Template:On this day/April 27
- 1863 – List of shipwrecks: The Union sloop-of-war Preble burned by accident off Little Bayou.
- 2006 – Jerry Preyer was arrested at a bus stop after claiming to be Jesus and attempting to strangle a man.
- 2007 – Documentary film Lillie & Leander: A Legacy of Violence premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.