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April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th inleap years) in theGregorian calendar. There are 248 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

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Up to 1900

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33 BC –Lucius Marcius Philippus, step–brother of future Roman EmperorAugustus, celebrates a triumph for his victories while serving asGovernor in one of theProvinces ofHispania.
711 –Islamic Conquest ofHispania:Moorish troops led byTariq ibn Ziyad land atGibraltar to begin their invasion of theIberian Peninsula (Al–Andalus).
1296 –First Scottish War of Independence:John Balliol's Scottish army is defeated by an English army commanded byJohn de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey at theBattle of Dunbar.
1521 –Ferdinand Magellan is killed in thePhilippines.
1522 – Combined forces ofSpain and thePapal States defeat aFrench andVenetian army at theBattle of Bicocca.
1539 – Re–founding ofBogota, in present–dayColombia.
1565 –Cebu is established as the first Spanish settlement in thePhilippines.
1749 – First performance ofGeorge Frideric Handel'sMusic of the Fireworks in Green Park,London.
1777 –American Revolutionary War:Battle of Ridgefield – A British invasion force engages and defeatsContinental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield,Connecticut.
1810 –Ludwig van Beethoven composes the musical pieceFür Elise.
1813 –War of 1812:US troops capture the capitalcity ofUpper Canada in theBattle of York (present–dayToronto).
1840 – The foundation stone is laid for the newPalace ofWestminster.
1865 – The SSSultana steamboat explodes and sinks on theMississippi River, killing 1,700 people.

1901 – 2000

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1904 –Chris Watson becomesPrime Minister of Australia.
1908 – The1908 Summer Olympics inLondon begin.
1909 –Ottoman Empire Sultan Abdul Hamid II is overthrown by his brotherMehmed V.
1914 –Honduras becomes a signatory of theBuenos Aires Convention.
1927 – The Carabineros deChile, the nationalpolice and gendarmerie ofChile, is created.
1936 –United Auto Workers gainsautonomy from theAmerican Federation of Labor.
1941 –World War II: German troops enterAthens.
1945 –World War II:Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans.
1945 –World War II: Germantroops are expelled from FinnishLapland.
1950 –Apartheid: inSouth Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating (separating)Black people fromWhite people.
1950 – TheUnited Kingdom officially recognizes thestate ofIsrael.
1960 –Togo becomes independent fromFrance.
1961 –Sierra Leone becomes independent from theUK.
1967 – TheExpo 67, a trade fair, begins inMontreal,Canada.
1974 – 10,000 people march inWashington, DC, calling for theimpeachment forRichard Nixon.
1977 – 28 people are killed in theGuatemala City air disaster.
1981 –Xerox PARC introduces thecomputer mouse.
1987 – TheUS Department ofJustice barsAustrian President Kurt Waldheim from entering theUnited States over revelations of possiblewar crimes committed by him duringWorld War II.
1992 – TheFederal Republic of Yugoslavia is created, consisting ofSerbia andMontenegro.
1992 –Russia and 12 formerSoviet Republics join theInternational Monetary Fund.
1992 –Betty Boothroyd becomes the first female Speaker of theBritish House of Commons.
1993 – Several members of theZambia national football team are killed in a plane crash nearLibreville,Gabon.
1994 –South Africa holds its firstgeneral elections underfree and equal conditions, withNelson Mandela being electedPresident.
1996 – The1996 Lebanon war ends.
1999 –Abdelaziz Bouteflika becomesPresident ofAlgeria.

From 2001

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2005 – The Superjumbo aircraftAirbus A380 makes its first flight inFrance.
2006 – Construction begins on theFreedom Tower inNew York City.
2007 – The Bronze SoldierSoviet war memorial inTallinn is removed byEstonian authorities, amidst tensions withRussia.
2009 – TheUnited Kingdom announces its first cases of the 2009 Swine flu outbreak.
2011 – Atornado outbreak kills hundreds of people in the SoutheasternUnited States.
2014 –Pope John XXIII andPope John Paul II are declaredsaints.
2018 –South Korean PresidentMoon Jae-in andNorth Korean leaderKim Jong-un meet for talks.

Births

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Up to 1900

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85 BC –Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, Roman politician and general (d.43 BC)
1623 –Johann Adam Reinken, Germanorganist and composer (d.1722)
1650 –Charlotte-Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (d.1714)
1676 – KingFrederick I of Sweden (d.1751)
1701 –Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (d.1773)
1724 –Thomas Gardner, American politician and soldier (d.1755)
1755 –Marc-Antoine Parseval, Frenchmathematician (d.1836)
1759 –Mary Wollstonecraft, English writer and feminist (d.1797)
1770 –Edward Codrington, Englishadmiral (d.1851)
1788 –Charles Robert Cockerell, English architect, archaeologist and writer (d.1863)
1791 –Samuel Morse, Americaninventor (d.1872)
1802 –Louis Niedermeyer, French–Swisscomposer andteacher (d.1861)
1806 –Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies (d.1878)
1820 –Herbert Spencer, Englishphilosopher (d.1908)
1822 –Ulysses S. Grant, 18thPresident of the United States (d.1885)
1840 –Edward Whymper, Englishmountaineer (d.1911)
1848 –Otto I of Bavaria (d.1916)
1853 –Jules Lemaitre, French critic anddramatist (d.1914)
1856 –Tongzhi Emperor ofChina (d.1875)
1857 –Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian artist (d.1914)
1860 –Frank Winkelmeier, Austrian, tallest man at the time of his death (d.1887)
1862 –Rudolph Schildkraut, Turkish–American actor (d.1930)
1866 –Marcel Raoul-Duval, Frenchpolo player (d.1916)
1875 –Maurice de Broglie, Frenchphysicist (d.1960)
1878 –John Rimmer, British athlete (d.1962)
1878 –Frank Gotch, American wrestler (d.1917)
1880 –Mihkel Lüdig, Estonianorganist,composer andconductor (d.1958)
1882 –Jessie Redmon Fauset, Americanwriter andpoet (d.1961)
1887 –Warren Wood, Americangolfer (d.1926)
1888 –Florence La Badie, Canadianactress (d.1917)
1892 –Albert Rudomine, Frenchphotographer (d.1975)
1893 –Allen Sothoron, Americanbaseball player, coach and manager (d.1939)
1893 –Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (d.1976)
1894 –Nicolas Slonimsky, Russiancomposer,conductor, musician, critic and writer (d.1995)
1894 –George Petty, Americanartist (d.1975)
1896 –William Hudson, Australian engineer (d.1978)
1896 –Wallace Carothers, Americanchemist (d.1937)
1898 –Ludwig Bemelmans, Italian–American writer and illustrator (d.1962)
1899 –Walter Lantz, Americancartoonist (d.1994)

1901 – 1950

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1902 –Tiemoko Garan Kouyaté, Malian educator and activist (d.1942)
1903 –Horace Stoneham, Americanbusinessman (d.1990)
1904 –Cecil Day-Lewis, Irishpoet andwriter (d.1972)
1904 –Nikos Zachariadis, Greek politician (d.1973)
1905 –John Huck, American javelin thrower and shot putter (d.1986)
1909 –Guillermo León Valencia,President ofColombia (d.1971)
1910 –Chiang Ching-kuo, Chinese–Taiwanese politician (d.1988)
1911 –Chris Berger, Dutch sprinter (d.1965)
1912 –Zohra Sehgal, Indianactress,dancer andchoreographer (d.2014)
1912 –Jacques de Bourbon Busset, Frenchnovelist, essayist and politician (d.2001)
1913 –Luz Long, German long jumper (d.1943)
1918 –Sten Rudholm, Swedish jurist (d.2008)
1920 –Guido Cantelli, Italianconductor (d.1956)
1920 –Edwin Morgan, Scottishpoet (d.2010)
1921 –Robert Dhéry, Frenchactor,director andscreenwriter (d.2004)
1922 –Martin Gray, PolishHolocaust survivor and writer (d.2016)
1922 –Jack Klugman, American actor (d.2012)
1926 –Tim LaHaye, American minister, writer and speaker (d.2016)
1927 –Coretta Scott King, American Civil Rights activist (d.2006)
1927 –Sheila Scott, Englishaviator (d.1988)
1929 –Nina Ponomaryova, Russian athlete (d.2016)
1931 –Igor Oistrakh,Ukrainian violinist
1931 –Krzysztof Komeda, Polishjazz pianist (d.1969)
1932 –Anouk Aimée, French actress
1932 –Casey Kasem, American radio show host and voice actor (d.2014)
1932 –Derek Minter, Englishmotorcycle racer (d.2014)
1932 –Pik Botha, South African politician (d.2018)
1932 –Chuck Knox, American football coach (d.2018)
1932 –Gian-Carlo Rota, Italianmathematician andphilosopher (d.1999)
1939 –Stanislaw Dziwisz, Polishcardinal
1939 –Jerry Mercer, Canadiandrummer
1939 –Joao Bernardo Vieira,President ofGuinea-Bissau (d.2009)
1941 –Fethullah Gülen, Turkish politician and religious leader
1942 –Valeri Polyakov, Soviet–Russiancosmonaut
1943 –Ryszard Bugajski, Polish film director (d.2019)
1944 –Michael Fish, Englishweather presenter
1944 –Cuba Gooding, Sr., American singer (d.2017)
1944 –Stoker Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire, English academic and politician
1947 –Nick Greiner, Hungarian–Australian politician, 37thPremier of New South Wales
1947 –Pete Ham, Welsh singer–songwriter and musician (d.1975)
1947 –Ann Peebles, Americansinger-songwriter
1948 –Josef Hickersberger, Austrianfootballer andcoach
1948 –Frank Abagnale, American security consultant and trickster
1949 –Jean Asselborn, Luxembourgish politician
1950 –Paolo Pulici, Italianfootballer

1951 – 1975

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1951 –Ace Frehley, American musician
1951 –Viviane Reding, Luxembourgishjournalist andpolitician
1952 –Ari Vatanen, Finnish rally driver
1953 –Arielle Dombasle, French–Americanactress andsinger
1954 –Frank Bainimarama,Fijian politician
1954 –Herman Edwards,American football manager
1954 –John Cygan, American actor (d.2017)
1955 –Eric Schmidt, Americanentrepreneur, formerCEO ofGoogle
1956 –Bridget Kendall, Englishjournalist
1957 –Adrian Utley, English musician
1959 –Andrew Fire, AmericanNobel Prize–winningbiologist
1959 –Sheena Easton, Scottish singer
1959 –Jim Duffy, Scottishfootballer andcoach
1961 –Moana Pozzi, Italian pornographic actress, television personality, model, politician and writer (d.1994)
1961 –Andrew Schlafly, American conservative lawyer and activist
1962 –Edvard Moser, Norwegianneurologist,2014 Nobel Prize winner
1963 –Russell T Davies, Welsh television writer
1965 –Anna Chancellor, English actress
1966 –Yoshihiro Togashi, Japanesemanga artist
1967 – KingWillem-Alexander of the Netherlands
1967 –Tommy Smith, Scottishsaxophonist,composer andeducator
1968 –Cristian Mungiu, Romanian filmmaker
1969 –Darcey Bussell, Englishballerina
1969 –Mica Paris, English singer
1969 –Tess Daly, Englishtelevision presenter
1969 –Cory Booker, American politician
1971 –Olari Elts, Estonianconductor

From 1976

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1976 –Sally Hawkins, English actress
1976 –Isobel Campbell, Scottishsinger-songwriter andcellist
1976 –Walter Pandiani,Uruguayan footballer
1976 –Faisal Saif, Indiandirector,screenwriter and critic
1976 –Olaf Tufte, Norwegianrower
1978 –Jim James, Americansinger,songwriter andguitarist (My Morning Jacket)
1980 –Christian Lara,Ecuadorean footballer
1981 –Patrik Gerrbrand, Swedishfootballer
1981 –Fabrizio Faniello, Maltesesinger-songwriter
1982 –Nicole Hosp, Austrian politician
1983 –Ari Gaynor, American actress
1984 –Patrick Stump, American musician
1984 –Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Canadianice hockey player
1984 –Hannes Thór Halldórsson, Icelandicfootballer and filmmaker
1986 –Jenna Coleman, British actress
1986 –Dinara Safina, Russiantennis player
1986 –Elena Risteska,Macedonian singer
1987 –William Moseley, English actor
1988 –Semyon Varlamov, Russianice hockey player
1989 –Lars Bender, Germanfootballer
1989 –Sven Bender, Germanfootballer
1989 –Emily Rios, American actress and model
1990 –Robin Bengtsson, Swedish singer
1990 –Martin Kelly, Englishfootballer
1991 –Lara Gut, Swissskier
1992 –Allison Iraheta, American actress
1995 –Nick Kyrgios, Australiantennis player

Deaths

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Up to 1900

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630 –Ardashir III of Persia
1272 –Zita, Italian saint (b.1212)
1404 –Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (b.1342)
1463 –Isidore of Kiev (b.1385)
1521 –Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese explorer (b.1480)
1605 –Pope Leo XI (b.1535)
1613 –Robert Abercromby, Scottishpriest andmissionary (b.1532)
1656 –Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter (b.1596)
1694 –John George IV, Elector of Saxony (b.1668)
1794 –James Bruce, Scottish traveller and travel writer (b.1730)
1813 –Zebulon Pike, Americangeneral andexplorer (b.1779)
1818 –Christopher Greenup, 3rdGovernor ofKentucky (b.1750)
1882 –Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist (b.1803)
1896 –Henry Parkes, Englishstatesman and politician (b.1815)

1901 – 2000

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1915 –Alexander Scriabin, Russiancomposer (b.1872)
1932 –Hart Crane, Americanpoet (b.1899)
1937 –Antonio Gramsci, ItalianCommunist writer and politician (b.1891)
1952 –Guido Castelnuovo, Italianmathematician (b.1865)
1962 –A. K. Fazlul,Bengali statesman (b.1883)
1965 –Edward R. Murrow, Americanjournalist (b.1908)
1969 –René Barrientos,President ofBolivia (b.1919)
1972 –Kwame Nkrumah, 1stPresident ofGhana (b.1909)
1977 –Stanley Adams, American actor (b.1915)
1977 –Scott Bradley, American composer, pianist and conductor (b.1891)
1979 –Celal Atik, Turkishsports wrestler and trainer (b.1918)
1989 –Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist (b.1894)
1991 –Robert Velter, Frenchcomic writer (b.1909)
1992 –Olivier Messiaen, Frenchorganist andcomposer (b.1908)
1996 –Gilles Grangier, Frenchdirector andscreenwriter (b.1911)
1996 –William Colby, AmericanCIA director (b.1920)
1998 –Carlos Castaneda,Peruvian writer (b.1925)
2000 –Vicki Sue Robinson, Americanactress andsinger (b.1954)

From 2001

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2002 –Ruth Handler, Americanbusinesswoman andinventor of theBarbie doll (b.1916)
2002 –Baron Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, Dutch–Swissbusinessman (b.1921)
2006 –Julia Thorne, American writer (b.1944)
2007 –Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (b.1927)
2009 –Feroz Khan, Indian actor (b.1939)
2013 –Aloysius Jin Luxian, Chinesebishop (b.1916)
2014 –Yigal Arnon, Israelilawyer (b.1929)
2014 –Vujadin Boskov, Serbianfootballer, coach and manager (b.1931)
2014 –Harry Firth, Australian racing driver (b.1918)
2014 –Andréa Parisy, Frenchactress (b.1935)
2015 –Andrew Lesnie, Australian cinematographer (b.1956)
2015 –Verne Gagne, Americanprofessional wrestler and football player (b.1926)
2015 –Suzanne Crough, Americanactress (b.1963)
2015 –Gene Fullmer, American boxer (b.1931)
2015 –Guy LeBlanc, Canadian keyboardist (b.1960)
2015 –Marty Napoleon, Americanjazz pianist (b.1921)
2016 –Toms, Indian cartoonist (b.1929)
2017 –Peter George, Canadian academic (b.1941)
2017 –Vinod Khanna, Indian actor (b.1946)
2017 –Vinu Chakravarthy, Indian actor (b.1945)
2017 –Julius Youngner, Americanvirologist (b.1920)
2018 –Paul Junger Witt, American film and television producer (b.1941)
2018 –Roy Young, English singer and pianist (b.1937)
2018 –Earl Balfour, Canadianice hockey player (b.1933)
2018 –Michael Luscombe, Australian chief executive (b.1953)
2018 –Kristin Nelson, American actress, painter and writer (b.1945)
2019 –Aleksey Lebed, Russian military officer and politician (b.1955)
2019 –Negasso Gidada,President of Ethiopia (b.1943)
2019 –Bart Chilton, American civil servant (b.1960)

Observances

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Independence Day inTogo (1960) andSierra Leone (1961)
Freedom Day inSouth Africa
WorldTapir Day
King's Day in theNetherlands from2014 (to be observed onApril 26 when the 27th is aSunday, including in2014 itself)

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