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Monday, 27 April 2026
1980 Pope John Paul II began 5 day visit to West Germany,. 
1980 Annunzio Mantovani, Italian orchestra leader (Mantovani), dies at 75.
1981 Enid Markey, actress (Foolish Mothers, Civilization), dies at 85
1982 Funeral services held in Moscow's Red Square for Leonid I Brezhnev.
1983 John Le Mesurier, British actor (Jabberwocky, Dad's Army), dies at 71
1984 Baby Fae, who received a baboon's heart, dies at 3 weeks.
1985 Spencer W Kimball, US head of mormon church, dies at 90.
1986 Alexandre Tansman, Polish composer (Dyptique), dies at 89
1987 28 of 82 aboard Continental Airlines DC-9 die in crash at Denver.
1988 PLO proclaims the State of Palestine, recognizes Israeli existence.
1988 Soviet space shuttle makes unmanned maiden flight (2 orbits).
1988 Mona Washbourne, actress (Blue Bird, Games), dies at 84
1990 President Bush signs the Clear Air Act of 1990.
1990 Bill E Herndon, actor (Rivals), dies at 54
1993 Luciano Liggio, Italian mafia leader/painter, dies.
1994 Anthony Ward, writer, dies at 57
1995 Eve Perrick, journalist, dies at 78
1996 Alger Hiss, former alleged spy/lawyer, dies at 92.
1997 Saul Chaplin, director (West Side Story), dies at 85.
2005 An earthquake near Sanriku in Japan occurs, prompting a tsunami warning to be issued.
2005 Australia: Large workers' protest against the Coalition government's planned Industrial Reform legislation in Australia
2006 Al Jazeera launches its new English language news channel, Al Jazeera English.
2006 Start of the Sales and Use Tax in Puerto Rico; a response to the Puerto Rico budget crisis of may 2006
2006 The State of Hawaii bans smoking in all enclosed public places.
2012 At least 95 people are killed in Syrian conflicts.
2013 5 people are killed and 10 are injured after a train derails in Nashik, India.
2014 Vladimir Putin 's press secretary says media reports that the Russian president plans to leave the G20 Summit in Brisbane early are nonsense
2017 Australian postal vote on same-sex marriage revealed - 61% vote yes.
2017 Argentine submarine San Juan goes missing in the Atlantic after reporting mechanical failure
2017 The Zimbabwean Army detains Robert Mugabe and the inaugural family and appoints sacked Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa as interim president.
2017 Isabel Dos Santos, Africa's richest woman, fired as head of Angola state oil company Sonangol.
2017 In this year, Country singer Blake Shelton claims People Magazine's sexiest man alive award
2017 3 UCLA basketball players suspended after admitting shoplifting in China, only released at President Trump's request.
2017 Pakistan unveils remains of 1700 year-old sleeping Buddha in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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