April 27

This day in history:

• 1927 – Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
• 1976 – Thirty-seven people are killed when American Airlines Flight 625 crashes at Cyril E. King Airport in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
• 1989 – The April 27 demonstrations, student-led protests responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
• 395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of the more powerful Roman empresses of Late Antiquity.

Births:

• 1945 – Martin Chivers, English footballer and manager
• 85 BC – Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, Roman politician and general (d. 43 BC)
• 1952 – Ari Vatanen, Finnish race car driver and politician

Deaths:

• 1998 – Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-American anthropologist and author (b. 1925)
• 1999 – Al Hirt, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1922)
• 1782 – William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician, Lord Steward of the Household (b. 1710)

Holidays:

• Freedom Day (South Africa)
• National Veterans' Day (Finland)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Togo from France in 1960.

Random Article of the day:

Oliver Butterworth (violinist)

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April 27

This day in history:

• 1813 – War of 1812: American troops capture York, the capital of Upper Canada, in the Battle of York.
• 1296 – First War of Scottish Independence: John Balliol's Scottish army is defeated by an English army commanded by John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey at the Battle of Dunbar.
• 2011 – The 2011 Super Outbreak devastates parts of the Southeastern United States, especially the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. Two hundred five tornadoes touched down on April 27 alone, killing more than 300 and injuring hundreds more.
• 1986 – The city of Pripyat and surrounding areas are evacuated due to the Chernobyl disaster.

Births:

• 1910 – Chiang Ching-kuo, Chinese politician, 3rd President of the Republic of China (d. 1988)
• 1927 – Joe Moakley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2001)
• 1946 – Franz Roth, German footballer

Deaths:

• 2015 – Alexander Rich, American biologist, biophysicist, and academic (b. 1924)
• 1972 – Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian politician, 1st President of Ghana (b. 1909)
• 1962 – A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, Pakistani Minister of the Interior (b. 1873)

Holidays:

• Day of the Uprising Against the Occupying Forces (Slovenia)
• Flag Day (Moldova)
• Freedom Day (South Africa)

Random Article of the day:

William D. Coleman (politician)

William David Coleman (July 18, 1842 – July 12, 1908) was an Americo-Liberian politician. A True Whig Party member, he served as the 13th president of Liberia from 1896 to 1900. Born in Fayette County, Kentucky, United States, he emigrated to Liberia in 1853. In 1877, he was elected to the House of Representatives and served as Speaker of the House of Representatives until 1879. Later he served in the Senate and then as vice president before assuming the presidency when Joseph James Cheeseman died in office.

#wikipedia #April27 #WilliamD.Coleman(politician)

Song of the Day April 27 2024

In remembrance of the birth of Coretta Scott King

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King

Coretta Scott King - Childhood Memories

https://youtu.be/8FlFKG5p31k?si=OhRX0YEMA9h-o7Rl

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #April27 #CorettaScottKing #Interview #Childhood #Memories #HappyTimes #CivilRights #CivilRightsLeader #MartinLutherKing #NonViolentMovement #BlackHistory #AmericanHistory

Song of the Day April 27 2024

In remembrance of the birth of Coretta Scott King

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King

Coretta Scott King - Childhood Memories

https://youtu.be/8FlFKG5p31k?si=OhRX0YEMA9h-o7Rl

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #April27 #CorettaScottKing #Interview #Childhood #Memories #HappyTimes #CivilRights #CivilRightsLeader #MartinLutherKing #NonViolentMovement #BlackHistory #AmericanHistory

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Today In Metal History 🤘 April 27th, 2023 🤘 ACE FREHLEY, FREHLEY’S COMET, ARCH ENEMY, VINCE NEIL, IMMORTAL
TALENT WE LOST R.I.P. Dag Stokke (TNT): April 1st, 1967 – April 27th, 2011 HEAVY BIRTHDAYS Happy 72nd ACE FREHLEY (KISS) - April 27th, 1951 Happy 54th Mattias Bernhardsson (NOCTURNAL RITES) - April 27th, 1969 Happy 50th Charles Petter...

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Song of the Day April 27 2023

In honor of the birth of Melissa Vivaine Jefferson bka LIzzo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzo

Lizzo - "About Damn TIme" and "Special" at the 65th Grammy Awards Ceremony - February 5, 2023 - Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

https://youtu.be/mC0CDizgN0c

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2023 #April27 #MelissaVIvianeJefferson #Lizzo #AboutDamnTIme #Special #Grammys #GrammyAwards #LivePerformance #Representation #GrammyWinner #2020s

Song of the Day April 27 2023

In honor of the birth of Melissa Vivaine Jefferson bka LIzzo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzo

Lizzo - "About Damn TIme" and "Special" at the 65th Grammy Awards Ceremony - February 5, 2023 - Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

https://youtu.be/mC0CDizgN0c

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2023 #April27 #MelissaVIvianeJefferson #Lizzo #AboutDamnTIme #Special #Grammys #GrammyAwards #LivePerformance #Representation #GrammyWinner #2020s

According to A Pilgrim's Almanac, #OTD in1417, a Chicken in Basel, Switzerland was burned at the stake for violating natural law by laying a brightly coloured Egg.

10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 27 April:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2022/04/27-april.html

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