Daily Almanac: April 27, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 6:47 a.m.
SET: 8:35 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 65 °F
LOW: 36 °F

Today is…:

• Babe Ruth Day
• Morse Code Day
• National Prime Rib Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1994 South African citizens of all races are allowed to vote in a general election for the first time. The 1994 general election was held precisely 44 years after Apartheid was formalized by the government with the passing of the Group Areas Act.
• 1992 For the first time in its 700-year history, the British House of Commons is presided over by a female Speaker. Betty Boothroyd served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1992 to 2000.
• 1810 Ludwig van Beethoven composes “Für Elise”. “Bagatelle No. 25” for solo piano is one of the German composer’s most popular works and one of the most recognized melodies in the history of music.

Births On This Day:

• 1822 Ulysses S. Grant
American general, politician, 18th President of the United States

• 1791 Samuel Morse
American painter, inventor, co-invented the Morse code

Deaths On This Day:

• 1992 Olivier Messiaen

French composer, ornithologist
• 1521 Ferdinand Magellan

Portuguese explorer