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{{*mp|April 27}} Great Russian [[cellist]] and [[conductor]] '''[[Mstislav Rostropovich]]''' died at the age of 80. |
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{{*mp|April 27}} Violent protests break out in [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]] as the '''[[Bronze Soldier of Tallinn|Bronze Soldier]]''' ''(pictured)'', a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Red Army]] [[war memorial]], is removed amid political controversy. |
{{*mp|April 27}} Violent protests break out in [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]] as the '''[[Bronze Soldier of Tallinn|Bronze Soldier]]''' ''(pictured)'', a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Red Army]] [[war memorial]], is removed amid political controversy. |
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{{*mp|April 26}} [[Sultan]] [[Mizan Zainal Abidin]] of [[Terengganu]] is invested as the 13th '''[[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]]''', the [[Elective monarchy|elected monarch]] of [[Malaysia]]. |
{{*mp|April 26}} [[Sultan]] [[Mizan Zainal Abidin]] of [[Terengganu]] is invested as the 13th '''[[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]]''', the [[Elective monarchy|elected monarch]] of [[Malaysia]]. |
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Revision as of 15:01, 27 April 2007
- Great Russian cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich died at the age of 80.
- Violent protests break out in Tallinn, Estonia as the Bronze Soldier (pictured), a Soviet Red Army war memorial, is removed amid political controversy.
- Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu is invested as the 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the elected monarch of Malaysia.
- Gliese 581 c, a potentially habitable Earth-like extrasolar planet, is discovered in the constellation Libra.
- Umaru Yar'Adua is declared the winner of the Nigerian presidential election amid widespread allegations of electoral fraud.
- Boris Yeltsin, President of the Russian Federation from 1991 to 1999, dies at age 76.
- The first round of voting in the French presidential election concludes, with Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal advancing to the run-off.
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