Catherine Connolly

• Timor-LestejoinsASEAN as its11th member.
• Catherine Connolly(pictured)is electedPresident of Ireland.
• Sanae Takaichiis elected as the first femaleprime minister of Japan by theNational Diet.
• Eric Lu winsthe International Chopin Piano Competition.
• Tufan Erhürmanis electedPresident of Northern Cyprus, defeating incumbentErsin Tatar.

October 27

Christ Mocked

• 1674 –Franco-Dutch War: French forces surrender the fortress town ofGrave to the Dutch army after athree month siege.
• 1726 –J. S. Bach led the first performance ofIch will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56, one of few works he called a cantata.
• 1964 – ActorRonald Reagan delivered aspeech on behalf of Republican presidential candidateBarry Goldwater, launching his own political career, which culminated in him serving two full terms as U.S. president.
• 2004 – TheBoston Red Sox completed a sweep of theSt. Louis Cardinals to win the2004 World Series, breaking the so-called "Curse of the Bambino".
• 2019 –The Mocking of Christ(pictured) byCimabue sold at auction in France for €19.5 million, a record for a pre-1500 artwork.

Abigail Becker, the Angel of Long Point

• ... that theAngel of Long Point(pictured) saved seventeen lives across five different incidents?
• ... that Aboriginal Australians who first saw herds ofwater buffalo interpreted the new animals as a manifestation oftheir dreaming?
• ... that the departure ofCarl Borgmann from the University of Vermont ended 17 years of scientists serving consecutive terms as president?
• ... that the walls of the formerLyttelton Gaol are archaeologically significant as one of the first uses ofconcrete in New Zealand?
• ... thatAileen Davies sang roles on the first two D'Oyly Carte Opera Company recordings using the new electrical-recording technology?
• ... that the city ofKikwit, estimated to have a population of at least half a million, had only four paved roads in 2023?
• ... thatEd McCann chose a career in civil engineering after being dissuaded from other branches of engineering by their military applications?
• ... that, after moving to Canada to work as a priest,Naboth Manzongo did not see his wife and children in Zimbabwe for three years due toCOVID-19–related processing delays?
• ... thatPink Floyd escaped from its enclosure at theSedgwick County Zoo in 2005, but continued to be spotted in Texas as late as 2023?

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