

27 October 1988 Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow due to Soviet listening devices in the building structure. #History #HistoryMatters

27 October 1986 The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang. #History #HistoryMatters

27 October 1981 The Soviet submarine S-363 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden #History #HistoryMatters

27 October 1964 Ronald Reagan delivers a speech on behalf of the Republican candidate for president, Barry Goldwater. The speech launches his political career and comes to be known as "A Time for Choosing". #History #HistoryMatters

27 October 1936 The Abdication Crisis: Mrs. Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne. #History #HistoryMatters

27 October 1930 Ratifications are exchanged in London for the first London Naval Treaty go into effect immediately, further limiting the expensive naval arms race among its five signatories. #History #HistoryMatters

27 October 1914 The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin. #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

27 October 1870 Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers. #History #HistoryMatters

27 October 1806 The French Army under Napoleon enters Berlin following the Prussian defeat at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt. #History #HistoryMatters

27 October 1775 King George III expands on his Proclamation of Rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies in his speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament #History #HistoryMatters

27 October 1726 J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56, one of few works he called a cantata #History #HistoryMatters

27 October 1644 Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War. #History #HistoryMatters

27 October 1553 Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva. #History #HistoryMatters

27 October 1524 French troops lay siege to Pavia. #History #HistoryMatters

27 October 1275 Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam. #History #HistoryMatters

27 October 625 Election of pope Honorius I following the death of pope Boniface V two days prior. #History #HistoryMatters

27 October 312 Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. #History #HistoryMatters

Simon Heffer, not exactly a pinko liberal leftie, reviews the new Liz Truss book, and it should be framed in every loo in the land. #History #HistoryMatters

26 October 1917 Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon spend the day in Edinburgh ‘Breakfast, Lunch, Tea & Dinner, chiefly at the Conservative Club’ #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

26 October 1915 Edward Brittain writes to his sister Vera ‘We seem to be still no nearer getting out; 12 people from the bottom of the list went to the Dardanelles and another 3 to France last week. Being at the top of the list seems to mean nothing #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

26 October 1914 Vera Brittain writes ‘I do not see the papers so much as I used to or perhaps I should still feel I have no right to be happy at all; still, such war news as there is seems to be favourable’ #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

During the London Blitz on September 9, 1940, Faith, a church cat at St Augustine’s near St Paul’s Cathedral, sheltered her kitten Panda amid fire and falling rubble. Both survived. In 1945, Faith received a special PDSA silver medal for “steadfast courage.” #History #HistoryMatters

26 October 899 Alfred the Great died (aged 50 or 51). He was known as “King of the Anglo-Saxons”. How he died is unknown, but he suffered throughout his life from a painful illness that modern doctors think was a severe form of Crohn’s disease. #History #HistoryMatters

26 October 1775 George III told Parliament the American colonies had started a rebellion to end British rule. He pledged to stop it. #History #HistoryMatters

26 October 1929 London’s buses began to be painted predominantly red (pictured is a 1930 model). In fact, the bus roofs remained largely white or silver, to reflect sunlight and thereby reduce heat in the summer. #History #HistoryMatters

26 October 1951 Winston Churchill became Prime Minister for the 2nd time following the Conservative victory in the General Election. At 76 Churchill became the 2nd oldest British PM in history behind Liberal, William Gladstone, who was 83 when he formed his last government. #History

26 October 1962 Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev offered to end the Cuban Missile Crisis by taking missile bases out of Cuba in exchange for a promise by the US government not to invade Cuba. #History #HistoryMatters

26 October 1965 The Beatles received MBE’s from Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. John Lennon later claimed they smoked pot in the toilets, but George Harrison later commented: “John made that up. It never happened.” #History #HistoryMatters

26 October 1989 Nigel Lawson, Chancellor of the Exchequer, resigned, citing “policy differences” with Conservative Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. Lawson had told Mrs Thatcher that she had a choice between him and sacking her personal economic adviser, Sir Alan Walters. #History #HistoryMatters

26 October 1917 Private William Dailey (58256) 16 Bn Cheshire Regiment was killed in action and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial William is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

26 October 1917 Private James Bridge (44936) 1/5 Bn Northumberland Fusiliers was killed in action and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. James is also remembered on the Romiley Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

In 1968 a number of entitled students sent a letter detailing their specious demands to the Warden and Fellows of Wadham College, Oxford. This was their letter of reply, which speaks to how far the academy has since fallen. #History #HistoryMatters