Today is Thursday, April 27, the 117th day of 2017. There are 248 days left in the year.
1935 — Brussel’s World Expo opens
1940 — Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp
1941 — German troops occupy Athens Greece
1942 — Tornado destroys Pryor Oklahoma killing 100, injuring 300
1942 — Belgium Jews are forced to wear stars
1943 — Lou Jansen & Jan Dieters arrested, lead illegal CPN party in Holland
1943 — Soviet Union breaks contact with Polish government exiled in London