Historical Events In April - 27

1961  On April - 27 roy Del Ruth, director (About Face, Folies Bergere), dies at 67   

1962  On this day in history goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroids #2334 Cuffey & #3474   

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

1964  Georg Britting, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

1965  On April - 27 edward R Murrow newscaster (Person to Person), dies at 57   

1965  On April - 27 rC Duncan patents "Pampers" disposable diaper   

1965  On this day in history alan Bunce, actor (Albert-Ethel & Albert), dies at 61   

1967  On April - 27 expo '67 opens in Montreal   

1968  On April - 27 jimmy Ellis beats Jerry Quarry for heavyweight boxing title   

1969  Dino Terranova, actor (Young Dillinger), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history arthur Shields actor (Your Show Time), dies at 73   

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

1970  On this day in history arthur Shields, actor (Your Show Time), dies at 73   

1972  On this day in history apollo 16 returns to Earth   

1972  On this day in history kwame Nkrumah president of Ghana, dies at 62   

1972  NYC Mayor John Lindsey appeals that John Lennon not be deported on this day in history.   

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

1973  Jim Sims, cricketer (England leg-spinner in 4 Tests 1935-37), dies on April - 27.   

1974  On April - 27 pan Am 707 crashes into mountains of Bali, killing 107   

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 April - 27.   

1978  Mohammed Daud, premier/president of Afghanistan, murdered on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history george Harrison releases "Love Comes to Everyone"   

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

1981  On this day in history the first female soccer official is hired by the NASL   

1982  Tom Tully actor (Line-up, Shane), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1982  Trial of John W Hinckley Jr attempted assassin of Reagan, begins on April - 27.   

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

1983  On this day in history nolan Ryan becomes strikeout king (3509), passing Walter Johnson   

1984  On this day in history asteroid #3625 discovered   

1984  Over 70 inches of snow falls on Red Lake Montana on April - 27.   

1984  On this day in history piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player, dies at 63   

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1410  John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia was born on April - 27.   

1495  Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566) was born on this day in history.   

1623  Johann Adam Reincken, composer was born on this day in history.   

1650  Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714) was born on April - 27.   

1701  On April - 27 birth of charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia   

1707  On April - 27 birth of john Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens   

1718  Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) was born on April - 27.   

1724  Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer was born on April - 27.   

0630  Death of King Ardashir III of Persia on April - 27.   

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  On April - 27 philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62   

1521  Death of Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50 on April - 27.   

1599  Death of Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538) on April - 27.   

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)