MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020

1861 ― President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus

1867 ― The opera "Romeo et Juliette" is produced (Paris France)

1937― U.S. Social Security system makes its first benefit payment

1940 ― Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp

1960 ― South Korean President Syngman Rhee resigns

1961 ― NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays

1962 ― U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island

1967 ― U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1972 ― Apollo 16 returns to Earth

1975 ― USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR

1989 ― Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China

1989 ― Hurricane in Bangladesh, kills 500

1997 ― Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Championship