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33 BC Lucius Marcius Philippus, step-brother to the future emperor Augustus, celebrates a triumph for his victories while serving as governor in one of the provinces of Hispania.
395 Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of the more powerful Roman empresses of Late Antiquity.
629 Shahrbaraz is crowned as king of the Sasanian Empire.
1296 First War of Scottish Independence: John Balliol's Scottish army is defeated by an English army commanded by John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey at the Battle of Dunbar.
1509 Pope Julius II places the Italian state of Venice under interdict.
1521 Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu.
1522 Combined forces of Spain and the Papal States defeat a French and Venetian army at the Battle of Bicocca.
1539 Re-founding of the city of Bogotα, New Granada (now Colombia), by Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastiαn de Belalcαzar.
1565 Cebu is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.
1578 Duel of the Mignons claims the lives of two favourites of Henry III of France and two favorites of Henry I, Duke of Guise.
1595 The relics of Saint Sava are incinerated in Belgrade by the Ottomans, where today the largest Orthodox church building in the world stands
1650 The Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army from Orkney invades mainland Scotland but is defeated by a Covenanter army.
1667 The blind and impoverished John Milton sells the copyright of Paradise Lost for £10.
1749 First performance of George Frideric Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks in Green Park, London.
1777 American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Ridgefield: A British invasion force engages and defeats Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut.
1805 First Barbary War: United States Marines and Berbers attack the Tripolitan city of Derna (The "shores of Tripoli" part of the Marines' hymn).
1810 Beethoven composes Fόr Elise.
1813 War of 1812: American troops capture the capital of Upper Canada in the Battle of York (present day Toronto, Canada).
1840 Foundation stone for new Palace of Westminster, London, is laid by wife of Sir Charles Barry.
1861 American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
1865 The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
1865 The steamboat SS Sultana, carrying 2,400 passengers, explodes and sinks in the Mississippi River, killing 1,700, most of whom are Union survivors of the Andersonville and Cahaba Prisons.
1904 The Australian Labor Party becomes the first such party to gain national government, under Chris Watson.
1909 Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
1911 Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
1914 Honduras becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1927 Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmery) are created.
1936 The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
1941 World War II: German troops enter Athens.
1941 World War II: The Communist Party of Slovenia, the Slovene Christian Socialists, the left-wing Slovene Sokols (also known as "National Democrats") and a group of progressive intellectuals establish the Liberation Front of the Slovenian People.
1945 World War II: German troops are finally expelled from Finnish Lapland.
1945 World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier.
1950 Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed formally segregating races.
1953 Operation Moolah is initiated by U.S. General Mark W. Clark against Communist pilots in the Korean War.
1960 Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship.
1961 Sierra Leone is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister.
1967 Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day.
1974 Ten thousand march in Washington, D.C., calling for the impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon
1977 Twenty-eight people are killed in the Guatemala City air disaster.
1978 Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
1981 Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.
1986 The City of Prypiat as well as the surrounding areas are evacuated due to Chernobyl Disaster
1987 The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim from entering the United States, saying he had aided in the deportation and execution of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
1989 The April 27 Demonstration,a student-led protest responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
1992 The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.
1992 Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history.
1992 The Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
1993 All members of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon en route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.
1994 South African general election, 1994: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The Interim Constitution comes into force.
1996 The 1996 Lebanon war ends.
2002 The last successful telemetry from the NASA space probe Pioneer 10.
2005 The superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France.
2006 Construction begins on the Freedom Tower for the new World Trade Center in New York City.
2007 Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.
2011 The April 2528, 2011 tornado outbreak devastates parts of the Southeastern United States, especially the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. 205 tornadoes touched down on April 27 alone, killing more than 300 and injuring hundreds more.
Events:C/P.
33 BC Lucius Marcius Philippus, step-brother to the future emperor Augustus, celebrates a triumph for his victories while serving as governor in one of the provinces of Hispania.
395 Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of the more powerful Roman empresses of Late Antiquity.
629 Shahrbaraz is crowned as king of the Sasanian Empire.
1296 First War of Scottish Independence: John Balliol's Scottish army is defeated by an English army commanded by John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey at the Battle of Dunbar.
1509 Pope Julius II places the Italian state of Venice under interdict.
1521 Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu.
1522 Combined forces of Spain and the Papal States defeat a French and Venetian army at the Battle of Bicocca.
1539 Re-founding of the city of Bogotα, New Granada (now Colombia), by Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastiαn de Belalcαzar.
1565 Cebu is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.
1578 Duel of the Mignons claims the lives of two favourites of Henry III of France and two favorites of Henry I, Duke of Guise.
1595 The relics of Saint Sava are incinerated in Belgrade by the Ottomans, where today the largest Orthodox church building in the world stands
1650 The Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army from Orkney invades mainland Scotland but is defeated by a Covenanter army.
1667 The blind and impoverished John Milton sells the copyright of Paradise Lost for £10.
1749 First performance of George Frideric Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks in Green Park, London.
1777 American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Ridgefield: A British invasion force engages and defeats Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut.
1805 First Barbary War: United States Marines and Berbers attack the Tripolitan city of Derna (The "shores of Tripoli" part of the Marines' hymn).
1810 Beethoven composes Fόr Elise.
1813 War of 1812: American troops capture the capital of Upper Canada in the Battle of York (present day Toronto, Canada).
1840 Foundation stone for new Palace of Westminster, London, is laid by wife of Sir Charles Barry.
1861 American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
1865 The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
1865 The steamboat SS Sultana, carrying 2,400 passengers, explodes and sinks in the Mississippi River, killing 1,700, most of whom are Union survivors of the Andersonville and Cahaba Prisons.
1904 The Australian Labor Party becomes the first such party to gain national government, under Chris Watson.
1909 Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
1911 Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
1914 Honduras becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1927 Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmery) are created.
1936 The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
1941 World War II: German troops enter Athens.
1941 World War II: The Communist Party of Slovenia, the Slovene Christian Socialists, the left-wing Slovene Sokols (also known as "National Democrats") and a group of progressive intellectuals establish the Liberation Front of the Slovenian People.
1945 World War II: German troops are finally expelled from Finnish Lapland.
1945 World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier.
1950 Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed formally segregating races.
1953 Operation Moolah is initiated by U.S. General Mark W. Clark against Communist pilots in the Korean War.
1960 Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship.
1961 Sierra Leone is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister.
1967 Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day.
1974 Ten thousand march in Washington, D.C., calling for the impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon
1977 Twenty-eight people are killed in the Guatemala City air disaster.
1978 Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
1981 Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.
1986 The City of Prypiat as well as the surrounding areas are evacuated due to Chernobyl Disaster
1987 The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim from entering the United States, saying he had aided in the deportation and execution of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
1989 The April 27 Demonstration,a student-led protest responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
1992 The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.
1992 Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history.
1992 The Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
1993 All members of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon en route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.
1994 South African general election, 1994: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The Interim Constitution comes into force.
1996 The 1996 Lebanon war ends.
2002 The last successful telemetry from the NASA space probe Pioneer 10.
2005 The superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France.
2006 Construction begins on the Freedom Tower for the new World Trade Center in New York City.
2007 Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.
2011 The April 2528, 2011 tornado outbreak devastates parts of the Southeastern United States, especially the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. 205 tornadoes touched down on April 27 alone, killing more than 300 and injuring hundreds more.