BIRTHDAYS AND EVENTS
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Notable Events for April 27
Samuel Morse (1791-1972) - Co-inventor of the Morse Code.
Ulysses S . Grant (1822-1885) - The 18th President of the U.S.
Wallace Hume Carothers (1896-1937) - Chemist who invented nylon.
Walter Lantz (1899-1994) - Creator of the iconic cartoon character Woody Woodpecker.
Philip Abelson (1913-2004) - Nuclear physicist who co-discovered the element Neptunium.
Coretta Scott King (1927-2006) - Activist and wife of Martin Luther King Jr.
Casey Kasem (1932-2014) - Co-creator of the American Top 40.
Sandy Dennis (1937-1992) - Actress who won an Academy Award for her role in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Kate Pierson (1948-Still Living) - Bass player and founder of the band B-52s.
Memorable Events for April 27
1865 - Cornell University (NY) is chartered.
1875 - The NY Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC) becomes the world's first such agency of its kind.
1937 - The first Social Security payment is made in the U.S.
1947 - Babe Ruth Day is celebrated.
2006 - Construction begins on the Freedom Tower for the new World Trade Center.
2020 - Defense Department declassifies and releases videos of unidentified "aerial phenomena."