Today in History
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1810 Ludwig van Beethoven composes “Für Elise”
“Bagatelle No. 25” for solo piano is one of the German composer's most popular works and one of the
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1961 Sierra Leone becomes an independent republic
The West African country's first Prime Minister, Sir Milton Margai, ended over 150 years of British
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1992 For the first time in its 700-year history, the British House of Commons is presided over by a female Speaker
Betty Boothroyd served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1992 to 2000.
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1994 South African citizens of all races are allowed to vote in a general election for the first time
The 1994 general election was held precisely 44 years after Apartheid was formalized by the governme
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2005 The Airbus A380 takes to the skies for the first time
The double-deck airliner is the world's largest commercial jet.
Births On This Day,
April, 27
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1963 Russell T Davies
Welsh screenwriter, producer
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1935 Theodoros Angelopoulos
Greek director, producer, screenwriter
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1822 Ulysses S. Grant
American general, politician, 18th President of the United States
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1791 Samuel Morse
American painter, inventor, co-invented the Morse code
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1759 Mary Wollstonecraft
English author, philosopher
Deaths On This Day,
April, 27
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1992 Olivier Messiaen
French composer, ornithologist
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1972 Kwame Nkrumah
Ghanaian politician, 1st President of Ghana
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1938 Edmund Husserl
Austrian mathematician, philosopher
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1896 Henry Parkes
English/Australian politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales
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1521 Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer
