April 27

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on April 27. From 1900 until now. April 27 is under the sign of Taurus. Famous birthdays on this day include Arielle Dombasle (1953), Moana Pozzi (1961) and Anouk Aimée (1932). Several movies were released around April 27 over the years, such as Forbidden Games in 1952 directed by René Clément and The Fifth Element in 1997 directed by Luc Besson.
But much more happened on April 27 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Saint Liberalis
Saint Mariana
Saint Floribert
Rochester, NY: Al Franken Day.
Catalonia: Montserrat's Day (see Montserrat).
South Africa: Freedom day.
Slovenia: Day of Uprising Against Occupation.
Saint Zita Lombardo
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Events

2019 The official video for Taylor Swift's "Me!", which premiered Thursday night, breaks Vevo's record for the biggest debut of all time, with at least 56.9 million views in 24 hours. (The Hollywood Reporter)
2018 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein asks Israel to refrain from using lethal force as protests enter their fifth week. The Israeli Defence Forces open fire again, including use of live ammunition. (Haaretz) (The Washington Post)
2017 Syrian Civil War: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports a large explosion near Damascus International Airport followed by a fire. The Syrian government says Israel struck the military site with several missiles. Israeli Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz states that the strike "corresponds completely with Israel's policy". (BBC) (Wires via Sydney Morning Herald)The Israeli Air Defense Command shoots down a Syrian Air Force drone using a MIM-104 Patriot missile. (Times of Israel)
2016 Moro conflict: Philippine president Benigno Aquino III says that the Abu Sayyaf militants plan to kidnap his sister actress Kris Aquino and boxer Manny Pacquiao. (CBS)
2015 Boko Haram: Hundreds of people have been found dead in the northern Nigerian town of Damasak, most likely killed by Boko Haram. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
2014 Post-coup unrest in Egypt:: An Egyptian court sentences 11 supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi to prison terms ranging from five to 88 years for rioting.(BBC)
2013 Syrian Civil War:: The Free Syrian Army accuses the government of Iraq of conducting an airstrike against its forces in Deir ez-Zor, a town in eastern Syria. (The New York Times)
2012 At least four explosions hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk with at least 27 people injured. (BBC)
2011 The deadliest day of the 2011 Super outbreak of tornadoes, the largest tornado outbreak, in United States history.
2010 Standard amp Poor's downgrades Greece's sovereign credit rating to junk four days after the activation of a €45-billion EU–IMF bailout, triggering the decline of stock markets worldwide and of the euro's value,ref name=quotBBCquot and furthering a European sovereign debt crisis.
2009 General Motors announces it will phase out the 82-year-old Pontiac brand by the end of 2010.
2008 India sets a world record by sending 10 satellites into orbit in a single launch.
2007 Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.
2006 The Scottish National Party wins the Moray by-election, 2006 for the Moray constituency to the Scottish Parliament. (BBC)
2005 The superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France.
2004 In heavy fighting outside Najaf, Iraq, U.S. forces kill 64 insurgents and destroy an anti-aircraft weapon.
2003 Argentinians go to the polls to elect a president for the first time since the December 2001 economic collapse provoked street riots that unseated four presidents in two weeks. Carlos Menem beats fellow Peronist Néstor Kirchner in the first round of voting, but the closeness of the vote necessitates a runoff vote scheduled for May 18. Other candidates included former economy minister Ricardo López Murphy, former caretaker president Adolfo Rodríguez Saá, and lawmaker Elisa Carrio.
2002 The Laughlin, Nevada River Run Riot leaves three dead.
1997 Little Foxes, opens at Vivian Beaumont NYC for 56 performances
1996 The 1996 Lebanon war ends.
1995 Indiscretions opens at Ethel Barrymore Theater NYC for 221 performances
1994 Inspector Calls opens at Royale Theater NYC for 454 performances
1993 Afghan Antonov AN-32 plane crashes at Tashqurgan, kills 76.
1992 Small Family Business opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 48 performances
1991 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by David Ozio.
1990 50th annual barbershop quartet singing convention held (Michigan).
1989 Starmites opens at Criter Ctr SR Theater NYC for 60 performances
1987 US Justice Department bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering US, due to his aid of Nazi Germany during WWII
1986 Sweet Charity opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 368 performances
1984 Cleveland Indians beat Detroit Tigers, 8-4, in 19 innings.
1983 Nolan Ryan becomes strikeout King (3,509), passing Walter Johnson
1982 Nordiques 1-Isles 4 - Semifinals - Isles hold 1-0 lead
1981 Xerox introduces the Xerox 8010 Star Information System. It features graphics display, word processor, mouse, laser printer, Ethernet, and software for combining text and graphics Priced at about $16,000, the computer is not a commercial success. During its lifetime, 100,000 units are produced.
1980 Barbara Barrow wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic.
1979 George Harrison releases Love Comes to Everyone
1978 Accident at nuclear reactor Willow Island, Charleston, West Virginia, kills 51.
1977 HCC, Hobby Computer Club, forms in the Netherlands
1976 So Long 174th St opens at Harkness Theater NYC for 16 performances
1975 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Charity Golf Classic.
1974 Pan Am 707 crashes into mountains of Bali, killing 107.
1973 Kansas City Royals' Steve Busby no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0.
1972 New York City Mayor John Lindsey appeals that John Lennon not be deported
1971 Curt Flood resigns from Washington Senators after 13 games and departs for Denmark.
1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational.
1968 Education of Hyman Kaplan closes at Alvin NYC after 28 performances
1967 Rocky Marciano retires as undefeated boxing champ
1966 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 2nd cello concert
1965 RC Duncan patents "Pampers" disposable diaper.
1963 Cuban premier Fidel Castro arrives in Moscow.
1962 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island.
1961 NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays.
1960 Togo (formerly French Togo) declares independence from French adm
1959 Today show goes abroard 1st time (Paris France)
1956 Heavyweight champion, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing.
1953 Wrestler Freddie Blassie coins the term "Pencil neck geek".
1952 4 Saints in 3 Acts closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 15 performances
1951 Mohammed Mossadeq chosen premier of Persia.
1950 Tickets, Please opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 245 performances
1949 British Commonwealth of Nations renamed The Commonwealth.
1948 Arab legion attacks Gesher bridge on Jordan River.
1947 Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium and throughout the US.
1946 FA Cup: Derby County beat Charlton Athletic in the first FA Cup final since the end of the war
1945 Italian partisans capture Mussolini prisoner
1944 Boston Braves' Jim Tobin no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 2-0.
1943 Soviet Union breaks contact with Polish government exiled in London, England.
1942 Tornado destroys Pryor, Oklahoma, USA killing 100, injuring 300.
1941 German troops occupy Athens, Greece.
1940 Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp
1939 Ely Racecourse in Cardiff closes.
1937 1st US social security payment made
1936 The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
1935 FA Cup Sheffield Wednesday beat West Bromwich Albion 4–2 at Wembley
1933 Karl Jansky reports reception of cosmic radio signal in Washington DC.
1931 100 degrees F (38 degrees C), Pahala, Hawaii (record high).
1927 Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmery) are created.
1924 Antwerp soccer tie Belgium-Netherlands 1-1
1923 Mussolini government italian place in South Tirol / Alto Adige
1922 Fritz Langs "Dr Mabuse, der Spieler" premieres in Berlin.
1921 Hadjememaar, [Corn de Gelder] elected in Amsterdam.
1920 Pogrom leader Petljoera declares Ukraine Independence.
1916 WWI ampndash Battle of Hulluch: The 47th Brigade, 16th Irish Division is decimated in one of the most heavily concentrated German gas attacks of the war.
1914 Honduras becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1912 Relief laws replaces those of 1854, in the Netherlands
1911 Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
1910 Belgian parliament rejects socialist motion for general voting rights.
1909 Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
1905 World Exposition opens in Luik.
1904 The Australian Labor Party becomes the first such party to gain national government, under Chris Watson.
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