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Mookie Wilson's two-run at bat won Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.

The 1986 New York Mets season began on April 8, 1986. It concluded on October 27 with a Mets victory in Game 7 of the World Series, for their second and most recent World Series title. The Mets had narrowly missed winning the NL East in 1985, but in 1986 were not seriously challenged, winning the division by 21½ games. They defeated the Houston Astros in six games in the NLCS, with the Mets erasing a three-run ninth-inning deficit and winning Game 6 in sixteen innings. They played the Boston Red Sox in the World Series and, in Game 6 of that series, trailing three games to two, they rallied from two runs down with two outs and none on base in the tenth inning. The Mets won that game on an error by Bill Buckner, winning Game 7 two days later. The 1986 Mets have been described as one of the best teams in major league history, but their failure to sustain their success marred their legacy. Many team members drank heavily and the 1986 Mets became known for their lifestyle off the field. (Full article...)

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October 27

City Hall station in the 1900s

1726 – In Leipzig, J. S. Bach led the first performance of Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, one of the few works that he called a cantata.
1904 – The first underground segment of the New York City Subway opened, connecting New York City Hall (station pictured) with Harlem.
1946 – Inter-religious riots in which Hindu mobs targeted Muslim families began in the Indian state of Bihar, resulting in thousands of deaths.
1999 – Armed men led by Nairi Hunanyan carried out a mass shooting at the Armenian parliament, killing Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, National Assembly speaker Karen Demirchyan, and six others.

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The golden-crowned kinglet (Regulus satrapa) is a small songbird in the family Regulidae, the kinglets. It is found in forests throughout much of North America. Measuring 8 to 11 centimeters (3.1 to 4.3 inches) in length, it is among the smallest North American passerines. Its plumage is olive-gray above and white below, with white wing bars and a yellow crown surrounded by black. The adult male has an additional orange patch on the crown. The species feeds on insects, their eggs and spiders, and makes its nest in a concealed hanging cup suspended from a conifer branch. This golden-crowned kinglet was photographed at the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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