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Today in History

Saturday, 27 April 2024

2007

Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.

2006

Construction begins on the Freedom Tower for the new World Trade Center in New York City.

2005

The superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France.

2002

The last successful telemetry from the NASA space probe Pioneer 10.

1996

The 1996 Lebanon war ends.

1994

South African general election, 1994: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote.

1993

All members of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon in route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.

1992

The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.

Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history.

Russia and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

FACTOIDS

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh sold only one painting in his lifetime.

Blue Whale

The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever lived.

Gold

Every ton of seawater contains approximately 1 milligram of dissolved gold.

Mosquito

Studies show that mosquitoes prefer biting blondes to brunettes.

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