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Wish You Were Here (1975) is the ninth studio album by the English progressive rock group Pink Floyd (pictured), recorded at London's Abbey Road Studios. Some of its songs critique the music business; others express alienation. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" is a tribute to Syd Barrett, whose mental breakdown had forced him to leave the group several years earlier; it was lead writer Roger Waters' idea to split the song into two parts and use it to bookend the other songs on the album. As on their previous album, The Dark Side of the Moon, the band made use of studio effects and synthesizers, and brought in guest singers for some tracks, including Roy Harper for the lead vocals on "Have a Cigar". The album became an instant commercial success, and record company EMI was unable to print enough copies to satisfy demand. Although it initially received mixed reviews, the album has since been acclaimed by critics and appears on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Band members Richard Wright and David Gilmour have each cited Wish You Were Here as their favourite Pink Floyd album. (Full article...)

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N661US

• ... that N661US (pictured) was the prototype Boeing 747-400 and was involved in the Northwest Airlines Flight 85 incident, in which the aircraft suddenly banked hard to the left in flight?
• ... that Typhoon Wutip in 2019 was the first recorded Category 5–equivalent tropical cyclone to occur in February in the Northern Hemisphere?
• ... that Yudas Sabaggalet, an Indonesian politician, worked in a Coca-Cola factory while studying at university?
• ... that Destinies of the Soul was the only book that contained human skin in the collection of Harvard University?
• ... that Clams Casino almost lost his EP Rainforest because his computer stopped working?
• ... that William O. Raymond's 1905 Glimpses of the Past: History of the River St. John probably recorded the first known Black man in future New Brunswick?
• ... that Blackpink's "Forever Young" was heard being played from the group's agency's headquarters three years before it was released?
• ... that the residents of Ukraina and Gorham, North Dakota, were involved in a feud that started with Easter baskets?
• ... that an activist protested the use of Chinese characters for Taiwanese Indigenous names by changing her legal name to "Lee I want to exclusively list my tribal name, my Bunun tribal name is Savungaz Valincinan"?

Manasseh Sogavare

• Acting President and Prime Minister of Haiti Ariel Henry resigns, and is replaced by the Transitional Presidential Council.
• The Ownership, Unity and Responsibility Party, led by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare (pictured), wins the most seats in the Solomon Islands general election but falls short of a majority.
• NASA announces that the Voyager 1 space probe is sending readable data for the first time in five months.
• The HDZ-led coalition wins the most seats in the Croatian parliamentary election but falls short of a majority.
• Ich­thy­o­titan, the largest known marine reptile, is formally described.

April 27: Koningsdag in the Netherlands

Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn

• 630 – Shahrbaraz usurped the throne of the Sasanian Empire from Ardashir III, but was himself killed six weeks later.
• 1650 – Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Covenanter forces defeated the Royalists at the Battle of Carbisdale near the village of Culrain, Scotland.
• 1945 – World War II: The photograph Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn (pictured) was taken after German troops withdrew to Norway at the end of the Lapland War.
• 1965 – Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation: British forces repelled a surprise Indonesian attack on a base at Plaman Mapu in Sarawak.
• 2005 – The Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger airliner, made its maiden flight from Toulouse, France.