On This Day: 27 April

27 April in world history

• 2011During the most active day of the 2011 Super Outbreak 218 tornadoes killed 317 people across 16 U.S. states.
• 2007Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.
• 1993Thirty people died, including players and staff of the Zambia football team and the crew, in a plane crash en route to play a World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.
• 1992The Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
• 1987The 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 office
• 1985The black-ball final, one of the most famous snooker matches in history, began between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor.
• 1978The 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.
• 1953Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defects with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.
• 1945World War II: The last German formations withdraw from Finland to Norway. The Lapland War and thus, World War II in Finland, comes to an end and the Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn photograph is taken.
• 1927Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
• 1909Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
• 1805First Barbary War: U.S. Marines engaged forces of the Barbary Coast at the Battle of Derna in Tripoli, marking the first recorded land battle by the United States on foreign soil.
• 1777American Revolutionary War: British Army regulars defeated Patriot militias in the Battle of Ridgefield, galvanizing resistance in the Connecticut Colony.
• 1650Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Covenanter forces defeated the Royalists at the Battle of Carbisdale near the village of Culrain, Scotland.
• 1539Official founding of the city of Bogotá, New Granada (nowadays Colombia), by Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar.
• 1522Four Years' War: The combined forces of Spain and the Papal States defeated a French and Venetian army at the Battle of Bicocca.
• 1521Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapulapu.
• 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.

Born on 27 April

• 1941Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti, Indian archaeologistIndia
• 1941Fethullah Gülen, Turkish preacher and theologian (died 2024)
• 1912Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (died 2014)India
• 1909Lim Bo Seng, Chinese businessman, resistance fighter of Force 136 and war hero of Singapore (died 1944)
• 1701Charles Emmanuel III, King of Sardinia (died 1773)
• 1593Mumtaz Mahal, Mughal empress buried at the Taj Mahal (died 1631)India

Died on 27 April

• 2017Vinod Khanna, Indian actor, producer and politician (born 1946)India
• 2009Feroz Khan (actor), Indian Actor, Film Director & Producer (born 1939)India
• 1977Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (born 1915)
• 1964Jack Critchley, Australian politician (born 1892)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 27 April in history?

2011: During the most active day of the 2011 Super Outbreak 218 tornadoes killed 317 people across 16 U.S. states. 2007: Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia. 1993: Thirty people died, including players and staff of the Zambia football team and the crew, in a plane crash en route to play a World Cup qualifying match against Senegal. 1992: The Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

Which famous people were born on 27 April?

Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti, Indian archaeologist (1941); Fethullah Gülen, Turkish preacher and theologian (died 2024) (1941); Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (died 2014) (1912); Lim Bo Seng, Chinese businessman, resistance fighter of Force 136 and war hero of Singapore (died 1944) (1909).

Which day is observed on 27 April?

Day of Russian Parliamentarism (Russia); Day of the Uprising Against the Occupying Forces (Slovenia); Flag Day (Moldova); Freedom Day (South Africa); Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Sierra Leone from United Kingdom in 1961..