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Birthday April 27, 1791 Samuel F. B. Morse |
Birthday April 27, 1822 Ulyssses S. Grant, 18th President (1869-1877) |
Birthday April 27, 1822 President Grant is born |
Birthday April 27, 1896 Wallace Hume Carothers, invented nylon. |
History April 27, 1521 Magellan killed in the Philippines |
History April 27, 1565 1st Spanish settlement in Phillipines - Cebu City - founded. |
History April 27, 1667 John Milton sells the copyright to Paradise Lost |
History April 27, 1773 Parliament passes the Tea Act |
History April 27, 1805 To the shores of Tripoli |
History April 27, 1813 Explorer Zebulon Pike dies |
History April 27, 1865 Tragedy on the Mississippi |
History April 27, 1865 Union soldiers die in steamship explosion |
History April 27, 1865 Civil War vets are caught in steamboat explosion |
History April 27, 1897 Grant's Tomb (famed of song & legend) is dedicated. |
History April 27, 1916 British attempt to bargain with Turks over Kut |
History April 27, 1937 US Social Security system makes its first benefit payment. |
History April 27, 1941 German forces enter Athens |
History April 27, 1945 founding of the Second Republic - in Austria. |
History April 27, 1956 Rocky Marciano retires as world heavyweight champion |
History April 27, 1963 High school freshman Little Peggy March earns a #1 hit with I Will Follow Him |
History April 27, 1968 Humphrey announces his candidacy |
History April 27, 1972 North Vietnamese attack outskirts of Quang Tri |
History April 27, 1978 Afghan president is overthrown and murdered |
History April 27, 1993 D.A. announces negligence caused Brandon Lee’s death |
History April 27, 1994 South Africa holds first multiracial elections |
History April 27, 1997 Cunanan begins his killing spree |
History April 27, 2009 GM announces plans to phase out Pontiac |