Page 6: Historical Events In April - 27

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

1941  Athens, Greece, captured by the German army on this day in history.   

1941  German troops occupy Athens Greece on April - 27.   

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

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  Mohammed Mossadeq chosen premier of Persia on April - 27.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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  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 April - 27 gordon Armstrong inventor of baby incubator, dies   

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

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

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  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 April - 27.   

1961  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of john Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia   

1495  Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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  Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.   

1724  Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer was born on April - 27.   

0630  On April - 27 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 April - 27 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  Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69 on April - 27.   

1613  Death of Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532) on April - 27.