April 27 in History: Historical Events, Birthdays, Deaths & Holidays

1965  Alan Bunce actor (Albert-Ethel and Albert), dies at 61.   

1965  Edward R Murrow newscaster (Person to Person), dies at 57.   

1965  RC Duncan patents "Pampers" disposable diaper   

1967  Expo '67 opens in Montreal   

1968  Jimmy Ellis beats Jerry Quarry for heavyweight boxing title   

1969  Dino Terranova, actor (Young Dillinger), dies at 65.   

1970  Arthur Shields actor (Your Show Time), dies at 73   

1970  T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2469 Tadjikistan   

1972  Apollo 16 returns to Earth.   

1972  Kwame Nkrumah president of Ghana, dies at 62.   

1972  NYC Mayor John Lindsey appeals that John Lennon not be deported.   

1973  Jim Sims, cricketer (England leg-spinner in 4 Tests 1935-37), dies.   

1974  Pan Am 707 crashes into mountains of Bali, killing 107   

1975  Nicholas Soussanin, actor (Last Command), dies at 86.   

1977  H-E Schuster discovers asteroid #2234 Schmadel.   

1977  Stanley Adams, actor (Lillies of the Field, Thunder Alley), dies at 61   

1978  Mohammed Daud, premier/president of Afghanistan, murdered.   

1979  In this year, George Harrison releases "Love Comes to Everyone".   

1981  Beatle Ringo Starr marries actress Barbara Bach   

1981  The inaugural female soccer official is hired by the NASL.   

1982  Tom Tully actor (Line-up, Shane), dies at 85.   

1982  Trial of John W Hinckley Jr attempted assassin of Reagan, begins.   

1983  Nolan Ryan is recorded as becoming strikeout king (3509), passing Walter Johnson   

1984  Asteroid #3625 discovered   

1984  Over 70 inches of snow falls on Red Lake Montana   

1984  Piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player, dies at 63   

1986  Captain Midnight (John R MacDougall) interrupts HBO.   

1987  US Justice Dept bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering US, due to his aid of Nazi Germany during WW II   

1989  Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China   

1989  Mandatory seatbelt law comes into force in Italy.   

1990  50th annual barbershop quartet singing convention held (Mich)   

1990  Dodger Orel Hershiser undergoes career-threatening shoulder surgery   

1991  Ken Curtis, actor (Lost, Freckles, Calif Gold Rush), dies at 74.   

1992  Olivier Messiaen, French composer, dies at 83.   

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1410  John van lannoy: Flemish governor of holland/zealand/west frisia   

1495  Suleiman the magnificent: Sultan of the ottoman empire   

1623  Johann adam reincken: Composer   

1650  Charlotte amalie of hesse-kassel (or hesse-cassel): Queen of denmark and norway   

1701  Charles emanuel i: King of sardinia   

1707  John burman: Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens   

1718  Thomas lewis: Irish-born virginia settler   

1724  Ferdinand philipp joseph lobkowitz: Composer   

0630  Death of King ardashir iii of persia: King ardashir iii of persia   

1076  Death of Willem: Bishop of utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl floris i,   

1124  Alexander i: King of scotland (1107-24),   

1404  Philip: The stout, duke of burgundy,   

1521  Ferdinand magellan: World traveler, killed by filipino natives at 50   

1599  Maeda toshiie: Japanese general (b. 1538)   

1605  Leo xi: [alessandro o de' medici], italian pope (1605),   

1613  Death of Robert abercromby: Scottish jesuit (b. 1532)