April 27th What Happened on the day you were born on This day in History
For Those With Birthdays 27th April or looking for specific year these years are Included on this date 1938, 1941, 1945, 1948, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1984, 1992, 1994, 2005, Born This Day,
1954 U.S.A. Movie "White Christmas"
27th April 1954 : The Movie White Christmas featuring the songs of Irving Berlin, including the Title Song White Christmas, starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye, opens at Radio City Music Hall. The original song "White Christmas" was originally heard for the first time in the 1942 film Holiday Inn starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire.
27th April 1954 : The Movie White Christmas featuring the songs of Irving Berlin, including the Title Song White Christmas, starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye, opens at Radio City Music Hall. The original song "White Christmas" was originally heard for the first time in the 1942 film Holiday Inn starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire.
1938 U.S.A. Average Incomes Down Up to 20%
27th April 1938 : The national average income again dropped in comparison from 10 years ago in 1928 by 7% with some areas of the workforce earning up to 20% less than 10 years ago.
27th April 1938 : The national average income again dropped in comparison from 10 years ago in 1928 by 7% with some areas of the workforce earning up to 20% less than 10 years ago.
1938 U.S.A. Tommy Dorsey
27th April 1938 : Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded "I Hadn’t Anyone ’til You" with Jack Leonard as vocalist. Tommy Dorsey and his brother became two of the most famous big band leaders of their day and are still the model for many jazz and swing musicians today.
27th April 1938 : Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded "I Hadn’t Anyone ’til You" with Jack Leonard as vocalist. Tommy Dorsey and his brother became two of the most famous big band leaders of their day and are still the model for many jazz and swing musicians today.
1941 Greece Nazi Occupation
27th April 1941 : Nazis take and occupy Athens in Greece
27th April 1941 : Nazis take and occupy Athens in Greece
1945 Germany War Entering Final Phase
27th April 1945 : The war in Europe is entering it's final phase as Russian and American troops join hands at the River Elbe in Germany. Ten Days later on May 7th Germany signs unconditional surrender.
27th April 1945 : The war in Europe is entering it's final phase as Russian and American troops join hands at the River Elbe in Germany. Ten Days later on May 7th Germany signs unconditional surrender.
1948 U.S.A. Rail Strike
27th April 1948 : A Major Rail Strike country wide is due to start at midnight with much of the rail network closed down across the US
27th April 1948 : A Major Rail Strike country wide is due to start at midnight with much of the rail network closed down across the US
1953 U.S.A. Executive Order 10450
27th April 1953 : President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed Executive Order 10450: Hiring and Firing rules for Government Employment. Homosexuality, moral perversion, and communism were categorized as national security threats and could be used as a condition for firing a federal employee and for denying employment to potential applicants.
27th April 1953 : President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed Executive Order 10450: Hiring and Firing rules for Government Employment. Homosexuality, moral perversion, and communism were categorized as national security threats and could be used as a condition for firing a federal employee and for denying employment to potential applicants.
1958 Stop Nuclear Bomb Testing
27th April 1958 : Scientists around the world are asking politicians to stop nuclear bomb tests including the Nobel Prize Winner Dr Albert Schweitzer.
27th April 1958 : Scientists around the world are asking politicians to stop nuclear bomb tests including the Nobel Prize Winner Dr Albert Schweitzer.
1961 Sierra Leone Gains Independence
27th April 1961 : Sierra Leone in West African gains independence, after more than 150 years of British colonial rule.
27th April 1961 : Sierra Leone in West African gains independence, after more than 150 years of British colonial rule.
1968 Middle East Continued Fighting
27th April 1968 : More fighting broke out along the Suez Canal and the River Jordon between Israel and Arab Troops with Egyptian and Jordanian and Israel Forces lined up against each other in a tense middle east
27th April 1968 : More fighting broke out along the Suez Canal and the River Jordon between Israel and Arab Troops with Egyptian and Jordanian and Israel Forces lined up against each other in a tense middle east
1968 U.S.A. War in Vietnam
27th April 1968 : Many thousands of diversified beliefs protested against the War in Vietnam and many antiwar demonstrators ended up in fights with local police forces around the country who were trying to keep the peace
27th April 1968 : Many thousands of diversified beliefs protested against the War in Vietnam and many antiwar demonstrators ended up in fights with local police forces around the country who were trying to keep the peace
1971 Wales Welsh Language Society
27th April 1971 : Eight members of the Welsh Language Society ( The Society wishes to preserve the Welsh Language and part of that was to include all signs in Wales to be bilingual ) they are accused of conspiring to damage, remove or destroy English language road signs in Wales.
27th April 1971 : Eight members of the Welsh Language Society ( The Society wishes to preserve the Welsh Language and part of that was to include all signs in Wales to be bilingual ) they are accused of conspiring to damage, remove or destroy English language road signs in Wales.
1974 U.S.A. Calls For Impeachment Nixon
27th April 1974 : Calls for the impeachment of president Nixon gathered pace as a march by Thousands of protesters demanding Nixon to be impeached .
27th April 1974 : Calls for the impeachment of president Nixon gathered pace as a march by Thousands of protesters demanding Nixon to be impeached .
1978 Afghanistan Rebels Take Over
27th April 1978 : Military rebels in Afghanistan murdered both the president and his brother during the coup and have taken over all news TV and radio stations in the capital Kabul and have sealed off the countries airports and roads.
27th April 1978 : Military rebels in Afghanistan murdered both the president and his brother during the coup and have taken over all news TV and radio stations in the capital Kabul and have sealed off the countries airports and roads.
1984 England Libyan Embassy Siege Ends
27th April 1984 : Earlier in the week diplomatic ties are severed between England and Libya and Libyan embassy officials are given 7 days to leave the country. The British ambassador to Libya was given the same deadline to leave Tripoli. Today Libyan diplomats under diplomatic immunity are escorted to Heathrow and onto a plane out of the country which allows the person or persons unknown who shot and killed WPC Fletcher to leave the country and not have to face murder charges.
27th April 1984 : Earlier in the week diplomatic ties are severed between England and Libya and Libyan embassy officials are given 7 days to leave the country. The British ambassador to Libya was given the same deadline to leave Tripoli. Today Libyan diplomats under diplomatic immunity are escorted to Heathrow and onto a plane out of the country which allows the person or persons unknown who shot and killed WPC Fletcher to leave the country and not have to face murder charges.
1992 England Betty Boothroyd
27th April 1992 : Betty Boothroyd, is elected as Speaker in the house of commons becoming the first woman speaker in its 700-year history.
27th April 1992 : Betty Boothroyd, is elected as Speaker in the house of commons becoming the first woman speaker in its 700-year history.
1994 South Africa Nelson Mandela
27th April 1994 : South Africans vote in the country's first multiracial parliamentary elections. Nelson Mandela of the ANC is voted by a landslide to be the next president of South Africa and head the new coalition government.
27th April 1994 : South Africans vote in the country's first multiracial parliamentary elections. Nelson Mandela of the ANC is voted by a landslide to be the next president of South Africa and head the new coalition government.
2005 France Airbus A380
27th April 2005 : The Airbus A380 makes it's maiden test flight in Toulouse, France. The Airbus A380 ( Superjumbo ) is the largest passenger airliner in the world, it is a double-deck wide-body, four-engine aircraft which is capable of carrying up to 853 people in all economy class configurations, This is about 300 more than the Jumbo Jet from Boeing which has been in service for nearly 40 years. The Airbus A380 has now been in commercial use since 2007, Boeing is working on a similar aircraft with similar passenger carrying capabilities.
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27th April 2005 : The Airbus A380 makes it's maiden test flight in Toulouse, France. The Airbus A380 ( Superjumbo ) is the largest passenger airliner in the world, it is a double-deck wide-body, four-engine aircraft which is capable of carrying up to 853 people in all economy class configurations, This is about 300 more than the Jumbo Jet from Boeing which has been in service for nearly 40 years. The Airbus A380 has now been in commercial use since 2007, Boeing is working on a similar aircraft with similar passenger carrying capabilities.
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