May, 27th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Thursday 27, 1999:
The International War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.

Wednesday 27, 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.

Tuesday 27, 1997:
The F5-strength Jarrell Tornado slams into the small town of Jarrell, Texas, killing 27 people.

Monday 27, 1996:
First Chechnya War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire in the war.

Saturday 27, 1995:
In Charlottesville, Virginia, actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition.

Tuesday 27, 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.

Monday 27, 1974:
Jacques Chirac becomes Prime Minister of France.

Monday 27, 1968:
Future U.S. president George W. Bush enlists in the Texas Air National Guard.

Thursday 27, 1965:
Vietnam War: United States warships begin bombardments of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam for the first time.

Wednesday 27, 1964:
Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru dies in office.

Monday 27, 1963:
Folk music singer Bob Dylan releases The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan album, which features "Blowin' in the Wind" and several other of his best-known songs.

Friday 27, 1960:
In Turkey, General Cemal Gürsel leads a military coup d'état removing President Celal Bayar and the rest of the democratic government.

Wednesday 27, 1942:
assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in Prague.

Tuesday 27, 1941:
World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic killing 2,300 men.

Monday 27, 1940:
World War II: 97 out of 99 members of a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are massacred while trying to surrender at Dunkirk. The German commander, Captain Fritz Knochlein, is eventually hanged for war crimes.

Saturday 27, 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.

Thursday 27, 1937:
In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County.

Wednesday 27, 1936:
The RMS Queen Mary begins her maiden voyage.

Monday 27, 1935:
New Deal: The Supreme Court of the United States declares the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in the case A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, (295 U.S. 495).

Saturday 27, 1933:
The Century of Progress World's Fair opens in Chicago, Illinois.

Friday 27, 1932:
The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens.

Tuesday 27, 1930:
The 1,046 feet (319 meters) tall Chrysler Building in New York (tallest man-made structure at the time) opens to the public.

Friday 27, 1927:
The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacturing the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make Ford Model As.

Tuesday 27, 1924:
The Music Corporation of America (MCA) is founded.

Sunday 27, 1923:
The first 24 hours of Le Mans race ends.

Tuesday 27, 1919:
The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.

Monday 27, 1907:
A Bubonic plague outbreak begins in San Francisco, California.

Saturday 27, 1905:
Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.

Monday 27, 1901:
In New Jersey, the Edison Storage Battery Company is founded.

Wednesday 27, 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 incurring $2.9 billion in damages (1997USD).

Monday 27, 1895:
Oscar Wilde is sent to prison for sodomy.

Sunday 27, 1883:
Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.

Sunday 27, 1860:
Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian Unification.

Sunday 27, 1849:
The Great Hall of Euston station, London opened.

Thursday 27, 1813:
War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.

Sunday 27, 1703:
Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.

Thursday 27, 1328:
Philip VI is crowned King of France.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/27-may/on-this-day.html


People born on May 27

1984:
Aidyn Rasmussen, from Wellington, New Zealand Political Activist and Personality. (b: May 27, 1984) (Biography of Aidyn Rasmussen)

1975:
Jamie Oliver, British chef and television personality (b: May 27, 1975) (Biography of Jamie Oliver)
Andre 3000, American musician (OutKast) (b: May 27, 1975) (Biography of Andre 3000)

1974:
Derek Webb, American singer and songwriter (Caedmon's Call) (b: May 27, 1974) (Biography of Derek Webb)
Danny Wuerffel, American football player (b: May 27, 1974) (Biography of Danny Wuerffel)

1971:
Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes, American singer (b: May 27, 1971 ; d: April 26, 2002) (Biography of Lisa Lopes)
Paul Bettany, English actor (b: May 27, 1971) (Biography of Paul Bettany)

1970:
Tim Farron, British politician (b: May 27, 1970) (Biography of Tim Farron)
Joseph Fiennes, English actor (b: May 27, 1970) (Biography of Joseph Fiennes)

1968:
Jeff Bagwell, baseball player (b: May 27, 1968) (Biography of Jeff Bagwell)
Frank Thomas, baseball player (b: May 27, 1968) (Biography of Frank Thomas (AL baseball player))

1961:
Peri Gilpin, American actress (b: May 27, 1961) (Biography of Peri Gilpin)

1958:
Neil Finn, New Zealand singer and songwriter (b: May 27, 1958) (Biography of Neil Finn)
Linnea Quigley, American actress (b: May 27, 1958) (Biography of Linnea Quigley)

1957:
Siouxsie Sioux, English musician (Siouxsie and the Banshees) (b: May 27, 1957) (Biography of Siouxsie Sioux)

1955:
Eric Bischoff, American professional wrestler (b: May 27, 1955) (Biography of Eric Bischoff)

1947:
Branko Oblak, Slovenian football player (b: May 27, 1947) (Biography of Branko Oblak)

1946:
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish musician (b: May 27, 1946 ; d: April 19, 2005) (Biography of Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen)

1945:
Bruce Cockburn, Canadian musician (b: May 27, 1945) (Biography of Bruce Cockburn)

1943:
Cilla Black, English singer (b: May 27, 1943) (Biography of Cilla Black)
Bruce Weitz, American actor (b: May 27, 1943) (Biography of Bruce Weitz)

1937:
Allan Carr, American film producer and writer (b: May 27, 1937 ; d: June 29, 1999) (Biography of Allan Carr)

1936:
Louis Gossett Jr., American actor (b: May 27, 1936) (Biography of Louis Gossett Jr.)

1935:
Lee Meriwether, American beauty queen and actress (b: May 27, 1935) (Biography of Lee Meriwether)

1934:
Harlan Ellison, American author (b: May 27, 1934) (Biography of Harlan Ellison)

1930:
John Barth, American novelist (b: May 27, 1930) (Biography of John Barth)

1925:
Tony Hillerman, American writer (b: May 27, 1925) (Biography of Tony Hillerman)

1923:
Sumner Redstone, American entrepreneur (b: May 27, 1923) (Biography of Sumner Redstone)

1922:
Christopher Lee, English actor (b: May 27, 1922) (Biography of Christopher Lee)

1917:
Yasuhiro Nakasone, Prime Minister of Japan (b: May 27, 1917) (Biography of Yasuhiro Nakasone)

1915:
Herman Wouk, American writer (b: May 27, 1915) (Biography of Herman Wouk)

1913:
Wols, German painter (b: May 27, 1913) (Biography of Wols)

1912:
Sam Snead, American golfer (b: May 27, 1912 ; d: May 23, 2002) (Biography of Sam Snead)
John Cheever, American author (b: May 27, 1912 ; d: June 18, 1982) (Biography of John Cheever)

1911:
Hubert H. Humphrey, Vice President of the United States (b: May 27, 1911 ; d: January 13, 1978) (Biography of Hubert H. Humphrey)
Teddy Kollek, Mayor of Jerusalem (b: May 27, 1911) (Biography of Teddy Kollek)
Vincent Price, American actor (b: May 27, 1911 ; d: October 25, 1993) (Biography of Vincent Price)

1907:
Rachel Carson, American ecologist (b: May 27, 1907 ; d: April 15, 1964) (Biography of Rachel Carson)

1904:
Chuhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (b. 1997) (b: May 27, 1904 ; d: July 23, 1997) (Biography of Chuhei Nambu)

1897:
John Cockcroft, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: May 27, 1897 ; d: September 18, 1967) (Biography of John Cockcroft)

1894:
Dashiell Hammett, American author (b: May 27, 1894 ; d: January 10, 1961) (Biography of Dashiell Hammett)
Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French writer (b: May 27, 1894 ; d: July 1, 1961) (Biography of Louis-Ferdinand Céline)

1888:
Louis Durey, French composer (b: May 27, 1888 ; d: July 3, 1979) (Biography of Louis Durey)

1884:
Max Brod, Austrian author (b: May 27, 1884) (Biography of Max Brod)

1877:
Isadora Duncan, American dancer (b: May 27, 1877 ; d: September 14, 1927) (Biography of Isadora Duncan)

1871:
Georges Rouault, French painter and graphic artist (b: May 27, 1871) (Biography of Georges Rouault)

1867:
Arnold Bennett, British novelist (b: May 27, 1867 ; d: March 27, 1931) (Biography of Arnold Bennett)

1864:
Ante Trumbić, Croatian politician (b: May 27, 1864) (Biography of Ante Trumbić)

1837:
Wild Bill Hickok, American gunfighter (b: May 27, 1837 ; d: August 2, 1876) (Biography of Wild Bill Hickok)

1836:
Jay Gould, American financier (b: May 27, 1836 ; d: December 2, 1892) (Biography of Jay Gould)

1819:
Julia Ward Howe, American composer (b: May 27, 1819 ; d: October 17, 1910) (Biography of Julia Ward Howe)

1756:
King Maximilian I of Bavaria (b: May 27, 1756 ; d: October 13, 1825) (Biography of Maximilian I of Bavaria)

1738:
Nathaniel Gorham, American politician (b: May 27, 1738) (Biography of Nathaniel Gorham)

1652:
Liselotte von der Pfalz, Duchess of Orléans (b: May 27, 1652 ; d: December 8, 1722) (Biography of Liselotte von der Pfalz)

1651:
Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (b: May 27, 1651 ; d: May 4, 1729) (Biography of Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles)

1626:
William II, Prince of Orange (b: May 27, 1626) (Biography of William II, Prince of Orange)

1623:
William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (b: May 27, 1623 ; d: December 16, 1687) (Biography of William Petty)

1576:
Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (b: May 27, 1576 ; d: November 19, 1649) (Biography of Caspar Schoppe)

1519:
Girolamo Mei, Italian humanist historian (b: May 27, 1519) (Biography of Girolamo Mei)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/27-may/births.html

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People who died on May 27

2003:
Luciano Berio, Italian composer (b: October 24, 1925 ; d: May 27, 2003) (Biography of Luciano Berio)

2001:
Ramon Bieri, American actor (b: June 16, 1929 ; d: May 27, 2001) (Biography of Ramon Bieri)

2000:
Crawford Murray MacLehose of Beoch (d: May 27, 2000) (Biography of Crawford Murray MacLehose of Beoch)
Maurice Richard, Canadian hockey player (b: August 4, 1921 ; d: May 27, 2000) (Biography of Maurice Richard)

1993:
Werner Stocker, German actor (b: April 7, 1955 ; d: May 27, 1993) (Biography of Werner Stocker)
Mary Philbin, American actress (b: July 16, 1903 ; d: May 27, 1993) (Biography of Mary Philbin)

1992:
Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (b: December 26, 1890 ; d: May 27, 1992) (Biography of Uncle Charlie Osborne)

1991:
Leopold Nowak, musicologist (b: August 17, 1904 ; d: May 27, 1991) (Biography of Leopold Nowak)

1987:
John Howard Northrop, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: July 5, 1891 ; d: May 27, 1987) (Biography of John Howard Northrop)

1986:
Isma'il Raji' al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American philosopher and comparative religion scholar (b: January 1, 1921 ; d: May 27, 1986) (Biography of Isma'il Raji' al-Faruqi)

1964:
Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India (b: November 14, 1889 ; d: May 27, 1964) (Biography of Jawaharlal Nehru)

1960:
James Montgomery Flagg, American illustrator (b: June 18, 1877 ; d: May 27, 1960) (Biography of James Montgomery Flagg)

1926:
Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b: March 18, 1904 ; d: May 27, 1926) (Biography of Srecko Kosovel)

1910:
Robert Koch (d: May 27, 1910) (Biography of Robert Koch)

1840:
Nicolò Paganini (d: May 27, 1840) (Biography of Nicolò Paganini)

1831:
Jedediah Smith (d: May 27, 1831) (Biography of Jedediah Smith)

1797:
François-Noël Babeuf, French revolutionary (b: November 23, 1760 ; d: May 27, 1797) (Biography of François-Noël Babeuf)

1707:
Marquise de Montespan (d: May 27, 1707) (Biography of Marquise de Montespan)

1702:
Dominique Bouhours (d: May 27, 1702) (Biography of Dominique Bouhours)

1690:
Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer (b: August 12, 1626 ; d: May 27, 1690) (Biography of Giovanni Legrenzi)

1675:
Gaspard Dughet (d: May 27, 1675) (Biography of Gaspard Dughet)

1661:
Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll (d: May 27, 1661) (Biography of Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll)

1610:
François Ravaillac (d: May 27, 1610) (Biography of François Ravaillac)

1564:
John Calvin, French religious reformer (b: July 10, 1509 ; d: May 27, 1564) (Biography of John Calvin)

1541:
Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (b: August 14, 1473 ; d: May 27, 1541) (Biography of Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury)

1525:
Thomas Muentzer (d: May 27, 1525) (Biography of Thomas Muentzer)

1508:
Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (b: July 27, 1452 ; d: May 27, 1508) (Biography of Ludovico Sforza)

1444:
John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (b: March 25, 1404 ; d: May 27, 1444) (Biography of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset)

927:
Simeon I of Bulgaria (d: May 27, 927) (Biography of Simeon I of Bulgaria)

866:
Ordono I of Asturias (d: May 27, 866) (Biography of Ordono I of Asturias)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/27-may/deaths.html