{"id":4425,"date":"2023-04-27T04:54:44","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T23:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=4425"},"modified":"2023-04-19T18:19:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T12:49:19","slug":"history-of-27-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-27-april\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 27 April"},"content":{"rendered":"

History of 27 April<\/h2>\n

1903<\/strong> – Jamaica Race Track opened in Long Island,\u00a0NY.<\/p>\n

1909<\/strong> – The sultan of Turkey, Abdul Hamid II, was overthrown.<\/p>\n

1938<\/strong> – Geraldine Apponyi married King Zog of Albania. She was the first American woman to become a queen.<\/p>\n

1938<\/strong> – A colored baseball was used for the first time in any baseball game. The ball was yellow and was used between Columbia and Fordham Universities in New York City.<\/p>\n

1945<\/strong> – The Second Republic was founded in Austria.<\/p>\n

1946<\/strong> – The\u00a0SS African Star<\/i>\u00a0was placed in service. It was the first commercial ship to be equipped with radar.<\/p>\n

1947<\/strong> – “Babe Ruth Day” was celebrated at Yankee Stadium.<\/p>\n

1950<\/strong> – South Africa passed the Group Areas Act, which formally segregated races.<\/p>\n

1953<\/strong> – The\u00a0U.S.\u00a0offered $50,000 and political asylum to any Communist pilot that delivered a MIG jet.<\/p>\n

1953<\/strong> – Five people were killed and 60 injured when Mt. Aso erupted on the island of Kyushu.<\/p>\n

1960<\/strong> – The submarine\u00a0Tullibee<\/i>\u00a0was launched from Groton,\u00a0CT. It was the first sub to be equipped with closed-circuit television.<\/p>\n

1961<\/strong> – The United Kingdom granted Sierra Leone independence.<\/p>\n

1965<\/strong> – “Pampers” were patented by R.C. Duncan.<\/p>\n

1967<\/strong> – In Montreal, Prime Minister Lester Pearson lighted a flame to open Expo 67.<\/p>\n

1975<\/strong> – Saigon was encircled by North Vietnamese troops.<\/p>\n

1978<\/strong> – Pro-Soviet Marxists seized control of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

1982<\/strong> – The trial of John W. Hinckley Jr. began in Washington. Hinckley was later acquitted by reason of insanity for the shooting of\u00a0U.S. President Reagan\u00a0and three others.<\/p>\n

1982<\/strong> – China proposed a new constitution that would radically alter the structure of the national government.<\/p>\n

1983<\/strong> – Nolan Ryan (Houston Astros) broke a 55-year-old major league baseball record when he struck out the 3,509th batter of his career.<\/p>\n

1984<\/strong> – In London, Libyan gunmen left the Libyan Embassy 11 days after killing a policewoman and wounding 10 others.<\/p>\n

1986<\/strong> – Captain Midnight (John R. MacDougall) interrupted HBO.<\/p>\n

1989<\/strong> – Student protestors took over Tiananmen Square in Beijing.<\/p>\n

1987<\/strong> – The\u00a0U.S.\u00a0Justice Department barred Austrian President Kurt Waldheim from entering the\u00a0U.S.\u00a0He claimed that he had aided in the deportation and execution of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.<\/p>\n

1992<\/strong> – The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was proclaimed in Belgrade by the Republic of Serbia and its ally Montenegro.<\/p>\n

1992<\/strong> – Russia and 12 other former Soviet republics won entry into the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.<\/p>\n

2005<\/strong> – The A380, the world’s largest jetliner, completed its maiden flight. The passenger capability was 840.<\/p>\n

2005<\/strong> – Russian President Vladimir Putin became the first Kremlin leader to visit Israel.<\/p>\n

2006<\/strong> – In New York, NY, construction began on the 1,776-foot One World Trade Center on the site of former World Trade Center.<\/p>\n

2007<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Estonian\u00a0authorities remove the\u00a0Bronze Soldier, a\u00a0Soviet\u00a0Red Army\u00a0war memorial\u00a0in\u00a0Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.<\/p>\n

2007<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Israeli\u00a0archaeologists discover the tomb of\u00a0Herod the Great\u00a0south of\u00a0Jerusalem.<\/sup><\/p>\n

2011<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a02011 Super Outbreak\u00a0devastates parts of the\u00a0Southeastern United States, especially the states of\u00a0Alabama,\u00a0Mississippi,\u00a0Georgia, and\u00a0Tennessee. 205 tornadoes touched down on April 27 alone, killing more than 300 and injuring hundreds more.<\/p>\n

2012<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 At least\u00a0four explosions\u00a0hit the\u00a0Ukrainian\u00a0city of\u00a0Dnipropetrovsk\u00a0with at least 27 people injured.<\/p>\n

2018<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Panmunjom Declaration\u00a0is signed by the two\u00a0Koreas, officially declaring their intentions to end of the\u00a0Korean conflict.<\/p>\n

Celebrating Birthday Today<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  • 1981<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Joey Gathright, American baseball player<\/li>\n
  • 1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Patrik Gerrbrand, Swedish footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1982<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Fran\u00e7ois Parisien, Canadian cyclist<\/li>\n
  • 1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Alexander Widiker, German rugby player<\/li>\n
  • 1983<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ari Graynor, American actress and producer<\/li>\n
  • 1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Martin Viiask, Estonian basketball player<\/li>\n
  • 1984<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player<\/li>\n
  • 1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Daniel Holdsworth, Australian rugby league player<\/li>\n
  • 1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Patrick Stump, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<\/li>\n
  • 1985<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jos\u00e9 Ant\u00f3nio de Miranda da Silva J\u00fanior, Brazilian footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Meselech Melkamu, Ethiopian runner<\/li>\n
  • 1986<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jenna Coleman, English actress<\/li>\n
  • 1986<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Dinara Safina, a Russian tennis player<\/li>\n
  • 1987<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Taylor Chorney, American ice hockey player<\/li>\n
  • 1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Elliott Shriane, Australian speed skater<\/li>\n
  • 1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0William Moseley, English actor<\/li>\n
  • 1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Wang Feifei, Chinese singer and actress<\/li>\n
  • 1988<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Joeri Dequevy, Belgian footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Kris Thackray, English footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Semyon Varlamov, Russian ice hockey player<\/li>\n
  • 1989<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Lars Bender, German footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1989<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Sven Bender, German footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1989<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Tim Glasby, Australian rugby league player<\/li>\n
  • 1989<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Dmytro Kozban, Ukrainian footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1990<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Trude Raad, Norwegian deaf track and field athlete<\/li>\n
  • 1991<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Isaac Cuenca, Spanish footballer<\/li>\n
  • 1991<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Eric Fukusaki, Peruvian singer<\/li>\n
  • 1991<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Lara Gut, Swiss skier<\/li>\n
  • 1992<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Keenan Allen, American football player<\/li>\n
  • 1994<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Corey Seager, American baseball player<\/li>\n
  • 1995<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Nick Kyrgios, an Australian tennis player<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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