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April 27
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{{PAGENAME}} is the 117th day of the year (118th in
leap years) in the
Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining.
Events
*
1124 -
David I of Scotland David I becomes King of
Scotland.
*
1296 -
Battle of Dunbar (1296) Battle of Dunbar: The
Scotland Scots are defeated by
Edward I of England.
*
1509 -
Pope Julius II places the
Italy Italian state of
Republic of Venice Venice under
interdict.
*
1521 -
Battle of Mactan: Explorer
Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the
Philippines led by chief
Lapu-Lapu.
*
1565 -
Cebu City Cebu is established becoming the first
Spain Spanish settlement in the
Philippines.
*
1650 - The
Battle of Carbisdale: A
Cavaliers Royalist army invades mainland
Scotland from the
Orkney Islands but is defeated by a
Covenanter army.
*
1667 - The blind, impoverished
John Milton sells the copyright of ''
Paradise Lost'' for
Pound sterling £10.
*
1773 - The
British Parliament passes the
Tea Act, designed to save the
British East India Company by granting it a monopoly on the
North American
tea trade.
*
1805 -
First Barbary War:
United States Marines and
Berbers attack the
Tripolitan city of
Derna (The "shores of Tripoli" part of the
Marines' hymn).
*
1813 -
War of 1812:
United States troops capture the capital of Ontario, York (present day
Toronto, Ontario).
*
1840 - Foundation stone for new
Palace of Westminster,
London, laid by wife of Sir
Charles Barry.
*
1861 - President
Abraham Lincoln suspends the
writ of habeas corpus.
*
1865 - The
New York State Senate creates
Cornell University as the
New York state's
Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act land grant institution.
* 1865 - The
steamboat ''
Sultana (steamboat) Sultana'', carrying 2,300 passengers, explodes and sinks in the
Mississippi River, killing 1,700, most of whom were
Union (American Civil War) Union survivors of the
Andersonville Prison.
*
1897 -
Grant's Tomb is dedicated.
*
1904 - The
Australian Labor Party becomes the first such party to gain national government, under
Chris Watson.
*
1906 -
Salem, Ohio celebrates its Centennial.[http://www.salemohio.com]
*
1908 - The
1908 Summer Olympics open in
London.
*
1909 -
Sultan of
Turkey Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother,
Murat V.
*
1911 - Following the resignation and death of
William P. Frye, a
Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate, 1911-1913 compromise is reached to rotate the office of
President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
*
1914 -
Honduras becomes a signatory to the
Buenos Aires Convention Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
*
1936 - The
United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the
American Federation of Labor.
*
1941 -
World War II:
Germany German troops enter
Athens.
*
1945 -
World War II: Last German troops are expelled from
Lapland War Finnish Lapland (the last day of World War II going on in
Finland). The day is the national war veteran day in Finland.
*1945 - The
Völkischer Beobachter, the newspaper of the
Nazi Party, ceases publication.
*
1947 -
Babe Ruth Day is celebrated at
Yankee Stadium.
*
1950 -
Apartheid: In
South Africa, the
Group Areas Act is passed formally segregating races.
*
1959 - The last Canadian
missionary leaves
China
*
1960 -
Togo gains independence from
France French-administered UN trusteeship.
*
1961 -
Sierra Leone is granted its
independence from the
United Kingdom, with
Milton Margai as the first
Heads of Government of Sierra Leone Prime Minister.
*
1964 - "
Love Me Do" by the
Beatles was #1 for one week in the US
*
1972 -
Constructive Vote of No Confidence against
Chancellor of Germany German Chancellor Willy Brandt fails under obscure circumstances.
*
1981 -
Xerox PARC introduces the
computer mouse.
*
1986 -
Captain Midnight (John R. MacDougall) hijacks
Home Box Office HBO's satellite and transmits his own message to HBO viewers.
*
1992 - The
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is proclaimed, comprising of
Serbia and
Montenegro.
*
1994 -
South African general election, 1994: The first democratic
general election in
South Africa, in which black citizens vote.
*
1997 -
Andrew Cunanan murders
Jeffrey Trail, beginning a murder spree that will last until July and terminate with the murder of
fashion designer Gianni Versace.
*
2005 - The Superjumbo jet aircraft
Airbus 380 makes its first flight from
Toulouse,
France.
Births
*
1623 -
Johann Adam Reinken, German organist (d.
1722)
*
1701 - King
Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (d.
1773)
*
1718 -
Thomas Lewis (Virginia) Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d.
1790)
*
1737 -
Edward Gibbon, English historian (d.
1794)
*
1759 -
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English activist and author (d.
1797)
*
1791 -
Samuel F. B. Morse, American inventor (d.
1872)
*
1812 -
Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (d.
1883)
*
1820 -
Herbert Spencer, English philosopher (d.
1903)
*
1822 -
Ulysses S. Grant, 18th
President of the United States (d.
1885)
*
1840 -
Edward Whymper, English mountain climber (d.
1911)
*
1878 -
Frank Alvin Gotch, American professional wrestler (d.
1917)
*
1888 -
Florence La Badie, Canadian actress (d.
1917)
*
1891 -
Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer (d.
1953)
*
1894 -
Nicolas Slonimsky, Russian-born musicologist and composer (d.
1995)
*
1896 -
Rogers Hornsby, baseball player (d.
1963)
*
1899 -
Walter Lantz, American cartoonist (d.
1994)
*
1904 -
Cecil Day-Lewis, Irish poet and writer (d.
1972)
*
1913 -
Philip Hauge Abelson, American physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
2004)
*
1916 -
Enos Slaughter, baseball player (d.
2002)
*
1920 -
Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (d.
1956)
*1920 -
Edwin Morgan, Scottish poet
*
1922 -
Jack Klugman, American actor
*
1927 -
Coretta Scott King, American civil rights activist and wife of
Martin Luther King, Jr. (d.
2006)
*
1931 -
Igor Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist
*
1932 -
Anouk Aimée, French actress
*1932 -
Casey Kasem, American disc jockey
*1932 -
Gian-Carlo Rota, Italian-born mathematician and philosopher (d.
1999)
*
1937 -
Sandy Dennis, American actress (d.
1992)
*1937 -
Robin Eames, Northern Irish clergyman
*
1938 -
Earl Anthony, American bowler (d.
2001)
*
1939 -
Judy Carne, British actress and comedienne
*
1941 -
Lee Roy Jordan, American football player
*
1942 -
Jim Keltner, American drummer
*
1944 -
Cuba Gooding, Sr., American musician (
The Main Ingredient)
*
1945 -
August Wilson, American playwright (d.
2005)
*
1947 -
Ann Peebles, American singer
*
1948 -
Kate Pierson, American singer (
The B-52's)
*
1951 -
Ace Frehley, American musician (
KISS (band) KISS)
*
1952 -
George Gervin, American basketball player
*
1959 -
Sheena Easton, Scottish singer
*
1963 -
Cali Timmins, Canadian actress
*
1967 -
Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
*
1969 -
Darcey Bussell, British ballerina
*1969 -
Mica Paris, British singer and presenter
*
1970 -
Kylie Travis, English actress and model
*
1976 -
Isobel Campbell, Scottish singer, cellist and composer
*1976 -
Walter Pandiani, Uruguayan footballer
*
1984 -
Patrick Stump, American musician (
Fall Out Boy)
*
1987 -
William Moseley (actor) William Moseley, British actor
Deaths
*
630 - King
Ardashir III of Persia
*
1404 -
Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (b.
1342)
*
1521 -
Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese explorer
*
1530 -
Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (b.
1458)
*
1599 -
Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b.
1538)
*
1605 -
Pope Leo XI (b.
1535)
*
1613 -
Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b.
1532)
*
1625 -
Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (b.
1553)
*
1656 -
Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter (b.
1596)
*
1694 -
John George IV, Elector of Saxony (b.
1668)
*
1695 -
John Trenchard (Secretary of State) John Trenchard, English statesman (b.
1640)
*
1702 -
Jean Bart, French admiral (b.
1651)
*
1782 -
William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (b.
1710)
*
1813 -
Zebulon Pike, American frontiersman and explorer (b.
1779)
*
1882 -
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist (b.
1803)
*
1915 -
Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer (b.
1872)
*
1921 -
Arthur Mold, English cricketer (b.
1863)
*
1932 -
Hart Crane, American writer (suicide) (b.
1899)
*
1936 -
Karl Pearson, English statistician (b.
1857)
*
1952 -
Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician (b.
1865)
*
1965 -
Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (b.
1908)
*
1970 -
Arthur Shields, Irish actor (b.
1896)
*
1972 -
Kwame Nkrumah, leader of Ghana (b.
1909)
*
1977 -
Stanley Adams (actor) Stanley Adams, American actor (b.
1915)
*
1992 -
Olivier Messiaen, French composer (b.
1908)
*
1995 -
Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (b.
1921)
*
1996 -
William Colby, American director of the Central Intelligence Agency (b.
1920)
*
1998 -
Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born writer (b.
1925)
*
1999 -
Al Hirt, American trumpeter (b.
1922)
*
2000 -
Vicki Sue Robinson, American singer (b.
1954)
*
2002 -
George Alec Effinger, American author (b.
1947)
*2002 -
Ruth Handler, American toy manufacturer (b.
1916)
*2002 -
Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, Swiss industrialist and art collector (b.
1921)
Holidays and observances
*
Slovenia: Day of Uprising Against Occupation
*
South Africa:
Freedom Day (South Africa) Freedom day
*
Catalonia:
Montserrat's Day (see
Montserrat (mountain) Montserrat)
*
World Day of Design
External links
-
BBC: On This Day
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April 26 -
April 28 -
March 27 -
May 27 –
historical anniversaries listing of all days
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ar:27 أبريل
an:27 d'abril
ast:27 d'abril
bg:27 април
be:27 краÑ?авіка
bs:27. april
ca:27 d'abril
ceb:Abril 27
cv:Ð?ка, 27
co:27 d'aprile
cs:27. duben
cy:27 Ebrill
da:27. april
de:27. April
et:27. aprill
el:27 ΑπÏ?ιλίου
es:27 de abril
eo:27-a de aprilo
eu:Apirilaren 27
fo:27. aprÃl
fr:27 avril
fy:27 april
fur:27 di Avrîl
ga:27 Aibreán
gl:27 de abril
ko:4ì›” 27ì?¼
hr:27. travnja
io:27 di aprilo
id:27 April
ia:27 de april
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it:27 aprile
he:27 ב×?פריל
jv:27 April
ka:27 �პრილი
csb:27 łżëkwiôta
ku:27'ê avrêlê
lt:Balandžio 27
lb:27. Abrëll
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hu:Ã?prilis 27
mk:27 април
ms:27 April
nap:27 'e abbrile
nl:27 april
nds:27. April
ja:4月27日
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nn:27. april
oc:27 d'abril
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pl:27 kwietnia
pt:27 de Abril
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ru:27 апрелÑ?
sco:27 Aprile
sq:27 Prill
scn:27 di aprili
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sr:27. април
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tl:Abril 27
tt:27. Äpril
te:�ప�రిల� 27
th:27 เมษายน
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tr:27 Nisan
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