| General Information for April 27th 2017 |
| There are 6 public holidays today. |
| Day 117 of 2017 |
| 248 days left in 2017 |
| Week 17 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 2002 - Musician, Comedian and Actor Dudley Moore dies in his home in New Jersey. |
| 1993 - All of the Zambian naional football team die in an air crash, when their Zambian Air Force de Havilland Buffalo crashes near Libreville, Gabon, after an engine starts to burn. |
| 1956 - Rocky Marciano announces his retirement from boxing - an event referred to in the lyrics of Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start the Fire'. |
| 1896 - Baseball legend Rogers Hornsby is born. |