Historical Events In April - 27

1940  Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp on April - 27.  

1941  On this day in history athens, Greece, captured by the German army  

1941  German troops occupy Athens Greece on April - 27.  

1942  Tornado destroys Pryor Oklahoma killing 100, injuring 300 on April - 27.  

1942  Belgium Jews are forced to wear stars on this day in history.  

1943  Lou Jansen & Jan Dieters arrested, lead illegal CPN party in Holland on this day in history.  

1944  Boston Brave Jim Tobin no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 2-0 on this day in history.  

1945  2nd Republic of Austria forms on April - 27.  

1946  On this day in history 1st radar installation aboard a coml ship installed  

1947  On April - 27 babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium & through the US  

1947  Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium & through out US on this day in history.  

1948  On April - 27 arab legion attacks Gesher bridge on Jordan River  

1950  On April - 27 south Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races  

1950  "Tickets, Please" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 245 performances on April - 27.  

1950  Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer, dies at 70 on April - 27.  

1951  On this day in history mohammed Mossadeq chosen premier of Persia  

1951  On April - 27 philip Albert Myburgh Hands, cricketer (7 Tests for S Africa), dies  

1952  On April - 27 "4 Saints in 3 Acts" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 15 perfs  

1953  On this day in history 1st general elections in British Guyana, won by Jagans PPP  

1956  On April - 27 heavyweight champ, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing  

1956  Burma Premier U Nu's Volksliga voor Vrijheid loses election on April - 27.  

1957  On this day in history mario A Gianini creator of the maraschino cherry, dies  

1957  On this day in history mario A Gianini, creator (maraschino cherry), dies  

1959  "Today" show goes abroard the first time (Paris France) on this day in history.  

1959  Gordon Armstrong inventor of baby incubator, dies on this day in history.  

1959  "Today" show goes abroard 1st time (Paris France) on April - 27.  

1959  Gordon Armstrong, inventor (baby incubator), dies on April - 27.  

1960  France grants Togo independence on April - 27.  

1960  France grants Togo independence, kicking off the end of the colonial age on April - 27.  

1960  On April - 27 the first atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched (Tullibee)  

1960  On this day in history 1st atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched (Tullibee)  

1961  NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays on this day in history.  

1961  On April - 27 sierra Leone, in Africa, becomes an independent republic  

1961  UK grants Sierra Leone independence on this day in history.  

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1410  On April - 27 birth of john Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia  

1495  On this day in history birth of suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566)  

1623  On April - 27 birth of johann Adam Reincken, composer  

1650  Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714) was born on this day in history.  

1701  Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia was born on April - 27.  

1707  John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens was born on this day in history.  

1718  Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) was born on April - 27.  

1724  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer  

0630  On April - 27 death of king Ardashir III of Persia  

1076  On this day in history willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies  

1124  Alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies on this day in history.  

1404  On April - 27 philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62  

1521  On this day in history death of ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50  

1599  Death of Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538) on April - 27.  

1605  On this day in history leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69  

1613  Death of Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532) on this day in history.