April 26 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed by natives of the Philippine Islands during his attempt to be the first to circumnavigate the world. His co-leader, Juan Sebastian de Elcano, completed the voyage in 1522. Advertisement In 1749, George Frideric Handel's "Fireworks Music" was first performed. In 1810, Ludwig van Beethoven composed "Fur Elise." In 1865, the steamboat Sultana, heavily overloaded with an estimated 2,300 passengers,