Timeline: April 27 | Timetoast

Apr 27, 1773

British Parliament passes the Tea Act

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/parliament-passes-the-tea-act
Apr 27, 1813

Zebulon M Pike dies

US explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34
http://www.scopesys.com/cgi-bin/today2.cgi
Apr 27, 1822

Ulysses S. Grant was born

Ohio (R), 18th US president (1869-77) and Union general
Apr 27, 1861

West Virginia secedes from Virginia after Virginia secedes from the Union
Apr 27, 1861

President Abe Lincoln suspends writ of habeas corpus
Apr 27, 1893

John Murray Corse, U.S. general (Union), dies

dies on his 58th birthday
Apr 27, 1927

Coretta Scott King is born

Wife of Dr. Martin Luther King
http://on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/birthdays/apr27.htm
Apr 27, 1937

U.S. Social Security system makes its 1st benefit payment
Apr 27, 1961

NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit

to study gamma rays
http://www.brainyhistory.com/days/april_27.html
Apr 27, 1999

Amelia F Graves is born

Junior at MCHS who has a little brother.