Start date: Wednesday, 27 April 1983, 08:55:00
Round number of seconds later
500,000,000 seconds later: Monday, 1 March 1999, 09:48:20
1,000,000,000 seconds later: Saturday, 3 January 2015, 10:41:40
1,500,000,000 seconds later: Thursday, 7 November 2030, 11:35:00
2,000,000,000 seconds later: Tuesday, 11 September 2046, 12:28:20
2,500,000,000 seconds later: Sunday, 16 July 2062, 13:21:40
3,000,000,000 seconds later: Friday, 20 May 2078, 14:15:00
Round number of minutes later
5,000,000 minutes later: Wednesday, 28 October 1992, 14:15:00
10,000,000 minutes later: Wednesday, 1 May 2002, 19:35:00
15,000,000 minutes later: Thursday, 3 November 2011, 00:55:00
20,000,000 minutes later: Thursday, 6 May 2021, 06:15:00
25,000,000 minutes later: Thursday, 7 November 2030, 11:35:00
30,000,000 minutes later: Thursday, 10 May 2040, 16:55:00
Round number of hours later
150,000 hours later: Tuesday, 6 June 2000, 08:55:00
200,000 hours later: Saturday, 18 February 2006, 16:55:00
250,000 hours later: Thursday, 3 November 2011, 00:55:00
300,000 hours later: Monday, 17 July 2017, 08:55:00
350,000 hours later: Friday, 31 March 2023, 16:55:00
400,000 hours later: Wednesday, 13 December 2028, 00:55:00
Round number of days later
5000 days later: Friday, 3 January 1997, 08:55:00
10,000 days later: Sunday, 12 September 2010, 08:55:00
15,000 days later: Tuesday, 21 May 2024, 08:55:00
20,000 days later: Thursday, 28 January 2038, 08:55:00
25,000 days later: Saturday, 7 October 2051, 08:55:00
30,000 days later: Monday, 15 June 2065, 08:55:00
Round number of weeks later
500 weeks later: Wednesday, 25 November 1992, 08:55:00
1000 weeks later: Wednesday, 26 June 2002, 08:55:00
1500 weeks later: Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 08:55:00
2000 weeks later: Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 08:55:00
2500 weeks later: Wednesday, 26 March 2031, 08:55:00
3000 weeks later: Wednesday, 24 October 2040, 08:55:00
Lines that are highlighted are the "next" big events in each category
AND MAJOR EVENTS... (yanked from and inspired by
oldwallpaper
April 27th ...
EVENTS
1124 -
David I becomes King of
Scotland.
1667 - The blind, impoverished
John Milton sells the copyright of
Paradise Lost for
£10.
1773 - The
British Parliament passes the
Tea Act, designed to save the
British East India Company by granting it a monopoly on the
North American tea trade.
1840 - Foundation stone for new
Palace of Westminster,
London, laid by wife of Sir
Charles Barry.
1908 - The
1908 Summer Olympics open in
London.
1941 -
World War II:
German troops enter
Athens.
1945 -
World War II: Last German troops are expelled from
Finnish Lapland (the last day of World War II going on in
Finland). The day is the national war veteran day in Finland.
1945 - The
Völkischer Beobachter, the newspaper of the
Nazi Party, ceases publication.
1950 -
Apartheid: In
South Africa, the
Group Areas Act is passed formally segregating races.
1994 -
South African general election, 1994: The first democratic
general election in
South Africa, in which black citizens vote.
BIRTHS
1759 -
Mary Wollstonecraft, English activist and author (d.
1797)
1791 -
Samuel F. B. Morse, American inventor (d.
1872)
1822 -
Ulysses S. Grant, 18th
President of the United States (d.
1885)
Coretta Scott King, American civil rights activist and wife of
Martin Luther King, Jr. (d.
2006)
1959 -
Sheena Easton, Scottish singer
1963 -
Cali Timmins, Canadian actress
1969 -
Darcey Bussell, British ballerina
1969 -
Mica Paris, British singer and presenter
DEATHS
1521 -
Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese explorer
1656 -
Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter (b.
1596)
1977 -
Stanley Adams, American actor (b.
1915)
2002 -
Ruth Handler, American toy manufacturer (b.
1916)
2002 -
Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, Swiss industrialist and art collector (b.
1921)
Holidays and observances
Slovenia: Day of Uprising Against Occupation
South Africa:
Freedom day
Catalonia:
Montserrat's Day (see
Montserrat)
World Day of Design