History for April 27

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


Wallace Hume 1896 - Chemist, inventor, credited with invention of nylon, Walter Lantz 1900 - Animator, creator of Woody Woodpecker, Casey Kasem (Kemal Amin Kasem) 1932 - Radio announcer, DJ, host ("American Top 40), character voice of Shaggy from Scooby Doo, actor ("Hawaii Five-O")


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.


1813 - Americans under Gen. Pike capture York (present day Toronto) the seat of government in Ontario.


1861 - U.S. President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus.


1960 - The submarine Tullibee was launched from Groton, CT. It was the first sub to be equipped with closed-circuit television.


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


1978 - Pro-Soviet Marxists seized control of Afghanistan.






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