April 27th in US History
Part III
On April 27th in 1937 The Franklin Roosevelt administration began distributing the nation’s first Social Security checks.
On April 27th in 1942 The 1st convoys of Japanese detainees arrived at the Tanforan detention center south of San Francisco. The assembly center remained in operation for 169 days after which detainees were transferred to relocation camps. Most of the Tanforan detainees were transferred to Abraham, Utah.
On April 27th in 1945 The US 5th army entered Genoa.
On April 27th in 1953 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed Executive Order 10450: Security Requirements for Government Employment. The order listed "sexual perversion" as a condition for firing a federal employee and for denying employment to potential applicants. Homosexuality, moral perversion, and communism were categorized as national security threats.
On April 27th in 1955 The US government suspended the use of all Salk Polio vaccine manufactured by Cutter Laboratories in Berkeley, Ca., pending the investigation of cases among children inoculated with the company’s vaccine.
On April 27th in 1959 US State Dept. announced small arms stored in Canal Zone will be provided to Panamanian forces to repel Cuban invaders.
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