27 April
Notable Births
Mathys Tel
b. 2005
French footballer (born 2005)
Arch Manning
b. 2004
American football player (born 2004)
Xavier Worthy
b. 2003
American football player (born 2003)
Anthony Elanga
b. 2002
Swedish footballer (born 2002)
Peter Hola
b. 1999
Australian rugby league footballer
Cristian Romero
b. 1998
Argentine footballer (born 1998)
Jesse Ramien
b. 1997
Australian rugby league footballer
Nick Kyrgios
b. 1995
Australian tennis player (born 1995)
Corey Seager
b. 1994
American baseball player (born 1994)
Keenan Allen
b. 1992
American football player (born 1992)
Lara Gut-Behrami
b. 1991
Swiss alpine skier (born 1991)
Austin Dillon
b. 1990
American racing driver (born 1990)
Lars Bender
b. 1989
German footballer (born 1989)
Sven Bender
b. 1989
German footballer (born 1989)
Lizzo
b. 1988
American singer and rapper (born 1988)
Semyon Varlamov
b. 1988
Russian ice hockey player (born 1988)
Taylor Chorney
b. 1987
Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1987)
William Moseley (actor)
b. 1987
British actor (born 1987)
Fei (singer)
b. 1987
Chinese singer and actress
Fethullah Gülen
b. 1941
Turkish scholar, theologian and dissident (1941–2024)
Notable Deaths
Jiggly Caliente
d. 2025
Filipino-American drag performer (1980–2025)
Jerry Springer
d. 2023
American TV personality and politician (1944–2023)
Liao Guoxun
d. 2022
Chinese politician (1963–2022)
Manoj Das
d. 2021
Indian author (1934–2021)
Vinod Khanna
d. 2017
Indian film actor, director and politician (1946-2017)
Sadanoyama Shinmatsu
d. 2017
Japanese sumo wrestler (1938–2017)
Gene Fullmer
d. 2015
American boxer (1931–2015)
Verne Gagne
d. 2015
American professional wrestler and football player (1926–2015)
Yigal Arnon
d. 2014
Israeli lawyer
Vujadin Boškov
d. 2014
Yugoslavian footballer and manager (1931–2014)
Dan Colchico
d. 2014
American football player (1935–2014)
Aída Bortnik
d. 2013
Argentine screenwriter
Jérôme Louis Heldring
d. 2013
Dutch journalist (1917–2013)
Aloysius Jin Luxian
d. 2013
Chinese Catholic prelate (1916–2013)
Mutula Kilonzo
d. 2013
Kenyan lawyer and politician (born 1948)
Bill Skowron
d. 2012
American baseball player (1930–2012)
Marian Mercer
d. 2011
American actress
Frankie Manning
d. 2009
American dancer and choreographer (1914–2009)
Woo Seung-yeon
d. 2009
South Korean model and actress (1983–2009)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
d. 1882
American philosopher (1803–1882)
On This Day in History
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2026
A train crash kills at least 15 people and injures 84 others near Jakarta, Indonesia.
2026 Bekasi train collision
2018
The Panmunjom Declaration is signed between North and South Korea, officially declaring their intentions to end the Korean conflict.
Panmunjom Declaration
2012
At least four explosions hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk with at least 27 people injured.
2012 Dnipropetrovsk explosions
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.
2011 Super Outbreak
2007
Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.
Estonia
2007
Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem.
Israel
2006
Construction begins on the Freedom Tower (later renamed One World Trade Center) in New York City.
One World Trade Center
2005
Airbus A380 aircraft has its maiden test flight.
Airbus A380
1994
South African general election: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The Interim Constitution comes into force.This marked the end of Apartheid.
1994 South African general election
1993
Most of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon en route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.
Zambia national football team
1992
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.
Serbia and Montenegro
1992
Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history.
Betty Boothroyd
1992
The Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
Russia
1989
The April 27 demonstrations, student-led protests responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
April 27 demonstrations
1987
The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim (and his wife, Elisabeth, who had also been a Nazi) from entering the US, charging that he had aided in the deportations and executions of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
United States Department of Justice
1986
The city of Pripyat and surrounding areas are evacuated due to the Chernobyl disaster.
Pripyat
1978
John Ehrlichman, a former aide to U.S. President Richard Nixon, is released from the Federal Correctional Institution, Safford, Arizona, after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
John Ehrlichman
1978
The Saur Revolution begins in Afghanistan, ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
Saur Revolution
1978
Willow Island disaster: In the deadliest construction accident in United States history, 51 construction workers are killed when a cooling tower under construction collapses at the Pleasants Power Station in Willow Island, West Virginia.
Willow Island disaster
1976
Thirty-seven people are killed when American Airlines Flight 625 crashes at Cyril E. King Airport in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
American Airlines Flight 625