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On April 27, 1822, Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio.
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1521 Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Philippines.
1896 Baseball Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby was born in Winters, Texas.
1947 "Babe Ruth Day" was held at Yankee Stadium to honor the ailing baseball star.
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1965 Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow died at age 57.
1972 Apollo 16 returned to Earth after a manned voyage to the moon.
1982 John W. Hinckley Jr. went on trial in Washington, D.C., in the shooting of President Ronald Reagan. (He was acquitted by reason of insanity.)
1987 The Justice Department barred Austrian President Kurt Waldheim from entering the United States, saying he had aided in the deportation and execution of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
1992 The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was proclaimed in Belgrade by the Republic of Serbia and its lone ally, Montenegro.
1992 Russia and 12 other former Soviet republics won entry into the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
2006 Construction began on a 1,776-foot building on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City.
2011 More than 120 tornadoes raked the South and Midwest, resulting in 316 deaths across parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia.
2011 President Barack Obama produced a detailed Hawaii birth certificate in an extraordinary attempt to bury the issue of where he was born.
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Today's Birthdays:
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter turns 39 years old today.
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Name Profession Age
Casey Kasem Radio announcer 82
Jim Keltner Rock musician 72
Kate Pierson Rock singer (B-52s) 66
Ace Frehley Rock musician (Kiss) 63
Herm Edwards Football coach 60
Sheena Easton Singer, actress 55
Cory Booker U.S. senator, D-N.J. 45
Patrick Hallahan Rock musician (My Morning Jacket) 36
Patrick Stump Rock musician (Fall Out Boy) 30
Allison Iraheta Singer ("American Idol") 22
Rock musician Jim James (My Morning Jacket) turns 36 years old today.
