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April 27, 2005 Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France April 27, 1997 "Little Foxes," opens at Vivian Beaumont New York City for 56 performances April 27, 1997 "Stanley," closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City April 27, 1997 Frank Nobilo wins Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic at Forest Oaks April 27, 1997 Las Vegas Senior Golf Classic by TruGreen-ChemLawn April 27, 1997 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Championship April 27, 1996 Brunswick World Tournament of Champions won by Dave D'Entremont April 27, 1995 "Indiscretions" opens at Ethel Barrymore Theater New York City for 221 performances April 27, 1995 Coors Field in Colorado opens - Denver Rockies beats Mets 11-9 in 14 April 27, 1994 "Inspector Calls" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 454 performances April 27, 1994 29.0 degrees C in Genevad, Sweden (Swedish April high temperature record) April 27, 1994 7th longest NHL game: New Jersey Devils beat Buffalo Sabres (125 min 43 sec) April 27, 1994 Graeme Obree bicycles world record time (52,713 km) April 27, 1994 President Nixon buried in Nixon Library in California April 27, 1994 Twins righty Scott Erickson no-hits Brewers 6-0 April 27, 1993 Afghan Antonov AN-32 crashes at Tashqurgan, kills 76 April 27, 1992 "Small Family Business" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 48 performances April 27, 1992 New York Jets finish perfect 5-0 pre-season for 1st time April 27, 1992 New York Mets trade David Cone to Toronto Blue Jays for Jeff Kent April 27, 1991 "Lucifer's Child" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 28 performances April 27, 1991 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by David Ozio April 27, 1990 50th annual barbershop quartet singing convention held (Mich) April 27, 1990 Dodger Orel Hershiser undergoes career-threatening shoulder surgery April 27, 1990 Villanova's women set a 6,000 m relay world record of 17:18:10 April 27, 1989 "Starmites" opens at Criter Ctr SR Theater New York City for 60 performances April 27, 1989 Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China April 27, 1989 Hurricane in Bangladesh, kills 500 April 27, 1989 Mandatory seatbelt law goes into effect in Italy April 27, 1987 U.S. Justice Department bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering U.S., due to his aid of Nazi Germany during WW II April 27, 1986 "Sweet Charity" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 368 performances April 27, 1986 Captain Midnight (John R. MacDougall) interrupts HBO April 27, 1986 Pat Bradley wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic April 27, 1984 Cleveland Indians beat Detroit Tigers, 8-4, in 19 innings April 27, 1984 Over 70 inches of snow falls on Red Lake Montana April 27, 1983 Nolan Ryan becomes strikeout king (3,509), passing Walter Johnson April 27, 1982 Nordiques 1-Isles 4-Semifinals-Isles hold 1-0 lead April 27, 1982 Trial of John W. Hinckley, Jr. attempted assassin of Reagan, begins April 27, 1981 1st female soccer official is hired by NASL April 27, 1981 Beatle Ringo Starr marries actress Barbara Bach [Goldbach] April 27, 1980 Barbara Barrow wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic April 27, 1979 George Harrison releases "Love Comes to Everyone" April 27, 1978 14th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 4-3 in 11 April 27, 1978 Afghanistan revolution (National Day), pro-Russian military coup April 27, 1977 Bloody riots in Soweto South Africa April 27, 1977 HCC, Hobby Computer Club, forms in Netherlands April 27, 1976 "So Long 174th St" opens at Harkness Theater New York City for 16 performances April 27, 1976 Arabic Monetary Fund established in Abu Dhabi April 27, 1975 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Charity Golf Classic April 27, 1975 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. April 27, 1974 Pan Am 707 crashes into mountains of Bali, killing 107 April 27, 1973 Kansas City Royal Steve Busby no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0 April 27, 1972 Apollo 16 returns to Earth April 27, 1972 New York City Mayor John Lindsey appeals that John Lennon not be deported April 27, 1971 Curt Flood resigns Senators after 13 games and departs for Denmark April 27, 1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational April 27, 1968 "Education of Hyman Kaplan" closes at Alvin New York City after 28 performances April 27, 1968 Baltimore Oriole Tom Phoebus no-hits Boston, 6-0 April 27, 1968 Congress of Political Party Radicals (PPR) forms in Netherlands April 27, 1967 Expo '67 opens in Montreal April 27, 1967 Rocky Marciano retires as undefeated boxing champ April 27, 1967 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site April 27, 1966 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 2nd cello concert April 27, 1965 "I'm Solomon" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 7 performances April 27, 1965 RC Duncan patents "Pampers" disposable diaper April 27, 1964 John Lennon's "In His Own Write" is published in U.S. April 27, 1963 "Jopie" Pengel forms government in Suriname April 27, 1963 Cuban premier Fidel Castro arrives in Moscow April 27, 1962 Arnold Wesker's "Chips with Everything," premieres in London April 27, 1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island April 27, 1961 NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays April 27, 1961 NFL officially recognizes Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio April 27, 1961 Sierra Leone declares independence from U.K. April 27, 1960 1st atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched, the Tullibee April 27, 1960 South Korean President Syngman Rhee resigns April 27, 1960 Togo (formerly French Togo) declares independence from French adm April 27, 1959 "Today" show goes abroard 1st time (Paris France) April 27, 1959 Liu Sjau-chi elected president of China PR April 27, 1956 Burma Premier U Nu's Volksliga voor Vrijheid loses election April 27, 1956 Heavyweight champ, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing April 27, 1953 1st general elections in British Guyana, won by Jagans PPP April 27, 1953 Wrestler Freddie Blassie coins term "Pencil neck geek" April 27, 1952 "4 Saints in 3 Acts" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 15 performances April 27, 1951 Mohammed Mossadeq chosen premier of Persia April 27, 1950 "Tickets, Please" opens at Coronet Theater New York City for 245 performances April 27, 1950 South Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races April 27, 1948 Arab legion attacks Gesher bridge on Jordan River April 27, 1947 Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium and through out US April 27, 1946 1st radar installation aboard a coml ship installed April 27, 1945 2nd Republic of Austria forms April 27, 1945 Italian partisans capture Mussolini prisoner April 27, 1945 U.S. 5th army enters Genua April 27, 1944 Boston Brave Jim Tobin no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 2-0 April 27, 1943 Lou Jansen and Jan Dieters arrested, lead illegal CPN party in Holland April 27, 1943 Soviet Union breaks contact with Polish government exiled in London April 27, 1942 Belgium Jews are forced to wear stars April 27, 1942 Tornado destroys Pryor, Oklahoma killing 100, injuring 300 April 27, 1941 German troops occupy Athens Greece April 27, 1940 Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp April 27, 1937 U.S. Social Security system makes its 1st benefit payment April 27, 1935 Brussel's World Expo opens April 27, 1935 Yanks pull a 1st inning triple-play and beat Philadelphia A's 9-8 April 27, 1933 Karl Jansky reports reception of cosmic radio signal in Washington D.C. April 27, 1931 100 degrees F (38 degrees C), Pahala, Hawaii (state record) April 27, 1926 In the Giants' 9-8 win over Phillies, Mel Ott, 17, 1st appearance April 27, 1924 Antwerp soccer tie Belgium-Netherlands 1-1 April 27, 1923 Mussolini government italian place in South Tirol/Alto Adige April 27, 1922 Fritz Langs "Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler" premieres in Berlin April 27, 1922 Yakut ASSR formed in Russian SFSR April 27, 1921 Hadjememaar, [Corn de Gelder] elected in Amsterdam April 27, 1920 Pogrom leader Petljoera declares Ukraine Independence April 27, 1918 Giants' 9-0 winning start and Dodgers' 0-9 losing streak are stopped April 27, 1912 Relief laws replaces those of 1854, in Netherlands April 27, 1910 Belgian parliament rejects socialist motion for general voting rights April 27, 1909 Sultan of Turkey Abdul Hamid II is overthrown April 27, 1908 4th modern Olympic games opens in London April 27, 1905 World Exposition opens in Luik April 27, 1903 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out, Philadelphia A's win 6-0 April 27, 1903 Long Island's Jamaica Race Track opens April 27, 1897 Grant's Tomb (famed of song and legend) dedicated April 27, 1890 French troops under Capt Archinard occupy Oussebougou West Sudan April 27, 1881 Pogroms against Russian Jews start in Elisabethgrad April 27, 1877 Opera "Le Roi de Lahore" is produced (Paris) April 27, 1877 President Hayes removes Federal troops from LA, Reconstruction ends April 27, 1874 White League, Paramilitary white supremacist organization, forms April 27, 1870 Heinrich Schliemann discovers Troi April 27, 1867 Opera "Romeo et Juliette" is produced (Paris) April 27, 1865 Cornell University in Ithaca,New York is chartered April 27, 1865 Steamboat "Sultana" explodes in Mississippi River, kills up to 1,547. 1450 of 2000 paroled Union POWs on their way home are killed when river steamer "Sultana" blows up April 27, 1863 Battle of Streight's raid: Tuscumbia to Cedar Bluff, AL April 27, 1861 President Abe Lincoln suspends writ of habeas corpus April 27, 1861 West Virginia secedes from Virginia after Virginia secedes from U.S. April 27, 1860 Thomas J. Jackson is assigned to command Harpers Ferry April 27, 1859 "Pomona" sinks in North Atlantic drowning all 400 aboard April 27, 1857 Establishment of Jewish congregations in Lower Austria prohibited April 27, 1841 Imakita Kosen, 1st Zen teacher of D. T. Suzuki, found the awakening April 27, 1838 Fire destroys half of Charleston April 27, 1828 Zoological Gardens at Regent's Park London, opens April 27, 1813 Americans under Gen Pike capture Toronto; Pike is killed April 27, 1805 U.S. Marines attack shores of Tripoli April 27, 1773 British Parliament passes Tea Act (Boston won't like this) April 27, 1746 Battle at Culloden Moor: Duke of Cumberland beats "James VIII and III" April 27, 1694 Frederik August I "the Strong" becomes monarch of Saksen April 27, 1662 Netherlands and France sign military covenant April 27, 1650 Scottish general Montrose defeated April 27, 1646 King Charles I flees Oxford April 27, 1643 Tirso de Molina's "Bellaco Sois, Gomez," premieres in Madrid April 27, 1576 Peace of Beaulieu and Paix de Monsieur April 27, 1565 1st Spanish settlement in Philippines, Cebu City, forms April 27, 1526 Mogol King Babur beats sultan of Delhi April 27, 1522 Battle at Bicacca: Charles I and Pope Adrianus VI beat France April 27, 1518 Treaty of St. Truiden: anti-French Trapdoors/Bourgondisch covenant April 27, 1509 Pope Julius II excommunicates Italian state of Venice |