October 27 in History

Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed by General Ayub Khan

1958 — Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier

October 27 spans 48 recorded events across recorded history, from 312 to 2019. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date.

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Historical Events 48 events 312 – 2019

More major events on October 27

The featured story and these ranked highlights form a quick summary. Every recorded event remains available in the chronology below.

  1. 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. Source
  2. 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". Source
  3. 1999 Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing the Prime Minister and seven others. Source

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In 1958, Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier. This featured entry focuses on the immediate decision and its direct historical impact.

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Iskander Ali Mirza was a Pakistani politician and military general who served as the fourth and last governor-general of Pakistan from 1955 to 1956, and as the first president of Pakistan from promulgation of the constitution in 1956 till his overthrow in a coup d'état in 1958. This helps explain why the event mattered beyond the initial announcement.

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Declaring martial law and unilaterally abrogating the constitution on 7 October 1958, he appointed Ayub Khan as Chief Martial Law Administrator who later overthrew Mirza on 27 October 1958 and assumed the presidency. This clarifies the institutional and public response around the event.

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In 1958, Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier had consequences that extended beyond the first headline. The key context is the institutions involved, the policy shift, and how the public response evolved afterward.

Did you know

In 1958, Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier had consequences that extended beyond the first headline. The key context is the institutions involved, the policy shift, and how the public response evolved afterward.

312 Constantine_the_Great
Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross.
Roman emperor from 306 to 337
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1275 Amsterdam
Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam.
Capital and largest city of the Netherlands
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1524 Italian_campaign_of_1524–1525
French troops lay siege to Pavia.
Part of the Italian War of 1521–1526
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1553 Michael_Servetus
Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva.
16th-century Spanish theologian, physician, cartographer and Renaissance humanist
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1644 Second_Battle_of_Newbury
Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War.
1644 battle of the First English Civil War
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1674 Grave,_Netherlands
The French garrison in Grave surrenders the town to a Dutch army after a difficult siege.
City and former municipality in North Brabant, Netherlands
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1682 Philadelphia
Philadelphia is founded in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Most populous city in Pennsylvania, US
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1726 Johann_Sebastian_Bach
J.
S. Bach leads the first performance of Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56, one of few works he called a cantata.
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1775 George_III
King George III expands on his Proclamation of Rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies in his speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament.
King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820
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1795 Pinckney's_Treaty
The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U.S.
1795 treaty between the US and Spain
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1806 Fall_of_Berlin_(1806)
The French Army under Napoleon enters Berlin following the Prussian defeat at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt.
Capture of Berlin during the War of the Fourth Coalition
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1810 West_Florida
United States annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida.
European colony in North America (1763–1821)
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1838 Lilburn_Boggs
Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state or be killed.
American politician (1796–1860)
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1863 American_Civil_War
American Civil War: Union forces led by General William F.
Smith defeat Confederate forces in the Battle of Brown's Ferry, opening up a supply line to the besieged city of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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1870 Franco-Prussian_War
Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers.
War from 1870 to 1871
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1907
Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when gendarmes opened fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
1907 gendarmes shooting of civilians in Hungary
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1914 World_War_I
World War I: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
Global conflict from 1914 to 1918
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1916 Battle_of_Segale
Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V, is defeated by Fitawrari Habte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zewditu I.
1916 civil conflict in the Ethiopian Empire
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1919 Regional_Congress_of_Peasants,_Workers_and_Insurgents
The Fourth Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents is held by the Makhnovshchina at Oleksandrivsk.
Congress of Makhnovshchina
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1922 1922_Southern_Rhodesian_government_referendum
A referendum in Rhodesia rejects the country's annexation to the South African Union.
Failed plebiscete on joining the Union of South Africa
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1924 Uzbek_Soviet_Socialist_Republic
The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
Constituent republic of the Soviet Union
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1930 London_Naval_Treaty
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.
1930 international arms control treaty
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1936 Abdication_of_Edward_VIII
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.
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1944 World_War_II
World War II: German forces capture Banská Bystrica during Slovak National Uprising thus bringing it to an end.
Global conflict (1939–1945)
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1948 1948_Donora_smog
A deadly smog event begins in Donora, Pennsylvania, eventually killing 20 and sickening thousands.
Major Pennsylvania air pollution incident
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1954 Benjamin_O._Davis_Jr.
Benjamin O.
Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
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1961 Saturn_I_SA-1
NASA tests the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
1961 mission in NASA's Apollo spaceflight program
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1962 Rudolf_Anderson
Major Rudolf Anderson of the United States Air Force becomes the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis when his U-2 reconnaissance airplane is shot down over Cuba by a Soviet-supplied surface-to-air missile.
USAF pilot (1927–1962)
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1962 Vasily_Arkhipov
By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war.
Soviet Navy vice admiral who prevented nuclear war (1926–1998)
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1964 Ronald_Reagan
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".
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1971 First_Congolese_Republic
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire.
1960–1971 state in Central Africa
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1979 Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
Archipelagic country in the Caribbean
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1980 Chun_Doo-hwan
The Chun Doo-hwan government forcibly arrests and investigates monks and personnel of the Jogye Order.
Leader of South Korea from 1979 to 1988
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1981 Cold_War
Cold War: The Soviet submarine S-363 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.
1947–1991 geopolitical rivalry between US and USSR
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1986 Big_Bang_(financial_markets)
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.
1986 reform of the London Stock Exchange
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1988 Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Moscow
Cold War: Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new U.S.
Embassy in Moscow due to Soviet listening devices in the building structure.
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1991 Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan achieves independence from the Soviet Union.
Country in Central Asia
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1992 Murder_of_Allen_R._Schindler_Jr.
United States Navy radioman Allen R.
Schindler, Jr. is murdered by shipmate Terry M. Helvey for being gay, precipitating debate about gays in the military that results in the United States' "Don't ask, don't tell" military policy.
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1993 Widerøe_Flight_744
Widerøe Flight 744 crashes in Overhalla Municipality, Norway, killing six people.
1993 aviation accident in Norway
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1994
Gliese 229B is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified.
Star in the constellation Lepus
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1997 1997_Asian_financial_crisis
The 1997 Asian financial crisis causes a crash in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Regional financial crisis that struck East and Southeast Asia in 1997–1998
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1999 Armenian_parliament_shooting
Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing the Prime Minister and seven others.
1999 terrorist attack in Armenia
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2014 Operation_Herrick
Britain withdraws from Afghanistan at the end of Operation Herrick, after 12 years four months and seven days.
2003–2014 British military operations in Afghanistan
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2017 Catalonia
Catalonia declares independence from Spain.
Nationality and autonomous community of Spain
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2018 Pittsburgh_synagogue_shooting
A gunman opens fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue killing eleven and injuring six, including four police officers.
2018 mass shooting in Pennsylvania, U.S.
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2018 Leicester_City_F.C.
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.
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2019 Islamic_State
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant founder and leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi kills himself and three children by detonating a suicide vest during the U.S.
military Barisha raid in northwestern Syria.
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