Page 6: Historical Events In April - 27

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

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

1941  German troops occupy Athens Greece on April - 27.   

1942  Tornado destroys Pryor Oklahoma killing 100, injuring 300 on April - 27.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1945  On April - 27 2nd Republic of Austria forms   

1946  1st radar installation aboard a coml ship installed on this day in history.   

1947  On April - 27 babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium & through the US   

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  South Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races on this day in history.   

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

1950  Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer, dies at 70 on April - 27.   

1951  On April - 27 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 April - 27 "4 Saints in 3 Acts" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 15 perfs   

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

1956  On April - 27 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  Mario A Gianini creator of the maraschino cherry, dies on April - 27.   

1957  On April - 27 mario A Gianini, creator (maraschino cherry), dies   

1959  On this day in history "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 this day in history.   

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

1960  France grants Togo independence on this day in history.   

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

1960  On this day in history the first atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched (Tullibee)   

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

1961  On this day in history nASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays   

1961  On this day in history sierra Leone, in Africa, becomes an independent republic   

1961  On this day in history 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  On April - 27 birth of johann Adam Reincken, composer   

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

1707  On April - 27 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  Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer was born on this day in history.   

0630  On April - 27 death of king Ardashir III of Persia   

1076  Willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies on April - 27.   

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

1404  On April - 27 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 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 this day in history.