Historical Events In April - 27

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

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

1941  On April - 27 german troops occupy Athens Greece   

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

1942  Belgium Jews are forced to wear stars on April - 27.   

1943  Lou Jansen & Jan Dieters arrested, lead illegal CPN party in Holland on April - 27.   

1944  Boston Brave Jim Tobin no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 2-0 on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history 2nd Republic of Austria forms   

1946  On April - 27 1st radar installation aboard a coml ship installed   

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 this day in history.   

1948  Arab legion attacks Gesher bridge on Jordan River on April - 27.   

1950  South Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races on April - 27.   

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

1950  Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

1951  Philip Albert Myburgh Hands, cricketer (7 Tests for S Africa), dies on this day in history.   

1952  "4 Saints in 3 Acts" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 15 perfs on this day in history.   

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

1956  Heavyweight champ, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing on April - 27.   

1956  On April - 27 burma Premier U Nu's Volksliga voor Vrijheid loses election   

1957  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1960  France grants Togo independence on this day in history.   

1960  On April - 27 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 this day in history.   

1961  NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays on April - 27.   

1961  Sierra Leone, in Africa, becomes an independent republic on April - 27.   

1961  On this day in history uK grants Sierra Leone independence   

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1410  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1650  On this day in history birth of charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)   

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 this day in history birth of thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790)   

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

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

1404  Philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1521  On this day in history death of ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50   

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

1605  On April - 27 leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69   

1613  On this day in history death of robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532)