The Curse Is Reversed: The Red Sox Win It All
On October 27, 2004, the Boston Red Sox swept the Cardinals to win their first World Series in 86 years, burying the Curse of the Bambino.
On October 27
The Man Who Said No: Vasily Arkhipov and Black Saturday
On October 27, 1962, Soviet officer Vasily Arkhipov refused to authorize a nuclear torpedo — on the most dangerous day of the Cold War.
The Sickly Boy Who Became the Strenuous Life
On October 27, 1858, Theodore Roosevelt was born a sickly, asthmatic boy in Manhattan — and grew up to remake the American presidency.