May 27

May 27 is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 218 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 927 – Battle of the Bosnian Highlands: Croatian army, led by King Tomislav, defeats the Bulgarian Army.
• 927 – Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies.
• 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as prince two weeks before his untimely death.
• 1153 – Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland.
• 1328 – Philip VI is crowned King of France.
• 1703 – Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
• 1798 – The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland.
• 1812 – South American Wars of Independence: In Bolivia, the Battle of La Coronilla, in which the women from Cochabamba fight against the Spanish army.
• 1813 – War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.
• 1849 – The Great Hall of Euston station in London is opened.
• 1860 – Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian Unification.
• 1863 – American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson.
• 1883 – Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
• 1895 – Oscar Wilde is imprisoned for sodomy.
• 1896 – The F4-strength St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri and East Saint Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing $2.9 billion in damage (1997 USD).
• 1905 – Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
• 1907 – Bubonic plague breaks out in San Francisco, California.
• 1908 – Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Din is elected the first Khalifa of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
• 1919 – The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.
• 1927 – The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
• 1930 – The 1,046 feet (319 m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public.
• 1933 – New Deal: The U.S. Federal Securities Act is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission.
• 1933 – The Walt Disney Company releases the cartoon The Three Little Pigs, with its hit song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"
• 1933 – The Century of Progress World's Fair opens in Chicago, Illinois.
• 1935 – New Deal: The Supreme Court of the United States declares the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, (295 U.S. 495).
• 1937 – In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
• 1940 – World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops. Two survive.
• 1941 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency".
• 1941 – World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic killing almost 2,100 men.
• 1942 – World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is assassinated in Prague.
• 1957 – Toronto's CHUM-AM, (1050 kHz) becomes Canada's first radio station to broadcast only top 40 Rock n' Roll music format.
• 1958 – The F-4 Phantom II makes its first flight.
• 1960 – In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celal Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office.
• 1962 – The Centralia, Pennsylvania mine fire starts.
• 1965 – Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam.
• 1967 – Australians vote in favor of a constitutional referendum granting the Australian government the power to make laws to benefit Indigenous Australians and to count them in the national census.
• 1967 – The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy is launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline.
• 1968 – The meeting of the Union Nationale des Étudiants de France (National Union of the Students of France) takes place. 30,000 to 50,000 people gather in the Stade Sebastien Charlety.
• 1971 – The Dahlerau train disaster, the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near Wuppertal.
• 1975 – The Dibble's Bridge coach crash near Grassington, North Yorkshire, England kills 32 – the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom.
• 1980 – The Gwangju Massacre: Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more.
• 1995 – In Culpeper, Virginia, actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition.
• 1996 – First Chechnya War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
• 1997 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that Paula Jones can pursue her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton while he is in office.
• 1998 – Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
• 1999 – The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
• 2005 – Australian Schapelle Corby is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in Kerobokan Prison for drug smuggling by a court in Indonesia.
• 2006 – The May 2006 Java earthquake strikes at 5:53:58 AM local time (22:53:58 UTC May 26) devastating Bantul and the city of Yogyakarta killing over 6,600 people.
• 2009 – F.C. Barcelona completed The Treble, the 5th European Treble.

Births

• 1332 – Ibn Khaldun, Arab historian (d. 1406)
• 1519 – Girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594)
• 1576 – Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (d. 1649)
• 1601 – Antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648)
• 1623 – William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687)
• 1626 – William II, Prince of Orange (d. 1650)
• 1651 – Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729)
• 1652 – Liselotte von der Pfalz, Duchess of Orléans (d. 1722)
• 1738 – Nathaniel Gorham, 8th President of the United States in Congress Assembled (d. 1796)
• 1756 – King Maximilian I of Bavaria (d. 1825)
• 1794 – Cornelius Vanderbilt, American entrepreneur (d. 1877)
• 1818 – Amelia Bloomer, American suffragette (d. 1894)
• 1819 – Julia Ward Howe, American poet (d. 1910)
• 1820 – Mathilde Bonaparte, French princess and socialite (d. 1904)
• 1827 – Samuel F. Miller, New York representative to the U.S. House of Representatives (d. 1892)
• 1836 – Jay Gould, American financier (d. 1892)
• 1837 – Wild Bill Hickok, American gunfighter (d. 1876)
• 1837 – Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter (d. 1887)
• 1860 – Manuel Teixeira Gomes, 7^th President of Portugal (d. 1941)
• 1864 – Ante Trumbić, Croatian politician (d. 1938)
• 1867 – Arnold Bennett, British novelist (d. 1931)
• 1871 – Georges Rouault, French painter and graphic artist (d. 1958)
• 1876 – Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish writer (d. 1945)
• 1876 – Sir William Stanier, British railway engineer (d. 1965)
• 1878 – Isadora Duncan, American dancer (d. 1927)
• 1879 – Karl Bühler, German linguist and psychologist (d. 1963)
• 1879 – Hans Lammers, German SS officer (d. 1962)
• 1884 – Max Brod, Austrian author (d. 1968)
• 1888 – Louis Durey, French composer (d. 1979)
• 1891 – Claude Champagne, French-Canadian composer (d. 1965)
• 1893 – Hermann Dörnemann, German supercentenarian (d. 2005)
• 1894 – Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French writer (d. 1961)
• 1894 – Dashiell Hammett, American author (d. 1961)
• 1897 – John Cockcroft, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
• 1900 – Uładzimir Zylka, Belarusian poet (d. 1933)
• 1904 – Chuhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (d. 1997)
• 1906 – Antonio Rosario Mennonna, Italian bishop
• 1907 – Rachel Carson, American biologist and science writer (d. 1964)
• 1909 – Dolores Hope, American singer, philanthropist
• 1911 – Hubert H. Humphrey, 38th Vice President of the United States and United States Senator from Minnesota (d. 1978)
• 1911 – Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born Israeli politician (d. 2007)
• 1911 – Vincent Price, American actor (d. 1993)
• 1912 – John Cheever, American author (d. 1982)
• 1912 – Sam Snead, American golfer (d. 2002)
• 1912 – Terry Moore, American baseball player (d. 1995)
• 1913 – Wols, German painter (d. 1951)
• 1915 – Esther Soré, Chilean musician (d. 1996)
• 1915 – Herman Wouk, American writer
• 1918 – Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese politician
• 1921 – Caryl Chessman, American robber and rapist (d. 1960)
• 1922 – Sir Christopher Lee, English actor
• 1923 – Henry Kissinger, 56th United States Secretary of State, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• 1923 – Sumner Redstone, American entrepreneur
• 1925 – Tony Hillerman, American writer (d. 2008)
• 1930 – John Barth, American novelist
• 1930 – William S. Sessions, 8th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
• 1933 – Ted Rogers, Canadian entrepreneur (d. 2008)
• 1934 – Harlan Ellison, American author
• 1935 – Lee Meriwether, Miss America (1955) and actress
• 1935 – Ramsey Lewis, American pianist
• 1935 – Mal Evans, British Beatles assistant (d. 1976)
• 1936 – Louis Gossett Jr., American actor
• 1936 – Marcel Masse, Canadian politician
• 1937 – Allan Carr, American film producer and writer (d. 1999)
• 1939 – Socratis Kokkalis, Greek businessman
• 1942 – Lee Baca, American law enforcement official
• 1943 – Cilla Black, English singer and presenter
• 1943 – Bruce Weitz, American actor
• 1944 – Christopher Dodd, American politician, senior senator from Connecticut
• 1944 – Alain Souchon, French singer and songwriter
• 1945 – Bruce Cockburn, Canadian musician
• 1946 – Lewis Collins, English actor
• 1946 – Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish musician (d. 2005)
• 1947 – Branko Oblak, Slovenian footballer
• 1948 – Wubbo de Boer, Dutch civil servant
• 1951 – Ana Belén, Spanish singer and actress
• 1954 – Pauline Hanson, Australian politician
• 1954 – Jackie Slater, American football player
• 1955 – Richard Schiff, American actor
• 1955 – Eric Bischoff, American professional wrestling promoter
• 1956 – Cynthia McFadden, American television anchor
• 1957 – Siouxsie Sioux, English musician (Siouxsie & the Banshees)
• 1957 – Duncan Goodhew, English Olympic Games gold medalist swimmer
• 1958 – Neil Finn, New Zealand singer and songwriter (Split Enz, Crowded House)
• 1958 – Linnea Quigley, American actress
• 1961 – Peri Gilpin, American actress
• 1962 – Ray Borner, Australian basketball player
• 1962 – Steven Brill, American film writer and director
• 1964 – Adam Carolla, American comedian and television personality
• 1965 – Todd Bridges, American actor
• 1965 – Patrick Cash, Australian Tennis Player
• 1967 – Paul Gascoigne, English footballer
• 1968 – Jeff Bagwell, American baseball player
• 1968 – Frank Thomas, American baseball player
• 1969 – Jeremy Mayfield, American race car driver
• 1969 – Dondre Whitfield, American actor
• 1969 – Todd Hundley, American baseball player
• 1970 – Tim Farron, British politician
• 1970 – Joseph Fiennes, English actor
• 1970 – Michele Bartoli, Italian cyclist
• 1970 – Cherry Pie Picache, Filipina actress
• 1971 – Paul Bettany, English actor
• 1971 – Mathew Batsiua, Nauruan politician
• 1971 – Wayne Carey, Australian rules footballer
• 1971 – Kaur Kender, Estonian author
• 1971 – Lee Sharpe, English Footballer
• 1971 – Glenn Ross, Northern Irish strongman
• 1971 – Lisa Lopes, American singer (TLC) (d. 2002)
• 1972 – Ivete Sangalo, Brazilian singer
• 1972 – Todd Demsey, American golfer
• 1973 – Jack McBrayer, American actor and comedian
• 1973 – Tana Umaga, New Zealand rugby union footballer
• 1974 – Derek Webb, American singer and songwriter (Caedmon's Call)
• 1974 – Danny Wuerffel, American football player
• 1975 – André 3000, American musician (OutKast)
• 1975 – Michael Hussey, Australian cricketer
• 1975 – Jadakiss, American rapper (D-Block)
• 1975 – Jamie Oliver, English chef and television personality
• 1976 – Anita Blond, Hungarian pornographic actress
• 1976 – RJD2, American hip-hop producer
• 1977 – Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian athlete
• 1977 – Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1977 – Tommie van der Leegte, Dutch footballer
• 1978 – Adin Brown, American footballer
• 1979 – Mile Sterjovski, Australian footballer
• 1980 – Craig Buntin, Canadian figure skater
• 1981 – Özgür Çevik, Turkish singer and actor
• 1981 – Fivos Constantinou, Cypriot distance runner
• 1981 – Johan Elmander, Swedish footballer
• 1981 – David Mauro, American painter
• 1981 – Miloy, Angolan footballer
• 1983 – Bobby Convey, American footballer
• 1984 – Blake Ahearn, American basketball player
• 1984 – Kalle Spjuth, Swedish bandy player
• 1985 – Chiang Chien-ming, Taiwanese baseball player
• 1986 – Conor Cummins, Manx Motobike Racer
• 1990 – Ekaterina Zaikina, Russian figure skater

Deaths

• 366 – Procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326)
• 735 – Bede, English historian and theologian
• 866 – Ordoño I of Asturias, King of Asturias (b. 831)
• 927 – Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria
• 1039 – Dirk III, Count of Holland
• 1444 – John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (b. 1404)
• 1508 – Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1452)
• 1525 – Thomas Muentzer, German rebel leader
• 1541 – Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury (b. 1473)
• 1564 – John Calvin, French religious reformer (b. 1509)
• 1610 – François Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (b. 1578)
• 1615 – Marguerite de Valois, queen of Henry IV of France (b. 1553)
• 1661 – Archibald Campbell, Scottish religious dissident (b. 1607)
• 1675 – Gaspard Dughet, French painter (b. 1613)
• 1690 – Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer (b. 1626)
• 1702 – Dominique Bouhours, French critic (b. 1628)
• 1707 – Marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. 1640)
• 1781 – Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (b. 1716)
• 1797 – François-Noël Babeuf, French revolutionary (b. 1760)
• 1831 – Jedediah Smith, American explorer (b. 1799)
• 1840 – Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1782)
• 1896 – Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov, Russian physicist (b. 1839)
• 1910 – Robert Koch, German physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1843)
• 1919 – Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian social activist (b. 1848)
• 1926 – Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904)
• 1941 – Gunther Lutjens, German admiral, died in sinking of the German battleship Bismarck (b. 1889)
• 1941 – Ernst Lindemann, German captain, died in sinking of the German battleship Bismarck (b. 1894)
• 1945 – Enno Lolling, German SS-Standartenführer died by suicide (b. 1888)
• 1947 – Ed Konetchy, American baseball player (b. 1885)
• 1949 – Robert Ripley, American cartoonist (Ripley's Believe It or Not!) (b. 1890)
• 1953 – Jesse Burkett, American baseball player (b. 1868)
• 1960 – James Montgomery Flagg, American illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1963 – Gregoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (b. 1912)
• 1964 – Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian politician (b. 1889)
• 1967 – Ernst Niekisch, German politician (b. 1889)
• 1969 – Jeffrey Hunter, American actor (b. 1926)
• 1973 – P.Ramlee, Malaysian actor,singer and songwriter (b. 1922)
• 1984 – Vincent James McMahon, U.S. professional wrestling promoter. (b. 1914)
• 1986 – Isma'il Raji' al-Faruqi, Palestinian-born philosopher (b. 1921)
• 1987 – John Howard Northrop, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1891)
• 1989 – Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet (b. 1907)
• 1990 – Robert B. Meyner, 44th Governor of New Jersey (b. 1908)
• 1991 – Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (b. 1904)
• 1992 – Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (b. 1890)
• 1993 – Mary Philbin, American actress (b. 1903)
• 1993 – Werner Stocker, German actor (b. 1955)
• 2000 – Crawford Murray MacLehose of Beoch, British statesman (b. 1917)
• 2000 – Maurice Richard, Canadian hockey player (b. 1921)
• 2000 – Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer, fighter pilot, intelligence and counter-intelligence officer (b. 1912)
• 2001 – Ramon Bieri, American actor (b. 1929)
• 2003 – Luciano Berio, Italian composer (b. 1925)
• 2006 – Craig Heyward, American football player (b. 1966)
• 2006 – Paul Gleason, American actor (b. 1939)
• 2006 – Alex Toth, American cartoonist (b. 1928)
• 2006 – Rob Borsellino, American columnist (b. 1949)
• 2006 – Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Indian actor (b. 1944)
• 2007 – Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (b. 1967)
• 2007 – Ed Yost, American inventor (b. 1919)
• 2007 – Gretchen Wyler, American actress (b. 1932)
• 2008 – Franz Künstler, Last remaining Austro-Hungarian Empire World War I veteran (b. 1900)

Holidays and observances

• Guadeloupe, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin: Abolition Day
• Nigeria: Children's Day
• Bolivia: Mother's Day (Día de la Madre)

• Feast day of the following saints in the Christian Church:
  • Augustine of Canterbury
  • Saint Julius the Veteran
  • Pope John I
  • Hildebert
  • Bruno, Bishop of Würzburg
  • Eutropius

External links

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