1867 - Giuseppe Garibaldi marches on Rome for the second time
1925 - Water skis are patented by Fred Waller
1946 - Georgi Domitrovs National Front wins Bulgaria elections (78%)
1961 - David Diamond's Symphony No. 8 premieres with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Leonard Bernstein
2020 - Baseball World Series: LA Dodgers beat Tampa Bay Rays, 3-1 in Game 6 at Globe Life Field, Arlington to win first title in 32 years; MVP: Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager
1927 - Edward Keinholz, American artist and sculptor, born in Fairfield, Washington (d. 1994)
1946 - Peter Martins, Danish dancer and choreographer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
1950 - Fran Lebowitz, American author and actress (Resident Alien), born in Morristown, New Jersey
1972 - Maria Mutola, Mozambican 800m runner (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
1978 - Vanessa-Mae [Vanakorn Nicholson], Singaporean-British violinist and Olympic alpine skier, born in Singapore
1617 - Ralph Winwood, English politician (b. 1563)
1833 - Ferdinand Franzl, composer, dies at 66
1933 - Meir Shapira, rabbi/organizer (Daf Yomi), dies
1962 - Fatso Marco, American actor and comedian (Milton Berle Show), dies at 56
1999 - Lois Collier [Madelyn Earle Jones], American actress (A Night in Casablanca; Boston Blackie; Slave Girl), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 80
On the afternoon of October 27, 1904, New York City's new rapid transit system opens for business: the subway. Today the New York City subway is the largest rapid transit system in the world by number of stations.