• Today is Saturday, April 27, the 117th day of 2013. There are 248 days left in the year.
• Today's Highlight in History:
• On April 27, 1813, the Battle of York took place in Upper Canada during the War of 1812 as a U.S. force defeated the British garrison in present-day Toronto before withdrawing.
• On this date:
• In 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed by natives in the Philippines.
• In 1777, the only land battle in Connecticut during the Revolutionary War, the Battle of Ridgefield, took place, resulting in a limited British victory.
• In 1805, during the First Barbary War, an American-led force of Marines and mercenaries captured the city of Derna, on the shores of Tripoli.
• In 1822, the 18th president of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio.
• In 1865, the steamer Sultana exploded on the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tenn., killing more than 1,400 people, mostly freed Union prisoners of war.
• In 1938, King Zog I of the Albanians married Countess Geraldine Apponyi de Nagy-Apponyi.
• In 1941, German forces occupied Athens during World War II.
• In 1967, Expo '67 was officially opened in Montreal by Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson.
• In 1973, Acting FBI Director L. Patrick Gray resigned after it was revealed that he'd destroyed files removed from the safe of Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt.
• In 1982, the trial of John W. Hinckley Jr., who had shot four people, including President Ronald Reagan, began in Washington. (The trial ended with Hinckley's acquittal by reason of insanity.)
• In 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 So

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