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May 27 is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. International holidays and other major events April 1 - April Fools' Day April 4 - Qingming Festival (Mainland International holidays May 1 - Labour Day ( Pakistan) May 1 - Labour Day ( Singapore) International holidays and commemorations June 8 - Dragon Boat Festival ( Traditional Chinese) June 9 - Shavuot Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common International holidays May 1 - Labour Day ( Pakistan) May 1 - Labour Day ( Singapore) May 2007 is the fifth month of that year It began on a Tuesday and 31 days later ended on a Thursday. May 2006 was a month with thirty-one days The following events also occurred during the month May 2005 was the fifth month of that year It began on a Sunday and ended after 31 days on a Tuesday. May 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September May 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September May 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September May 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 218 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 927 - Battle of the Bosnian Highlands: Simeon I of Bulgaria is defeated by King Tomislav of Croatia. Events Asia The Chu State is founded by Ma Yin. Korea: Hubaekje sacks the Silla capital of The Battle of the Bosnian Highlands was fought between the huge armies of the two Balkan rulers of the time Bulgarian Tsar Simeon I, the great victor of the Simeon (also Symeon) I the Great (Симеон I Велики transliterated Simeon I Veliki; simɛˈɔn ˈpɤrvi vɛˈliki ruled over Bulgaria
• 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed as prince two weeks before his untimely death. Richard III (died 10 June 1120) count of Aversa and Prince of Capua briefly in 1120 between his anointing on 27 May and his death
• 1153 - Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland. Malcolm IV ( Mediaeval Gaelic: Máel Coluim mac Eanric; Modern Gaelic Maol Chaluim mac Eanraig) nicknamed Virgo, "the Maiden" ( Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain.
• 1328 - Philip VI is crowned King of France. Philip VI (1293 &ndash 22 August 1350) known as the Fortunate ( French: le Fortuné) and of Valois, was the This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
• 1647 - Peter Stuyvesant was inaugurated as Director-General of New Netherland. Peter Stuyvesant (originally Pieter or Petrus, Peter is never mentioned in historical records (c This is a list of Directors, appointed by the Dutch West India Company, of the 17th century Dutch province of New Netherland ( Nieuw Nederland New Netherland (Dutch Nieuw-Nederland, Latin Novum Belgium or Nova Belgica) 1614–1674 is the name of the former Dutch territory on the eastern coast
• 1703 - Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg. Year 1703 ( MDCCIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Tsar csar and tzar redirect here For other uses see Tsar (disambiguation. Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River
• 1798 - The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland. Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The battle of Oulart Hill took place on 27 May 1798 when a rebel gathering of 1000 annihilated a detachment of Militia sent from Wexford Wexford (derived from Old Norse Veisafjǫrðr (in some sources spelled "Waes Fiord" – veisa meaning "mudflat stagnant pool" Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world
• 1812 - South American Wars of Independence: In Bolivia, the Battle of La Coronilla, in which the women from Cochabamba fight against the Spanish army. Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Because Spain was virtually cut off from its colonies during the Peninsular War of 1808–1814 Latin America was in these years ruled by independent juntas The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. Cochabamba is a city in central Bolivia, located in a Valley bearing the same name in the Andes Mountain range. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
• 1813 - War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George. Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The War of 1812 was fought between the United States of America and the British Empire, particularly Great Britain and her North American colonies Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For other uses see Fort George Fort George National Historic Site is a historic military structure at
• 1849 - The Great Hall of Euston station in London is opened. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
• 1860 - Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian Unification. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Garibaldi redirects here for other meanings see Garibaldi (disambiguation. Palermo ( Sicilian: Palermu, Greek: Panormus, al-Madinah during Muslim rule is a historic City in Sicily ( Italian and Sicilian: Sicilia) is an autonomous region of Italy. Italian Unification ( Italian: il Risorgimento, or "The Resurgence" was the political and social movement that unified different states of the Italian
• 1883 - Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Alexander III Alexandrovich ( 10 March 1845 – 1 November 1894) (Александр III Александрович reigned as Emperor Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending
• 1895 - Oscar Wilde is imprisoned for sodomy. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900 was an Irish Playwright, Novelist, poet and Author of Sodomy (ˈsɒdəmi is a term used today predominantly in Law (derived from traditional Christian usage to describe the act of Anal intercourse, Oral intercourse
• 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. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The Fujita scale ( F-Scale) or Fujita-Pearson scale, is a scale for rating Tornado intensity based on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures The " St Louis - East St Louis Tornado " is a historic Tornado event that occurred on Monday May 27, 1896, as part of a major East St Louis is a city located in St Clair County Illinois, USA directly across the Mississippi River from St 9 billion in damages (1997 USD). Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been
• 1905 - Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Russo-Japanese War (日露戦争 Romaji: Nichi-Ro Sensō Русско-японская война Russko-Yaponskaya Voyna;, 10 February 1904 – 5 September The Battle of Tsushima ( Japanese: 対馬海戦 tsushima-kaisen, Цусимское сражение Tsusimskoye srazheniye) commonly known as the
• 1907 - A Bubonic plague outbreak begins in San Francisco, California. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Bubonic plague is the best-known manifestation of the bacterial disease plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis (formerly known as The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city
• 1908 - Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Din iss elected the first Khalifa of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community ( Arabic: الجماعة الأحمدية; transliterated: al-Jamā'a al-Ahmadīya) is the larger community of
• 1919 - The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common "For other uses see NC 4 (disambiguation. The NC-4 was a Curtiss NC Flying boat, designed by Glenn Curtiss Lisbon (Lisboa liʒˈboɐ is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. The term transatlantic refers to something occurring all the way across the Atlantic Ocean.
• 1927 - The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacturing the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make Ford Model As. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following The Ford Model T (colloquially known as the Tin Lizzie and also the Flivver) was an Automobile produced by Henry Ford 's Ford See also Ford Model A (1903 The Ford Model A (1927 - 1931 was the second huge success for the Ford Motor Company, after its predecessor
• 1930 - The 1,046-foot (319-meter) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco Skyscraper in New York City, located on the east side of Manhattan at the intersection of 42nd The City of New York
• 1933 - New Deal: The U. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The New Deal was the name that United States President Franklin D S. Federal Securities Act is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission. Congress enacted the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act" the "Truth in Securities Act" or the "Federal Securities Act", enacted 1933-05-27 The Federal Trade Commission ( FTC) is an independent agency of the United States government, established in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act
• 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. The word cartoon has various meanings based on several very different forms of Visual art and Illustration. Three Little Pigs is a Fairy tale featuring Talking animals Published versions of the story date back to the late 18th century but the story is thought " Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf " is a popular song written by Frank Churchill with additional lyrics by Ann Ronell, which originally featured in the A Century of Progress International Exposition was the name of a World's Fair held in Chicago, Illinois from 1933 to 1934 to celebrate Expo (short for "exposition" and also known as World Fair and World's Fair) is the name given to various large public exhibitions held since the Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union.
• 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. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. The National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA officially known as the Act of June 16, 1933, Ch ALA Schechter Poultry Corp v United States, 295 US 495 (1935 was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that invalidated regulations S. 495).
• 1937 - In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension Bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay onto the Pacific Ocean March 11, 1889 |
• 1939 - DC Comics publishes its second superhero in Detective Comics #27; he is Batman, one of the most topical comic book superheroes of all time. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company Detective Comics is an American comic book published monthly by DC Comics since 1937 best-known for introducing the iconic Superhero Batman Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional Comic book Superhero co-created A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative
• 1940 - World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 97 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Le Paradis massacre was a War crime committed by members of the 14th Company SS Division Totenkopf, under the command of Hauptsturmführer The Royal Norfolk Regiment, originally formed as the Norfolk Regiment, was an infantry Regiment of the British Army. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers
• 1941 - World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency". Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by
• 1941 - World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic killing almost 2,100 men. Background Design of the ship started in the early 1930s following on from Germany's development of the ''Deutschland'' class cruisers and the ''Scharnhorst'' class
• 1942 - World War II: In Operation Anthropoid Reinhard Heydrich is assassinated in Prague. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Operation Anthropoid was the code name for the Assassination of top German leader Reinhard Heydrich. Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich ( 7 March 1904 &ndash 4 June 1942) was an SS - Obergruppenführer, chief Prague (ˈprɑːg Praha (ˈpraɦa see also other names) is the Capital and Largest city of the Czech Republic.
• 1957 - Toronto's CHUM-AM, (1050 kHz) becomes Canada's first radio station to broadcast only top 40 Rock n' Roll music format. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario CHUM, broadcasting at 1050 kHz on the AM dial is a Canadian Radio station licensed to Toronto, Ontario. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Top Forty or Top 40 is a music industry shorthand for the currently most-popular songs in a particular genre. Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African
• 1958 - The F-4 Phantom II first flight. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• 1960 - In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celal Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Mahmut Celal Bayar ( May 16, 1883 &ndash August 22, 1986) was a Turkish Politician, Statesman and the third
• 1965 - Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia "RVN" redirects here RVN is also the former callsign of a TV station in Wagga Wagga New South Wales Australia
• 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. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The referendum of 27 May 1967 approved two amendments to the Australian constitution relating to Indigenous Australians. Indigenous Australians are descendants of the first known human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands.
• 1967 - The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) is christened by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline. An aircraft carrier is a Warship designed with Ship history 1970s Kennedy' s maiden voyage and several of her subsequent voyages were on deployments to the Mediterranean during much of the The ceremonies involved in naming and launching naval ships are based in traditions thousands of years old Caroline Bouvier Kennedy (born November 27, 1957) is an American Author and Attorney.
• 1968 - The meeting of the Union Nationale des Étudiants de France (National Union of the Students of France) takes place. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The National Union of Students of France ( Union Nationale des Étudiants de France or UNEF) is the main national students' union in France. 30,000 to 50,000 people gather in the Stade Sebastien Charlety. Stade Sebastien Charléty, known simply as Stade Charléty or even sometimes just Charléty, is a multi-use Stadium in Paris, France
• 1971 - The Dahlerau train disaster, the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near Wuppertal. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. The Dahlerau train disaster was a severe Railway Accident that took place on May 27, 1971 in Dahlerau, a small town belonging to West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( ||-||} Wuppertal (ˈvʊpɐtaːl is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
• 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). Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Grassington is a picturesque Village in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire, England. North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county in England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
• 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. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) The Gwangju Democratization Movement ( Hangul: 광주 민주화운동 refers to a popular uprising in the city of Gwangju, South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː Gwangju Metropolitan City is the sixth largest city in South Korea.
• 1995 - In Culpeper, Virginia, actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Culpeper is an Incorporated town in Culpeper County, Virginia, United States. Christopher D'Olier Reeve ( September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American Actor, director, The horse ( Equus caballus) is a hoofed ( Ungulate) Mammal, one of eight living species of the family Equidae.
• 1996 - First Chechnya War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The First Chechen War also known as the War in Chechnya was fought between Russia and Chechnya from 1994 to 1996 and resulted in Chechnya's Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin () (1 February 1931 23 April 2007 was the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999 The Chechen Republic (ˈʧɛʧɨn rɪˈpʌblɨk Чече́нская Респу́блика Chechenskaya Respublika; Нохчийн Республика Noxçiyn Respublika
• 1997 - The U. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar S. Supreme Court rules that Paula Jones can pursue her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton while he is in office. Paula Corbin Jones (born Paula Rosalee Corbin on September 17, 1966, in Lonoke Arkansas) is a former Arkansas state employee who William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States
• 1997 - A F5 tornado strikes Jarrell, Texas killing 27 people. A tornado is a violent rotating column of air which is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a Cumulonimbus cloud or in rare cases the base of a Cumulus Jarrell is a city in Williamson County, Texas, United States.
• 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. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist attack on April 19 1995 aimed at the U Michael Fortier born 1968 and Lori Fortier, his wife were accomplices in the Oklahoma City bombing and key informants in the trials of Timothy McVeigh Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion
• 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. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands War crimes are "violations of the laws or customs of war" including but not limited to "murder the ill-treatment or deportation of civilian residents of an occupied In Public international law, a crime against humanity is an act of Persecution or any large scale atrocities against a body of people and is the highest level of
• 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. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The May 2006 Java Earthquake occurred at 0554 local time on 27 May 2006 (2254 GMT 26 May) in the Indian Ocean Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place Bantul is a town in the Bantul Regency, Indonesia 2006 Earthquake On 27 May 2006 an earthquake measuring 6 The Special Region of Yogyakarta ( Indonesian: Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, or DIY) is the smallest province of Indonesia (excluding

Births

• 1332 - Ibn Khaldun, Arab historian (d. Ibn Khaldūn or Ibn Khaldoun (full name أبو زيد عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن خلدون,, ( May 27, 1332 AD/732 AH &ndash March 19 1406)
• 1519 - Girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. Girolamo Mei ( May 27 1519 – July 1594 was an Italian Historian and humanist, famous in music history for providing the intellectual 1594)
• 1576 - Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (d. Caspar Schoppe ( May 27, 1576 &ndash November 19, 1649) was a German controversialist and scholar 1649)
• 1601 - Antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. Saint Antoine Daniel ( 27 May 1601 &ndash 4 July, 1648) was a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, 1648)
• 1623 - William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. Sir William Petty ( May 27 1623 – December 16 1687) was an English Economist, scientist and Philosopher 1687)
• 1626 - William II, Prince of Orange (d. William II Prince of Orange ( May 27, 1626 &ndash November 6, 1650) Stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands 1650)
• 1651 - Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. Louis-Antoine de Noailles ( 27 May 1651 &ndash 4 May 1729) second son of Anne 1st duc de Noailles, was a French Bishop 1729)
• 1652 - Liselotte von der Pfalz, Duchess of Orléans (d. Year 1729 ( MDCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1722)
• 1738 - Nathaniel Gorham, American politician (d. Year 1722 ( MDCCXXII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1738 ( MDCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Nathaniel Gorham (May 27 1738 – June 11 1796 was the eighth President of the United States in Congress assembled, under the Articles of Confederation. 1796)
• 1756 - King Maximilian I of Bavaria (d. Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1756 ( MDCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Maximilian I (also known as Maximilian Joseph) ( May 27, 1756 &ndash October 13, 1825) was Prince-elector of 1825)
• 1794 - Cornelius Vanderbilt, American entrepreneur (d. Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Cornelius Vanderbilt ( May 27 1794 &ndash January 4 1877) also known by the Sobriquets The Commodore or 1877)
• 1818 - Amelia Bloomer, American suffragette (d. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Amelia Jenks Bloomer ( May 27, 1818 &mdash December 30, 1894) was an American Women's rights 1894)
• 1819 - Julia Ward Howe, American composer (d. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Julia Ward Howe (May 27 1819 &ndash October 17 1910 was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and Poet most famous as 1910)
• 1820 - Mathilde Bonaparte, French princess and socialite (d. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Mathilde Laetitia Wilhelmine Bonaparte Princesse Française ( May 27 1820 – January 2 1904) was a daughter of Napoleon 's brother 1904)
• 1827 - Samuel F. Miller, American politician (d. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common For other people named Samuel Miller see Samuel Miller Samuel Franklin Miller ( May 27[[ 827]] - March 16[[ 892]] was 1892)
• 1836 - Jay Gould, American financier (d. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Jason "Jay" Gould ( May 27, 1836 &ndash December 2, 1892) was an American Financier who became a leading American railroad 1892)
• 1837 - Wild Bill Hickok, American gunfighter (d. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common James Butler Hickok ( May 27, 1837 &ndash August 2, 1876) better known as Wild Bill Hickok, was a figure in the American Old 1876)
• 1837 - Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter (d. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoi ( June 8 (OS May 27 1837 - April 6 (O 1887)
• 1860 - Manuel Teixeira Gomes, 7^th President of Portugal (d. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Manuel Teixeira Gomes, GCSE (mɐnuˈɛɫ tɐiˈʃɐiɾɐ ˈgomɨʃ Portimão, May 27 1862 - Bougie, October 18 has been a Republic since 1910 the Head of state being the President, whose official title is President of the Portuguese Republic ( Presidente da 1941)
• 1864 - Ante Trumbić, Croatian politician (d. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Ante Trumbić ( May 17, 1864 - November 17, 1938) was an important Croatian politician in the early 20th century 1938)
• 1867 - Arnold Bennett, British novelist (d. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Enoch Arnold Bennett ( 27 May 1867 - 27 March 1931) was an English Novelist. 1931)
• 1871 - Georges Rouault, French painter and graphic artist (d. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Georges Henri Rouault ( 27 May 1871 &ndash 13 February 1958) was a French Fauvist and Expressionist painter 1958)
• 1876 - Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish writer (d. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Antoni Ferdynand Ossendowski (1876-1945 was a Polish Writer, Journalist, traveller Globetrotter, Explorer and University 1945)
• 1878 - Isadora Duncan, American dancer (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Isadora Duncan (May 26 1877 &ndash September 14 1927 was an American dancer 1927)
• 1879 - Hans Lammers, German SS officer (d. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Dr Jur Hans Heinrich Lammers (27 May 1879 4 January 1962 was a prominent Nazi and head of the Reich Chancellery. 1962)
• 1884 - Max Brod, Austrian author (d. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Max Brod ( May 27, 1884 – December 20, 1968) was an Austrian - Jewish Author, Composer, and Journalist 1968)
• 1888 - Louis Durey, French composer (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Louis Durey ( May 27, 1888 - July 3, 1979) was a French composer 1979)
• 1891 - Claude Champagne, French-Canadian composer (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Claude Champagne ( 27 May 1891 &ndash 21 December 1965) was a Canadian composer 1965)
• 1893 - Hermann Dörnemann, German supercentarian (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Hermann Dörnemann ( May 27, 1893 &ndash March 2, 2005) of Germany was hailed in the press as the oldest living man in A supercentenarian (sometimes hyphenated as super-centenarian) is someone who has reached the age of 110 Years or more something achieved by only one in 2005)
• 1894 - Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French writer (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Louis-Ferdinand Céline was the Pen name of French writer and doctor Louis-Ferdinand Destouches (27 May 1894 &ndash 1 July 1961 1961)
• 1894 - Dashiell Hammett, American author (d. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Samuel Dashiell Hammett ( May 27, 1894 — January 10, 1961) was an American Author of Hardboiled detective 1961)
• 1897 - John Cockcroft, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Sir John Douglas Cockcroft OM KCB CBE ( May 27, 1897 &ndash September 18, 1967) was a British physicist. The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1967)
• 1900 - Uładzimir Zylka, Belarusian poet (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Uładzimir Žyłka ( 27 May 1900 in Makaszy near by Nyasvizh, Belarus – 1 March 1933; Уладзімір Жылка 1933)
• 1904 - Chuhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (d. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Chūhei Nambu (南部 忠平 Nanbu Chūhei, May 27, 1904 - July 23, 1997) was a Japanese athlete. 1997)
• 1907 - Rachel Carson, American biologist and science writer (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Rachel Louise Carson (May 27 1907 – April 14 1964 was an American marine biologist and Nature writer whose writings are credited with advancing the global 1964)
• 1911 - Hubert H. Humphrey, American politician (d. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr ( May 27, 1911 &ndash January 13, 1978) was the thirty-eighth Vice President of the United States, serving 1978)
• 1911 - Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born Israeli politician (d. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Theodor "Teddy" Kollek ( טדי קולק) ( May 27, 1911 &ndash January 2 2007) was Mayor of Jerusalem 2007)
• 1911 - Vincent Price, American actor (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Vincent Leonard Price Jr ( May 27 1911 &ndash October 25 1993) was an American Film Actor, remembered 1993)
• 1912 - John Cheever, American author (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting John Cheever ( May 27, 1912 &ndash June 18, 1982) was an American Novelist and Short story Writer 1982)
• 1912 - Sam Snead, American golfer (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Career In 1937 his first year on the Tour he won five events including the Oakland Open at Claremont Country Club in California 2002)
• 1912 - Terry Moore, American baseball player (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Terry Bluford Moore ( May 27, 1912, Vernon Alabama — March 29, 1995, Collinsville Illinois) was a talented Center 1995)
• 1913 - Wols, German painter (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1951)
• 1915 - Herman Wouk, American writer
• 1918 - Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese politician
• 1921 - Caryl Chessman, American robber and rapist (d. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Herman Wouk ( "woke" born May 27, 1915) is a bestselling American Author with a number of notable Novels to his Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Yasuhiro Nakasone (中曽根 康弘 Nakasone Yasuhiro, born May 27 1918 is a Japanese Politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Caryl Whittier Chessman ( May 27, 1921 &ndash May 2, 1960) was a convicted robber and rapist who gained fame as a 1960)
• 1922 - Christopher Lee, English actor
• 1923 - Henry Kissinger, United States Secretary of State, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• 1923 - Sumner Redstone, American entrepreneur
• 1925 - Tony Hillerman, American writer
• 1930 - John Barth, American novelist
• 1930 - William S. Sessions, American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
• 1933 - Ted Rogers, Canadian entrepreneur
• 1934 - Harlan Ellison, American author
• 1935 - Lee Meriwether, Miss America and actress
• 1935 - Ramsey Lewis, American pianist
• 1935 - Mal Evans, British Beatles assistant (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Christopher Frank Carandini Lee CBE, CStJ (born 27 May 1922 is a two-time Screen Actors Guild Award-nominated Saturn Award-winning English Actor Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Henry Alfred Kissinger (born Heinz Alfred Kissinger on May 27, 1923) is a German -born American bureaucrat diplomat and 1973 The United States Secretary of State (commonly abbreviated as SecState) is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with Foreign affairs The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Sumner Murray Redstone (born Sumner Murray Rothstein; May 27 1923) is Majority owner and Chairman of the Board of the National Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tony Hillerman (born 27 May 1925 is an award-winning American author of Detective novels and non-fiction works Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Simmons Barth (born May 27 1930 is an American novelist and short-story writer known for the postmodernist and metafictive quality of his work William Steele Sessions (b May 27 1930 in Fort Smith Arkansas) is a civil servant who served as a judge and director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For other uses see Edward Rogers (disambiguation. Edward Samuel "Ted" Rogers Jr Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Harlan Jay Ellison (born May 27, 1934) is a prolific American Writer of Short stories, Novellas, Teleplays Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lee Ann Meriwether (born May 27, 1935 in Los Angeles California) is Miss America 1955 and an American actress, appearing Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis Jr (b May 27, 1935) is an American Jazz icon Composer, and Pianist. Malcolm 'Mal' Evans (27 May 1935 – 5 January 1976 is best known as the road manager, assistant and a friend of The Beatles. 1976)
• 1936 - Louis Gossett Jr., American actor
• 1936 - Marcel Masse, Canadian politician
• 1937 - Allan Carr, American film producer and writer (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Louis Cameron Gossett Jr (born May 27 1936) is an American Emmy, Golden Globe, and Academy Award winning Actor Marcel Masse should not be confused with Marcel Massé. Marcel Masse (born May 27, 1936) is a Canadian politician Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Allan Carr (born Allan Solomon on May 27, 1937 in Chicago Illinois, died June 29, 1999) was a American 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
• 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. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Socratis Kokkalis (aka O Proedros)(born May 27 1939) is a Greek Businessman. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Leroy David Baca (born May 27 1942) is the Sheriff of Los Angeles County California. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cilla Black OBE (born Priscilla Maria Veronica White on 27 May, 1943) is an English Singer-songwriter and Television Bruce Peter Weitz (born May 27, 1943) is an American Actor. He is perhaps best-known for his role as Sgt Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American Lawyer and Democratic Politician, who is currently serving Alain Souchon (born Alain Kienast on May 27, 1944, Casablanca, Morocco) is a French Singer, Songwriter Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Bruce Douglas Cockburn, OC (ˈkoʊbɚn phonetically "co-burn" (born May 27, 1945) is a Canadian folk/rock Guitarist Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lewis Collins (born 27 May, 1946 in Bidston, Birkenhead, Cheshire) is an English Actor. Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (nils'hɛneŋ 'ɶɐ̥sd̥əð̥ 'pʰɛð̥ɐ̥sn May 27, 1946 &ndash April 19, 2005) was a Danish 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 and 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
• 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
• 1970 - Tim Farron, British politician
• 1970 - Joseph Fiennes, English actor
• 1970 - Michele Bartoli, Italian cyclist
• 1970 - Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Branko Oblak (born on May 27, 1947 in Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian football coach and Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wubbo de Boer (born May 27, 1948, Amsterdam) is a Dutch Civil servant. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Ana Belén is the artistic name of María del Pilar Cuesta Acosta, a Spanish Actress and singer Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Pauline Lee Hanson ( née Seccombe; born 27 May 1954) is an Australian Politician and former leader of Pauline Hanson's Jackie Ray Slater (born May 27, 1954, in Jackson Mississippi) is a former American football Offensive tackle who played his entire Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Richard Schiff (born May 27, 1955) is an Emmy Award -winning American actor Eric Aaron Bischoff (born May 27 1957) is an American Entrepreneur and former Professional wrestling booker, producer Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cynthia McFadden (born May 27, 1956 in Lewiston, Maine) is a correspondent for ABC News. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Susan Janet Ballion Siouxsie & the Banshees were a British rock band which formed in 1976 Duncan Alexander Goodhew MBE (born May 27, 1957) is one of the most instantly recognisable UK Swimming athletes The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Neil Mullane Finn OBE (born May 27 1958, in Te Awamutu, New Zealand) is a Singer and Songwriter and one Split Enz was a successful New Zealand band during the 1970s and early 1980s featuring Phil Judd and brothers Tim Finn and Neil Finn. Crowded House is a rock group formed in Melbourne, Australia and led by New Zealand musician and Singer-songwriter Neil Finn. Linnea Barbara Quigley (born May 27, 1958) is an American well-known Scream queen, B movie actress and model Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Peri Gilpin (born Periwinkle Kay O'Brien on May 27 1961, in Waco Texas) is an American Actress, best known for Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ray Borner (born May 27, 1962 in Ballarat Victoria) is a former Australian Basketball player who competed in the National Basketball Steven Brill (born May 27 1962 is an American actor Film producer, director, and Screenwriter. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Adam Carolla (born May 27 1964 is an American radio / Television host, Comedian, and Actor. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Todd Anthony Bridges (born May 27, 1965 in San Francisco, California) is an American Actor. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Paul John Gascoigne (born 27 May 1967 in Dunston, Gateshead, England) often referred to as Gazza, is a retired English Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jeffrey Robert Bagwell (born May 27, 1968) is a former Major League Baseball First baseman, who spent his entire career with the Houston Frank Edward Thomas (born May 27 1968 is a Major League Baseball Designated hitter for the Oakland Athletics. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jeremy Allen Mayfield (born May 27, 1969 in Owensboro Kentucky) is a NASCAR driver who is currently without a ride Dondré T Whitfield (born May 27, 1969 in Brooklyn New York, U Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Timothy James Farron (born 27 May 1970) is a British Politician who is the Liberal Democrat member Joseph Alberic Fiennes ( "fines" born May 27, 1970) is an Screen Actors Guild award-winning English Film Michele Bartoli (born May 27, 1970) is a retired Italian Road racing cyclist. Glenn Martin Christopher Francis Quinn ( May 28, 1970 &ndash December 3, 2002) was an Irish actor in television and film 2002)
• 1971 - Paul Bettany, English actor
• 1971 - Wayne Carey, Australian rules footballer
• 1971 - Kaur Kender, Estonian author
• 1971 - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, American singer (TLC) (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Paul Bettany (born May 27, 1971) is a BAFTA - and Screen Actors Guild Award-nominated English Actor, who has starred as Wayne Carey (born 27 May 1971 is a former Australian rules football player who played for North Adelaide in the SANFL, before joining Australian Football Kaur Kender, (born May 27, 1971 in Estonia) is an Estonian Author. Lisa Nicole Lopes (May 27 1971 – April 25 2002 better known by her Stage name Left Eye, was an American rapper, Singer, TLC was a Grammy Award -winning American Contemporary R&B, hip hop and pop group consisting of Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins 2002)
• 1971 - Glenn Ross, Northern Irish strongman
• 1971 - Monika Schnarre, Canadian model
• 1972 - Ivete Sangalo, Brazilian singer
• 1972 - Todd Demsey, American golfer
• 1973 - Jack McBrayer, American actor and comedian
• 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 (The Lox)
• 1975 - Jamie Oliver, British chef and television personality
• 1976 - RJD2, American hip-hop producer
• 1976 - Anita Blonde, Hungarian porn star
• 1977 - Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian athlete
• 1977 - Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1977 - Tommie van der Leegte, Dutch footballer
• 1978 - Adin Brown, American soccer player
• 1979 - Mile Sterjovski, Australian footballer
• 1981 - Özgür Çevik, Turkish singer and actor
• 1981 - Johan Elmander, Swedish footballer
• 1981 - Miloy, Angolan footballer
• 1981 - Fivos Constantinou, Cypriot distance runner
• 1983 - Bobby Convey, American soccer player
• 1984 - Kalle Spjuth, Swedish bandy player
• 1984 - Blake Ahearn, NBA basketball player
• 1985 - Chien-Ming Chiang, Taiwanese baseball player
• 1990 - Ekaterina Zaikina, Russian figure-skater

Deaths

• 366 - Procopius, Roman usurper (b. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Glenn Ross (born 27 May 1971 in County Down, Northern Ireland) is a British International Strongman and Powerlifter Monika Schnarre (born May 27, 1971 in Toronto Ontario) is a Canadian model and Actress. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ivete Sangalo (born May 27, 1972 in Juazeiro, Bahia) is a Latin Grammy Award -winning Brazilian axé and College career Demsey was born in Ridgewood New Jersey. He graduated from Arizona State University in 1995 with a degree in Psychology and turned Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Jack McBrayer (born May 27, 1973) is an Emmy-nominated American Actor and Comedian. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Derek Walsh Webb (born May 27 1974 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American Singer-songwriter who first entered the music industry as a member of the band Caedmon's Call is a Contemporary Christian band which fuses traditional folk with World music and Alternative rock. Daniel Carl Wuerffel (born May 27, 1974 in Pensacola Florida) is a former American football player who won the 1996 Heisman Trophy Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. André Lauren Benjamin (born May 27, 1975) better known by his Stage name André 3000, is an American Rapper - Outkast (typeset as OutKast) is a Grammy Award -winning American hip hop duo based out of East Point Georgia, a city Michael Edward Killeen Hussey (born 27 May 1975 Morley Western Australia) is an Australian Cricketer. Jayson Tyrone Phillips (born May 27 1975) also known by his Stage name Jadakiss, is an American rapper. The d-block of the periodic table of the elements consists of those Periodic table groups that contain elements in which in the atomic ground state the highest-energy James Trevor 'Jamie' Oliver, MBE (born 27 May 1975 frequently Nicknamed The Naked Chef, is an English Celebrity chef. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. RJD2 (born Ramble John "RJ" Krohn on May 27 1976) is an American music producer, Singer and Musician Anita Blond (born May 27, 1976 in Budapest) is the Stage name of a former Pornographic actress. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Abderrahmane Hammad (عبدالرحمن حمد born May 27, 1977 in Dellys) is an Algerian athlete competing in the High jump Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene, known as Mahela Jayawardene (born 27 May 1977) is the captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team Tommie van der Leegte (born 27 May 1977) is a professional Dutch footballer. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Adin Brown (born May 27, 1978 in Pleasant Hill, California) is an American Soccer Goalkeeper, who currently plays for Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Mile Sterjovski (Миле Стерјовски (born on May 27, 1979 in Wollongong, New South Wales) is an Australian Football Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Özgür Çevik (born 27 May 1981 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish singer and actor Johan Elmander ɛl'mɑndɛr (b May 27, 1981 in Alingsås, Sweden) is a Swedish football player who plays as a Marcos Joaquim Herenegildo, better known as Miloy (born 27 May 1981 in Luanda) is an Angolan football defensive midfielder Fivos Constantinou ( Greek: Φοίβος Κωνσταντίνου born May 27, 1981 is a Cyprus Native and is currently a graduate student at MIT. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Robert Francis Convey (born 27 May 1983 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States) is a professional footballer who currently Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Kalle Spjuth (born May 27, 1984) is a Swedish Bandy player who currently plays in Russia as a forward Bandy is a Winter sport, where a ball is hit with a stick It shares a common ancestry with Ice hockey, in that it likely developed from the informal "ball and Blake Ahearn is an American professional Basketball player who currently plays Guard with the NBA 's Minnesota Timberwolves. Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Chien-Ming Chiang ( born May 27, 1985 in Taiwan, is a Starting pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Ekaterina Zaikina (born May 27, 1990 in Toliati, Russia) is a Russian Ice dancer who has also competed for Georgia Events By Place Roman Empire January 2 — The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers invading the Roman Procopius ( 326 - May 27, 366) was a Roman usurper against Valentinian I, and member of the Constantinian dynasty. 326)
• 735 - Bede, English historian and theologian (b. Events By Place Roman Empire Constantine I founds Constantinople and incorporates Byzantium into the new city Events A Smallpox epidemic starts in Ancient Japan, which reduces the population by 30% Bede (ˈbiːd (also Saint Bede, the Venerable Bede, or (from Latin Beda (beda (c 672 or 673)
• 866 - Ordoño I of Asturias, King of Asturias (b. Events By Place Europe Wamba succeeds Reccaswinth as king of the Visigoths. Events By Place Europe Hlothhere becomes king of Kent. The city of Ely, England is founded Events By Place Asia Fujiwara no Yoshifusa becomes regent of Japan, starting the Fujiwara regentship Ordoño I ( أردون بن إذفنش ( Urdūn ibn Iḍfunš: Ordoño of the Beni Alfons) 831– 27 May 866) became 831)
• 927 - Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria (b. Events By Place Europe Malamir succeeds Omurtag as Khan of Bulgaria. Events Asia The Chu State is founded by Ma Yin. Korea: Hubaekje sacks the Silla capital of Simeon (also Symeon) I the Great (Симеон I Велики transliterated Simeon I Veliki; simɛˈɔn ˈpɤrvi vɛˈliki ruled over Bulgaria 864 or 865)
• 1039 - Dirk III, Count of Holland
• 1444 - John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (b. Events By Place Europe July 25 - Edict of Pistres: Charles the Bald orders defensive measures against the Vikings Events By Place Europe Ethelred succeeds as king of Wessex (or 866) Dirk III (also called Diederik or Theodoric) was Count of Holland from 993 to May 27, 1039, until 1005 under regency of his mother John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset 3rd Earl of Somerset (baptised March 25, 1404 &ndash May 27, 1444) was an English noble and military commander 1404)
• 1508 - Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. Ludovico Sforza Duke of Milan ( Ludovico il Moro, "The Moor" July 27, 1452 &ndash May 27, 1508) a member 1452)
• 1525 - Thomas Muentzer, German rebel leader
• 1541 - Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury (b. Thomas Müntzer (ca 1488 – 27 May 1525 was an early Reformation-era German theologian and Anabaptist Margaret Pole ( née Plantagenet) 8th Countess of Salisbury ( 14 August 1473 &ndash 27 May 1541) was an 1473)
• 1564 - John Calvin, French religious reformer (b. John Calvin (or Jean Calvin) (10 July 1509 – 27 May 1564 was a French Protestant theologian during the Protestant Reformation and 1509)
• 1610 - François Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (b. François Ravaillac (1578 &ndash May 27, 1610) was a French Factotum in the courts of Angoulême and sometime tutor a religious Catholic zealot who murdered Henry IV (Henri IV ( 13 December 1553 &ndash 14 May 1610) ruled as King of France from 1589 to 1610 and as Henry III 1578)
• 1615 - Marguerite de Valois, queen of Henry IV of France (b. Marguerite de Valois ( May 14, 1553 &ndash May 27, 1615) " Queen Margot " ( La reine Margot) was Queen of Henry IV (Henri IV ( 13 December 1553 &ndash 14 May 1610) ruled as King of France from 1589 to 1610 and as Henry III 1553)
• 1661 - Archibald Campbell, Scottish religious dissident (b. Archibald Campbell 1st Marquess of Argyll, 8th Earl of Argyll, chief of Clan Campbell, (1607 &ndash 27 May 1661) was the De facto 1607)
• 1675 - Gaspard Dughet, French painter (b. Gaspard Dughet (also known as Gaspard Poussin; 1613 - 27 May 1675) was a French painter. 1613)
• 1690 - Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer (b. Giovanni Legrenzi (baptized August 12, 1626 &ndash May 27, 1690) was an Italian composer of Opera, vocal and instrumental 1626)
• 1702 - Dominique Bouhours, French critic (b. Year 1702 ( MDCCII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Dominique Bouhours (15 May 1628 Paris France - 27 May 1702 Paris was a French Jesuit priest, Essayist and neo-classical Critic. 1628)
• 1707 - Marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. Year 1707 ( MDCCVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart marquise de Montespan ( October 5, 1641 &ndash May 27, 1707) better known as Early years Birth and ancestry Louis XIV was born in the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye on September 5 1638 and bore the Heir apparent 1640)
• 1781 - Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (b. Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Giovanni Battista Beccaria ( October 3, 1716 &ndash May 27, 1781) Italian Physicist, was born at Mondovì, 1716)
• 1797 - François-Noël Babeuf, French revolutionary (b. Year 1716 ( MDCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common François-Noël Babeuf ( November 23, 1760 - May 27, 1797) known as Gracchus Babeuf (in tribute to the Roman reformers 1760)
• 1831 - Jedediah Smith, American explorer (b. Year 1760 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Jedediah Strong Smith (born January 6, 1799 — presumed date of death May 27, 1831) was a hunter, trapper, Fur trader 1799)
• 1840 - Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (b. Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Niccolò Paganini ( October 27, 1782 &ndash 1782)
• 1896 - Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov, Russian physicist (b. Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov (Александр Григорьевич Столетов August 10, 1839 - May 27, 1896) - Russian physicist 1839)
• 1910 - Robert Koch, German physician, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch ( December 11 1843 – May 27 1910) was a German Physician. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1843)
• 1919 - Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian social activist (b. Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common |} Kandukuri Veeresalingam (also known as Kandukuri Veeresalingham Pantulu) ( 16 April, 1848 - 27 May, 1919) was a social reformer 1848)
• 1926 - Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Srečko Kosovel ( March 18 1904 &ndash May 27 1926) was a Slovene avant-garde poet 1904)
• 1941 - Gunther Lutjens, German admiral, died in sinking of the German battleship Bismarck (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Günther Lütjens ( 25 May 1889 &ndash 27 May 1941) was a German Admiral whose military service spanned three decades Background Design of the ship started in the early 1930s following on from Germany's development of the ''Deutschland'' class cruisers and the ''Scharnhorst'' class 1889)
• 1941 - Ernst Lindemann, German captain, died in sinking of the German battleship Bismarck (b. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ernst Lindemann ( March 28, 1894 – May 27, 1941) was the captain of the German battleship Bismarck. Background Design of the ship started in the early 1930s following on from Germany's development of the ''Deutschland'' class cruisers and the ''Scharnhorst'' class 1894)
• 1947 - Ed Konetchy, American baseball player (b. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edward Joseph Konetchy ( September 3 1885 - May 27 1947) nicknamed "Big Ed" and "The Candy Kid" was an American 1885)
• 1949 - Robert Ripley, American cartoonist (Ripley's Believe It or Not!) (b. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert LeRoy Ripley ( December 25, 1890 - May 27, 1949) was an American Cartoonist, Entrepreneur and amateur Ripley's Believe It or Not! is a franchise founded by Robert Ripley, which deals in bizarre events and items so 1890)
• 1953 - Jesse Burkett, American baseball player (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jesse Cail Burkett ( December 4, 1868 &ndash May 27, 1953) nicknamed "The Crab" was a Major League Baseball player 1868)
• 1960 - James Montgomery Flagg, American illustrator (b. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Montgomery Flagg 1877 &ndash May 27, 1960) was an American Artist and Illustrator. 1877)
• 1963 - Gregoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (b. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gregoris Lambrakis (Γρηγόρης Λαμπράκης ( April 3 1912 &ndash May 27 1963) was a Greek Politician, 1912)
• 1964 - Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian politician (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Jawaharlal Nehru (जवाहरलाल नेहरू ʤəʋäɦəɾläl nɛɦɾu (14 November 1889 27 May 1964 was a major political leader of the Congress Party 1889)
• 1967 - Ernst Niekisch, German politician (b. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Ernst Niekisch ( May 23, 1889 &ndash May 27, 1967) was a prominent German exponent of National Bolshevism. 1889)
• 1969 - Jeffrey Hunter, American actor (b. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jeffrey Hunter ( November 25, 1926 – May 27, 1969) was a film and television actor 1926)
• 1973 - P.Ramlee, Malaysian actor,singer and songwriter (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Tan Sri Dr P Ramlee PSM AMN ( 22 March 1929 &ndash 29 May 1973) was a Malaysian film Actor, 1922)
• 1984 - Vincent James McMahon, was a U. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Vincent James McMahon, better known as Vince McMahon Sr ( July 6, 1914 – May 24, 1984) was a U S. professional wrestling promoter.
• 1986 - Isma'il Raji' al-Faruqi, Palestinian-born philosopher (b. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Isma'il Raji Mahmoud Shohdan al-Faruqi ( Arabic: تقغض ﮔﭽگ ﭙﭐ آؤا ( January 1, 1921 &ndash May 27, 1986) was a 1921)
• 1987 - John Howard Northrop, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) John Howard Northrop ( July 5 1891 &ndash May 27 1987) was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1891)
• 1989 - Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet (b. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Arseny Alexandrovich Tarkovsky (Арсений Александрович Тарковский, Elisavetgrad &ndash May 27 1989, Moscow 1907)
• 1990 - Robert B. Meyner, American politician (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Robert Baumle Meyner ( July 3, 1908 - May 27, 1990) of Phillipsburg New Jersey was an American Democratic Party 1908)
• 1991 - Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Leopold Nowak ( Vienna, Austria, 17 August, 1904 &ndash May 27, 1991) was a musicologist chiefly known for editing the 1904)
• 1992 - Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Charles Nelson Osborne, ( December 26, 1890 &ndash May 27, 1992) affectionately known as "Uncle Charlie" was a musician in the 1890)
• 1993 - Mary Philbin, American actress (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Mary Philbin ( July 16, 1903 – May 7, 1993) was a notable film actress of the Silent film era 1903)
• 1993 - Werner Stocker, German actor (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Werner Stocker (b April 7, 1955 in Flintsbach am Inn, Bavaria, Germany -d 1955)
• 2000 - Crawford Murray MacLehose of Beoch, British statesman (b. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Crawford Murray MacLehose Baron MacLehose of Beoch, KT, GBE, KCMG, KCVO, PC, DL ( Chinese name: 麥理浩 1917)
• 2000 - Maurice Richard, Canadian hockey player (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Hon Joseph Henri Maurice "Rocket" Richard PC OC OQ ( August 4, 1921 &ndash May 27 1921)
• 2000 - Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer, fighter pilot, intelligence and counter-intelligence officer (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Kazimierz Leski, nom de guerre Bradl ( June 21, 1912 &ndash May 27, 2000) was a Polish engineer 1912)
• 2001 - Ramon Bieri, American actor (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Ramon Bieri (born June 16, 1929; died May 27, 2001) was an American Actor. 1929)
• 2003 - Luciano Berio, Italian composer (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Luciano Berio, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( October 24, 1925 &ndash May 27, 2003) was an Italian Composer. 1925)
• 2006 - Craig Heyward, American football player (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Craig William "Ironhead" Heyward ( September 26, 1966 &ndash May 27, 2006) was an American football Running back 1966)
• 2006 - Paul Gleason, American actor (b. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Paul Xavier Gleason ( May 4 1939 – May 27 2006) was an American film and television Actor. 1939)
• 2006 - Alex Toth, American cartoonist (b. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alex Toth ( June 25, 1928 &ndash May 27, 2006) pronounced with a long "o" was an acclaimed professional Cartoonist 1928)
• 2006 - Rob Borsellino, American columnist (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rob Borsellino ( June 20, 1949 - May 27, 2006) was a newspaper columnist who achieved celebrity status throughout the state of Iowa 1949)
• 2006 - Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Indian actor (b. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Oduvil Unnikrishnan ( 13 February 1944 - 27 May 2006) was an award winning Malayalam Movie actor known for his 1944)
• 2007 - Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (b. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. (born was a J-pop singer song writer and member of the group Zard. 1967)
• 2007 - Ed Yost, American inventor (b. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Paul Edward Yost ( June 30, 1919 &ndash May 27, 2007) was the American inventor of the modern Hot air balloon and is referred to as 1919)
• 2007 - Gretchen Wyler, American actress (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Gretchen Wyler ( February 16, 1932 &ndash May 27, 2007) was an American actress 1932)
• 2008 - Franz Künstler, Last remaining Austro-Hungarian Empire World War I veteran (b. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Franz Künstler ( July 24, 1900 &ndash May 27, 2008) was at age 107 the last known surviving veteran of the First World War World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All 1900)

Holidays and observances

• Khilafat -e- Ahmadiyya Celebrations all over the World
• 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
• Mother's Day in Bolivia (Día de la Madre)
• Children's Day in Nigeria

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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