On This Day: October 27th

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant founder and leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi kills himself and three children by detonating a suicide vest during the U.S. military Barisha raid in northwestern Syria.

A gunman opens fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue killing eleven and injuring six, including four police officers.

Leicester City F.C. owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha dies in a helicopter crash along with four others after a Premier League match against West Ham United at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, England.

Catalonia declares independence from Spain.

Britain withdraws from Afghanistan at the end of Operation Herrick, after 12 years four months and seven days.

Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing the Prime Minister and seven others.

The 1997 Asian financial crisis causes a crash in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Gliese 229B is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified.

Widerøe Flight 744 crashes in Overhalla Municipality, Norway, killing six people.

United States Navy radioman Allen R. Schindler, Jr. is murdered by shipmate Terry M. Helvey for being gay, precipitating debate about gays in the military that results in the United States' "Don't ask, don't tell" military policy.