Today In History For April 27th

Today is Wednesday, April 27, the 117th day of 2011. There are 248 days left in the year.

In 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed by natives in the Philippines.

In 1822, the 18th president of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio.

It was five years ago on this day that construction began on the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower that will stand on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City.