1. On April 27, 1822, the first known newspaper in North Dakota was published. The “Missouri Intelligencer” was printed in the Mandan village and edited by William Laidlaw.

2. In 1873, the Northern Pacific Railroad completed the first transcontinental railway across North Dakota on April 27. This allowed for easier transportation of goods, people, and ideas which helped the growth of settlements in the state.

3. On April 27, 1940, the city of Grand Forks experienced its worst flood in history. The Red River crested at 54.35 feet which inundated the city and displaced thousands of residents. It remains one of the worst natural disasters in North Dakota history.

4. North Dakota became the 39th state of the United States on November 2, 1889, but on April 27, 1989, it became the first state to have a female governor whose first name was not the same as the state. Governor George Sinner resigned, and Lieutenant Governor Ruth Meiers became the first female governor in the state's history.

5. On April 27, 2016, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe began their protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline, which aimed to cross the Missouri River near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. The historic protest lasted for months, garnering international attention, and the pipeline was eventually rerouted.