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| April 27th, 2007 | Event | Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia. |
| April 27th, 2006 | Event | Construction begins on the Freedom Tower for the new World Trade Center in New York City. |
| April 27th, 2005 | Event | The Superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France. |
| April 27th, 2002 | Event | The last successful telemetry from the NASA space probe Pioneer 10. |
| April 27th, 1996 | Event | The Israeli military operation in Lebanon, Operation Grapes of Wrath, ends after 16 days of heavy bombing. |
| April 27th, 1994 | Event | South African general election, 1994: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. |
| April 27th, 1993 | Event | 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. |
| April 27th, 1992 | Event | The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed. |
| April 27th, 1992 | Event | Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history. |
| April 27th, 1992 | Event | Russia and 12 other former Soviet republics win entry into the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. |
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