Historical Events In April - 27

1940  On this day in history himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp  

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

1941  On April - 27 german troops occupy Athens Greece  

1942  On this day in history tornado destroys Pryor Oklahoma killing 100, injuring 300  

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

1943  On April - 27 lou Jansen & Jan Dieters arrested, lead illegal CPN party in Holland  

1944  On this day in history boston Brave Jim Tobin no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 2-0  

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

1946  1st radar installation aboard a coml ship installed on April - 27.  

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 April - 27.  

1948  On this day in history arab legion attacks Gesher bridge on Jordan River  

1950  South Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races on April - 27.  

1950  "Tickets, Please" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 245 performances on this day in history.  

1950  On April - 27 adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer, dies at 70  

1951  Mohammed Mossadeq chosen premier of Persia on this day in history.  

1951  On this day in history philip Albert Myburgh Hands, cricketer (7 Tests for S Africa), dies  

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

1953  1st general elections in British Guyana, won by Jagans PPP on April - 27.  

1956  On this day in history heavyweight champ, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing  

1956  Burma Premier U Nu's Volksliga voor Vrijheid loses election on this day in history.  

1957  On April - 27 mario A Gianini creator of the maraschino cherry, dies  

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

1959  On April - 27 "Today" show goes abroard the first time (Paris France)  

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

1959  On this day in history "Today" show goes abroard 1st time (Paris France)  

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

1960  On April - 27 france grants Togo independence  

1960  On April - 27 france grants Togo independence, kicking off the end of the colonial age  

1960  The first atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched (Tullibee) on this day in history.  

1960  1st atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched (Tullibee) on April - 27.  

1961  On April - 27 nASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays  

1961  Sierra Leone, in Africa, becomes an independent republic on April - 27.  

1961  On April - 27 uK grants Sierra Leone independence  

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

1495  On April - 27 birth of suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566)  

1623  Johann Adam Reincken, composer was born on April - 27.  

1650  On this day in history birth of charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)  

1701  On April - 27 birth of charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia  

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

1718  On April - 27 birth of thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790)  

1724  Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer was born on this day in history.  

0630  Death of King Ardashir III of Persia on April - 27.  

1076  On April - 27 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  Philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62 on April - 27.  

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

1613  On April - 27 death of robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532)