On this day in History - October 27

1810 – United States annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida.

1936 – Mrs. Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.

1954 – Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.

2017 – Catalonia declares independence from Spain.