On This Day: April 27th

A train crash kills at least 15 people and injures 84 others near Jakarta, Indonesia.

The Panmunjom Declaration is signed between North and South Korea, officially declaring their intentions to end the Korean conflict.

At least four explosions hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk with at least 27 people injured.

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.

Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.

Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem.

Construction begins on the Freedom Tower (later renamed One World Trade Center) in New York City.

Airbus A380 aircraft has its maiden test flight.

South African general election: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The Interim Constitution comes into force.This marked the end of Apartheid.

Most of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon en route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.