April 27th (2002) was a Saturday. It's the 116th day of the year (117th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 249 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 27th April, 2002
» The last successful telemetry from the NASA space probe Pioneer 10.
April 27th Famous Deaths for 2002
» George Alec Effinger, American author (b. 1947)
» Ruth Handler, American businesswoman, created the Barbie or Barbie doll (b. 1916)
» Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, Dutch-Swiss businessman (b. 1921)
April 27th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Liberalis of Treviso
» Virgin of Montserrat
» Zita
» April 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Public holidays in Slovenia called Day of the Uprising Against the Occupying Forces (Slovenia)
» Freedom Day (South Africa) called Freedom Day, (South Africa)
» UnFreedom Day (South Africa, unofficial)
» Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Sierra Leone from United Kingdom in 1961.
» Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Togo from France in 1960.