Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
On April 27, 1994, South Africans of every race lined up together to vote, burying apartheid and sweeping Nelson Mandela toward the presidency.
The blind poet signed away his epic for an upfront fee smaller than a labourer earned in a season.
The man whose name means circling the globe was killed in a beach skirmish, leaving others to complete the first lap of the world.
