April 27th, 1944

Born on April 27th, 1944

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 29,000 days old!

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What happened on April 27th?

April 27th, 2005

The Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger airliner, made its maiden flight from Toulouse, France.

April 27th, 1985

The black-ball final, one of the most famous snooker matches in history, began between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor (pictured).

April 27th, 1967

The Expo 67 world's fair opened in Montreal, with 62 nations participating and more than 50 million visitors ultimately attending.

April 27th, 1965

Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation: British forces repelled a surprise Indonesian attack on a base at Plaman Mapu in Sarawak.

April 27th, 1961

Prime Minister Milton Margai led the Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate to independence from the United Kingdom.

April 27th, 1949

In 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.

April 27th, 1945

World War II: The photograph Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn (pictured) was taken after German troops withdrew to Norway at the end of the Lapland War.

April 27th, 1904

Chris Watson became the first prime minister of Australia from the Australian Labor Party.

April 27th, 1810

Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, better known as "Für Elise", one of his most popular compositions.

April 27th, 1777

American Revolutionary War: British Army regulars defeated Patriot militias in the Battle of Ridgefield, galvanizing resistance in the Connecticut Colony.

April 27th, 1650

Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Covenanter forces defeated the Royalists at the Battle of Carbisdale near the village of Culrain, Scotland.

April 27th, 1522

Four Years' War: The combined forces of Spain and the Papal States defeated a French and Venetian army at the Battle of Bicocca.

April 27th, 1521

Filipino natives led by chieftain Lapulapu killed Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan at the Battle of Mactan.

April 27th, 0630

Shahrbaraz usurped the throne of the Sasanian Empire from Ardashir III, but was himself killed six weeks later.

April 27th, 0395

Aelia 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.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 27th

Born on April 27th, 1944

79

Walter Kolbow

German politician

*April 27th, 1944, Spittal an der Drau

79

Michael Fish

British weather forecaster

*April 27th, 1944, Eastbourne

72

Cuba Gooding Sr.

American singer and actor

*April 27th, 1944, New York City †April 20th, 2017, Woodland Hills

79

Heikki Westerinen

Finnish chess player

*April 27th, 1944, Helsinki

79

Herb Pedersen

American musician and singer-songwriter

*April 27th, 1944, Berkeley

60

Bassam Salih Kubba

Politician (1944-2004)

*April 27th, 1944, Baghdad †June 12th, 2004, Baghdad

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 27th?

71

Larry Elder

American talk radio host and attorney (born 1952)

*April 27th, 1952, Los Angeles

65

Jon Cassar

Maltese-Canadian director and producer

*April 27th, 1958, Valletta

34

Chris Adcock

Badminton player

*April 27th, 1989, Leicester

34

Lars Bender

German footballer (1989–)

*April 27th, 1989, Rosenheim

82

Fethullah Gülen

Turkish preacher, writer, and former imam

*April 27th, 1941, Erzurum

60

August Wilson

American playwright (1945-2005)

*April 27th, 1945, Pittsburgh †October 2nd, 2005, Seattle

34

Sven Bender

German footballer

*April 27th, 1989, Rosenheim

67

Kevin McNally

English actor

*April 27th, 1956, Bristol

56

Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands

King of the Netherlands

*April 27th, 1967, University Medical Center Utrecht

78

Coretta Scott King

American author, activist, and civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.

*April 27th, 1927, Marion †January 30th, 2006, Rosarito

47

Sally Hawkins

English actress (1976–)

*April 27th, 1976, Dulwich

76

Ludmila Mikaël

French actress

*April 27th, 1947, Bois-Colombes

75

Michel Delebarre

French politician

*April 27th, 1946, Bailleul †April 9th, 2022, Lille

78

Jack Deverell

British Army general

*April 27th, 1945, Birmingham

31

James Duke Mason

American activist and blogger

*April 27th, 1992, Los Angeles

60

Russell T Davies

Welsh screenwriter and television producer

*April 27th, 1963, Swansea

35

Lizzo

American rapper and singer (born 1988)

*April 27th, 1988, Detroit

86

Pik Botha

South African politician (1932-2018)

*April 27th, 1932, Rustenburg †October 12th, 2018, Pretoria

76

Bernhard Hiesinger

German rower

*April 27th, 1947, Albstadt

54

Darcey Bussell

British ballerina

*April 27th, 1969, London

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Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

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Leap year

Yes: 1944 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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