Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 27

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 * 1942 – World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy achieved a pyrrhic victory against the United States at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
 * 1992 – U.S. Navy Petty Officer Allen R. Schindler Jr. was killed in Sasebo, Japan, for being gay, which led to the U.S. Armed Forces' "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
 * 1999 – Armed men led by Nairi Hunanyan carried out a mass shooting at the Armenian parliament, killing Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan (pictured), National Assembly speaker Karen Demirchyan, and six others.
 * 2004 – The Boston Red Sox completed a sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals to win the 2004 World Series, breaking the so-called "Curse of the Bambino".
 * 2011 – Michael D. Higgins was elected President of Ireland with far more votes than any politician in the country's history.
 * 2019 – Christ Mocked (pictured) by Cimabue sold at auction in France for €19.5 million, a record for a pre-1500 artwork.
 * Born/died: | Mary Sidney |b|1561| Lope de Aguirre |d|1561| Gabriel Báthory |d|1613| Robert Hubert |d|1666| Oliver Leese |b|1894| Rex Shelley |b|1930|  Jan Duursema |b|1954|  Zoya Phan |b|1980