Page 6: Historical Events In April - 27

1940  On April - 27 himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp   

1941  Athens, Greece, captured by the German army on April - 27.   

1941  On April - 27 german troops occupy Athens Greece   

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

1942  On this day in history belgium Jews are forced to wear stars   

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 April - 27.   

1945  On April - 27 2nd Republic of Austria forms   

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

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 April - 27.   

1948  Arab legion attacks Gesher bridge on Jordan River on April - 27.   

1950  On this day in history south Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races   

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

1950  On this day in history adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer, dies at 70   

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

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

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

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

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

1956  On April - 27 burma Premier U Nu's Volksliga voor Vrijheid loses election   

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

1957  Mario A Gianini, creator (maraschino cherry), dies on April - 27.   

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

1959  On April - 27 gordon Armstrong inventor of baby incubator, dies   

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

1959  On this day in history gordon Armstrong, inventor (baby incubator), dies   

1960  France grants Togo independence on April - 27.   

1960  On this day in history france grants Togo independence, kicking off the end of the colonial age   

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

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

1961  NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays on April - 27.   

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

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

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

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

1701  On this day in history birth of charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia   

1707  On April - 27 birth of john Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens   

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

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

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  On this day in history alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies   

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  On this day in history death of maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538)   

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 April - 27.