Page 6: Historical Events In April - 27

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

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

1941  On this day in history german troops occupy Athens Greece   

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 April - 27 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  2nd Republic of Austria forms on this day in history.   

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

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 April - 27.   

1948  On April - 27 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  Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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  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 April - 27.   

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  "Today" show goes abroard the first time (Paris France) on this day in history.   

1959  Gordon Armstrong inventor of baby incubator, dies on this day in history.   

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

1959  On this day in history gordon Armstrong, inventor (baby incubator), dies   

1960  On this day in history france grants Togo independence   

1960  On this day in history 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  1st atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched (Tullibee) on this day in history.   

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  UK grants Sierra Leone independence on this day in history.   

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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  Johann Adam Reincken, composer was born on April - 27.   

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

1701  On April - 27 birth of charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia   

1707  John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens was born on this day in history.   

1718  On April - 27 birth of thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790)   

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

0630  Death of King Ardashir III of Persia on this day in history.   

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

1124  On this day in history alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies   

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 April - 27 death of maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538)   

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

1613  Death of Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532) on this day in history.