Editing April 27 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[247]] &ndash; [[Philip the Arab]] marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ''[[Secular Games|ludi saeculares]]''.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1989|page=244|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref>
* [[395]] &ndash; Emperor [[Arcadius]] marries [[Aelia Eudoxia]], daughter of the [[Franks|Frankish]] general [[Flavius Bauto]]. She becomes one of the more powerful Roman empresses of [[Late Antiquity]].
*[[AD 711|711]] &ndash; [[Umayyad conquest of Hispania|Islamic conquest of Hispania]]: [[Moors|Moorish]] troops led by [[Tariq ibn Ziyad]] land at [[Gibraltar]] to begin their invasion of the [[Iberian Peninsula]] ([[Al-Andalus]]).
*[[1296]] &ndash; [[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 (1296)|Battle of Dunbar]].<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL31|desc=Battle of Dunbar I|access-date=19 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[1509]] &ndash; [[Pope Julius II]] places the Italian state of [[Republic of Venice|Venice]] under [[Interdict (Catholic canon law)|interdict]].
*[[1521]] &ndash; [[Battle of Mactan]]: Explorer [[Ferdinand Magellan]] is killed by natives in the [[Philippines]] led by chief [[Lapulapu]].
*[[1539]] &ndash; Official founding of the city of [[Bogotá]], New Granada (nowadays [[Colombia]]), by [[Nikolaus Federmann]] and [[Sebastián de Belalcázar]].
*[[1565]] &ndash; [[Cebu City|Cebu]] is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the [[Philippines]].
*[[1595]] &ndash; The relics of [[Saint Sava]] are incinerated in [[Belgrade]] on the Vračar plateau by Ottoman Grand Vizier [[Sinan Pasha]]; the site of the incineration is now the location of the [[Church of Saint Sava]], one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world

===1601–1900===
*[[1650]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Carbisdale]]: A [[Cavalier|Royalist]] army from [[Orkney]] invades mainland Scotland but is defeated by a [[Covenanter]] army.<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL19|desc=Battle of Carbisdale|access-date=18 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[1667]] &ndash; Blind and impoverished, John Milton sells ''[[Paradise Lost]]'' to a printer for £10, so that it could be entered into the [[Stationers' Register]].
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[First Barbary War]]: [[United States Marines]] and [[Berbers]] attack the [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]tan city of [[Derna, Libya|Derna]] (The "shores of Tripoli" in the [[Marines' Hymn]]).
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: American troops capture [[York, Upper Canada|York]], the capital of [[Upper Canada]], in the [[Battle of York]]. 
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[President of the United States|American President]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] suspends the writ of ''[[Habeas corpus in the United States|habeas corpus]]''.

===1901–present===
*[[1906]] &ndash; The [[State Duma (Russian Empire)|State Duma]] of the [[Russian Empire]] meets for the first time.
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Sultan]] of [[Ottoman Empire]] [[Abdul Hamid II]] is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, [[Mehmed V]].
*[[1911]] &ndash; The [[Huanghuagang Uprising|Second Canton Uprising]] took place in [[Guangzhou]], [[Qing dynasty|Qing China]] but was suppressed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=4月27日：黄花岗起义 |url=http://www.gov.cn/lssdjt/content_1593139.htm |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=www.gov.cn}}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Carabineros de Chile]] ([[Chile]]an national [[police]] force and [[gendarmerie]]) are created.
*[[1936]] &ndash; The [[United Auto Workers]] (UAW) gains autonomy from the [[American Federation of Labor]].
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: German troops [[Axis occupation of Greece|enter Athens]].
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: The last German formations withdraw from Finland to Norway. The [[Lapland War]] and thus, [[Military history of Finland during World War II|World War II in Finland]], comes to an end and the ''[[Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn]]'' photograph is taken.
*  1945   &ndash; World War II: [[Benito Mussolini]] is arrested by [[Italian resistance movement|Italian partisans]] in [[Dongo, Lombardy|Dongo]], while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier.
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Operation Moolah]] offers $50,000 to any pilot who defects with a fully mission-capable [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15]] to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Expo 67]] officially opens in [[Montreal|Montreal, Quebec]], Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day.
*[[1974]] &ndash; 109 people are killed in a [[1974 Leningrad Aeroflot Il-18 crash|plane crash]] near [[Pulkovo Airport]].<ref name="avsafetydotnet">{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |date= |title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin 18V CCCP-75559 Leningrad-Pulkovo Airport (LED) |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19740427-1 |access-date=2018-02-17 |website=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; Thirty-seven people are killed when [[American Airlines Flight 625]] crashes at [[Cyril E. King Airport]] in [[Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-95 N1963 Saint Thomas-Harry S. Truman Airport (STT) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19760427-1 |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[John Ehrlichman]], a former aide to U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]], is released from the [[Federal Correctional Institution, Safford]], Arizona, after serving 18 months for [[Watergate]]-related crimes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/04/28/archives/ehrlichman-leaves-prison-saying-hes-a-better-man-personal.html|title=Ehrlichman Leaves Prison, Saying He's a Better Man|date=28 April 1978|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|agency=[[Associated Press|AP]]|page=A16|access-date=2 September 2021}}</ref>
*  1978   &ndash; The [[Saur Revolution]] begins in [[Afghanistan]], ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President [[Mohammed Daoud Khan]] and the establishment of the [[Democratic Republic of Afghanistan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyguy.com/afghan_civil_war.html|title=The Afghan Civil War (1978–Present)|publisher=historyguy.com|access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://americandiplomacy.web.unc.edu/2019/02/1978-revolution-in-afghanistan/|title=The 1978 Revolution in Afghanistan|last=Thompson|first=Larry Clinton|date=February 2019|journal=American Diplomacy|department=Eyewitness|access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref>
*  1978   &ndash; [[Willow Island disaster]]: In the deadliest construction accident in United States history, 51 construction workers are killed when a [[cooling tower]] under construction collapses at the [[Pleasants Power Station]] in [[Willow Island, West Virginia]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://wvgazette.com/News/WillowIsland/200804250422|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501181924/http://wvgazette.com/News/WillowIsland/200804250422|archive-date=1 May 2008|last=Ward|first=Ken Jr.|author-link=Ken Ward Jr.|title='It was gone': String of problems led to 51 deaths at Willow Island|date=27 April 2008|journal=[[The Charleston Gazette]]|access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; The city of [[Pripyat]] and surrounding areas are evacuated due to the [[Chernobyl disaster]].
*[[1987]] &ndash; The [[United States Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice]] bars Austrian President [[Kurt Waldheim]] (and his wife, Elisabeth, who had also been a Nazi) from entering the US, charging that he had aided in the deportations and executions of thousands of [[Jews]] and others as a German Army officer during [[World War II]].
*[[1989]] &ndash; The [[April 27 demonstrations]], student-led protests responding to the [[April 26 Editorial]], during the [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989]].
*[[1992]] &ndash; The [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]], comprising [[Serbia]] and [[Montenegro]], is proclaimed.
*  1992   &ndash; [[Betty Boothroyd]] becomes the first woman to be [[Speaker of the British House of Commons election, 1992|elected]] [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker]] of the [[British House of Commons]] in its 700-year history.
*  1992   &ndash; The [[Russian Federation]] and 12 other former [[Republics of the Soviet Union|Soviet republics]] become members of the [[International Monetary Fund]] and the [[World Bank]].
*[[1993]] &ndash; Most of the [[Zambia national football team]] [[1993 Zambia national football team plane crash|lose their lives in a plane crash]] off [[Libreville]], Gabon en route to [[Dakar]], Senegal to play a [[1994 FIFA World Cup]] [[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|qualifying match]] against [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]].
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[South African general election, 1994|South African general election]]: The first democratic [[general election]] in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The [[South African Constitution of 1993|Interim Constitution]] comes into force.
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Airbus A380]] aircraft has its maiden test flight.
*[[2006]] &ndash; Construction begins on [[One World Trade Center|the Freedom Tower]] (later renamed [[One World Trade Center]]) in New York City.
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Estonia]]n authorities remove the [[Bronze Soldier of Tallinn|Bronze Soldier]], a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Red Army]] [[war memorial]] in [[Tallinn]], amid political controversy with Russia.
*  2007   &ndash; [[Israel]]i archaeologists discover the tomb of [[Herod the Great]] south of [[Jerusalem]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Hoffman|first=Scot|title=Herod's Tomb|website=National Geographic|date=April 19, 2019|access-date=May 7, 2019|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/archaeology/herods-tomb/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501223703/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/archaeology/herods-tomb/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 1, 2017}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; The [[2011 Super Outbreak]] devastates parts of the [[Southeastern United States]], especially the states of [[Alabama]], [[Mississippi]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], and [[Tennessee]]. Two hundred five tornadoes touched down on April 27 alone, killing more than 300 and injuring hundreds more.
*[[2012]] &ndash; At least [[2012 Dnipropetrovsk explosions|four explosions]] hit the [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] city of [[Dnipropetrovsk]] with at least 27 people injured.
*[[2018]] &ndash; The [[Panmunjom Declaration]] is signed between [[North Korea|North]] and [[South Korea]], officially declaring their intentions to end the [[Korean conflict]].
*[[2024]] &ndash; The worst day of the [[tornado outbreak sequence of April 25–28, 2024]], with 42 tornadoes, including one confirmed [[Enhanced Fujita Scale|EF4]] tornado, and two confirmed EF3 tornadoes, which killed 4 people in total.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSOUN&e=202405011719 | title=IEM :: PNS from NWS OUN }}</ref>