On This Day
April 27
Babe Ruth Day
1914 The Shea's Hippodrome Theater opens in Toronto, now the home the new City Hall Nathan Phillips Square.
1953 The term Pencil neck Geek is coined by Classy Freddie Blassie
1956 Godzilla King of the Monsters opens in theatres in USA
1956 Rock Marciano retires as boxing Heavy Weight Champion
1967 In Montreal Expo 67 opens
1980 Studio 54 in New York gets shut down.
1983 Nolan Ryan gets his 3,509 strike out becoming the strike out King he would wind up with 5714
1986 The Computer mouse is introduced by Xerox
Happy Birthday
1932 Casey Kasem co- creator of American Top 40, radio host.
1944 Cuba Gooding SR. Musician in the band The Main Ingredient
1948 Kate Pierson Musician in the B-52’s
1951 Ace Frehley Musician in the band Kiss
1959 Sheena Easton musician
1961 Moana Pozzi actress
1976 Isobel Campbell musician Belle & Sebastian
1986 Jenna Coleman actress Captain America: The First Avenger, & Doctor Who.
1989 Martha Hunt model
1989 Emily Rios actress Breaking Bad
1998 Dytto dancer
