Historical Events In April - 27

1961  On this day in history roy Del Ruth, director (About Face, Folies Bergere), dies at 67  

1962  Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroids #2334 Cuffey & #3474 on this day in history.  

1964  On April - 27 john Lennon's "In His Own Write" is published in the US  

1964  On this day in history georg Britting, writer, dies at 73  

1965  Alan Bunce actor (Albert-Ethel & Albert), dies at 61 on April - 27.  

1965  Edward R Murrow newscaster (Person to Person), dies at 57 on April - 27.  

1965  On April - 27 rC Duncan patents "Pampers" disposable diaper  

1965  Alan Bunce, actor (Albert-Ethel & Albert), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1967  On April - 27 expo '67 opens in Montreal  

1968  Jimmy Ellis beats Jerry Quarry for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.  

1969  Dino Terranova, actor (Young Dillinger), dies at 65 on April - 27.  

1970  On this day in history arthur Shields actor (Your Show Time), dies at 73  

1970  T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2469 Tadjikistan on April - 27.  

1970  On April - 27 arthur Shields, actor (Your Show Time), dies at 73  

1972  On April - 27 apollo 16 returns to Earth  

1972  On this day in history kwame Nkrumah president of Ghana, dies at 62  

1972  On this day in history nYC Mayor John Lindsey appeals that John Lennon not be deported  

1972  Kwame Nkrumah, president of Ghana, dies at 62 on April - 27.  

1973  On April - 27 jim Sims, cricketer (England leg-spinner in 4 Tests 1935-37), dies  

1974  On April - 27 pan Am 707 crashes into mountains of Bali, killing 107  

1975  Nicholas Soussanin, actor (Last Command), dies at 86 on this day in history.  

1977  H-E Schuster discovers asteroid #2234 Schmadel on this day in history.  

1977  Stanley Adams, actor (Lillies of the Field, Thunder Alley), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1978  On this day in history mohammed Daud, premier/president of Afghanistan, murdered  

1979  On this day in history george Harrison releases "Love Comes to Everyone"  

1981  On this day in history beatle Ringo Starr marries actress Barbara Bach  

1981  The first female soccer official is hired by the NASL on April - 27.  

1982  On this day in history tom Tully actor (Line-up, Shane), dies at 85  

1982  Trial of John W Hinckley Jr attempted assassin of Reagan, begins on this day in history.  

1982  On April - 27 tom Tully, actor (Line-up, Shane), dies at 85  

1983  On April - 27 nolan Ryan becomes strikeout king (3509), passing Walter Johnson  

1984  Asteroid #3625 discovered on this day in history.  

1984  Over 70 inches of snow falls on Red Lake Montana on this day in history.  

1984  On April - 27 piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player, dies at 63  

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1410  On this day in history birth of john Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia  

1495  Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566) was born on April - 27.  

1623  Johann Adam Reincken, composer was born on April - 27.  

1650  Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714) was born on this day in history.  

1701  On this day in history birth of charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia  

1707  On this day in history birth of john Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens  

1718  Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.  

1724  Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer was born on April - 27.  

0630  On this day in history death of king Ardashir III of Persia  

1076  On this day in history willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies  

1124  Alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies on this day in history.  

1404  Philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62 on April - 27.  

1521  Death of Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50 on April - 27.  

1599  On this day in history death of maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538)  

1605  On April - 27 leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69  

1613  Death of Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532) on this day in history.