Page 6: Historical Events In April - 27

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

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

1941  On April - 27 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  Lou Jansen & Jan Dieters arrested, lead illegal CPN party in Holland on this day in history.   

1944  Boston Brave Jim Tobin no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 2-0 on April - 27.   

1945  2nd Republic of Austria forms on this day in history.   

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

1947  Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium & through the US on April - 27.   

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

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  On this day in history "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  On April - 27 philip Albert Myburgh Hands, cricketer (7 Tests for S Africa), dies   

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

1953  On April - 27 1st general elections in British Guyana, won by Jagans PPP   

1956  Heavyweight champ, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing on this day in history.   

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 this day in history mario A Gianini, creator (maraschino cherry), dies   

1959  On this day in history "Today" show goes abroard the first time (Paris France)   

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

1959  On this day in history "Today" show goes abroard 1st time (Paris France)   

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

1724  On April - 27 birth of ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer   

0630  On this day in history death of king Ardashir III of Persia   

1076  On April - 27 willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies   

1124  Alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies on April - 27.   

1404  On April - 27 philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62   

1521  Death of Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50 on this day in history.   

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