Thursday, April 27, 2017

History for April 27

Image result for Coretta Scott King Quotes
History for April 27 - On-This-Day.com:

Edward Gibbon 1737 - Historian, author, Samuel F.B. (Finley Breese) Morse 1791 - Inventor (electromagnetic telegraph), Ulysses S. Grant 1822 - 18th U.S. President, Lt. General in command of all Union armies during the U.S. Civil War, nickname: Hero of Appomattox
 Image result for samuel morse quotesImage result for Ulysses S. Grant Quotes

Wallace Hume 1896 - Chemist, inventor, credited with invention of nylon, Walter Lantz 1900 - Animator, creator of Woody Woodpecker, Coretta Scott King 1927 - Wife of Dr. Martin Luther King



1521 - Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed by natives in the Philippines.


1805 - A force led by U.S. Marines captured the city of Derna, on the shores of Tripoli.


1861 - U.S. President Lincoln issued an order to General Winfield Scott that authorized him to suspend the writ of habeas corpus between Philadelphia and Washington at or near any military line.
Image result for President Lincoln suspend the writ of habeas corpus

1880 - Francis Clarke and M.G. Foster patented the electrical hearing aid.


1965 - "Pampers" were patented by R.C. Duncan.


1978 - Pro-Soviet Marxists seized control of Afghanistan.







1989 - Student protestors took over Tiananmen Square in Beijing.


2005 - The A380, the world's largest jetliner, completed its maiden flight. The passenger capability was 840.
Image result for 2005 - The A380,

No comments: