Today In History

Today is Thursday, April 27, the 117th day of 2017. There are 248 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1967: Canada’s Universal and International Exhibition, also known as “Expo 67,” began a sixmonth run as it was officially opened in Montreal by Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson.

ON THIS DATE

› 1777: The only land battle in Connecticut during the Revolutionary War, the Battle of Ridgefield, resulted in a limited British victory.

› 1865: The steamer Sultana, carrying freed Union prisoners of war, exploded on the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee; death toll estimates vary from 1,500 to 2,000.

› 1925: The song “Yes, Sir! That’s My Baby” by Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn was published by Irving Berlin, Inc. of New York.

› 1992: The new Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was proclaimed in Belgrade by the republic of Serbia and its lone ally, Montenegro. Russia and 12 other former Soviet republics won entry into the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Betty Boothroyd became the first female Speaker of Britain’s House of Commons.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Actress Anouk Aimee is 85. Rock musician Jim Keltner is 75. Rhythm and blues singer Cuba Gooding is 73. Singer Ann Peebles is 70. Rock singer Kate Pierson (The B-52’s) is 69. Rhythm and blues singer Herbie Murrell (The Stylistics) is

68. Actor Douglas Sheehan is 68. Rock musician Ace Frehley is 66. Pop singer Sheena Easton is

58. Actor James Le Gros is 55. Rock musician Rob Squires (Big Head Todd and the Monsters) is 52. Singer Mica Paris is 48. Actor David Lascher is 45. Actress Maura West is 45. Actress Sally Hawkins is

41. Rock singer Jim James (My Morning Jacket) is

39. Rock musician Patrick Hallahan (My Morning Jacket) is 39. Rock singer-musician Travis Meeks (Days of the New) is 38. Neo-soul musician Joseph Pope III (Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats) is 38. Country musician John Osborne (Brothers Osborne) is 35. Actress Ari Graynor is

34. Rock singer-musician Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy) is 33. Actress Jenna Coleman is 31. Pop singer Nick Noonan (Karmin) is

31. Actor William Moseley is 30. Actress Emily Rios is 28. Singer Allison Iraheta is 25.