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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Today in History

1296
Edward I defeats the Scots at the Battle of Dunbar.
1509
Pope Julius II excommunicates the Italian state of Venice.
1565
The first Spanish settlement in Philippines is established in Cebu City.
1773
British Parliament passes the Tea Act.
1746
King George II wins the Battle of Culloden.
1813
American forces capture York (present-day Toronto), the seat of government in Ontario.
1861
Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
1861
West Virginia secedes from Virginia after Virginia secedes from the Union.
1863
The Army of the Potomac begins marching on Chancellorsville.
1865
The Sultana, a steam-powered riverboat, catches fire and burns after one of its boilers explodes. At least 1,238 of the 2,031 passengers–mostly former Union POWs–are killed.
1909
The Sultan of Turkey, Abdul Hamid II, is overthrown.
1937
German bombers of the Condor Legion devastate Guernica, Spain.
1941
The Greek army capitulates to the invading Germans.
1950
South Africa passes the Group Areas Act, formally segregating races.
1961
The United Kingdom grants Sierra Leone independence.
1975
Saigon is encircled by North Vietnamese troops.
1978
The Afghanistan revolution begins.
1989
Protesting students take over Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China.

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