Page 6: Historical Events In April - 27

1940  On this day in history himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp   

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

1941  German troops occupy Athens Greece on April - 27.   

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

1942  On this day in history belgium Jews are forced to wear stars   

1943  On April - 27 lou Jansen & Jan Dieters arrested, lead illegal CPN party in Holland   

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  1st radar installation aboard a coml ship installed on April - 27.   

1947  Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium & through the US on this day in history.   

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

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

1950  On April - 27 south Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races   

1950  On April - 27 "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  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 April - 27.   

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  On this day in history burma Premier U Nu's Volksliga voor Vrijheid loses election   

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

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

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

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

1960  France grants Togo independence on April - 27.   

1960  On April - 27 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  1st atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched (Tullibee) on April - 27.   

1961  NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history sierra Leone, in Africa, becomes an independent republic   

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 April - 27 birth of suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566)   

1623  On this day in history birth of johann Adam Reincken, composer   

1650  On April - 27 birth of charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)   

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

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

0630  Death of King Ardashir III of Persia on April - 27.   

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

1124  Alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies on this day in history.   

1404  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538)   

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)