Historical Events In April - 27

1961  Roy Del Ruth, director (About Face, Folies Bergere), dies at 67 on April - 27.  

1962  Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroids #2334 Cuffey & #3474 on April - 27.  

1964  John Lennon's "In His Own Write" is published in the US on April - 27.  

1964  Georg Britting, writer, dies at 73 on April - 27.  

1965  On April - 27 alan Bunce actor (Albert-Ethel & Albert), dies at 61  

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

1965  RC Duncan patents "Pampers" disposable diaper on April - 27.  

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

1967  On this day in history expo '67 opens in Montreal  

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

1969  On April - 27 dino Terranova, actor (Young Dillinger), dies at 65  

1970  Arthur Shields actor (Your Show Time), dies at 73 on April - 27.  

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

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

1972  Apollo 16 returns to Earth on April - 27.  

1972  On April - 27 kwame Nkrumah president of Ghana, dies at 62  

1972  On April - 27 nYC Mayor John Lindsey appeals that John Lennon not be deported  

1972  Kwame Nkrumah, president of Ghana, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1973  On this day in history jim Sims, cricketer (England leg-spinner in 4 Tests 1935-37), dies  

1974  Pan Am 707 crashes into mountains of Bali, killing 107 on this day in history.  

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

1977  H-E Schuster discovers asteroid #2234 Schmadel on April - 27.  

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

1978  On April - 27 mohammed Daud, premier/president of Afghanistan, murdered  

1979  George Harrison releases "Love Comes to Everyone" on this day in history.  

1981  On April - 27 beatle Ringo Starr marries actress Barbara Bach  

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

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

1982  On this day in history trial of John W Hinckley Jr attempted assassin of Reagan, begins  

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

1983  Nolan Ryan becomes strikeout king (3509), passing Walter Johnson on this day in history.  

1984  Asteroid #3625 discovered on April - 27.  

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

1984  Piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player, dies at 63 on April - 27.  

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1410  John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia was born on this day in history.  

1495  On this day in history birth of suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566)  

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

1650  On April - 27 birth of charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)  

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  On April - 27 birth of thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790)  

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 April - 27 willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies  

1124  Alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies on April - 27.  

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 this day in history.  

1599  Death of Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538) on this day in history.  

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

1613  On this day in history death of robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532)