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April 27

3 sourced moments from April 27 in history: Magellan was killed at Mactan in 1521, mid-voyage; Milton Sold Paradise Lost for Five Pounds (1667); and South Africa held its first fully democratic, multiracial election (1994).

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3 things happened on April 27

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1994 Society & Economy · Politics & Law

South Africa held its first fully democratic, multiracial election

On April 27, 1994, South Africans of every race lined up together to vote, burying apartheid and sweeping Nelson Mandela toward the presidency.

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1667 Culture & Arts · Literature

Milton Sold Paradise Lost for Five Pounds

The blind poet signed away his epic for an upfront fee smaller than a labourer earned in a season.

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1521 History · Modern

Magellan was killed at Mactan in 1521, mid-voyage

Lapulapu's warriors killed Magellan on a Philippine beach and kept his body. Of five ships and about 270 men, one ship and 18 men returned.

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