April 27
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Events
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Births
- 1737 – Edward Gibbon, English historian (d. 1794)
- 1759 – Mary Wollstonecraft, English philosopher and early feminist, author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and mother of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. (d. 1797)
- 1820 – Herbert Spencer, English philosopher (d. 1903)
- 1822 – Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War general and 18th President of the United States (d. 1885)
- 1853 – Jules Lemaître, French critic and dramatist (d. 1914)
- 1891 – Sergei Prokofiev, Soviet composer (d. 1953)
- 1894 – George Petty, WWII Pin-Up Artist (d. 1975)
- 1932 – Anouk Aimée, French actress
- 1935 – Theodoros Angelopoulos, Greek filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer
- 1944 – Cuba Gooding, Sr., American musician (The Main Ingredient)
- 1947 – Ann Peebles, American singer
- 1953 – Arielle Dombasle, French singer and actress
- 1959 – Neil Pearson, British actor
- 1976 – Isobel Campbell, Scottish singer and composer
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Deaths
- 1521 – Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese explorer (b. 1480)
- 1882 – Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist (b. 1803)
- 1915 – Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer (b. 1872)
- 1932 – Hart Crane, American writer (b. 1899)
- 1937 – Antonio Gramsci, Italian Communist writer and politician (b. 1891)
- 1980 - Mario Bava, Italian director
- 1992 – Olivier Messiaen, French composer (b. 1908)
- 1995 – Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (b. 1921)
- 1998 – Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born writer (b. 1925)
- 1998 – Dominique Aury, French novelist,author of Story of O (b. 1907)
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