On this day.. October 27
1963 – Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Phoenix Thunderbirds Golf Tournament
1961 – American Basketball League starts play
1961 – Outer Mongolia & Mauritania become 102nd & 103rd members of UN
1961 – USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya & Sary Shagan USSR
1962 – “Beyond the Fringe” opens at John Golden Theater NY