| October 27, 1539 |
DeSoto arrives at Anaica Apalache (Tallahasse).
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Hernando deSoto |
| October 27, 1795 |
Treaty of San Lorenzo or Pinckney's Treaty is signed, The treaty established the northern border of West Florida as being the 31st parallel
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| October 27, 1810 |
President James Madison claims West Florida for the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase |
| October 27, 1822 |
William Lowndes, former U. S. Representative from Georgia, dies at sea while on a journey to England. |
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William Lowndes |
| October 27, 1828 |
Benjamin Parks claimed he discovered gold near present-day Dahlonega
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Dahlonega, Georgia |
| October 27, 1863 |
The Battle of Brown's Ferry opens the so-called "Cracker Line"
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Battle of Brown's Ferry |
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Civil War - 1863 |
| October 27, 1883 |
Ethel Elizabeth Harpst, who founder of the children's home in Cedartown, born, Ohio
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| October 27, 1894 |
William Yates Atkinson begins term as governor of Georgia
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Governors of Georgia, 1801-1900
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| October 27, 1895 |
President Grover Cleveland visits the Piedmont Exposition (Atlanta)
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Piedmont Park |
| October 27, 1895 |
Buffalo Bill and his Wild West Show appears at the Piedmont Exposition
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Piedmont Park |
| October 27, 1956 |
Alexander Memorial Coliseum, on the Georgia Tech campus, is dedicated
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| October 27, 1963 |
Marla Maples born, Dalton, Georgia
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| October 27, 1973 |
Gladys Knight's Midnight Train to Georgia reaches #1 on Billboard's pop chart. She made significant changes to the original tune, Midnight Plane to Houston
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| October 27, 1977 |
"Flipper's Ditch," at Fort Sill, OK becomes a National Historic Landmark
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Henry O. Flipper From Slave to Officer
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| October 27, 1981 |
Andrew Young elected mayor of Atlanta
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Andrew Young |
| October 27, 1991 |
Atlanta Braves lose the 1991 World Series to the Minnesota Twins, 4-3
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
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Atlanta Braves lose World Series to Minnesota Twins |
| October 27, 2004 |
During a sting operation in California, Alpharetta-based ChoicePoint faxed information to Olatunji Oluwatosin, a Nigerian national accused in one of the largest identity theft scandals in United States history. Oluwatosin was arrested at a Kinko's store after receiving a fax from the information-gathering spin-off of Equifax |
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ChoicePoint scandal |
| October 27, 2005 |
In a brief order the 11th US Court of Appeals denied a request from Georgia to throw out a lower court injunction barring enforcement of the state's new Voter ID law |
| October 27, 2006 |
Ford Motor Company auto assembly plant in Hapeville closes |
| October 27, 2008 |
"Advanced Voting" begins for the November, 2008 general election |
