What are the important events that happened on April 27? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 27: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 27 is the 118th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 248 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 14, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,714,176,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectadecaoctagon’ day.
Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 277 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,145 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 27 Historical Events
- 1509 –Pope Julius II places the Italian state of Venice under interdict.
- 1565 –Cebu is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.
- 1578 –Duel of the Mignons claims the lives of two favourites of Henry III of France and two favorites of Henry I, Duke of Guise.
- 1650 –The Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army invades mainland Scotland from Orkney Island but is defeated by a Covenanter army.
- 1777 –American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Ridgefield: A British invasion force engages and defeats Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut.
- 1805 –First Barbary War: United States Marines and Berbers attack the Tripolitan city of Derna (The “shores of Tripoli” part of the Marines’ hymn).
- 1865 –The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state’s land grant institution.
- 1909 –Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
- 1978 –Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
- 1987 –The U.S. Department of Justice bars the Austrian President Kurt Waldheim from entering the United States, saying he had aided in the deportation and execution of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
Who were born on April 27?
- 1911 –Bruno Beger, German anthropologist (d. 2009)
- 1912 –Zohra Segal, Indian stage and film actress
- 1952 –Larry Elder, American political commentator
- 1957 –Eric Bristow, English darts player
- 1968 –Dana Milbank, American reporter and columnist
- 1969 –Darcey Bussell, British ballerina
- 1974 –Frank Catalanotto, American baseball player
- 1976 –Faisal Saif, Indian filmmaker
- 1976 –Walter Pandiani, Uruguayan footballer
- 1988 –Kris Thackray, British footballer
Who died on April 27?
- 1599 –Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538)
- 1702 –Jean Bart, French admiral (b. 1651)
- 1782 –William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (b. 1710)
- 1932 –Hart Crane, American writer (b. 1899)
- 1972 –Kwame Nkrumah, leader of Ghana (b. 1909)
- 1988 –Fred Bear, American bow-hunter (b. 1902)
- 1998 –Browning Ross, American long-distance running Olympian (b. 1924)
- 1999 –Rolf Landauer, American physicist and electrical engineer (b. 1927)
- 2002 –Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, Swiss industrialist and art collector (b. 1921)
- 2006 –Julia Thorne, ex-wife of John Kerry (b. 1944)
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