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2018

The Swedish group ABBA announces that it has recorded new songs for the first time since 1982.

In a historic summit between North and South Korea, Kim Jong-un of North Korea and Moon Jae-in of South Korea agree to officially end the Korean War and rid the peninsula of nuclear weapons.

2006

In New York, construction begins on the Freedom Tower at the site of the former World Trade Center towers.

1989

Students in Beijing take over Tiananmen Square in China.

1983

Houston Astros pitcher Nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,509th batter, shattering a 55-year-old record.

1977

The Parti Québécois government introduces Bill 1 in the National Assembly, making French the language of work in Quebec and restricting the use of English.

1967

Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson officially opens Expo 67 in Montreal.

1965

Pampers disposable diapers are invented by R.C. Duncan.

1959

Mao Zedong steps down as President of the People’s Republic of China.

1940

Nazi leader and Reichsführer of the SS, Heinrich Himmler, orders the establishment of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

1908

The IV Olympic Games open in London.

1810

Ludwig van Beethoven composes his piano piece “Für Elise” (The Letter to Elise).

It happened on… April 27

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