April 27 - Twinkle

Twinkle, Twinkle

E thought W looked sleepy, so she sang to him.

C'mon, Dad!

This Day In History

1521

Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed in the Philippines.

1667

The blind and impoverished John Milton sells the copyright of Paradise Lost for £10.

1749

First performance of Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks in Green Park, London.

1810

Beethoven composes his famous piano piece, Für Elise.

1967

Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world.

1981

Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.

2002

Last successful reception of telemetry from the NASA space probe Pioneer 10.

2006

Construction begins on the Freedom Tower for the new World Trade Center in New York City.

Famous Birthdays

1737

Edward Gibbon, English historian (d. 1794)

1759

Mary Wollstonecraft, English author and feminist (d. 1797)

1791

Samuel F. B. Morse, American inventor (d. 1872)

1822

Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States (d. 1885)

1896

Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player (d. 1963)
1898
 Ludwig Bemelmans, Austrian writer and illustrator of children's books (d. 1962)

1899

Walter Lantz, American cartoonist (d. 1994)

1922

Jack Klugman, American actor
Sheila Scott, English aviatrix (d. 1988)

1927

Coretta Scott King, American civil rights activist (d. 2006)

1937

Sandy Dennis, American actress (d. 1992)

1954

Herman Edwards, American football player and coach

1963

Russell T Davies, Welsh television writer

1975

Pedro Feliz, Dominican baseball player