Historically Speaking of April 27th...

April 27, 2006

The following notable events took place this day:

• 1994 - President Nixon buried in Nixon Library in California
• 1989 - Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China
• 1956 - Heavyweight champ, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing
• 1877 - President Hayes removes Federal troops from LA, Reconstruction ends
• 1865 - Cornell University in Ithaca, New York is chartered
• 1861 - President Abraham Lincoln suspends writ of habeas corpus
• 1861 - West Virginia secedes from Virginia after Virginia secedes from U.S.
• 1773 - British Parliament passes Tea Act (eventually leading to the Boston Tea Party)

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