April 27

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2025 Daily Holidays that fall on April 27, include:

• Babe Ruth Day 
• Free Feral Cat Spay Day
• Mantanzas Mule Day 
• Marine Mammal Rescue Day 
• Morse Code Day
• Mother, Father Deaf Day - April 27, 2025 (Last Sunday in April)
• National Devil Dog Cakes Day 
• National Little Pampered Dog Day 
• National Pet Parent's Day - April 27, 2025 (Last Sunday in April)
• National Prime Rib Day
• Tell a Story Day 
• Woody Woodpecker Day 
• World Design Day 
• Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day - April 27, 2025 (Last Sunday in April)
• World Tapir Day 

2025 Weekly Holidays that include April 27, are:

• Info. to Come!

2025 Monthly Holidays that include April 27, are:

There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out our April Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of April.

NOTE:

1. A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
2. If a date is a movable holiday, that is different every year, I'll include the year as well as the date rule above. Otherwise, the holiday falls on the same date each year.

World Festivals and Events
(Date Order)

• Info. to Come!

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for April 27 is Taurus.

Birth Flower of the Month

The Birth Flower(s) for the Month for April are:

• Daisy - signifies innocence, loyal love, and purity
• Sweet Pea - signify blissful pleasure, but are also used to say good-bye.

Birthstone

The Birthstone(s) for April is the diamond, a symbol of enduring love.

Famous Birthdays

• 1822 - Ulysses S. Grant, American General and politician who became the 18th President of the United States from 1869-1877 (d. 1885)
• 1922 - Jack Klugman, American actor (The Odd Couple) (d. 2012)
• 1926 - Tim LaHaye, American minister, speaker, and author (Left Behind series)
• 1927 - Coretta Scott King, American activist, author, and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. 
• 1959 - Sheena Easton, Scottish-American singer, songwriter, actress

Famous Deaths

• 1521 - Ferdinand Magellan - Portuguese explorer (b. 1480)
• 1882 - Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poet and philosopher (b. 1803)
• 2002 - Ruth Handler - American inventor who created the Barbie doll (b. 1916)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1981 - Beatle Ringo Starr, marries Barbara Bach, actress
• 1996 - Lorenzo Lamas, actor (Falcon Crest, Renegade) married Shauna Sand
• 1996 - Nadia Comaneci, Romanian gymnast and three time Olympic gold medalist marries Bart Conner, gymnast champion
• 2013 - Michael Jordan, basketball player marries Yvette Prieto, model

Quote of the Day

Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day 
or a Recipe of the Day

There are many healthy diet habits for kids that will help them to develop a healthy relationship with food.  We live in a world full of overweight and obese children, many of whom will go on to become obese adults. None of us wants this for our kids! We are all highly concerned for our children's health, and should be just as concerned about our children's nutrition.

Find out more about healthy diet habits for kids from Kerry at Healthy Diet Habits!

This Day in History

• 1865 - The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution
• 1865 - The steamboat Sultana explodes and sinks in the Mississipp River, killing 1,800 of its 2,400 passengers
• 1967 - Expo 67 opens in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• 1974 - A march in Washington, D.C. with ten thousand marchers calls for the impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon over the watergate scandal
• 1992 - The Federal Republic of Yogoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro is proclaimed
• 1992 - In it's 700 year history, the first woman elected Speaker of the British House of Commons is Betty Boothroyd
• 2006 - Construction begins on One World Trade Center in New York City. It was originally name the Freedom Tower
• 2011 - Two hundred five tornadoes touch down on April 27 in the Southeastern U.S. in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. More than 300 people are killed and hundreds more injured

This Day in Music

• 1749 - George Frideric Handel's Firstworks Music is first performed in Green Park, London.
• 1810 - Beethoven composes his piano piece, Fur Elist
• 1964 - In His Own Write by John Lennon is published in the U.S.
• 1979 - Love Comes to Everyone by George Harrison is released

Beethovan's Fur Elise arranged and orchestrated by Georgii Cherkin

This Day in Sports

• 1993 - On their way to Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match the entire Zambia national football team are killed during a plane crash
• 1947 - Babe Ruth Day is celebrated for the first time at Yankee Stadium and throughout the United States
• 1956 - Heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano retires undefeated
• 1983 - Nolan Ryan passes Walter Johnson with the most strikeouts of 3,509

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!