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27 Apr 1296
Battle of Dunbar The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England
27 Apr 1518
Treaty of St Truiden anti-French Trapdoors and Bourgondisch covenant
27 Apr 1522
Battle of Bicocca a combined French and Venetian force is decisively defeated by a Spanish-Imperial and Papal army
27 Apr 1539
Re-founding of the city of Bogot New Granada (nowadays Colombia) by Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastin de Belalczar.
27 Apr 1565
1st Spanish settlement in Philippines forms at Cebu City
27 Apr 1578
Duel of the Mignons claims the lives of two favorites of Henry III of France and two favorites of Henry I Duke of Guise.
27 Apr 1643
Tirso de Molinas Bellaco Sois Gomez premieres in Madrid
27 Apr 1650
The Battle of Carbisdale Royalist army under Marquess of Montrose invades mainland Scotland from Orkney defeated by a Covenanter army.
27 Apr 1694
Frederik August I the Strong becomes monarch of Saksen
27 Apr 1773
British Parliament passes Tea Act (Boston wont like this)
27 Apr 1813
Americans under General Pike capture Toronto Pike is killed
27 Apr 1828
Zoological Gardens at Regents Park in London opens
27 Apr 1840
Foundation stone for new Palace of Westminster London laid by wife of Sir Charles Barry
27 Apr 1841
Imakita Kosen 1st Zen teacher of D.T. Suzuki found the awakening
27 Apr 1857
Establishment of Jewish congregations in Lower Austria prohibited
27 Apr 1859
Pomona sinks in North Atlantic drowning all 400 aboard
27 Apr 1861
West Virginia secedes from Virginia after Virginia secedes from Union (US Civil War)
27 Apr 1863
Battle of Streights raid Tuscumbia to Cedar Bluff AL
27 Apr 1865
Steamboat SS Sultana explodes in the Mississippi River killing up to 1800 of the 2427 passengers in the greatest maritime disaster in United States history. Most were paroled Union POWs on their way home.
27 Apr 1867
Opera Romeo et Juliette is produced in Paris
27 Apr 1874
White League Paramilitary white supremacist organization forms
27 Apr 1881
Pogroms against Russian Jews start in Elisabethgrad
27 Apr 1890
French troops under Capt Archinard occupy Oussebougou West Sudan
27 Apr 1893
Richard King Dick Seddon succeeds John Balance as premier of New Zealand and leader of Liberal Party
27 Apr 1897
Grants Tomb (famed of song & legend) dedicated
27 Apr 1903
1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out Philadelphia As win 6-0
27 Apr 1910
Belgian parliament rejects socialist motion for general voting rights
27 Apr 1910
Louis Botha and James Hertzog establish the moderate nationalists South African Party promising equality of Britons and Boers
27 Apr 1911
Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore (for the time being) of the United States Senate
27 Apr 1912
Relief laws in Netherlands replace those of 1854
27 Apr 1914
Honduras becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty
27 Apr 1916
The British renew their assault on the Irish Volunteer position in Mount Street shelling also sets the buildings on fire
27 Apr 1918
Giants 9-0 winning start & Dodgers 0-9 losing streak are stopped
27 Apr 1920
Pogrom leader Petljoera declares Ukraine Independence
27 Apr 1920
Sweden takes the figure skating double at the Antwerp Olympics when Gillis Grafstrm wins his first of 3 consecutive mens gold medals Magda Julin earlier wins the womens singles event
27 Apr 1921
Hadjememaar [Corn de Gelder] elected in Amsterdam
27 Apr 1922
Fritz Langs Dr Mabuse der Spieler premieres in Berlin
27 Apr 1926
In the Giants 9-8 win over Phillies Mel Ott 17 1st appearance
27 Apr 1927
Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmery) created
27 Apr 1929
Ryder Cup Golf Moortown GC Great Britain beats US 7-5 in bitterly cold and snowy conditions
27 Apr 1931
100F (38C) Pahala Hawaii (state record)
27 Apr 1933
Karl Jansky reports reception of cosmic radio signal in Washington D.C.
27 Apr 1933
Jessop & Son department store in Nottingham England acquired by John Lewis Partnership. The partnerships first shop outside London.
27 Apr 1935
Yanks pull a 1st inning triple-play & beat Philadelphia As 9-8
27 Apr 1942
Tornado destroys Pryor Oklahoma killing 100 injuring 300
27 Apr 1943
Lou Jansen & Jan Dieters leaders of the illegal CPN party in Holland arrested
27 Apr 1943
Soviet Union breaks contact with Polish government exiled in London
27 Apr 1944
Boston Brave Jim Tobin no-hits Bkln Dodgers 2-0
27 Apr 1945
World War II The Vlkischer Beobachter the newspaper of the Nazi Party ceases publication
27 Apr 1948
Arab legion attacks Gesher bridge on Jordan River
27 Apr 1950
Tickets Please opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 245 performances
27 Apr 1950
South Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races
27 Apr 1952
4 Saints in 3 Acts closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 15 performances
27 Apr 1953
1st general elections in British Guyana won by Jagans PPP
27 Apr 1953
Wrestler Freddie Blassie coins term Pencil neck geek
27 Apr 1956
Burma Premier U Nus Volksliga voor Vrijheid loses election
27 Apr 1959
Today show goes abroard 1st time (Paris France)
27 Apr 1959
The last Canadian missionary leaves the Peoples Republic of China.
27 Apr 1960
1st atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched (Tullibee)
27 Apr 1960
Togo (formerly French Togo) declares independence from French administration
27 Apr 1961
NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays
27 Apr 1961
NFL officially recognizes Hall of Fame in Canton Ohio
27 Apr 1962
Arnold Weskers Chips with Everything premieres in London
27 Apr 1962
US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
27 Apr 1965
Im Solomon closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 7 performances
27 Apr 1968
Education of Hyman Kaplan closes at Alvin NYC after 28 performances
27 Apr 1968
Baltimore Oriole Tom Phoebus no-hits Boston 6-0
27 Apr 1968
Congress of Political Party Radicals (PPR) forms in Netherlands
27 Apr 1968
The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) hold a rally to protest the banning of a Republican Easter parade
27 Apr 1971
Curt Flood resigns Senators after 13 games & departs for Denmark
27 Apr 1972
NYC Mayor John Lindsey appeals that John Lennon not be deported
27 Apr 1973
KC Royal Steve Busby no-hits Detroit Tigers 3-0
27 Apr 1974
Pan Am 707 crashes into mountains of Bali killing 107
27 Apr 1976
So Long 174th St opens at Harkness Theater NYC for 16 performances
27 Apr 1977
HCC Hobby Computer Club forms in Netherlands
27 Apr 1977
28 people are killed in the Guatemala City air disaster.
27 Apr 1978
14th Mayors Trophy Game Yanks beat Mets 4-3 in 11
27 Apr 1978
Cooling tower collaspes at a coal-fired power plant at Willow Island West Virginia kills 51
27 Apr 1978
Afghanistan revolution (National Day) pro-Russian military coup
27 Apr 1982
NFL Draft University of Texas defensive end Kenneth Sims first pick by New England Patriots
27 Apr 1984
Cleveland Indians beat Detroit Tigers 8-4 in 19 innings
27 Apr 1984
Over 70 inches of snow falls on Red Lake Montana
27 Apr 1986
Sweet Charity opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 368 performances
27 Apr 1986
Captain Midnight (John R MacDougall) interrupts HBO
27 Apr 1987
US Justice Department bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering US due to his aid of Nazi Germany during WW II
27 Apr 1989
Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China
27 Apr 1989
Mandatory seatbelt law goes into effect in Italy
27 Apr 1990
50th annual barbershop quartet singing convention held (Mich)
27 Apr 1990
Dodger Orel Hershiser undergoes career-threatening shoulder surgery
27 Apr 1990
Villanovas women set a 6000 m relay world record of 171810
27 Apr 1991
Lucifers Child closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 28 performances
27 Apr 1991
Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by David Ozio
27 Apr 1992
Small Family Business opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 48 performances
27 Apr 1992
NY Mets trade David Cone to Toronto Blue Jays for Jeff Kent
27 Apr 1989
Starmites opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 60 performances
27 Apr 1992
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia comprising Serbia and Montenegro is proclaimed
27 Apr 1992
Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history.
27 Apr 1993
Afghan Antonov AN-32 crashes at Tashqurgan kills 76
27 Apr 1994
An Inspector Calls opens at Royale Theater NYC for 454 performances
27 Apr 1994
29.0C in Genevad Sweden (Swedish April high temperature record)
27 Apr 1994
7th longest NHL game at 125 min 43 sec Buffalo Sabres beat New Jersey Devils 1-0 on a goal by Dave Hannan
27 Apr 1994
Graeme Obree bicycles world record time (52713 km)
27 Apr 1994
Twins righty Scott Erickson no-hits Brewers 6-0
27 Apr 1994
Freedom Day day 2 of South Africas 1st multi-racial elections and day most voted - some queuing for 10 hours
27 Apr 1995
Indiscretions opens at Ethel Barrymore Theater NYC for 221 performances
27 Apr 1996
Brunswick World Tournament of Champions won by Dave DEntremont
27 Apr 1997
Little Foxes opens at Vivian Beaumont NYC for 56 performances
27 Apr 1997
Frank Nobilo wins Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic at Forest Oaks
27 Apr 2002
The last successful telemetry from the NASA space probe Pioneer 10
27 Apr 2005
The Superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse France
27 Apr 2006
Construction begins on the Freedom Tower for the new World Trade Center in New York City
27 Apr 2007
Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn amid political controversy with Russia.
27 Apr 2011
The deadliest day of the Super outbreak of tornadoes the largest tornado outbreak in United States history.
27 Apr 2012
Four explosions in Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine kill 27 people
27 Apr 2013
10 people are killed and 25 are injured after a bomb attack in Karachi Pakistan
27 Apr 2018
Swedish band ABBA announce they have recorded new songs for the first time since 1982
27 Apr 2018
Mass protests across Spain after 5 men convicted of sexual abuse but not rape of teenage girl during Running of the Bulls festival in Pamplona
27 Apr 2018
More than 40 Tuareg killed over two days by suspected jihadists in Menaka region Mali
27 Apr 1908
IV Summer (Modern) Olympic Games open in London
27 Apr 2017
NFL Draft Texas A&M defensive end Myles Garrett first pick by Cleveland Browns
27 Apr 2019
Shooter opens fire in a synagogue in Poway California killing one and injuring three
27 Apr 1565
1st Spanish settlement in the Philippines forms at Cebu City
27 Apr 1930
White Sox 1st baseman Bud Clancy didnt handle ball at all in a 9 inning game vs St Louis Browns [1]
27 Apr 1953
1st general elections in British Guiana won by the Peoples Progressive Party with Cheddi Jagan first person of Indian descent to be elected head of government outside South Asia
27 Apr 1973
KC Royals pitcher Steve Busby no-hits Detroit Tigers 3-0
27 Apr 1978
Cooling tower collapses at a coal-fired power plant at Willow Island West Virginia kills 51
27 Apr 2011
Deadliest day of the super outbreak of tornadoes the largest tornado outbreak in United States history
27 Apr 1867
Charles Gounods opera Romeo et Juliette is premieres at the Thtre Lyrique Paris France
27 Apr 1899
Foundation of the Phonogrammarchiv of the Austrian Academy of Science the worlds first research sound archive (added to UNESCOs Memory of the World 1999) [1]
27 Apr 1967
Expo 67 opens in Montreal Canada featuring a giant Biosphere designed by Buckminster Fuller
27 Apr 1986
Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields musical Sweet Charity starring Gwen Verdon opens at the Minskoff Theatre NYC runs for 368 performances and wins a Tony Award for choreographer Bob Fosse
27 Apr 1986
Captain Midnight (John R MacDougall) hacks into and interrupts HBO
27 Apr 1997
Stanley closes at Circle in the Square Theater NYC
27 Apr 2020
US Defense Department declassifies and releases videos of unidentified aerial phenomena from 2004 and 2015
27 Apr 2021
Pfizer announces it is working on a new antiviral therapy to treat COVID-19 at its onset and prevent hospitalization [1]
27 Apr 1875
The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC) the worlds 1st such agency is incorporated
27 Apr 2022
Italian women footballers finally turn professional after Italian Football Federation changes status of top division (takes effect 1 July) and ends capped amateur salaries [1]
27 Apr 2022
US CDC report finds that more than half of people (57.7%) had antibodies for COVID-19 by February with 75.2% of children and teenagers [1]
27 Apr 1509
Pope Julius II excommunicates the Republic of Venice and endorses his allies to attack
27 Apr 1539
Re-founding of the city of Bogot New Granada (now Colombia) by Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastin de Belalczar.
27 Apr 1565
First Spanish settlement in the Philippines founded at Cebu City
27 Apr 1813
Americans under General Zebulon Pike capture York (now Toronto) from British regulars militia and Ojibwe natives forcing a British withdrawal to Kingston Pike is killed
27 Apr 1961
Sierra Leone declares independence from the United Kingdom
27 Apr 1968
Baltimore Orioles pitcher Tom Phoebus no-hits Boston 6-0
27 Apr 1972
Apollo 16 returns to Earth after lunar exploration splashing down in the Pacific Ocean 350 km (189 nmi) southeast of the island of Kiritimati
27 Apr 1999
Nevada State Museum discovers the oldest mummy in North America - on the shelves of their own museum after the Spirit Cave Mummy radiocarbon dates to over 9400 years old [1]
27 Apr 2011
Mummified remains of American actress Yvette Vickers discovered by a neighbor at her home she had not been seen since 2010
27 Apr 2023
Findings from the Zoonomia Project published - where genomes of 240 mammals collected and compared. Reveals 10.7% of the human genome identical to almost all species. [1]
27 Apr 2023
NFL Draft Alabama quarterback Bryce Young first pick by the Carolina Panthers
27 Apr 2023
Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari awarded Royal Institute of British Architects Royal Gold Medal for her humanitarian work providing structures for Pakistanis marginalized communities [1]
27 Apr 1565
First Spanish settlement in the Philippines is founded in Cebu City
27 Apr 1650
Battle of Carbisdale Royalist army under the Marquess of Montrose invades mainland Scotland from Orkney and is defeated by a Covenanter army
27 Apr 1662
Netherlands and France sign a military agreement
27 Apr 1694
Frederick Augustus I the Strong becomes the monarch of Saxony
27 Apr 1723
Cornelis van Steenoven elected seventh Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
27 Apr 1773
British Parliament passes the Tea Act (Boston wont like this)
27 Apr 1865
Steamboat SS Sultana explodes in the Mississippi River killing up to 1800 of the 2427 passengers in the greatest maritime disaster in United States history most are paroled Union POWs on their way home.
27 Apr 1875
New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC) the worlds first such agency is incorporated
27 Apr 1965
Robert C. Duncan and Norma L. Baker are granted a patent for the Pampers disposable diaper on behalf of Procter & Gamble
27 Apr 1981
First female soccer official is hired by the NASL
27 Apr 1990
50th annual Barbershop Quartet Singing Convention held in Michigan
27 Apr 1994
Freedom Day Day 2 of South Africas first multi-racial elections and the day most people vote with some queuing for 10 hours
27 Apr 2024
Iraqs parliament criminalizes same-sex relationships passing a law that allows for up to 15 years in prison [1]
27 Apr 2024
NASA engineers successfully repair and recode Voyager 1 from 15 billion miles away after five month gap in not receiving data [1]
27 Apr 1773
British House of Commons passes the Tea Act (later led to the Boston Tea Party)
27 Apr 1897
Grants Tomb the final resting place of US President Ulysses S. Grant is completed
27 Apr 1930
White Sox first baseman Bud Clancy didnt handle ball at all in a 9 inning game vs St Louis Browns [1]
27 Apr 1935
MLB New York Yankees turn a first-inning triple play in a 9-8 win over the Philadelphia Athletics
27 Apr 1948
British-controlled Arab Legion attacks Gesher Bridge on Jordan River in response to Zionist paramilitary activity in Mandatory Palestine
27 Apr 1961
NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earths orbit to study gamma rays
27 Apr 1999
Nevada State Museum discovers the oldest mummy in North America on the shelves of its own museum after the Spirit Cave Mummy is radiocarbon dated to more than 9400 years old [1]
27 Apr 2023
Findings from the Zoonomia Project are published in which the genomes of 240 mammals are collected and compared they reveal that 10.7% of the human genome is identical across almost all species [1]
27 Apr 2025
Liverpool wins the 202425 English Premier League title against Tottenham (5-1)