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On This Day, April 27

  • 2018: The Panmunjom Declaration is signed between North and South Korea, officially declaring their intentions to end the Korean conflict.
  • 2012: At least four explosions hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk with at least 27 people injured.
  • 2011: The 2011 Super Outbreak devastates parts of the Southeastern United States, especially the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. Two hundred five tornadoes touched down on April 27 alone, killing more than 300 and injuring hundreds more.
  • 2007: Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.
  • 2007: Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem.

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