Today is Monday, Oct. 27, the 300th day of 2025. There are 65 days left in the year.

On Oct. 27, 2004, the Boston Red Sox won their first World Series since 1918, sweeping the St. Louis Cardinals in four games. The team’s 86-year championship drought was known as the “Curse of the Bambino.”

In 1787, the first of the Federalist Papers, a series of essays calling for ratification of the United States Constitution, was published.

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