APRIL 27TH
- TODAY IS ARBOR DAY
- TODAY IS NATIONAL DAY OF SILENCE
- TODAY IS HAIRBALL AWARENESS DAY
- TODAY IS NATIONAL DEVIL DOG DAY
- TODAY IS NATIONAL PRIME RIB DAY
BIRTHDAYS:
- SAMUEL MORSE (1791-1872)
- ULYSSES S. GRANT (1822-1885)
- JACK KLUGMAN (1922-2012)
- CORETTA SCOTT KING (1927-2006)
- CASEY KASEM (1932-2014)
- CUBA GOODING (1944-2017)
- AUGUST WILSON (1945-2005)
- ACE FREHLEY (1951, 67)
- SHEENA EASTON (1959, 59)
- GRANT SHOW (1963, 55)
- CORY BOOKER (1969, 49)
- SALLY HAWKINS (1976, 42)
ON THIS DAY:
- IN 1521, FERDINAND MAGELLAN DIES FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED THREE DAYS EARLIER WHILE FIGHTING IN THE PHILLIPINES
- IN 1773, THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT PASSES THE TEA ACT WHICH WOULD LEAD TO THE BOSTON TEA PARTY
- IN 1810, BEETHOVEN COMPOSES THE “FUR ELISE”
- IN 1838, A FIRE DESTROYS HALF OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
- IN 1861, PRESIDENT LINCOLN SUSPENDS THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
- IN 1861, WEST VIRGINIA SECEDES FROM VIRGINIA IN REACTION TO VIRGINIA SECEDING FROM THE UNION
- IN 1865, ITHICA NEW YORK CHARTERS CORNELL UNIVERSITY
- IN 1865, THE BOILERS EXPLODE ON THE STEAMBOAT SULTANA NEAR MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. THE BOAT HAD A CAPACITY OF 376, BUT WAS CARRYING 2,155 PEOPLE WHICH INCLUDED 2,000 CIVIL WAR PRISONERS. THE 1,547 DEATHS MAKE IT THE WORST MARITIME DISASTER IN US HISTORY
- IN 1877, RECONSTRUCTION OFFICIALLY COMES TO AN END AS PRESIDENT HAYES CALLS BACK THE FINAL TROOPS FROM LOUISIANA
- IN 1882, RALPH WALDO EMERSON DIES OF PNEUMONIA AT 78
- IN 1897, GRANT’S TOMB IS DEDICATED
- IN 1908, THE FOURTH OLYMPIC GAMES OPEN IN LONDON
- IN 1937, THE FIRST SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENT IS MADE
- IN 1940, HIMMLER ORDERS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AUSCHWITZ
- IN 1941, GERMANY OCCUPIES ATHENS, GREECE
- IN 1945, BENITO MUSSOLINI IS CAPTURED AT LAKE COMO
- IN 1945, THE VOLKISCHER BEOBACHTER, THE NAZI PARTY OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER CLOSES
- IN 1947, YANKEE STADIUM CELEBRATES THE INAUGURAL BABE RUTH DAY
- IN 1956, ROCKY MARCIANO RETIRES UNDEFEATED FROM BOXING
- IN 1959, MAO ZEDONG RESIGNS AS CHAIRMAN OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY AFTER THE FAILURE OF THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD
- IN 1961, THE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME IN CANTON, OHIO IS RECOGNIZED BY THE NFL
- IN 1963, CUBAN PRESIDENT FIDEL CASTRO TRAVELS TO MOSCOW
- IN 1963, LITTLE PEGGY MARCH HIT #1 WITH “I WILL FOLLOW HIM”
- IN 1965, EDWARD R. MURROW DIES AT 57
- IN 1972, APOLLO 16 RETURNS TO EARTH
- IN 1974, PAN AM FLIGHT 707 CRASHES INTO A MOUNTAIN IN BALI
- IN 1979, GEORGE HARRISON RELEASES “LOVE COMES TO EVERYONE”
- IN 1981, PAUL MCCARTNEY DISBANDS WINGS
- IN 1981, RINGO STARR MARRIES BARBARA BACH
- IN 1982, THE ASSASSINATION TRIAL OF JOHN HINKLEY JR. BEGINS
- IN 1985, USA FOR AFRICA WENT TO #1 WITH “WE ARE THE WORLD”
- IN 1989, BEIJING STUDENTS TAKE OVER TIENANMEN SQUARE IN PROTEST
- IN 1990, MICHIGAN HOLDS THE 50TH ANNUAL BARBERSHOP QUARTET SINGING CONVENTION
- IN 1994, RICHARD NIXON IS BURIED AT THE NIXON LIBRARY IN CALIFORNIA
- IN 1996, OLYMPIC CHAMPION GYMNASTS NADIA COMANECI AND BART CONNOR MARRY IN BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
- IN 1996, SEAN PENN AND ROBIN WRIGHT MARRY IN SANTA MONICA, CA
- IN 2003, MADONNA WENT TO #1 WITH “AMERICAN LIFE”
- IN 2004, HALLE BERRY DIVORCES HER SECOND HUSBAND ERIC BENET OVER CLAIMS THAT HE IS A SEX ADDICT
- IN 2011, PRESIDENT OBAMA RELEASES A COPY OF HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE
- IN 2014, ARIANA GRANDE RELEASES “PROBLEM” FEATURING IGGY AZALEA