Welcome to Your Daily History for April 27th

1791 - Samuel Morse inventor of the telegraph and Morse Code is born

1810 - Ludwig Van Beethoven composes the popular piano solo, Bagatelle No. 25 or Fur Elise

1908 - The IV Summer Olympic Games open in London

1967 - Expo '67, considered the most successful World's Fair of the 20th century, has it's opening day in Montreal, Canada

1982 - The trial of would be presidential assassin, John Hinckley Jr., begins