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What happened in history on this day: April 27?
On April 27 in ...
- 1805 - US Marines and Arab mercenaries attack shores of Tripoli (Derna, modern day Libya).
- 1813 - Americans under General Pike capture Toronto.
- 1838 - Fire destroys half of Charleston, South Carolina.
- 1861 - US President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
- 1863 - Battle of Streight's raid: Tuscumbia to Cedar Bluff, Alabama.
- 1865 - Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) is chartered.
- 1865 - The side-wheel steamboat SS Sultana explodes in the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee. An estimated 1800 of the 2427 passengers die. The ship was carrying 2000 paroled USA POWs on their way home. 1450 are killed.
- 1874 - White League, a paramilitary white supremacist organization, forms.
- 1877 - President Rutherford Hayes removes last Federal troops from Louisiana; Reconstruction ends.
- 1902 - The Philippine War ends.
- 1903 - Jamaica Race Track opens in Long Island, New York.
- 1931 - 100 degrees F (38 degrees C), Pahala, Hawaii (record high).
- 1933 - Karl Jansky reports reception of cosmic radio signal in Washington DC.
- 1937 - US Social Security system makes its first benefit payment.
- 1942 - Tornado destroys Pryor, Oklahoma, USA killing 100, injuring 300.
- 1945 - US 5th army enters Genua.
- 1960 - First atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched (Tullibee).
- 1961 - NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays.
- 1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island.
- 1967 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1972 - Apollo 16 returns to Earth.
- 1973 - Country music theme park Opryland opens in Nashville, Tennessee.
- 1978 - Accident at nuclear reactor Willow Island, Charleston, West Virginia, kills 51.
- 1981 - Xerox introduces the Xerox 8010 Star Information System. It features graphics display, word processor, mouse, laser printer, Ethernet, and software for combining text and graphics Priced at about $16,000, the computer is not a commercial success. During its lifetime, 100,000 units are produced.
- 1984 - Over 70 inches of snow falls on Red Lake, Montana.
- 1986 - Electronic engineer John R. MacDougall, also known as Captain Midnight, jams HBO's satellite signal to broadcast a message protesting their rates for satellite dish owners.
- 1987 - US Justice Department bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering US, due to his aid of Germany during WWII.
- 1990 - 50th annual barbershop quartet singing convention held (Michigan).
- 1994 - President Richard Nixon buried in Nixon Library in California.
- 2002 - The Laughlin, Nevada River Run Riot leaves three dead.
- 2009 - General Motors announces it will phase out the 82-year-old Pontiac brand by the end of 2010.
- 2009 - New York residents panic as a large passenger jet flies low over Manhattan, closely pursued by a fighter aircraft; plane is the President's Air Force One, ordered there by the White House for publicity photos.
- 2020 - The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 3 million worldwide, while the number of confirmed cases in the U.S. passes 1 million.
Births on April 27
- 1791 - Birth of Samuel Finley Breece Morse in Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA; painter, founder and president of the National Academy of Design, inventor of the telegraph.
- 1804 - Birth of George Whitfield Hatch in Johnstown, New York, USA; designer and engraver of bank notes, president of American Bank Note Company.
- 1822 - Birth of Hiram Ulysses Simpson Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio, USA; 18th President of the USA (1869-77).
- 1835 - Birth of John Murray Corse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Brevet Major General (Union volunteers).
- 1873 - Birth of Harry M O'Connor in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Stranger than Fiction).
- 1893 - Birth of Norman Bel Geddes in Adrian, Michigan, USA; theatrical designer (Rivals, Dead End).
- 1896 - Birth of Rogers Hornsby in Winters, Texas, USA; second baseman (Saint Louis Cardinals).
- 1900 - Birth of Walter Lantz in New Rochelle, New York, USA; animator, creator of Andy Panda, Chilly Willy, Buzz Buzzard, Wally Walrus, Woody Woodpecker, and many others.
- 1902 - Birth of Kitty Kelly in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Ladies of the Jury, Behind Office Doors).
- 1911 - Birth of Elizabeth Rudel Smith; US Treasurer.
- 1918 - Birth of Kirby Stone in New York City, New York, USA; jazz combo leader (Kirby Stone Four - "Baubles Bangles and Beads" (1958)).
- 1922 - Birth of Jack Klugman in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Oscar - The Odd Couple, Quincy, Goodbye Columbus).
- 1931 - Birth of Robert Donner in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Yancy - The Waltons, Exidor - Mork and Mindy).
- 1932 - Birth of Casey Kasem in Detroit, Michigan, USA; radio personality (American Top 40).
- 1937 - Birth of Sandy Dennis in Hastings, Nebraska, USA; actress (Honey - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?).
- 1941 - Birth of Judith Blegen in Missoula, Montana, USA; opera singer (Papagena - Magic Flute).
- 1944 - Birth of Herb Pedersen in Berkley, California, USA; singer (Desert Rose Band - "Love Reunited").
- 1947 - Birth of Ann Peebles in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; soul singer ("I Can't Stand the Rain").
- 1948 - Birth of Kate Pierson in Weehawken, New Jersey, USA; vocals/guitarist (B-52's - "Rock Lobster", "Love Shack").
- 1949 - Birth of Douglas Sheehan in Santa Monica, California, USA; actor (Ben - Knots Landing, Joe Kelly - General Hospital).
- 1951 - Birth of Ace Frehley in the Bronx, New York, USA; heavy metal rocker (Kiss - "Beth", Frehley's Comet).
- 1953 - Birth of Dr Ellen L Shulman Baker in Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA; MD/astronaut (STS 34, 50, 71).
- 1955 - Birth of Cora Ann Mahalick in New Jersey, USA; news anchor (WNYW-TV).
- 1956 - Birth of Dennie Shupryt-Knoop in Chicago, Illinois, USA; beach volleyball player (Olympics-1996).
- 1962 - Birth of Denise Baldwin in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; LPGA golfer (1991 Futures Salisbury Classic).
- 1962 - Birth of Grant Show in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (Jake - Melrose Place, Rick - Ryan's Hope).
- 1962 - Birth of Patricia Susan Plumer Levere in Covina, California, USA; 1500m/3000m/5km runner.
- 1963 - Birth of Schae Harrison [Deborah Schaeffer] in Anaheim Hills, California, USA; actress (Darla - The Bold and the Beautiful).
- 1965 - Birth of Courtenay Becker-Dey in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA; Europe yachter (Olympics-bronze-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Alison McKnight in Bakersfield, California, USA; 100 metre hurdler/heptathlete.
- 1972 - Birth of David Lascher in New York City, New York; actor (Josh - Clueless, Kidz in the Wood).
- 1973 - Birth of André Gower in Culver City, California, USA; actor (Monster Squad, Baby Makes Five, Fathers and Sons, Mr President).
- 1979 - Birth of Travis Meeks; American musician (Days of the New).
- 1984 - Birth of Patrick Stump, American singer-guitarist (Fall Out Boy).
Deaths on April 27
- 1882 - Ralph Waldo Emerson, US poet (Representive Men), dies.
- 1932 - Harold "Heart" Crane, American poet (Bridge), commits suicide at age 32 by jumping from a steamer while sailing from México to New York.
- 1965 - Death of Edward R Murrow of lung cancer at age 57; CBS journalist and news executive (Person to Person).
- 1993 - Hans Sahl, German/US writer (Tie Exil im Exil), dies at age 90.
- 1994 - John Preston, US writer (Gay House, Big Gay Book), dies at age 48.
- 2022 - Death of David Birney at home in Santa Monica, California, USA; actor (St. Elsewhere TV show, Bridget Loves Bernie TV show).
- 2023 - Death of Jerry Springer at age 79 of pancreatic cancer at his home outside Chicago, Illinois, USA; American TV talk-show host (The Jerry Springer Show (1991-2018)), mayor (Cincinnati, Ohio (1977)).
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