On this day: October 27

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 Sargs

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