Interesting things that happened April 27th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1737 Edward Gibbon (in England), historian, author of "The History of
the
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"
In 1759 Mary Wollstonecraft, writer, feminist philospher
In 1791 Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor (telegraph, Morse code)
In 1820 Herbert Spencer, English sociologist, philosopher, evolutionary
theorist
In 1822 Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President (1869-1877)
In 1875 Maurice, duc de Broglie, physicist
In 1893 Norman Bel Geddes, industrial designer, popularized streamlining
In 1896 Rogers Hornsby, baseball player
+ Wallace Hume Carothers, invented nylon
In 1900 Walter Lantz, Woody Woodpecker's creator
In 1922 Jack Klugman, actor (The Odd Couple, Quincy)
In 1927 Coretta Scott King, civil rights activist
In 1932 Anouk Aimee (in France), actor (La Dolce Vita, A Man and a
Woman)
In 1937 Sandy Dennis (in Nebraska), actor (Who's Afraid of Virginia
Woolf?)
In 1939 Judy Carne (in England), actor (Love on a Rooftop, Laugh-In)
In 1959 Sheena Easton (in Glasgow, Scotland), singer
Events worth noting:
+ Union Day, celebrated in Tanzania.
In 1521 Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives.
In 1565 First Spanish settlement in Phillipines, Cebu City, founded.
In 1805 United States Marines attack the shores of Tripoli.
In 1865 "Sultana" disaster. North of Memphis, on the Mississippi, about
1450 of 2000 paroled Union POWs on their way home are killed
when the
river steamer "Sultana" blows up.
In 1882 Ralph Waldo Emerson dies.
In 1897 Grant's Tomb (famed of song and legend) is dedicated.
In 1903 First Highlander (Yankee) shut-out, Philadelpia A's win 6-0.
In 1935 Yanks pull a first inning Triple play, beating Phila A's 9-8.
In 1937 U.S. Social Security system makes its first benefit payment.
In 1940 Heinrich Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz concentration
camp.
In 1945 Founding of the Second Republic, in Austria.
In 1946 First radar installation aboard a commercial ship installed.
In 1947 Babe Ruth day celebrated at Yankee Stadium .
In 1948 Arab legion attacks Gesher bridge on Jordan River.
In 1956 Rocky Marciano, world heavyweight champion, retires from boxing
undefeated.
In 1960 First atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched
(Tullibee).
In 1964 Tanganyika and Zanzibar unite to form Tanzania.
In 1965 Edward R. Murrow, radio and television journalist, dies.
+ R. C. Duncan patents the "Pampers" brand disposable diaper.
In 1972 Apollo 16 returns to Earth.
In 1978 14th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 4-3 in 11.
In 1986 Captain Midnight (John R. MacDougall) interrupts HBO.
In 1992 Gerard K. O'Neill, physicist, space colonization advocate, dies.
And remember ...
America's Heartland Development Month
Cancer Control Month
Math Education Month
National Poetry Month
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