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 April - 27 german troops occupy Athens Greece   

1942  Tornado destroys Pryor Oklahoma killing 100, injuring 300 on this day in history.   

1942  On April - 27 belgium Jews are forced to wear stars   

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  On this day in history 2nd Republic of Austria forms   

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 this day in history.   

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

1948  Arab legion attacks Gesher bridge on Jordan River on this day in history.   

1950  South Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races on this day in history.   

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 April - 27.   

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 this day in history 1st general elections in British Guyana, won by Jagans PPP   

1956  On this day in history heavyweight champ, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing   

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

1957  Mario A Gianini creator of the maraschino cherry, dies on this day in history.   

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

1960  On April - 27 france grants Togo independence   

1960  France grants Togo independence, kicking off the end of the colonial age on April - 27.   

1960  On April - 27 the first atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched (Tullibee)   

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

1961  On April - 27 nASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1701  Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia was born on this day in history.   

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

1718  Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) was born on April - 27.   

1724  Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1076  Willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies on this day in history.   

1124  On April - 27 alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies   

1404  Philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62 on April - 27.   

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 April - 27.   

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)