Frentzen wins San Marino Grand Prix
1997 - Heinz-Harald Frentzen answered his critics in the best possible way when he beat off fellow German Michael Schumacher to win the San Marino Grand Prix. It earned Frentzen his first Grand Prix win in 52 races and also his first points of the season since controversially being recruited by the Williams team in place of world champion Damon Hill. Frentzen held off a blistering challenge by Ferrari driver Schumacher in the closing laps to finish 1.2 seconds ahead of the twice world champion. It was the first time two German drivers had filled the first two places in a Formula One race. Frentzen has long lived in the shadow of Schumacher and had come in for increasing criticism after failing to gain a top-six place in the opening three races of the season.
April 27
1773 - The British Parliament passes the Tea Act, giving the East Indian Company a monopoly on the American tea trade.
1813 - French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte wins his last great battle at Dresden against Austrian, Prussian and Russian forces.
1830 - Simon Bolivar abdicates as President of Colombia.
1865 - Steamer Sultana explodes on the Mississippi River, killing more than 1,400 people.
1909 - Sultan of Turkey Abdul Hamid II is overthrown.
1938 - Greece and Turkey sign treaty of friendship.
1941 - German troops occupy Athens, Greece
1972 - Apollo 16 returns to Earth after a manned voyage to the moon.
1976 - Arab Monetary Fund is established in Abu Dhabi.
1978 - Afghan President Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan is overthrown and murdered in a coup.
1981 - Xerox introduces the first computer with a mouse and a point-and-click interface.
1984 - A siege of the Libyan embassy in London is ended peacefully with the evacuation of its 30 occupants.
1992 - The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is proclaimed in Belgrade by the Republic of Serbia and its lone ally, Montenegro.
1999 - US Air Force Space Command announces that the Global Positioning System satellite array is complete and fully operational.
2005 - The Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France.
2009 - Fujairah government declares Wadi Wurayah as the first Mountain Protected Area.
2010 - Al Wasl makes history as it becomes the fourth UAE football club to win the GCC Clubs Championship.
