Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 27
April 27: Independence Day in Togo (1960) and Sierra Leone (1961)
- 1521 - Explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Battle of Mactan by Filipino natives led by Lapu-Lapu.
- 1667 - The blind and impoverished John Milton sold the copyright of Paradise Lost for £10.
- 1865 - An explosion destroyed the steamboat Sultana, killing 1,700 passengers on the Mississippi River.
- 1967 - The Expo 67 World's Fair opened in Montreal.
- 1994 - Freedom Day: The African National Congress was victorious in the first non-racial elections in the history of South Africa.