Historical Events In April - 27

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

1941  On April - 27 athens, Greece, captured by the German army  

1941  German troops occupy Athens Greece on April - 27.  

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

1942  Belgium Jews are forced to wear stars on April - 27.  

1943  On this day in history lou Jansen & Jan Dieters arrested, lead illegal CPN party in Holland  

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  Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium & through the US on April - 27.  

1947  On this day in history babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium & through out US  

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

1950  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1952  On this day in history "4 Saints in 3 Acts" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 15 perfs  

1953  On April - 27 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  Burma Premier U Nu's Volksliga voor Vrijheid loses election on April - 27.  

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

1957  Mario A Gianini, creator (maraschino cherry), dies on this day in history.  

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

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

1960  France grants Togo independence on this day in history.  

1960  On April - 27 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 this day in history.  

1961  On this day in history uK grants Sierra Leone independence  

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

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

1623  Johann Adam Reincken, composer was born on this day in history.  

1650  Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714) was born on April - 27.  

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

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

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  On this day in history death of king Ardashir III of Persia  

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

1521  Death of Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50 on this day in history.  

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 April - 27.  

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