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New York City Subway / Barbed Wire / Big Bang / Nylon

On This Day (October 27): Your quick daily trip back in time.

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Fatih Taskiran
October 27, 2025

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Good morning — it’s Monday, October 27. Today, we're diving into the NYC Subway, barbed wire, nylon, and Big Bang's birth, and much more — straight and sharp.

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🚀 Time Machine

-312

Roman Emperor Constantine the Great received his famous Vision of the Cross.

-1795

Spain and the US signed Pinckney's Treaty, which established the US's southern boundary and gave Americans access to the Mississippi River.

-1873

Joseph Glidden patents his barbed wire, which forever changes the face of the American West.

-1904

The New York City subway opened and soon became the largest American system.

-1938

DuPont announced its new synthetic polyamide fiber will be called "nylon."

-1962

After two weeks of complicated, tension-filled negotiations, the United States and Soviet Union finally agreed to end the Cuban Missile Crisis.

-1982

China's population exceeds 1 billion.

-1986

"Big Bang" deregulation of financial markets made London a financial center, but also increased income inequality.

-1994

The U.S. prison population has topped one million for the first time in history.

-2004

For the first time since 1918, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series, ending the "Curse of the Bambino" after 86 years.

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