April 27
Today in America's Present Past
1724 | Colonel Thomas Gardner was born.
1763 | Indian Wars: Pontiac’s War began.
1773 | British Parliament passed the Tea Act.
1791 | Entrepreneur Samuel Morse was born.
1805 | U.S. Marines attacked the shores of Tripoli.
1813 | War of 1812: Americans capture York (now Toronto) from British regulars, militia, and Ojibwe, forcing a British withdrawal.
1813 | Explorer Zebulon Pike died.
1822 | POTUS: President Ulysses S. Grant was born.
1861 | Civil War: Republican President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus.
1865 | Cornell University was formed.
1865 | Steamboat “SS Sultana” exploded on the Mississippi River, killing up to 1,800 of the 2,427 passengers in the greatest maritime disaster in the United States.
1882 | Philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson died.
1899 | Golfer Leo Diegel was born in Detroit, Michigan.
1902 | Politician Julius Sterling Morton died.
1922 | Actor Jack Klugman was born.
1927 | Activist Coretta Scott King was born.
1932 | Entertainer Casey Kasem was born in Detroit, Michigan.
1932 | Poet Hart Crane died.
1956 | Boxer Rocky Marciano retired.
1965 | Journalist Edward R. Murrow died.
1967 | Journalist Jason Whitlock was born.
1988 | Entertainer Lizzo was born in Detroit, Michigan.
2006 | War on Terror: Construction began on One World Trade Center, rebuilding “Ground Zero.”
2023 | Entertainer Jerry Springer died.