Monday, April 27, 1693

Unknown perpetrators carried out a series of four bombings in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.

During the most active day of the 2011 Super Outbreak 218 tornadoes killed 317 people across 16 U.S. states.

The Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger airliner, made its maiden flight from Toulouse, France.

American spree killer Andrew Cunanan murdered Jeffrey Trail, a former friend and a Gulf War veteran, who became the first victim of Cunanan's killing spree.

Thirty people died, including players and staff of the Zambia football team and the crew, in a plane crash en route to play a World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.

The black-ball final, one of the most famous snooker matches in history, began between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor.

The Expo 67 world's fair opened in Montreal, with 62 nations participating and more than 50 million visitors ultimately attending.

Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation: British forces repelled a surprise Indonesian attack on a base at Plaman Mapu in Sarawak.

Prime Minister Milton Margai led the Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate to independence from the United Kingdom.

In response to the treatment of Lorenzo Gamboa under the White Australia policy, the Philippine House of Representatives passed a bill banning Australians from the country.

World War II: The photograph Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn (pictured) was taken after German troops withdrew to Norway at the end of the Lapland War.

The trilogy The Adventure Girls (second book pictured), by the children's author Clair Blank, was copyrighted by A. L. Burt.