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, 28,569,600 minutes 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
- 1749 –First performance of Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks in Green Park, London.
- 1777 –American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Ridgefield: A British invasion force engages and defeats Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut.
- 1813 –War of 1812: United States troops capture the capital of Upper Canada in the Battle of York (present day Toronto, Canada).
- 1936 –The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
- 1941 –World War II: German troops enter Athens.
- 1941 –World War II: The Communist Party of Slovenia, the Slovene Christian Socialists, the left-wing Slovene Sokols (also known as “National Democrats”) and a group of progressive intellectuals establish the Liberation Front of the Slovenian People.
- 1961 –Sierra Leone is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister.
- 1992 –Russia and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
- 1994 –South African general election, 1994: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The Interim Constitution comes into force.
- 2007 –Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.
Who were born on April 27?
- 1623 –Johann Adam Reinken, German organist (d. 1722)
- 1903 –Horace Stoneham, American baseball team owner (d. 1990)
- 1910 –Chiang Ching-kuo, Chinese-born Taiwanese politician; son of Chiang Kai-shek (d. 1988)
- 1937 –Robin Eames, Northern Irish clergyman
- 1947 –Pete Ham, Welsh singer and songwriter (Badfinger) (d. 1975)
- 1957 –Rosanna Scotto, American news anchor
- 1962 –James LeGros, American actor
- 1967 –Jason Whitlock, American sportswriter
- 1970 –Kylie Travis, English actress and model
- 1992 –Allison Iraheta, American singer
Who died on April 27?
- 1613 –Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532)
- 1625 –Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (b. 1553)
- 1937 –Antonio Gramsci, Italian Communist writer and politician (b. 1891)
- 1941 –Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)
- 1952 –Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician (b. 1865)
- 1961 –Roy Del Ruth, American film director (b. 1893)
- 1999 –Rolf Landauer, American physicist and electrical engineer (b. 1927)
- 2002 –George Alec Effinger, American author (b. 1947)
- 2007 –Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927)
- 2009 –Feroz Khan, Indian actor (b. 1939)
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