04-26-2010, 07:46 PM
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April 27th
1521 ~ Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Philippines.
1667 ~ John Milton sold the copyright of Paradise Lost for £10.
1791 ~ Birthday of Samuel Morse, inventor of Morse code.
1813 ~ U.S. troops captured York (present day Toronto), the capital of Ontario.
1822 ~ Birthday of Ulysses S. Grant, 18th U.S. President.
1891 ~ Birthdayof Sergei Prokofiev, Soviet composer.
1904 ~ The Australian Labor Party became the first such party to gain national government, under Chris Watson.
1945 ~ Soviet and American armies link up at the Elbe.
1999 ~ Death of Al Hirt, Musician.
2007 ~ Death of Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor.
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