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Today in History

April 27
711

Islamic conquest of Hispania: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus).

1861

American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.

1974

109 people are killed in a plane crash near Pulkovo Airport.

1992

The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.

2012

At least four explosions hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk with at least 27 people injured.

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