Born on April 27
April 27 birthdays & history
If you were born on April 27, you share a birthday with Ulysses S. Grant, Mary Wollstonecraft and Herbert Spencer. April 27 babies are Taurus, with diamond as their birthstone and the daisy as their birth flower. April 27 is the 118th day of the year in leap years (117th in other years).
Famous people born on April 27
- 1822Ulysses S. Grant, American general and politician, 18th President of the United States
- 1759Mary Wollstonecraft, English philosopher, historian, and novelist
- 1820Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher
- 1791Samuel Morse, American painter and inventor, co-invented the Morse code
- 1891Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor
- 1941Fethullah Gülen, Turkish preacher and theologian
- 1932Anouk Aimée, French actress
- 1927Coretta Scott King, African-American activist and author
- 1955Eric Schmidt, American engineer and businessman
- 1976Sally Hawkins, English actress
What happened on April 27
- 395Aelia Eudoxia married Byzantine emperor Arcadius without the knowledge or consent of Rufinus, the Praetorian prefect who had intended for his own daughter to wed the emperor.
- 1810Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, better known as "Für Elise" , one of his most popular compositions.
- 1861American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
- 1904Chris Watson became the first prime minister of Australia from the Australian Labor Party.
- 1906The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
- 1936The trilogy The Adventure Girls, by the children's author Clair Blank, was copyrighted by A. L. Burt.
- 1936The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
- 1949In response to the treatment of Lorenzo Gamboa under the White Australia policy, the Philippine House of Representatives passed a bill banning Australians from the country.
- 1961Prime Minister Milton Margai led the Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate to independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1967The Expo 67 world's fair opened in Montreal, with 62 nations participating and more than 50 million visitors ultimately attending.
- 1985The black-ball final, one of the most famous snooker matches in history, began between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor.
- 1992The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.
Also observed on April 27
- Day of Russian Parliamentarism (Russia)
- Flag Day (Moldova)
- Freedom Day (South Africa)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Sierra Leone from United Kingdom in 1961.
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Togo from France in 1960.
- King's Day (Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten) (celebrated on April 26 if April 27 falls on a Sunday)
Questions, answered
What star sign is April 27?
People born on April 27 are Taurus. Their birthstone is diamond and their birth flower is the daisy.
Which famous people were born on April 27?
Ulysses S. Grant (1822), Mary Wollstonecraft (1759), Herbert Spencer (1820), Samuel Morse (1791), Sergei Prokofiev (1891), Fethullah Gülen (1941) were all born on April 27.
What happened on April 27 in history?
Among other things: in 1967, The Expo 67 world's fair opened in Montreal, with 62 nations participating and more than 50 million visitors ultimately attending; in 1985, The black-ball final, one of the most famous snooker matches in history, began between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor; in 1992, The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.
Can I get a newspaper front page from April 27?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any April 27 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “April 27”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.