Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: April 27
April 27, 2024 is the 118th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 248 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Taurus is your zodiac sign. Diamond is your modern birthstone. Opal is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: April 27
- 1521 –Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu.
- 1840 –Foundation stone for new Palace of Westminster, London, is laid by wife of Sir Charles Barry.
- 1865 –The steamboat Sultana, carrying 2,400 passengers, explodes and sinks in the Mississippi River, killing 1,700, most of whom are Union survivors of the Andersonville and Cahaba Prisons.
- 1914 –Honduras becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
- 1927 –Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmery) are created.
- 1959 –The last Canadian missionary leaves the People’s Republic of China.
- 1961 –Sierra Leone is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister.
- 1993 –All members of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon in route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.
- 1994 –South African general election, 1994: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The Interim Constitution comes into force.
- 2002 –The last successful telemetry from the NASA space probe Pioneer 10.
Who were born on April 27?
- 1848 –King Otto I of Bavaria (d. 1916)
- 1862 –Rudolph Schildkraut, Turkish-born American actor (d. 1930)
- 1911 –Bruno Beger, German anthropologist (d. 2009)
- 1975 –Chris Carpenter, American baseball player
- 1979 –Will Boyd, American musician
- 1983 –Ari Graynor, American actress
- 1984 –Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 –Júnior, Brazilian footballer
- 1987 –William Moseley, British actor
- 1991 –Jennifer Braun, German singer
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