1854: The telegraph service opened to the public, and the first telegram sent from Mumbai to Pune.
1877: The University of Calcutta gave the first approval for eligibility for women in the field of university education.
1908: Fourth Olympic Games began in London.
1960: The National Defence College (NDC) was inaugurated on this day by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of Independent India.
1994: South African general election: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The Interim Constitution came into force.
1999: A system was launched in India to launch more than one satellite with a single rocket.
2005: The first demonstration of the Airbus A-380 took place in France.
Famous Birthdays April 27.
1791: Samuel Morse, an American inventor, and painter.
1822: Ulysses S. Grant, an American soldier, and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States.
1912: Zohra Sehgal, an Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer.
1920: Manibhai Bhimbhai Desai, an Indian social activist, an associate of Mahatma Gandhi, and a pioneer of rural development.
1949: P. Sathasivam, the 40th Chief Justice of India.
Death Anniversaries April 27.
1521: Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer.
1882: Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet
1960: Rajshekhar Basu, a Bengali writer, chemist, and lexicographer.
1962: A. K. Fazlul Huq, a Bengali statesman, and jurist who served as the first Prime Minister of Bengal and later as the Home Minister of Pakistan.
1972: Kwame Nkrumah, the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana.
1989: Kōnosuke Matsushita, a Japanese industrialist who founded Panasonic, the largest Japanese consumer electronics company.
2002: Ruth Handler, an American businesswoman, and inventor of the Barbie Doll.
2009: Feroz Khan, an Indian actor, film editor, producer, and director.
2017: Vinod Khanna, an Indian actor, film producer, and politician.
