Page 6: Historical Events In April - 27

1940  Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp on this day in history.   

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

1941  On this day in history german troops occupy Athens Greece   

1942  Tornado destroys Pryor Oklahoma killing 100, injuring 300 on this day in history.   

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 April - 27.   

1944  On April - 27 boston Brave Jim Tobin no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 2-0   

1945  On this day in history 2nd Republic of Austria forms   

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

1947  On this day in history 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  Arab legion attacks Gesher bridge on Jordan River on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1951  Philip Albert Myburgh Hands, cricketer (7 Tests for S Africa), dies on April - 27.   

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

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

1956  Heavyweight champ, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing on April - 27.   

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

1957  Mario A Gianini creator of the maraschino cherry, dies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history gordon Armstrong inventor of baby incubator, dies   

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

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

1960  On this day in history france grants Togo independence   

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

1960  The first atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched (Tullibee) on April - 27.   

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  Sierra Leone, in Africa, becomes an independent republic on this day in history.   

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

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1410  John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia was born on this day in history.   

1495  Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566) was born on April - 27.   

1623  On this day in history birth of johann Adam Reincken, composer   

1650  On April - 27 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  On this day in history birth of john Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens   

1718  On this day in history birth of thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790)   

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

0630  Death of King Ardashir III of Persia on this day in history.   

1076  Willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies on this day in history.   

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

1404  On this day in history philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62   

1521  On April - 27 death of ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50   

1599  On April - 27 death of maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538)   

1605  On April - 27 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.