April 27

Events

• 1941: The Germans enter Athens during World War II.
• 1952: the Cypriot National Assembly ratifies the union of Greece and Cyprus.
• 2007: Employment minister Savvas Tsitouridis resigned after weeks of government criticism that followed the discovery that a state pension fund had overpaid € 4.8 million (US$6.4 million) for state bonds.

Births

• 1748: Adamantios Korais, Greek intellectual
• 1770: Sir Edward Codrington, British admiral at the Battle of Navarino
• 1903: Nikolaos Zachariadis, Communist leader

Deaths

• 1864: Ioannis Makrygiannis, hero of the Greek War of Independence.
• 1941: Penelope Delta, writer (suicide)