Tukuk-OS📅 April 27
22 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on April 27? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2012 — Unknown perpetrators carried out a series of four bombings in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.
- 2011 — During the most active day of the 2011 Super Outbreak 218 tornadoes killed 317 people across 16 U.S. states.
- 2005 — The Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger airliner, made its maiden flight from Toulouse, France.
- 1997 — American spree killer Andrew Cunanan murdered Jeffrey Trail, a former friend and a Gulf War veteran, who became the first victim of Cunanan's killing spree.
- 1993 — Thirty people died, including players and staff of the Zambia football team and the crew, in a plane crash en route to play a World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.
Zambia national football team1993 Zambia national football team plane crash1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
- 1985 — The black-ball final, one of the most famous snooker matches in history, began between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor.
- 1967 — The Expo 67 world's fair opened in Montreal, with 62 nations participating and more than 50 million visitors ultimately attending.
- 1965 — Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation: British forces repelled a surprise Indonesian attack on a base at Plaman Mapu in Sarawak.
- 1961 — Prime Minister Milton Margai led the Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate to independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1949 — In response to the treatment of Lorenzo Gamboa under the White Australia policy, the Philippine House of Representatives passed a bill banning Australians from the country.
Lorenzo GamboaWhite Australia policyHouse of Representatives of the Philippines
- 1945 — World War II: The photograph Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn (pictured) was taken after German troops withdrew to Norway at the end of the Lapland War.
World War IIRaising the Flag on the Three-Country CairnLapland War
- 1936 — The trilogy The Adventure Girls (second book pictured), by the children's author Clair Blank, was copyrighted by A. L. Burt.
- 1911 — The Second Canton Uprising took place but was suppressed in Guangzhou, China.
- 1904 — Chris Watson became the first prime minister of Australia from the Australian Labor Party.
Chris WatsonPrime Minister of AustraliaAustralian Labor Party
- 1848 — The French National Assembly under Victor Schœlcher proclaims the abolition of slavery within France and it's colonies following the February Revolution.
National Assembly (France)Victor SchœlcherFrench Second Republic
- 1810 — Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, better known as "Für Elise" , one of his most popular compositions.
- 1805 — First Barbary War: U.S. Marines engaged forces of the Barbary Coast at the Battle of Derna in Tripoli, marking the first recorded land battle by the United States on foreign soil.
- 1777 — American Revolutionary War: British Army regulars defeated Patriot militias in the Battle of Ridgefield, galvanizing resistance in the Connecticut Colony.
American Revolutionary WarBritish soldiers in the eighteenth centuryPatriot (American Revolution)
- 1650 — Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Covenanter forces defeated the Royalists at the Battle of Carbisdale near the village of Culrain, Scotland.
- 1522 — Four Years' War: The combined forces of Spain and the Papal States defeated a French and Venetian army at the Battle of Bicocca.
- 630 — Shahrbaraz usurped the throne of the Sasanian Empire from Ardashir III, but was himself killed six weeks later.
- 395 — Aelia Eudoxia married Byzantine emperor Arcadius without the knowledge or consent of Rufinus, the Praetorian prefect who had intended for his own daughter to wed the emperor.
Births
- 2005 — Mathys Tel, French footballer
- 2004 — Arch Manning, American football player
- 2003 — Xavier Worthy, American football player
- 2002 — Anthony Elanga, Swedish footballer
- 1999 — Peter Hola, Australian rugby league player
- 1998 — Cristian Romero, Argentine footballer
- 1997 — Jesse Ramien, Australian rugby league player
- 1995 — Nick Kyrgios, Australian tennis player
- 1994 — Corey Seager, American baseball player
- 1992 — Keenan Allen, American football player
- 1991 — Lara Gut, Swiss skier
- 1990 — Austin Dillon, American race car driver
Deaths
- 2025 — Jiggly Caliente, Filipino-American drag performer, singer and actress (born 1980)
- 2024 — C. J. Sansom, British author (born 1952)
- 2023 — Jerry Springer, American politician and actor (born 1944)
- 2022 — Liao Guoxun, Chinese politician (born 1963)
- 2021 — Manoj Das, Indian writer (born 1934)
- 2017 — Vinod Khanna, Indian actor, producer and politician (born 1946)
- 2017 — Sadanoyama Shinmatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1938)
- 2015 — Gene Fullmer, American boxer (born 1931)
- 2015 — Verne Gagne, American football player, wrestler, and trainer (born 1926)
- 2015 — Alexander Rich, American biologist, biophysicist, and academic (born 1924)
- 2014 — Yigal Arnon, Israeli lawyer (born 1929)
- 2014 — Vujadin Boškov, Serbian footballer, coach, and manager (born 1931)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast days: Assicus
- Christian feast days: Floribert of Liège
- Christian feast days: John of Constantinople
- Christian feast days: Liberalis of Treviso
- Christian feast days: Blessed María Antonia Bandrés Elósegui
- Christian feast days: Blessed Osanna of Cattaro
- Christian feast days: Pedro Armengol
- Christian feast days: Pollio
- Christian feast days: Virgin of Montserrat, co-patroness of Catalonia
- Christian feast days: Zita
- Christian feast days: Origen Adamantius
- Christian feast days: April 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of Russian Parliamentarism (Russia)
- Day of the Uprising Against the Occupying Forces (Slovenia)
- Flag Day (Moldova)
- Freedom Day (South Africa)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Sierra Leone from United Kingdom in 1961.
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Togo from France in 1960.
- King's Day (Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten) (celebrated on April 26 if April 27 falls on a Sunday)
- National Veterans' Day (Finland)
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