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{{*mp}} [[1521]] - [[Filipino people|Filipino]] natives led by [[Lapu-Lapu]] killed [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] explorer [[Ferdinand Magellan]] in the '''[[Battle of Mactan]]'''. |
{{*mp}} [[1521]] - [[Filipino people|Filipino]] natives led by [[Lapu-Lapu]] killed [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] explorer [[Ferdinand Magellan]] in the '''[[Battle of Mactan]]'''. |
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{{*mp}} [[1565]] - [[Conquistador]] '''[[Miguel López de Legazpi]]''' and 500 armed soldiers arrived at [[Cebu City|Cebu]] and established the first [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] [[settlement]] in the [[Philippines]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1565]] - [[Conquistador]] '''[[Miguel López de Legazpi]]''' and 500 armed soldiers arrived at [[Cebu City|Cebu]] and established the first [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] [[Settler|settlement]] in the [[Philippines]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1667]] - '''[[John Milton]]''', [[Blindness|blind]] and [[Poverty|impoverished]], sold the [[copyright]] of ''[[Paradise Lost]]'' for [[Pound sterling|£]]10. |
{{*mp}} [[1667]] - '''[[John Milton]]''', [[Blindness|blind]] and [[Poverty|impoverished]], sold the [[copyright]] of ''[[Paradise Lost]]'' for [[Pound sterling|£]]10. |
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{{*mp}} [[1865]] - An [[explosion]] destroyed the [[steamboat]] '''[[Sultana (steamboat)|''Sultana'']]''' ''(pictured)'' on the [[Mississippi River]], killing 1,700 <!--of the 2,400--> passengers. |
{{*mp}} [[1865]] - An [[explosion]] destroyed the [[steamboat]] '''[[Sultana (steamboat)|''Sultana'']]''' ''(pictured)'' on the [[Mississippi River]], killing 1,700 <!--of the 2,400--> passengers. |
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April 27: Independence Day in Togo (1960) and Sierra Leone (1961), Freedom Day in South Africa.
- 1521 - Filipino natives led by Lapu-Lapu killed Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in the Battle of Mactan.
- 1565 - Conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi and 500 armed soldiers arrived at Cebu and established the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.
- 1667 - John Milton, blind and impoverished, sold the copyright of Paradise Lost for £10.
- 1865 - An explosion destroyed the steamboat Sultana (pictured) on the Mississippi River, killing 1,700 passengers.
- 1994 - Apartheid in South Africa: The African National Congress had a landslide victory in the first non-racial elections in the history of South Africa.