April 27
April 27 this yearin various calendars Akan Kwadwo Armenian 11 Mareri 1475 Aztec Xocotlhuetzi 7, 4 Cuāuhtli Babylonian 9 Nisanu, 2337 SE Balinese pawukon Menga, Beteng, Jaya, Wage, Was, Coma of Kulantir, Kala, Jangur, Dewa Bengali 14 Boisakh , BS 1433 Chinese Yin Metal Goat ・Exntended Net Mansion Fire Horse Year, Month 3 , Day 11Guyu , 8 days until Lixia )Common Era 27 April 2026 CE Coptic 19 Parmouti , AM 1742Egyptian 11 Thoth , 2775 NE Ethiopian 19 Miyāzyā, 2018 Amätä Məhrät French Republican Décade I, Octidi de Floréal de l'Année 234 de la République Gregorian 27 April , AD 2026 Hebrew 10 Iyar , AM 5786Omer 25 Hindu Pūrvaphalgunī ・Vṛddhi Vaiśākha , 1948 SE Ekādaśī , Śukla pakṣa of Vaiśākha , 2083 VE Rāudra ・5127 KY ・1,872,692 Icelandic Mánudagur, 5 Harpa 2026 Islamic 10 Dhu al-Qi'dah , AH 1447tabular method ) ISO week date 2026-W18-1 Japanese 11 Yayoi , Reiwa 8Kokuu , 8 days until Rikka ) Julian 14 April , AD 2026 (AM 7534)Julian day 2461158 Korean 11 Yongdal , 4359 DE Maya 13.0.13.9.15 8 Uo , 4 Men Roman ante diem XVIII Kalendas Maias , MMDCCLXXIX AUC Solar Hijri 7 Ordibehesht , SH 1405 Tibetan 11 nag pa, me pho rta
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Day of the year
April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 248 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
1906 – The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.1909 – Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V .1911 – The Second Canton Uprising takes place in Guangzhou , Qing China , but is suppressed.1927 – Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie ) are created.1936 – The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor .1941 – World War II : German troops enter Athens .1945 – World War II: The last German formations withdraw from Finland to Norway. The Lapland War and thus, World War II in Finland , comes to an end and the Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn 1945 – World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo , while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier.
1953 – Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defects with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.1967 – Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Quebec , Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day.1974 – One hundred nine people are killed in a plane crash near Pulkovo Airport .1976 – Thirty-seven people are killed when American Airlines Flight 625 crashes at Cyril E. King Airport in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands .1978 – John Ehrlichman , a former aide to U.S. President Richard Nixon , is released from the Federal Correctional Institution, Safford , Arizona, after serving 18 months for Watergate -related crimes.1978 – The Saur Revolution begins in Afghanistan , ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan .
1978 – Willow Island disaster : In the deadliest construction accident in United States history, 51 construction workers are killed when a cooling tower under construction collapses at the Pleasants Power Station in Willow Island, West Virginia .
1986 – The city of Pripyat and surrounding areas are evacuated due to the Chernobyl disaster .1987 – The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim (and his wife, Elisabeth, who had also been a Nazi) from entering the US, charging that he had aided in the deportations and executions of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II .1989 – The April 27 demonstrations , student-led protests responding to the April 26 Editorial , during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 .1992 – The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , comprising Serbia and Montenegro , is proclaimed.1992 – Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history.
1992 – The Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank .
1993 – Most of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville , Gabon en route to Dakar , Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal .1994 – South African general election : The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The Interim Constitution comes into force.This marked the end of Apartheid.2005 – Airbus A380 aircraft has its maiden test flight.2006 – Construction begins on the Freedom Tower (later renamed One World Trade Center ) in New York City.2007 – Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier , a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn , amid political controversy with Russia.2007 – Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem .
2011 – The 2011 Super Outbreak devastates parts of the Southeastern United States , especially the states of Alabama , Mississippi , Georgia , and Tennessee . Two hundred five tornadoes touched down on April 27 alone, killing more than 300 and injuring hundreds more.2012 – At least four explosions hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk with at least 27 people injured.2018 – The Panmunjom Declaration is signed between North and South Korea , officially declaring their intentions to end the Korean conflict .2026 – A train crash kills at least 15 people and injures 84 others near Jakarta , Indonesia.Births
1650 – Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel , Queen Consort of Denmark (1670–1699) (died 1714)1654 – Charles Blount , English deist and philosopher (died 1693)1701 – Charles Emmanuel III , King of Sardinia (died 1773)1718 – Thomas Lewis , Irish-born American surveyor and lawyer (died 1790)1748 – Adamantios Korais , Greek-French philosopher and scholar (died 1833)1755 – Marc-Antoine Parseval , French mathematician and theorist (died 1836)1759 – Mary Wollstonecraft , English philosopher, historian, and novelist (died 1797)1788 – Charles Robert Cockerell , English architect, archaeologist, and writer (died 1863)1791 – Samuel Morse , American painter and inventor, co-invented the Morse code (died 1872)1812 – William W. Snow , American lawyer and politician (died 1886)1812 – Friedrich von Flotow , German composer (died 1883)
1820 – Herbert Spencer , English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (died 1903)1822 – Ulysses S. Grant , American general and politician, 18th President of the United States (died 1885)1840 – Edward Whymper , English-French mountaineer, explorer, author, and illustrator (died 1911)1848 – Otto, King of Bavaria (died 1916)1850 – Hans Hartwig von Beseler , German general and politician (died 1921)1853 – Jules Lemaître , French playwright and critic (died 1914)1857 – Theodor Kittelsen , Norwegian painter and illustrator (died 1914)1861 – William Arms Fisher , American composer and music historian (died 1948)1866 – Maurice Raoul-Duval , French polo player (died 1916)1875 – Frederick Fane , Irish-born, English cricketer (died 1960)1880 – Mihkel Lüdig , Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (died 1958)1882 – Jessie Redmon Fauset , American author and poet (died 1961)1887 – Warren Wood , American golfer (died 1926)1888 – Florence La Badie , Canadian actress (died 1917)1891 – Sergei Prokofiev , Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1953)1893 – Draža Mihailović , Serbian general (died 1946)1893 – Allen Sothoron , American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1939)
1894 – George Petty , American painter and illustrator (died 1975)1894 – Nicolas Slonimsky , Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1995)
1896 – Rogers Hornsby , American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1963)1896 – William Hudson , New Zealand-Australian engineer (died 1978)
1896 – Wallace Carothers , American chemist and inventor of nylon (died 1937)
1898 – Ludwig Bemelmans , Italian-American author and illustrator (died 1962)1899 – Walter Lantz , American animator, producer, screenwriter, and actor (died 1994)1900 – August Koern , Estonian politician and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs in exile (died 1989)1902 – Tiemoko Garan Kouyaté , Malian educator and activist (died 1942)1904 – Cecil Day-Lewis , Anglo-Irish poet and author (died 1972)1904 – Nikos Zachariadis , Greek politician (died 1973)
1905 – John Kuck , American javelin thrower and shot putter (died 1986)1906 – Yiorgos Theotokas , Greek author and playwright (died 1966)1909 – Lim Bo Seng , Chinese businessman, resistance fighter of Force 136 and war hero of Singapore (died 1944)1910 – Chiang Ching-kuo , Chinese politician, 3rd President of the Republic of China (died 1988)1911 – Bruno Beger , German anthropologist and ethnologist (died 2009)1911 – Chris Berger , Dutch sprinter and footballer (died 1965)
1912 – Jacques de Bourbon-Busset , French author and politician (died 2001)1912 – Zohra Sehgal , Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (died 2014)
1913 – Philip Abelson , American physicist and author (died 2004)1913 – Irving Adler , American mathematician, author, and academic (died 2012)
1913 – Luz Long , German long jumper and soldier (died 1943)
1916 – Robert Hugh McWilliams, Jr. , American sergeant, lawyer, and judge (died 2013)1916 – Enos Slaughter , American baseball player and manager (died 2002)
1917 – Roman Matsov , Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor (died 2001)1918 – Sten Rudholm , Swedish lawyer and jurist (died 2008)1920 – Guido Cantelli , Italian conductor (died 1956)1920 – Mark Krasnosel'skii , Ukrainian mathematician and academic (died 1997)
1920 – James Robert Mann , American colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 2010)
1920 – Edwin Morgan , Scottish poet and translator (died 2010)
1921 – Robert Dhéry , French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2004)1922 – Jack Klugman , American actor (died 2012)1922 – Sheila Scott , English nurse and pilot (died 1988)
1923 – Betty Mae Tiger Jumper , Seminole chief (died 2011)1924 – Vernon B. Romney , American lawyer and politician, 14th Attorney General of Utah (died 2013)1925 – Derek Chinnery , English broadcaster (died 2015)1926 – Tim LaHaye , American minister, activist, and author (died 2016)1926 – Basil A. Paterson , American lawyer and politician, 59th Secretary of State of New York (died 2014)
1926 – Alan Reynolds , English painter and educator (died 2014)
1927 – Coretta Scott King , African-American activist and author (died 2006)1927 – Joe Moakley , American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2001)
1929 – Nina Ponomaryova , Russian discus thrower and coach (died 2016)1931 – Igor Oistrakh , Ukrainian violinist and educator (died 2021)1932 – Anouk Aimée , French actress (died 2024)1932 – Pik Botha , South African lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 8th South African Ambassador to the United States (died 2018)
1932 – Casey Kasem , American disc jockey, radio celebrity, and voice actor; co-created American Top 40
1932 – Chuck Knox , American football coach (died 2018)
1932 – Derek Minter , English motorcycle racer (died 2015)
1932 – Gian-Carlo Rota , Italian-American mathematician and philosopher (died 1999)
1933 – Peter Imbert, Baron Imbert , English police officer and politician, Lord Lieutenant for Greater London (died 2017)1935 – Theodoros Angelopoulos , Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)1935 – Ron Morris , American pole vaulter and coach (died 2024)
1936 – Geoffrey Shovelton , English singer and illustrator (died 2016)1937 – Sandy Dennis , American actress (died 1992)1937 – Robin Eames , Irish Anglican archbishop
1937 – Richard Perham , English biologist and academic (died 2015)
1938 – Earl Anthony , American bowler and sportscaster (died 2001)1938 – Alain Caron , Canadian ice hockey player (died 1986)
1939 – Judy Carne , English actress and comedian (died 2015)1939 – Stanisław Dziwisz , Polish cardinal
1941 – Fethullah Gülen , Turkish preacher and theologian (died 2024)1941 – Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti , Indian archaeologist
1941 – Lee Roy Jordan , American football player
1942 – Ruth Glick , American author1942 – Jim Keltner , American drummer
1943 – Helmut Marko , Austrian race car driver and manager1944 – Michael Fish , English meteorologist and journalist1944 – Cuba Gooding Sr. , American singer (died 2017)
1944 – Herb Pedersen , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1945 – Martin Chivers , English footballer and manager (died 2026)1945 – Terry Willesee , Australian journalist and television host
1945 – August Wilson , American author and playwright (died 2005)
1946 – Franz Roth , German footballer1947 – G. K. Butterfield , African-American soldier, lawyer, and politician1947 – Nick Greiner , Hungarian-Australian politician, 37th Premier of New South Wales
1947 – Pete Ham , Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1975)
1947 – Keith Magnuson , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2003)
1947 – Ann Peebles , American soul singer-songwriter
1948 – Frank Abagnale Jr. , American security consultant and criminal1948 – Josef Hickersberger , Austrian footballer, coach, and manager
1948 – Kate Pierson , American singer-songwriter and bass player
1950 – Jaime Fresnedi , Filipino politician1950 – David W. Duclon , American television writer and producer (died 2025)
1951 – Ace Frehley , American guitarist and songwriter (died 2025)1952 – Larry Elder , American lawyer and talk show host1952 – George Gervin , American basketball player
1952 – Ari Vatanen , Finnish race car driver and politician
1953 – Arielle Dombasle , French-American actress and model1954 – Frank Bainimarama , Fijian commander and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Fiji 1954 – Herman Edwards , American football player, coach, and sportscaster
1954 – Mark Holden , Australian singer, actor, and lawyer
1955 – Eric Schmidt , American engineer and businessman1956 – Bryan Harvey , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)1957 – Dietmar Keck , Austrian politician1957 – Willie Upshaw , American baseball player and manager
1959 – Sheena Easton , Scottish-American singer-songwriter, actress, and producer1959 – Marco Pirroni , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1960 – Mike Krushelnyski , Canadian ice hockey player and coach1961 – Andrew Schlafly , American lawyer and activist, founded Conservapedia 1962 – Ángel Comizzo , Argentinian footballer and manager1962 – Seppo Räty , Finnish javelin thrower and coach
1962 – Im Sang-soo , South Korean director and screenwriter
1962 – Andrew Selous , English soldier and politician
1963 – Russell T Davies , Welsh screenwriter and producer1965 – Anna Chancellor , English actress1966 – Siobhan Finneran , English actress1966 – Peter McIntyre , Australian cricketer1966 – Yoshihiro Togashi , Japanese illustrator
1967 – Willem-Alexander , King of the Netherlands1967 – Tommy Smith , Scottish saxophonist, composer, and educator
1967 – Erik Thomson , Scottish-New Zealand actor
1967 – Jason Whitlock , American football player and journalist
1968 – Dana Milbank , American journalist and author1969 – Cory Booker , African-American lawyer and politician1969 – Darcey Bussell , English ballerina
1972 – Nigel Barker , English photographer and author1973 – Sharlee D'Angelo , Swedish bass player and songwriter1973 – Sébastien Lareau , Canadian tennis player
1974 – Frank Catalanotto , American baseball player1975 – Chris Carpenter , American baseball player1975 – Pedro Feliz , Dominican baseball player
1975 – Kazuyoshi Funaki , Japanese ski jumper
1976 – Isobel Campbell , Scottish singer-songwriter and cellist1976 – Sally Hawkins , English actress
1976 – Walter Pandiani , Uruguayan footballer
1979 – Vladimir Kozlov , Ukrainian actor and wrestler1980 – Sybille Bammer , Austrian tennis player1980 – Christian Lara , Ecuadorian footballer
1983 – Ari Graynor , American actress and producer1984 – Pierre-Marc Bouchard , Canadian ice hockey player1984 – Daniel Holdsworth , Australian rugby league player
1984 – Patrick Stump , American musician, singer, and songwriter
1985 – Meselech Melkamu , Ethiopian runner1986 – Jenna Coleman , English actress1986 – Dinara Safina , Russian tennis player
1987 – Taylor Chorney , American ice hockey player1987 – William Moseley , English actor
1987 – Wang Feifei , Chinese singer and actress
1988 – Lizzo , American singer and rapper1988 – Semyon Varlamov , Russian ice hockey player
1989 – Lars Bender , German footballer1989 – Sven Bender , German footballer
1990 – Austin Dillon , American race car driver1990 &nfash; Balendra Shah , Nepali politician and former rapper, Prime Minister of Nepal
1991 – Lara Gut , Swiss skier1992 – Keenan Allen , American football player1994 – Corey Seager , American baseball player1995 – Nick Kyrgios , Australian tennis player1997 – Jesse Ramien , Australian rugby league player1998 – Cristian Romero , Argentine footballer1999 – Peter Hola , Australian rugby league player2002 – Anthony Elanga , Swedish footballer2003 – Xavier Worthy , American football player2004 – Arch Manning , American football player2005 – Mathys Tel , French footballerDeaths
1605 – Pope Leo XI (born 1535)1607 – Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell , Governor of Lecale (born 1560)1613 – Robert Abercromby , Scottish priest and missionary (born 1532)1656 – Jan van Goyen , Dutch painter and illustrator (born 1596)1694 – John George IV, Elector of Saxony (born 1668)1695 – John Trenchard , English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (born 1640)1702 – Jean Bart , French admiral (born 1651)1782 – William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot , English politician, Lord Steward of the Household (born 1710)1813 – Zebulon Pike , American general and explorer (born 1779)1873 – William Macready , English actor and manager (born 1793)1882 – Ralph Waldo Emerson , American poet and philosopher (born 1803)1893 – John Ballance , Irish-born New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1839)1896 – Henry Parkes , English-Australian businessman and politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (born 1815)1915 – John Labatt , Canadian businessman (born 1838)1915 – Alexander Scriabin , Russian pianist and composer (born 1872)
1932 – Hart Crane , American poet (born 1899)1936 – Karl Pearson , English mathematician and academic (born 1857)1937 – Antonio Gramsci , Italian sociologist, linguist, and politician (born 1891)1938 – Edmund Husserl , Czech mathematician and philosopher (born 1859)1949 – Benjamin Faunce , American druggist and businessman (born 1873)1952 – Guido Castelnuovo , Italian mathematician and statistician (born 1865)1961 – Roy Del Ruth , American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1893)1962 – A. K. Fazlul Huq , Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, Pakistani Minister of the Interior (born 1873)1964 – Jack Critchley , Australian politician (born 1892)1965 – Edward R. Murrow , American journalist (born 1908)1967 – William Douglas Cook , New Zealand farmer, founded the Eastwoodhill Arboretum (born 1884)1969 – René Barrientos , Bolivian soldier, pilot, and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (born 1919)1970 – Arthur Shields , Irish rebel and actor (born 1896)1972 – Kwame Nkrumah , Ghanaian politician, 1st President of Ghana (born 1909)1973 – Carlos Menditeguy , Argentinian race car driver and polo player (born 1914)1977 – Stanley Adams , American actor and screenwriter (born 1915)1988 – Fred Bear , American hunter and author (born 1902)1989 – Konosuke Matsushita , Japanese businessman, founded Panasonic (born 1894)1992 – Olivier Messiaen , French organist and composer (born 1908)1992 – Gerard K. O'Neill , American physicist and astronomer (born 1927)
1995 – Katherine DeMille , Canadian-American actress (born 1911)1995 – Willem Frederik Hermans , Dutch author, poet, and playwright (born 1921)
1996 – William Colby , American diplomat, 10th Director of Central Intelligence (born 1920)1996 – Gilles Grangier , French director and screenwriter (born 1911)
1998 – John W. H. Bassett , Canadian journalist and politician (born 1915)1998 – Carlos Castaneda , Peruvian-American anthropologist and author (born 1925)
1998 – Anne Desclos , French journalist and author (born 1907)
1998 – Browning Ross , American runner and soldier (born 1924)
1999 – Al Hirt , American trumpet player and bandleader (born 1922)1999 – Dale C. Thomson , Canadian historian, author, and academic (born 1923)
1999 – Cyril Washbrook , English cricketer (born 1914)
2002 – George Alec Effinger , American author (born 1947)2002 – Ruth Handler , American inventor and businesswoman, created the Barbie doll (born 1916)
2005 – Red Horner , Canadian ice hockey player (born 1909)2006 – Julia Thorne , American author (born 1944)2007 – Mstislav Rostropovich , Russian cellist and conductor (born 1927)2009 – Frankie Manning , American dancer and choreographer (born 1914)2009 – Woo Seung-yeon , South Korean model and actress (born 1983)
2009 – Feroz Khan (actor) , Indian Actor, Film Director & Producer (born 1939)
2011 – Marian Mercer , American actress and singer (born 1935)2012 – Daniel E. Boatwright , American soldier and politician (born 1930)2012 – Bill Skowron , American baseball player (born 1930)
2013 – Aída Bortnik , Argentinian screenwriter (born 1938)2013 – Lorraine Copeland , Scottish archaeologist (born 1921)
2013 – Antonio Díaz Jurado , Spanish footballer (born 1969)
2013 – Jérôme Louis Heldring , Dutch journalist and author (born 1917)
2013 – Aloysius Jin Luxian , Chinese bishop (born 1916)
2013 – Mutula Kilonzo , Kenyan lawyer and politician, Kenyan Minister of Justice (born 1948)
2014 – Yigal Arnon , Israeli lawyer (born 1929)2014 – Vujadin Boškov , Serbian footballer, coach, and manager (born 1931)
2014 – Daniel Colchico , American football player and coach (born 1935)
2014 – Harry Firth , Australian race car driver and manager (born 1918)
2015 – Gene Fullmer , American boxer (born 1931)2015 – Verne Gagne , American football player, wrestler, and trainer (born 1926)
2015 – Alexander Rich , American biologist, biophysicist, and academic (born 1924)
2017 – Vinod Khanna , Indian actor, producer and politician (born 1946)2017 – Sadanoyama Shinmatsu , Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1938)
2021 – Manoj Das , Indian writer (born 1934)2022 – Liao Guoxun , Chinese politician (born 1963)2023 – Jerry Springer , American politician and actor (born 1944)2024 – C. J. Sansom , British author (born 1952)2025 – Jiggly Caliente , Filipino-American drag performer, singer and actress (born 1980)