On This Day: April 27

Updated April 26, 2012, 2:28 pm

On April 27, 1947, “Babe Ruth Day” at Yankee Stadium was held to honor the ailing baseball star.
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On April 27, 1822, Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States and commander of the Union armies during the American Civil War, was born. Following his death on July 23, 1885, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

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1521 Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Philippines.

1896 Baseball Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby was born in Winters, Texas.

1947 “Babe Ruth Day” was held at Yankee Stadium to honor the ailing baseball star.

1965 Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow died at age 57.

1972 Apollo 16 returned to Earth after a manned voyage to the moon.

1982 John W. Hinckley Jr. went on trial in Washington, D.C., in the shooting of President Ronald Reagan. (He was acquitted by reason of insanity.)

1987 The Justice Department barred Austrian President Kurt Waldheim from entering the United States, saying he had aided in the deportation and execution of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.

1992 The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was proclaimed in Belgrade by the Republic of Serbia and its lone ally, Montenegro.

1992 Russia and 12 other former Soviet republics won entry into the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

2006 Construction began on a 1,776-foot building on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City.

2011 More than 120 tornadoes raked the South and Midwest, resulting in 316 deaths across parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia.

2011 President Barack Obama produced a detailed Hawaii birth certificate in an extraordinary attempt to bury the issue of where he was born.

Current Birthdays

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St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter turns 37 years old today.

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Rock musician Jim James (My Morning Jacket) turns 34 years old today.

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1922 Jack Klugman, Actor (“The Odd Couple,” “Quincy”), turns 90

1932 Casey Kasem, Radio announcer, turns 80

1942 Jim Keltner, Rock musician, turns 70

1948 Kate Pierson, Rock singer (B-52s), turns 64

1951 Ace Frehley, Rock musician (Kiss), turns 61

1954 Herm Edwards, Football coach, turns 58

1959 Sheena Easton, Singer, actress, turns 53

1978 Patrick Hallahan, Rock musician (My Morning Jacket), turns 34

1984 Patrick Stump, Rock musician (Fall Out Boy), turns 28

1992 Allison Iraheta, Singer (“American Idol”), turns 20

Historic Birthdays

Ulysses S. Grant 4/27/1822 – 7/23/1885 18th president of the United States (1869-77) and Civil War general.Go to obituary »

49 Claude Gillot 4/27/1673 – 5/4/1722
French painter, engraver and theatrical designer

74 Nikolay Novikov 4/27/1744 – 7/31/1818
Russian writer, philanthropist and social critic

38 Mary Wollstonecraft 4/27/1759 – 9/10/1797
English writer and women’s rights advocate

81 Samuel Morse 4/27/1791 – 4/2/1872
American painter and developer of the telegraph

83 Herbert Spencer 4/27/1820 – 12/8/1903
English sociologist and philosopher

71 Edward Whymper 4/27/1840 – 9/16/1911
English artist and mountaineer; first man to climb the Matterhorn

67 Rogers Hornsby 4/27/1896 – 1/5/1963
American professional baseball player

41 Wallace Hume Carothers 4/27/1896 – 4/29/1937
American chemist; developed nylon

95 Walter Lantz 4/27/1899 – 3/22/1994
American film animator; creator of “Woody Woodpecker”

1521	Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Philippines.
1896	Baseball Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby was born in Winters, Texas.
1947	“Babe Ruth Day” was held at Yankee Stadium to honor the ailing baseball star.
1965	Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow died at age 57.
1972	Apollo 16 returned to Earth after a manned voyage to the moon.
1982	John W. Hinckley Jr. went on trial in Washington, D.C., in the shooting of President Ronald Reagan. (He was acquitted by reason of insanity.)
1987	The Justice Department barred Austrian President Kurt Waldheim from entering the United States, saying he had aided in the deportation and execution of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
1992	The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was proclaimed in Belgrade by the Republic of Serbia and its lone ally, Montenegro.
1992	Russia and 12 other former Soviet republics won entry into the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
2006	Construction began on a 1,776-foot building on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City.
2011	More than 120 tornadoes raked the South and Midwest, resulting in 316 deaths across parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia.
2011	President Barack Obama produced a detailed Hawaii birth certificate in an extraordinary attempt to bury the issue of where he was born.

1922	Jack Klugman, Actor (“The Odd Couple,” “Quincy”), turns 90
1932	Casey Kasem, Radio announcer, turns 80
1942	Jim Keltner, Rock musician, turns 70
1948	Kate Pierson, Rock singer (B-52s), turns 64
1951	Ace Frehley, Rock musician (Kiss), turns 61
1954	Herm Edwards, Football coach, turns 58
1959	Sheena Easton, Singer, actress, turns 53
1978	Patrick Hallahan, Rock musician (My Morning Jacket), turns 34
1984	Patrick Stump, Rock musician (Fall Out Boy), turns 28
1992	Allison Iraheta, Singer (“American Idol”), turns 20

49	Claude Gillot 4/27/1673 – 5/4/1722 French painter, engraver and theatrical designer
74	Nikolay Novikov 4/27/1744 – 7/31/1818 Russian writer, philanthropist and social critic
38	Mary Wollstonecraft 4/27/1759 – 9/10/1797 English writer and women’s rights advocate
81	Samuel Morse 4/27/1791 – 4/2/1872 American painter and developer of the telegraph
83	Herbert Spencer 4/27/1820 – 12/8/1903 English sociologist and philosopher
71	Edward Whymper 4/27/1840 – 9/16/1911 English artist and mountaineer; first man to climb the Matterhorn
67	Rogers Hornsby 4/27/1896 – 1/5/1963 American professional baseball player
41	Wallace Hume Carothers 4/27/1896 – 4/29/1937 American chemist; developed nylon
95	Walter Lantz 4/27/1899 – 3/22/1994 American film animator; creator of “Woody Woodpecker”