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| April 27th |
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| About April 27th is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 248 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Births 1822 - Ulysses S. Grant, 18th U.S. President 1872 - Samuel Morse, inventor of Morse code 1916 - Enos Slaughter, Hall of Fame outfielder 1927 - Coretta Scott King, activist, author (MLK wife) 1951 - Ace Frehley, guitarist, singer (Kiss) Deaths 1965 - Edward R. Murrow, broadcast journalist Events 1805 - U.S. Marines capture the Tripolitan city of Derna during the First Barbary War. 1861 - President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus. 1865 - Cornell University is founded by the New York State Senate as the state's land grant institution. 1865 - The steamboat Sultana explodes killing 1,700 of mostly Union veterans in the worst maritime disaster in U.S. history. 1897 - General Grant National Memorial, better known as Grant's Tomb, is established in New York City. 1956 - Rocky Marciano retires from boxing as the heavyweight champion and with a record of 49-0 with 43 knockouts. 1968 - Simon & Garfunkel's song Mrs. Robinson is released. 1974 - 10,000 people gather and march at the U.S. capital, Washington, DC calling for the impeachment of US President Richard Nixon. 1978 - Afghanistan President Sardar Mohammed Daoud is overthrown and murdered in the Saur Revolution led by pro-communist rebels. 1982 - John Hinckley, Jr. goes on trial for the shooting of President Ronald Reagan, he would later be acquitted by reason of insanity. 1994 - The first multiracial parliamentary elections are held in South Africa as anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela easily wins. 2006 - Construction is started on the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center location in New York City. 2009 - A low-flying VC-25, Air Force One when the President is aboard, circled New York City for a photo-op and training exercise causing a scare for many in New York. |
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