| General Information for April 27th 2018 |
| There are 7 public holidays today. |
| Day 117 of 2018 |
| 248 days left in 2018 |
| Week 17 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 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. |
| 1986 - The town of Pripyat, lying next door to the Chernobyl Power Station, is evacuated. |
| 1967 - Bolivian President René Barrientos dies in an helicopter crash. |
| 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'. |