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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_27" title="April 27">April 27</a></b>: <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koningsdag" title="Koningsdag">Koningsdag</a></b></i> in the Netherlands
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/630" title="630">630</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahrbaraz" title="Shahrbaraz">Shahrbaraz</a></b> usurped the throne of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sasanian Empire</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardashir_III" title="Ardashir III">Ardashir III</a>, but was himself killed six weeks later.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1650" title="1650">1650</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_of_the_Three_Kingdoms" title="Wars of the Three Kingdoms">Wars of the Three Kingdoms</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covenanters" title="Covenanters">Covenanter</a> forces defeated the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalier" title="Cavalier">Royalists</a> at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Carbisdale" title="Battle of Carbisdale">Battle of Carbisdale</a></b> near the village of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culrain" title="Culrain">Culrain</a>, Scotland.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945" title="1945">1945</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: The photograph was taken after German troops withdrew to Norway at the end of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapland_War" title="Lapland War">Lapland War</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965" title="1965">1965</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia%E2%80%93Malaysia_confrontation" title="Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation">Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation</a>: British forces repelled <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Plaman_Mapu" title="Battle of Plaman Mapu">a surprise Indonesian attack</a></b> on a base at Plaman Mapu in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarawak" title="Sarawak">Sarawak</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A380" title="Airbus A380">Airbus A380</a></b>, the world's largest passenger <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airliner" title="Airliner">airliner</a>, made its maiden flight from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toulouse" title="Toulouse">Toulouse</a>, France.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Ulysses S. Grant</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1822); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Scott" title="Sheila Scott">Sheila Scott</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1922); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Messiaen" title="Olivier Messiaen">Olivier Messiaen</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1992)</p>