WHAT HAPPENED ON 27. APRIL
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Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse. (27. April 1981)
The City of Prypiat as well as the surrounding areas are evacuated due to Chernobyl Disaster (27. April 1986)
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. (27. April 1987)
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed. (27. April 1992)
Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history. (27. April 1992)
The Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. (27. April 1992)
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. (27. April 1993)
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. (27. April 1994)
The 1996 Lebanon war ends. (27. April 1996)
The last successful telemetry from the NASA space probe Pioneer 10. (27. April 2002)
The superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France. (27. April 2005)
Construction begins on the Freedom Tower for the new World Trade Center in New York City. (27. April 2006)
Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia. (27. April 2007)
The April 25–28, 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. (27. April 2011)