On this day — April 27

officially declaring their intentions to end the Korean conflict.

especially the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. Two hundred five tornadoes touched down on April 27 alone, killing more than 300 and injuring hundreds more.

a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.

The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The Interim Constitution comes into force.

Gabon en route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.

comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.

student-led protests responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

Elisabeth, who had also been a Nazi) from entering the US, charging that he had aided in the deportations and executions of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.