27th of April 2026
27th of April 2026 is the 117th day of the year.
This day in history:
1296: Battle of Dunbar - ...more
1650: Battle of Carbisdale - ...more
1944: Slapton Sands Friendly Fire Disaster - ...more
1968: Abortion is legalised in Britain - ...more
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British quote for the day:
I read the newspapers avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction. - Aneurin Bevan.
Born today:
Edward Gibbon - 1737, Mary Wollstonecraft - 1759, Herbert Spencer - 1820, Edwin Morgan - 1920, Sheila Scott - 1927, John Burningham - 1936, Michael Fish - 1944, Sheena Easton - 1959, Tommy Smith - 1967, Mica Paris - 1969.
Died today:
Karl Pearson - 1936, John Culshaw - 1980.
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