WHAT HAPPENED ON 27. APRIL
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The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution. (27. April 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. (27. April 1865)
The Australian Labor Party becomes the first such party to gain national government, under Chris Watson. (27. April 1904)
Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V. (27. April 1909)
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. (27. April 1911)
Honduras becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. (27. April 1914)
Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmery) are created. (27. April 1927)
The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor. (27. April 1936)
World War II: German troops enter Athens. (27. April 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. (27. April 1941)
World War II: German troops are finally expelled from Finnish Lapland. (27. April 1945)
World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier. (27. April 1945)
Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed formally segregating races. (27. April 1950)
Operation Moolah is initiated by U.S. General Mark W. Clark against Communist pilots in the Korean War. (27. April 1953)
Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship. (27. April 1960)
Sierra Leone is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister. (27. April 1961)
Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day. (27. April 1967)
10,000 march in Washington, D.C., calling for the impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon (27. April 1974)
28 people are killed in the Guatemala City air disaster. (27. April 1977)
Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes. (27. April 1978)