Historical Events on April 27

Bombing of Guernica — 1937 attack by military aircraft during the Spanish Civil War on the Basque village of Guernica

1975 Spanish Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1975

1986 San Marino Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1986

breakup of Yugoslavia — process starting in the late 1980s leading to the dissolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

1993 Zambia national football team plane crash — aviation accident

1994 South African general election — first South African election held under universal suffrage

1997 San Marino Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1997

2008 Spanish Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2008