Today is Wednesday, April 27, the 117th day of 2011. There are 248 days left in the year.
4977 B.C. ― Johannes Kepler's date for creation of universe
1565 ― First Spanish settlement in Philippines, Cebu City, forms
1861 ― President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus
1870 ― Heinrich Schliemann discovers Troi
1940 ― Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp
1945 ― Italian partisans capture Mussolini prisoner
1956 ― Heavyweight champion, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing
1960 ― South Korean President Syngman Rhee resigns
1983 ― Nolan Ryan becomes strikeout king (3,509), passing Walter Johnson
1989 ― Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China