ap us history this day in american history october 27 1904 – at 2:35 on the afternoon of october...
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AP US HistoryThis Day in American History
October 27
1904 – At 2:35 on the afternoon of October 27, 1904, New York City Mayor George McClellan takes
the controls on the inaugural run of the city's innovative new rapid transit system: the subway.
AP US HistoryThis Day in American History
October 27
1962 – Complicated and tension-filled negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union
finally result in a plan to end the two-week-old Cuban Missile Crisis. A frightening period in
which nuclear holocaust seemed imminent began to come to an end.
AP US HistoryThis Day in American History
October 27
1994 - The U.S. Justice Department announces that the U.S. prison population has topped one million for the first time
in American history. The figure—1,012,851 men and women were in state and federal prisons—did not even include local
prisons, where an estimated 500,000 prisoners were held, usually for short periods. The recent increase, due to
tougher sentencing laws, made the United States second only to Russia in the world for incarceration rates.
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2004 – The Boston Red Sox win the World Series for the first time since 1918, finally vanquishing the so-
called "Curse of the Bambino" that had plagued them for 86 years. "This is for anyone who has ever
rooted for the Red Sox," the team’s GM told reporters after the game. "This is for all of Red Sox
Nation, past and present."