Today in History for 27th April 2023

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Historical Events

1942 - Belgian Jews are forced to wear stars
1950 - South Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races
1973 - KC Royals pitcher Steve Busby no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0
1983 - Nolan Ryan becomes strikeout king (3,509), passing Walter Johnson
2018 - German leader Angela Merkel has a 1-day trip to Washington, DC, meeting US President Donald Trump
2019 - Pope Francis donates $500,000 for migrants stranded in Mexico trying to reach the US

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Famous Birthdays

1904 - Arthur F. Burns, American economist and chairman (Federal Reserve Board), born in Stanislau, Austria-Hungary (d. 1987)
1942 - John Shrapnel, English actor, born in Birmingham, Warwickshire
1962 - Edvard Moser, Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientist (2014 Nobel Prize for Physiology for discovery of place cells), born in Ålesund, Norway
1976 - Isobel Campbell, Scottish singer and composer, born in Glasgow, Scotland
1984 - Frank Carter, British musician (Gallows) and tattooist, born in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England
1987 - William Moseley, British actor (The Chronicles of Narnia - Peter Pevensie), born in Sheepscombe, Gloucestershire, England

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Famous Deaths

630 - King Ardashir III of Persia, Sasanian shah of Iran, dies at 9
1873 - William Charles Macready, British actor, manager, and diarist, dies at 80
1937 - Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher and Marxist theorist, dies at 46
1988 - David Scarboro, British actor, dies at 20
1999 - Cyril Washbrook, English cricket batsman (37 Tests, 6 x 100, HS 195; Lancashire CCC), dies at 84
2022 - Judy Henske, American folk singer (High Flying Bird), dies at 85

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