Today In History

Today is Friday, April 27, the 117th day of 2018. There are 248 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1968: Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey declared his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president, less than a month after President Lyndon B. Johnson said he would not run for re-election.

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.

› 1950: Britain formally recognized the state of Israel.

› 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.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Actress Anouk Aimee is 86. Former NFL coach Chuck Knox is 86. Rock musician Jim Keltner is

76. Singer Ann Peebles is 71. Rock singer Kate Pierson (The B-52’s) is 70. Rhythm and blues singer Herbie Murrell (The Stylistics) is 69. Actor James Le Gros is 56. Rock musician Rob Squires (Big Head Todd and the Monsters) is 53. Singer Mica Paris is 49. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., is 49. Actor David Lascher is

46. Actress Maura West is 46. Actress Sally Hawkins is 42. Rock singer Jim James (My Morning Jacket) is 40. Rock musician Patrick Hallahan (My Morning Jacket) is

40. Rock singer-musician Travis Meeks (Days of the New) is 39. Neo-soul musician Joseph Pope III (Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats) is

39. Country musician John Osborne (Brothers Osborne) is 36. Actress Ari Graynor is 35. Rock singer-musician Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy) is

34. Actress Sheila Vand is 33. Actress Jenna Coleman is 32. Pop singer Nick Noonan (Karmin) is

32. Actor William Moseley is 31. Actress Emily Rios is 29. Singer Allison Iraheta is 26.