Today in History: April 27, deadly tornadoes strike the Southeast
The present day is Sunday April the th day of There are days left in the year Currently in history On April during the four-day Super Outbreak tornadoes touched down across the southeastern United States killing in the deadliest day of tornadoes in the U S since Also on this date In Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines as he attempted to expand Spanish colonization in the region Related Articles At present in History April the Chernobyl nuclear plant accident A century after it opened St Paul s Ford plant is gone but not quite forgotten The present day in History April conference opens to create the Charter of the United Nations In the current era in History April the Easter Rising in Dublin Black churches back embattled Smithsonian African American history museum after Trump s order In the Battle of York took place in Upper Canada during the War of as U S forces defeated the British garrison in present-day Toronto U S Brigadier General Zebulon Pike and other American soldiers were killed near the end of the battle when retreating British forces exploded the ammunition magazine of Fort York as the Americans approached In the steamer Sultana carrying freed Union prisoners of war exploded on the Mississippi River near Memphis Tennessee as multiple as were killed in the worst maritime mishap in U S history In former President Richard M Nixon was interred following a funeral utility attended by all five of his successors at the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda California In former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega arrived in France after being extradited from the United States he was later convicted in a French court of laundering drug money and received a seven-year sentence In the space shuttle Enterprise mounted atop a jumbo jet sailed over the New York City skyline on its final flight before going on display as part of the USS Intrepid Museum In rioters plunged part of Baltimore into chaos torching a pharmacy setting police cars ablaze and throwing bricks at officers hours after thousands attended a funeral provision for Freddie Gray a Black man who died from a severe spinal injury he d suffered in police custody In North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made history by navigating over to South Korea to meet with President Moon Jae-in it was the first time a member of the Kim dynasty had set foot on southern soil since the end of the Korean War in In a gunman opened fire inside a synagogue near San Diego as worshippers celebrated the last day of Passover killing a woman and wounding a rabbi and two others John Earnest a white supremacist was sentenced to both federal and state life prison terms for the shootings In the current era s Birthdays Singer Kate Pierson The B- s is Guitarist Ace Frehley is Sen Jim Justice R-W V is Basketball Hall of Famer George Gervin is Singer Sheena Easton is Sen Cory Booker D-N J is Actor Sally Hawkins is Musician Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy is Actor William Moseley is Singer Lizzo is Tennis participant Nick Kyrgios is
