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Old 04-26-2013, 08:12 PM
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April 27th
1521 ~ Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Philippines.

1680 ~ John Milton's widow sold the copyright of Paradise Lost for £8.

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 linked up at the Elbe.

1999 ~ Death of Al Hirt, Musician.

2007 ~ Death of Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor.
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