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Day in History: April 27th - Construction Begins on the Freedom Tower
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April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining.
| | 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. |
| | 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England. |
| | 1521 - Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu. |
| | 1667 - The blind, impoverished John Milton sells the copyright of Paradise Lost for £10. |
| | 1810 - Beethoven composes his famous piano piece, Für Elise. |
| | 1861 - President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus. |
| | 1865 - The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution. |
| | 1865 - The steamboat Sultana, carrying 2,300 passengers, explodes and sinks in the Mississippi River, killing 1,700, most of whom were Union survivors of the Andersonville Prison. |
| | 1936 - The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor. |
| | 1961 - Sierra Leone is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister. |
| | 1974 - 10,000 march in Washington, D.C., calling for impeachment of US President Nixon |
| | 1977 - 28 people are killed in the Guatemala City air disaster. |
| | 1981 - Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse. |
| | 2005 - The Superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus 380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France. |
| | 2006 - Construction begins on the Freedom Tower for the new World Trade Center in New York City. |
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