Historical Events In April - 27

1940  Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp on this day in history.   

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

1941  German troops occupy Athens Greece on this day in history.   

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

1942  On April - 27 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  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  South Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races on April - 27.   

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

1950  On April - 27 adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer, dies at 70   

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

1951  On this day in history philip Albert Myburgh Hands, cricketer (7 Tests for S Africa), dies   

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

1953  On April - 27 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  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  "Today" show goes abroard the first time (Paris France) on April - 27.   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

1961  Sierra Leone, in Africa, becomes an independent republic on this day in history.   

1961  On April - 27 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 this day in history 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 this day in history birth of charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia   

1707  John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens was born on April - 27.   

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 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 this day in history philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62   

1521  Death of Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50 on April - 27.   

1599  Death of Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538) on this day in history.   

1605  On this day in history leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69   

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