Event:
Steamboat "Sultana" explodes in Mississippi River, kills up to 1,547. 1450 of 2000 paroled Union POWs on their way home are killed when river steamer "Sultana" blows up
More Notable Events on April 27:
1994 President Nixon buried in Nixon Library in California
1984 Over 70 inches of snow falls on Red Lake Montana
1960 1st atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched, the Tullibee
1937 U.S. Social Security system makes its 1st benefit payment
1861 West Virginia secedes from Virginia after Virginia secedes from U.S.
