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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48397)	4/27/2005 7:51:08 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

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.