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. Date: April 27, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: April 27, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)
The city of Pripyat and surrounding areas are evacuated due to the Chernobyl disaster. Date: April 27, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today)
The 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. Date: April 27, 1987 Read more…
The April 27 demonstrations, student-led protests responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Date: April 27, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Date: April 27, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1992 📅 On This Day (Today)
Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history. Date: April 27, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1992 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed. Date: April 27, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1992 📅 On This Day (Today)
Most 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. Date: April 27, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1993…
South African general election: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The Interim Constitution comes into force.This marked the end of Apartheid. Date: April 27, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day…