Today in History: April 27

Today is Wednesday, April 27, the 118th day of 2016. There are 248 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On April 27, 1986, a video pirate calling himself “Captain Midnight” interrupted a movie on HBO with a printed onscreen message protesting home satellite de-scrambling fees. (Captain Midnight turned out to be John R. MacDougall of Florida, who was fined and placed on probation.)
On this date:
In 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed by native