April 27:
A.D. 1296: The Scots are defeated by Edward I in the Battle of Dunbar.
A.D. 1810: Ludwig van Beethoven composes Für Elise.
He did that in one day?
A.D. 1940: The creation of the notorious Auschwitz Concentration Camp is ordered.
A.D. 1950: The Group Areas Act is passed in South Africa, beginning apartheid.