04-27-2005, 05:07 AM
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April 27th
1667 ~ John Milton sold the copyright of Paradise Lost for £10.
1737 ~ Birthday of Edward Gibbon, historian.
1773 ~ The British Parliament passed the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by granting it a monopoly on the North American tea trade.
1791 ~ Birthday of Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of Morse code.
1813 ~ War of 1812: United States troops captured York, the capital of Ontario (present day Toronto, Ontario).
1904 ~ The Australian Labor Party became the first such party to gain national government, under Chris Watson.
1965 ~ Death of Edward R. Murrow, Journalist.
1972 ~ Death of Kwame Nkrumah, first post-independence leader of Ghana.
1986 ~ Captain Midnight (John R. MacDougall) hijacked HBO's satellite and transmitted his own message to HBO viewers.
1999 ~ Death of Al Hirt, Musician.
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