Historical Events for 27th April 2024

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1509 - Pope Julius II excommunicates Italian state of Venice
1861 - US President Abraham Lincoln suspends writ of habeas corpus (US Civil War)
1875 - The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC), the world's 1st such agency is incorporated
1905 - World Exposition opens in Liège
1945 - 2nd Republic of Austria forms
1953 - 1st general elections in British Guiana, won by the People's Progressive Party with Cheddi Jagan first person of Indian descent to be elected head of government outside South Asia
1956 - Burma Premier U Nu's Volksliga voor Vrijheid loses election
1999 - Nevada State Museum discovers the oldest mummy in North America - on the shelves of their own museum, after the Spirit Cave Mummy radiocarbon dates to over 9,400 years old
2005 - The superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France
2018 - Mass protests across Spain after 5 men convicted of sexual abuse but not rape of teenage girl during Running of the Bulls festival in Pamplona

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