MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · April 27
THE DAY IN HISTORY · APRIL 27
April 27 in history
1289 — The fall of Tripoli
27 Apr 1289 — Sultan Qalawun storms the county’s capital and levels it; the survivors are killed or enslaved as they flee to an offshore island. Only Acre now remains. A site of memory.
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1994 — The election — 27 April 1994
27 Apr 1994 — Kilometre-long queues wind through every township and suburb as some 20 million people vote, most for the first time in their lives. Four days of counting; then the map completes in red.
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