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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[247]] – [[Philip the Arab]] marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ''[[Secular Games|ludi saeculares]]''.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1989|page=244|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> * [[395]] – Emperor [[Arcadius]] marries [[Aelia Eudoxia]], daughter of the [[Franks|Frankish]] general [[Flavius Bauto]]. She becomes one of the more powerful Roman empresses of [[Late Antiquity]]. *[[AD 711|711]] – [[Umayyad conquest of Hispania|Islamic conquest of Hispania]]: [[Moors|Moorish]] troops led by [[Tariq ibn Ziyad]] land at [[Gibraltar]] to begin their invasion of the [[Iberian Peninsula]] ([[Al-Andalus]]). *[[1296]] – [[First War of Scottish Independence]]: [[John Balliol]]'s Scottish army is defeated by an English army commanded by [[John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey]] at the [[Battle of Dunbar (1296)|Battle of Dunbar]].<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL31|desc=Battle of Dunbar I|access-date=19 June 2020}}</ref> *[[1509]] – [[Pope Julius II]] places the Italian state of [[Republic of Venice|Venice]] under [[Interdict (Catholic canon law)|interdict]]. *[[1521]] – [[Battle of Mactan]]: Explorer [[Ferdinand Magellan]] is killed by natives in the [[Philippines]] led by chief [[Lapulapu]]. *[[1539]] – Official founding of the city of [[Bogotá]], New Granada (nowadays [[Colombia]]), by [[Nikolaus Federmann]] and [[Sebastián de Belalcázar]]. *[[1565]] – [[Cebu City|Cebu]] is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the [[Philippines]]. *[[1595]] – The relics of [[Saint Sava]] are incinerated in [[Belgrade]] on the Vračar plateau by Ottoman Grand Vizier [[Sinan Pasha]]; the site of the incineration is now the location of the [[Church of Saint Sava]], one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world ===1601–1900=== *[[1650]] – The [[Battle of Carbisdale]]: A [[Cavalier|Royalist]] army from [[Orkney]] invades mainland Scotland but is defeated by a [[Covenanter]] army.<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL19|desc=Battle of Carbisdale|access-date=18 June 2020}}</ref> *[[1667]] – Blind and impoverished, John Milton sells ''[[Paradise Lost]]'' to a printer for £10, so that it could be entered into the [[Stationers' Register]]. *[[1805]] – [[First Barbary War]]: [[United States Marines]] and [[Berbers]] attack the [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]tan city of [[Derna, Libya|Derna]] (The "shores of Tripoli" in the [[Marines' Hymn]]). *[[1813]] – [[War of 1812]]: American troops capture [[York, Upper Canada|York]], the capital of [[Upper Canada]], in the [[Battle of York]]. *[[1861]] – [[President of the United States|American President]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] suspends the writ of ''[[Habeas corpus in the United States|habeas corpus]]''. ===1901–present=== *[[1906]] – The [[State Duma (Russian Empire)|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 [[Huanghuagang Uprising|Second Canton Uprising]] took place in [[Guangzhou]], [[Qing dynasty|Qing China]] but was suppressed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=4月27日：黄花岗起义 |url=http://www.gov.cn/lssdjt/content_1593139.htm |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=www.gov.cn}}</ref> *[[1927]] – [[Carabineros de Chile]] ([[Chile]]an 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 [[Axis occupation of Greece|enter Athens]]. *[[1945]] – World War II: The last German formations withdraw from Finland to Norway. The [[Lapland War]] and thus, [[Military history of Finland during World War II|World War II in Finland]], comes to an end and the ''[[Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn]]'' photograph is taken. * 1945 – World War II: [[Benito Mussolini]] is arrested by [[Italian resistance movement|Italian partisans]] in [[Dongo, Lombardy|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|Montreal, Quebec]], Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day. *[[1974]] – 109 people are killed in a [[1974 Leningrad Aeroflot Il-18 crash|plane crash]] near [[Pulkovo Airport]].<ref name="avsafetydotnet">{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |date= |title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin 18V CCCP-75559 Leningrad-Pulkovo Airport (LED) |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19740427-1 |access-date=2018-02-17 |website=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> *[[1976]] – Thirty-seven people are killed when [[American Airlines Flight 625]] crashes at [[Cyril E. King Airport]] in [[Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-95 N1963 Saint Thomas-Harry S. Truman Airport (STT) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19760427-1 |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/04/28/archives/ehrlichman-leaves-prison-saying-hes-a-better-man-personal.html|title=Ehrlichman Leaves Prison, Saying He's a Better Man|date=28 April 1978|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|agency=[[Associated Press|AP]]|page=A16|access-date=2 September 2021}}</ref> * 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyguy.com/afghan_civil_war.html|title=The Afghan Civil War (1978–Present)|publisher=historyguy.com|access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://americandiplomacy.web.unc.edu/2019/02/1978-revolution-in-afghanistan/|title=The 1978 Revolution in Afghanistan|last=Thompson|first=Larry Clinton|date=February 2019|journal=American Diplomacy|department=Eyewitness|access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref> * 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]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://wvgazette.com/News/WillowIsland/200804250422|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501181924/http://wvgazette.com/News/WillowIsland/200804250422|archive-date=1 May 2008|last=Ward|first=Ken Jr.|author-link=Ken Ward Jr.|title='It was gone': String of problems led to 51 deaths at Willow Island|date=27 April 2008|journal=[[The Charleston Gazette]]|access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref> *[[1986]] – The city of [[Pripyat]] and surrounding areas are evacuated due to the [[Chernobyl disaster]]. *[[1987]] – The [[United States Department of Justice|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 [[Speaker of the British House of Commons election, 1992|elected]] [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker]] of the [[British House of Commons]] in its 700-year history. * 1992 – The [[Russian Federation]] and 12 other former [[Republics of the Soviet Union|Soviet republics]] become members of the [[International Monetary Fund]] and the [[World Bank]]. *[[1993]] – Most of the [[Zambia national football team]] [[1993 Zambia national football team plane crash|lose their lives in a plane crash]] off [[Libreville]], Gabon en route to [[Dakar]], Senegal to play a [[1994 FIFA World Cup]] [[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|qualifying match]] against [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]]. *[[1994]] – [[South African general election, 1994|South African general election]]: The first democratic [[general election]] in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The [[South African Constitution of 1993|Interim Constitution]] comes into force. *[[2005]] – [[Airbus A380]] aircraft has its maiden test flight. *[[2006]] – Construction begins on [[One World Trade Center|the Freedom Tower]] (later renamed [[One World Trade Center]]) in New York City. *[[2007]] – [[Estonia]]n authorities remove the [[Bronze Soldier of Tallinn|Bronze Soldier]], a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Red Army]] [[war memorial]] in [[Tallinn]], amid political controversy with Russia. * 2007 – [[Israel]]i archaeologists discover the tomb of [[Herod the Great]] south of [[Jerusalem]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Hoffman|first=Scot|title=Herod's Tomb|website=National Geographic|date=April 19, 2019|access-date=May 7, 2019|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/archaeology/herods-tomb/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501223703/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/archaeology/herods-tomb/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 1, 2017}}</ref> *[[2011]] – The [[2011 Super Outbreak]] devastates parts of the [[Southeastern United States]], especially the states of [[Alabama]], [[Mississippi]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], and [[Tennessee]]. Two hundred five tornadoes touched down on April 27 alone, killing more than 300 and injuring hundreds more. *[[2012]] – At least [[2012 Dnipropetrovsk explosions|four explosions]] hit the [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] city of [[Dnipropetrovsk]] with at least 27 people injured. *[[2018]] – The [[Panmunjom Declaration]] is signed between [[North Korea|North]] and [[South Korea]], officially declaring their intentions to end the [[Korean conflict]]. *[[2024]] – The worst day of the [[tornado outbreak sequence of April 25–28, 2024]], with 42 tornadoes, including one confirmed [[Enhanced Fujita Scale|EF4]] tornado, and two confirmed EF3 tornadoes, which killed 4 people in total.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSOUN&e=202405011719 | title=IEM :: PNS from NWS OUN }}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[85 BC]] – [[Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus]], Roman politician and general (died 43 BC) *[[1468]] – [[Frederick Jagiellon]], Primate of Poland (died 1503) *[[1564]] – [[Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland]] (died 1632) *[[1556]] – [[François Béroalde de Verville]], French writer (died 1626) *[[1593]] – [[Mumtaz Mahal]], Mughal empress buried at the Taj Mahal (died 1631)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Pickthall|first1=Marmaduke William|last2=Asad|first2=Muhammad|title=Islamic Culture|date=1 January 1975|volume=49|page=196|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=839CAAAAYAAJ|publisher=Islamic Culture Board|language=en}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1650]] – [[Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel]], Queen Consort of Denmark (1670–1699) (died 1714) *[[1654]] – [[Charles Blount (deist)|Charles Blount]], English deist and philosopher (died 1693) *[[1701]] – [[Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia]] (died 1773) *[[1718]] – [[Thomas Lewis (Virginia politician)|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 (engineer)|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) ===1901–present=== *[[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)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/article-detail?cmsuuid=18b892a1-9b32-4f8c-a72a-6ad72122bdd4 | title=Lim Bo Seng }}</ref> *[[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 (South Carolina)|James Robert Mann]], American colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 2010) * 1920 – [[Edwin Morgan (poet)|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 (artist)|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<ref name="Chase's2020"/> (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gates |first=Anita |date=2024-06-18 |title=Anouk Aimée, Enigmatic Star of 'A Man and a Woman,' Dies at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/obituaries/anouk-aimee-dead.html |access-date=2024-06-18 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 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]]'' (died 2014) * 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 (athlete)|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 (ice hockey)|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)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hubbard |first=Ben |date=October 21, 2024 |title=Fethullah Gulen, Turkish Cleric and Erdogan Rival, Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/21/world/europe/fethullah-gulen-dead.html |access-date=October 22, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> * 1941 – [[Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti]], Indian archaeologist * 1941 – [[Lee Roy Jordan]], American football player *[[1942]] – [[Ruth Glick]], American author * 1942 – [[Jim Keltner]], American drummer *[[1943]] – [[Helmut Marko]], Austrian race car driver and manager *[[1944]] – [[Michael Fish]], English meteorologist and journalist * 1944 – [[Cuba Gooding Sr.]], American singer (died 2017) * 1944 – [[Herb Pedersen]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1945]] – [[Martin Chivers]], English footballer and manager<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football/tottenham-hotspur-fc/martin-chivers-8712/biography-of-his-career-at-spurs-and-england_a11177/|title=Martin Chivers|publisher=sporting-heroes.net|access-date=13 April 2020}}</ref> * 1945 – [[Terry Willesee]], Australian journalist and television host * 1945 – [[August Wilson]], American author and playwright (died 2005) *[[1946]] – [[Franz Roth]], German footballer *[[1947]] – [[G. K. Butterfield]], African-American soldier, lawyer, and politician * 1947 – [[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 criminal * 1948 – [[Josef Hickersberger]], Austrian footballer, coach, and manager * 1948 – [[Kate Pierson]], American singer-songwriter and bass player *[[1950]] – [[Jaime Fresnedi]], Filipino politician * 1950 – [[David W. Duclon]], American television writer and producer (died 2025)<ref>[https://deadline.com/2025/01/david-w-duclon-dead-punky-brewster-creator-silver-spoons-1236258206/ David W. Duclon Dies: ‘Punky Brewster’ Creator Was 74]</ref><ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/david-w-duclon-dead-producer-punky-brewster-1236110320/ David W. Duclon, ‘Punky Brewster’ Creator, Dies at 74]</ref> *[[1951]] – [[Ace Frehley]], American guitarist and songwriter *[[1952]] – [[Larry Elder]], American lawyer and talk show host * 1952 – [[George Gervin]], American basketball player * 1952 – [[Ari Vatanen]], Finnish race car driver and politician *[[1953]] – [[Arielle Dombasle]], French-American actress and model *[[1954]] – [[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 businessman *[[1956]] – [[Bryan Harvey (musician)|Bryan Harvey]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006) *[[1957]] – [[Dietmar Keck]], Austrian politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Recherchieren: Personen - Dietmar Keck |url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/14840 |publisher=[[Austrian Parliament]] |access-date=14 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009111643/https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/14840 |archive-date=9 October 2024 |location=Vienna, Austria |language=de}}</ref> * 1957 – [[Willie Upshaw]], American baseball player and manager *[[1959]] – [[Sheena Easton]], Scottish-American singer-songwriter, actress, and producer * 1959 – [[Marco Pirroni]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer *[[1960]] – [[Mike Krushelnyski]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach *[[1961]] – [[Andrew Schlafly]], American lawyer and activist, founded [[Conservapedia]] *[[1962]] – [[Ángel Comizzo]], Argentinian footballer and manager * 1962 – [[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 producer *[[1965]] – [[Anna Chancellor]], English actress *[[1966]] – [[Peter McIntyre (cricketer)|Peter McIntyre]], Australian cricketer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/6573.html| title=CricInfo Biography|publisher=[[CricInfo]]}}</ref> * 1966 – [[Yoshihiro Togashi]], Japanese illustrator *[[1967]] – [[Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands|Willem-Alexander]], King of the Netherlands<ref name="Chase's2020"/> * 1967 – [[Tommy Smith (saxophonist)|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 author *[[1969]] – [[Cory Booker]], African-American lawyer and politician * 1969 – [[Darcey Bussell]], English ballerina *[[1972]] – [[Nigel Barker (photographer)|Nigel Barker]], English photographer and author<ref name="Chase's2020"/> *[[1973]] – [[Sharlee D'Angelo]], Swedish bass player and songwriter * 1973 – [[Sébastien Lareau]], Canadian tennis player *[[1974]] – [[Frank Catalanotto]], American baseball player *[[1975]] – [[Chris Carpenter]], American baseball player * 1975 – [[Pedro Feliz]], Dominican baseball player * 1975 – [[Kazuyoshi Funaki]], Japanese ski jumper *[[1976]] – [[Isobel Campbell]], Scottish singer-songwriter and cellist * 1976 – [[Sally Hawkins]], English actress<ref name="Chase's2020"/> * 1976 – [[Walter Pandiani]], Uruguayan footballer *[[1979]] – [[Vladimir Kozlov]], Ukrainian actor and wrestler *[[1980]] – [[Sybille Bammer]], Austrian tennis player * 1980 – [[Christian Lara (footballer)|Christian Lara]], Ecuadorian footballer *[[1983]] – [[Ari Graynor]], American actress and producer *[[1984]] – [[Pierre-Marc Bouchard]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1984 – [[Daniel Holdsworth (rugby league)|Daniel Holdsworth]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/daniel-holdsworth/summary.html|title=Daniel Holdsworth - Playing Career - Summary|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org|accessdate=13 May 2023}}</ref> * 1984 – [[Patrick Stump]], American musician, singer, and songwriter<ref>{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Kyle |title=Happy Birthday, Patrick Stump! |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/8derbq/patrick-stump-birthday |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404065005/https://www.mtv.com/news/8derbq/patrick-stump-birthday |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |publisher=[[MTV]] |access-date=21 April 2023 |date=27 April 2010}}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Meselech Melkamu]], Ethiopian runner *[[1986]] – [[Jenna Coleman]], English actress<ref name="Chase's2020"/> * 1986 – [[Dinara Safina]], Russian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/190950/- |title=Dinara Safina |website=wtatennis.com |publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Taylor Chorney]], American ice hockey player * 1987 – [[William Moseley (actor)|William Moseley]], English actor * 1987 – [[Fei (singer)|Wang Feifei]], Chinese singer and actress *[[1988]] – [[Lizzo]], American singer and rapper<ref name="Chase's2020">{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2021|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CPcCEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA244|date=27 October 2020|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-424-9|pages=244}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Semyon Varlamov]], Russian ice hockey player *[[1989]] – [[Lars Bender]], German footballer * 1989 – [[Sven Bender]], German footballer *[[1990]] – [[Austin Dillon]], American race car driver<ref>{{cite web |title=Austin Dillon |url=https://www.nascar.com/drivers/austin-dillon |publisher=[[NASCAR]] |access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Lara Gut]], Swiss skier *[[1992]] – [[Keenan Allen]], American football player *[[1994]] – [[Corey Seager]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Corey Seager Stats |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/corey-seager-608369 |website=mlb.com |publisher=MLB |access-date=26 April 2024}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Nick Kyrgios]], Australian tennis player *[[1997]] – [[Jesse Ramien]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jesse-ramien/summary.html|title=Jesse Ramien - Playing Career - Summary|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org|accessdate=13 May 2023}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Cristian Romero (Argentine footballer)|Cristian Romero]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Cristian Romero|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/66635/Cristian-Romero/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=27 April 2024}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Peter Hola]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/peter-hola/summary.html|title=Peter Hola - Playing Career - Summary|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org|accessdate=13 May 2023}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Anthony Elanga]], Swedish footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Anthony Elanga|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/49259/Anthony-Elanga/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=27 April 2025}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Xavier Worthy]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Xavier Worthy - Kansas City Chiefs Wide Receiver |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4683062/xavier-worthy |website=espn.com |publisher=ESPN |access-date=26 April 2024}}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Arch Manning]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Arch Manning |url=https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/arch-manning |website=Fox News |access-date=April 27, 2025}}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[Mathys Tel]], French footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Mathys Tel|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/76614/Mathys-Tel/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=27 April 2025}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[630]] – [[Ardashir III]] of Persia (born 621) *[[1160]] – [[Rudolf I, Count of Bregenz]] (born 1081) *[[1272]] – [[Zita]], Italian saint (born 1212) *[[1321]] – [[Nicolò Albertini]], Italian cardinal statesman (born c. 1250) *[[1353]] – [[Simeon of Moscow]], Grand Prince of Moscow and Vladimir *[[1403]] – [[Maria of Bosnia]], Countess of Helfenstein (born 1335) *[[1404]] – [[Philip II, Duke of Burgundy]] (born 1342) *[[1463]] – [[Isidore of Kiev]] (born 1385) *[[1521]] – [[Ferdinand Magellan]], Portuguese sailor and explorer (born 1480) *[[1599]] – [[Maeda Toshiie]], Japanese general (born 1538) ===1601–1900=== *[[1605]] – [[Pope Leo XI]] (born 1535) *[[1607]] – [[Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell]], Governor of Lecale (born 1560) *[[1613]] – [[Robert Abercromby (missionary)|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 (politician)|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|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) ===1901–present=== *[[1915]] – [[John Labatt]], Canadian businessman (born 1838) * 1915 – [[Alexander Scriabin]], Russian pianist and composer (born 1872) *[[1932]] – [[Hart Crane]], American poet (born 1899)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hart Crane {{!}} American poet |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hart-Crane |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[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)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Boost Co. v. Faunce|url=https://law.justia.com/cases/new-jersey/appellate-division-published/1952/17-n-j-super-458-0.html|date=1952|access-date=9 September 2022|website=[[Justia]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909180534/https://law.justia.com/cases/new-jersey/appellate-division-published/1952/17-n-j-super-458-0.html|url-status=live|archive-date=9 September 2022}}</ref> *[[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, [[Ministry of Interior (Pakistan)|Pakistani Minister of the Interior]] (born 1873) *[[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 (actor)|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)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Flower |first1=John |title=Historical Dictionary of French Literature |date=17 January 2013 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7945-4 |pages=44–45 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kd6tAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA44 |language=en}}</ref> * 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|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, [[Minister of Justice (Kenya)|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)<ref>{{cite web |title=Padma Shri Manoj Das, An Iconic Writer Of Modern Odisha, Passes Away |url=https://odishatv.in/odisha-news/padma-shri-manoj-das-an-iconic-writer-of-modern-odisha-passes-away-538248 |website=odishatv.in |access-date=27 April 2021}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Liao Guoxun]], Chinese politician (born 1963)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-29 |title=Liao Guoxun, mayor of China's port city Tianjin, dead at 59 |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3175925/liao-guoxun-mayor-chinas-port-city-tianjin-dead-59 |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Jerry Springer]], American politician and actor (born 1944)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jerry Springer, daytime television pioneer, dies at 79 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/jerry-springer-daytime-television-pioneer-dies-79-rcna81773 |access-date=April 27, 2023 |website=NBC News |date=27 April 2023 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[C. J. Sansom]], British author (born 1952)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-29 |title=C.J. Sansom, bestselling British author of Tudor crime thriller series, dies at 71 |url=https://apnews.com/article/author-cj-sansom-dies-993c6116742a7a898c6164d9f7c5616f |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Jiggly Caliente]], Filipino-American drag performer, singer and actress (born 1980)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/jiggly-caliente-death-bianca-castro-rupauls-drag-race-b2739497.html |title=RuPaul’s Drag Race star Jiggly Caliente dies following leg amputation, aged 44 |date=27 April 2025 |work=The Independent |first=Lydia |last=Spencer-Elliott}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[feast day]]s: **[[Anthimus of Nicomedia]] **[[Assicus]] **[[Floribert of Liège]] **[[John of Constantinople]] **[[Liberalis of Treviso]] **[[Saint Pollio|Pollio]] **[[Virgin of Montserrat]], co-patroness of [[Catalonia]] **[[Zita]] **[[Origen Adamantius]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienO/Origines_Adamantios.html|title=Origenes Adamantios|website=Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon}}</ref> **[[April 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Day of Russian Parliamentarism]] ([[Russia]]) *[[Day of the Uprising Against the Occupying Forces]] ([[Slovenia]]) *[[Flag Day (Moldova)]] *[[Freedom Day (South Africa)]] *[[Independence Day (Sierra Leone)|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of [[Sierra Leone]] from United Kingdom in 1961. *[[Independence Day (Togo)|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of [[Togo]] from France in 1960. *[[Koningsdag|King's Day]] (Netherlands, [[Aruba]], [[Curaçao]], [[Sint Maarten]]) (celebrated on April 26 if April 27 falls on a Sunday) *[[National Veterans' Day]] (Finland) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/27 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=4|day=27}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/april/27 Historical Events on April 27] {{months}} [[Category:Days of April]]
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