This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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Births:  
 
05/27/1332 Ibn Khaldun, Tunis, Arab historian/sociologist (Muqaddimah) 
05/27/1595 Benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer 
05/27/1626 William II, prince of Orange 
05/27/1738 Bonaventura Furlanetto, composer 
05/27/1756 Maximilian I Jozef, King of Bavaria 
05/27/1774 Francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale) 
05/27/1794 Cornelius Vanderbilt, millionaire (B & O railroad) 
05/27/1799 Fromental Halevy, composer 
05/27/1799 Jacques-Francois-Fromental-Elle Halevy, [Elie Levy], composer 
05/27/1806 Charles-Joseph Tolbecque, composer 
05/27/1815 Henry Parkes, statesman 
05/27/1818 Amelia Jenks Bloomer, suffragette known for her pantaloons 
05/27/1819 Julia Ward Howe, US, author/lecturer (Battle Hymn of the Republic) 
05/27/1822 Henry Wylde, composer 
05/27/1822 Joseph Joachim Raff, composer 
05/27/1823 John Gray Foster, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1874 
05/27/1836 Edwin Gray Lee, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1870 
05/27/1836 Jay Gould, US railroad executive, financier 
05/27/1837 'Wild Bill' Hickok, [James Butler], cowboy/scout 
05/27/1837 Robert Frederick Hoke, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 191

05/27/1849 'Blind' Tom Bethune, pianist/composer 
05/27/1854 Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer (Jeune Belgium) 
05/27/1861 Victoria E Matthews, educator 
05/27/1867 Arnold Bennett, England, novelist/playwright/critic (Great Babylon) 
05/27/1871 Georges-Henri Rouault, Fr expressionist painter (Miserere et Guerre)

05/27/1874 Dustin Farnum, US, actor (Squaw Man, Virginian) [or 1870] 
05/27/1874 Richard von Schaukal, Austria poet/writer (Eros Thanatos) 
05/27/1879 Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance) 
05/27/1881 Rudolf Pannwitz, German writer 
05/27/1884 Bax Brod, composer 
05/27/1887 Erich Kuttner, German journalist/historian (Vorw„rts) 
05/27/1888 Louis Durey, composer 
05/27/1891 Claude Adonai Champagne, composer 
05/27/1892 Sara Heyblom, actress 
05/27/1894 Dashiell Hammett, Maryland, author (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon) 
05/27/1894 Louis-Ferdinand C‚line, France, novelist (Journey to End of Night) 
05/27/1894 Samuel Dashiell Hammett, detective story writer (Maltese Falcon) 
05/27/1895 Marij Kogoj, composer 
05/27/1897 John Douglas Cockroft, English physicist (Radar, Nobel 1951) 
05/27/1902 Celius Dougherty, composer 
05/27/1332 Ibn Khaldun, Tunis, Arab historian/sociologist (Muqaddimah) 
05/27/1595 Benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer 
05/27/1626 William II, prince of Orange 
05/27/1906 Robert Shone, director-general (NEDC) 
05/27/1907 Felix de Nobel, orchestra leader 
05/27/1907 Rachel Louise Carson, biologist/ecologist/writer (Silent Spring) 
05/27/1908 Harold Rome, composer (Fanny, Pins & Needles) 
05/27/1908 Melle J Oldeboerrigter, [Melle], painter/cartoonist 
05/27/1909 Isador Goodman, composer 
05/27/1738 Bonaventura Furlanetto, composer 
05/27/1910 Daniel Greenway, CEO (Daniel Greenway & Sons) 
05/27/1911 Hubert Humphrey, (Sen-D-Minn) 38th VP (1965-69), 1968 Pres candidate

05/27/1911 Torolf Elster, Norse journalist/writer (Frihet och demokrati) 
05/27/1911 Vincent Price, St Louis Mo, actor (Fly, Laura) 
05/27/1912 John Cheever, writer (Wapshot Chronicle) 
05/27/1912 Sam Snead, Hot Springs Va, PGA golfer (Masters 1949, 52, 54) 
05/27/1756 Maximilian I Jozef, King of Bavaria 
05/27/1774 Francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale) 
05/27/1794 Cornelius Vanderbilt, millionaire (B & O railroad) 
05/27/1799 Fromental Halevy, composer 
05/27/1913 Mervyn Stockwood, bishop of Southwark England 
05/27/1799 Jacques-Francois-Fromental-Elle Halevy, [Elie Levy], composer 
05/27/1806 Charles-Joseph Tolbecque, composer 
Lord Erroll of Hale, British minister 
05/27/1914 Rose Stainton, CEO (British Airways) 
05/27/1915 Herman Wouk, US, author (Caine Mutiny, Winds of War) 
05/27/1915 Mario del Monaco, Italian opera singer (Verdi/Puccini) 
05/27/1916 Norman Griggs, VP (Building Society Association) 
05/27/1918 Yasuhiro Nakasone, premier of Japan (1982-87) 
05/27/1919 Kam Fong, Honolulu Hawaii, actor (Hawaii Five-0) 
05/27/1920 Michael Webster, CEO (DRG) 
05/27/1920 William Crawshay, Lord-Lt of Gwent 
05/27/1815 Henry Parkes, statesman 
05/27/1818 Amelia Jenks Bloomer, suffragette known for her pantaloons 
05/27/1819 Julia Ward Howe, US, author/lecturer (Battle Hymn of the Republic) 
05/27/1822 Henry Wylde, composer 
05/27/1822 Joseph Joachim Raff, composer 
05/27/1823 John Gray Foster, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1874 
05/27/1836 Edwin Gray Lee, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1870 
05/27/1836 Jay Gould, US railroad executive, financier 
05/27/1837 'Wild Bill' Hickok, [James Butler], cowboy/scout 
05/27/1837 Robert Frederick Hoke, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 191

05/27/1849 'Blind' Tom Bethune, pianist/composer 
05/27/1854 Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer (Jeune Belgium) 
05/27/1921 Caryl Chessman, kidnapper who got death penalty (1960) 
05/27/1921 Redd Stewart, Ashland City Tn, guitarist/pianist (Pee Wee King Show)

05/27/1922 Christopher Lee, London England, actor (Hound of Baskervilles) 
05/27/1922 Sidney AK Keyes, English poet (Iron Laurel) 
old Bennett, England, novelist/playwright/critic (Great Babylon) 
05/27/1871 Georges-Henri Rouault, Fr expressionist painter (Miserere et Guerre)

05/27/1874 Dustin Farnum, US, actor (Squaw Man, Virginian) [or 1870] 
05/27/1874 Richard von Schaukal, Austria poet/writer (Eros Thanatos) 
05/27/1879 Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance) 
05/27/1923 Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State (1973-77)/Nobel Peace Prize (197

05/27/1923 Lord Freyberg, British Colonel of General Staff 
05/27/1925 John Moberly, diplomat 
05/27/1927 Bryan Cowgill, deputy chairman (Mirror Group) 
05/27/1927 Jan Blokker, writer/journalist (VPRO, People's Newspaper) 
05/27/1928 Thea Musgrave, Barnton Midlothian Scot, composer (Mary Queen of Scot

05/27/1881 Rudolf Pannwitz, German writer 
05/27/1929 Donald Howard Keats, composer 
05/27/1884 Bax Brod, composer 
05/27/1930 Eino Tamberg, composer 
05/27/1887 Erich Kuttner, German journalist/historian (Vorw„rts) 
05/27/1930 John Barth, novelist (Sot-Weed Factor) 
05/27/1888 Louis Durey, composer 
05/27/1930 William S Sessions, Arkansas, director of FBI 
05/27/1931 Florence Sharples, director (British YWCA) 
05/27/1931 John Chapple, British chief of General Staff 
05/27/1931 Kenny Price, Florence Ky, country singer (Midwestern Hayride, Hee Ha

05/27/1891 Claude Adonai Champagne, composer 
05/27/1892 Sara Heyblom, actress 
05/27/1894 Dashiell Hammett, Maryland, author (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon) 
05/27/1894 Louis-Ferdinand C‚line, France, novelist (Journey to End of Night) 
05/27/1894 Samuel Dashiell Hammett, detective story writer (Maltese Falcon) 
05/27/1895 Marij Kogoj, composer 
05/27/1897 John Douglas Cockroft, English physicist (Radar, Nobel 1951) 
05/27/1902 Celius Dougherty, composer 
05/27/1931 Veroslav Neumann, composer 
05/27/1932 Jeffrey Bernard, singer 
05/27/1934 Harlan [Jay] Ellison, US, sci-fi author (7 Hugos, Doomsman) 
05/27/1935 Elias Gistelinck, Flemish composer 
05/27/1935 Lee Meriwether, LA Calif, Miss America (Time Tunnel, Barnaby Jones) 
05/27/1935 Ramsey Lewis, Chic, pop jazz artist (Hang on Sloopy) 
x de Nobel, orchestra leader 
05/27/1907 Rachel Louise Carson, biologist/ecologist/writer (Silent Spring) 
05/27/1908 Harold Rome, composer (Fanny, Pins & Needles) 
05/27/1908 Melle J Oldeboerrigter, [Melle], painter/cartoonist 
05/27/1909 Isador Goodman, composer 
05/27/1910 Daniel Greenway, CEO (Daniel Greenway & Sons) 
05/27/1911 Hubert Humphrey, (Sen-D-Minn) 38th VP (1965-69), 1968 Pres candidate

05/27/1911 Torolf Elster, Norse journalist/writer (Frihet och demokrati) 
05/27/1911 Vincent Price, St Louis Mo, actor (Fly, Laura) 
05/27/1912 John Cheever, writer (Wapshot Chronicle) 
05/27/1912 Sam Snead, Hot Springs Va, PGA golfer (Masters 1949, 52, 54) 
05/27/1936 Benjamin Bathurst, vice chief of British Defense Staff 
05/27/1936 Eric Anderson, headmaster (Eton) 
05/27/1936 Lord Holme, president British Liberal Party 
05/27/1936 Louis Gossett Jr, Bkln NY, actor (Officer & Gentleman, Deep) 
05/27/1939 Don Williams, Floydada Texas, country singer (I Believe in You) 
05/27/1939 Earl Cairns, CEO (S G Warburg & Co) 
05/27/1913 Mervyn Stockwood, bishop of Southwark England 
05/27/1913 Wolfgang Schulze, [Wols], German cartoonist/painter 
05/27/1914 Hugh Le Caine, composer 
05/27/1914 Lord Erroll of Hale, British minister 
05/27/1914 Rose Stainton, CEO (British Airways) 
05/27/1915 Herman Wouk, US, author (Caine Mutiny, Winds of War) 
05/27/1915 Mario del Monaco, Italian opera singer (Verdi/Puccini) 
05/27/1916 Norman Griggs, VP (Building Society Association) 
05/27/1918 Yasuhiro Nakasone, premier of Japan (1982-87) 
05/27/1919 Kam Fong, Honolulu Hawaii, actor (Hawaii Five-0) 
05/27/1940 Rene Koering, composer 
05/27/1941 Adrian Venema, journalist 
05/27/1941 Allan Carr, Ill, director (Grease, Happiest Millionaire) 
05/27/1941 Davina Phillips, actress 
05/27/1942 Kent Bede Bernard, Trinidad, 4X400 runner (Olympic-bronze-1964) 
05/27/1942 Priscilla Anne McLean, composer 
05/27/1920 Michael Webster, CEO (DRG) 
05/27/1920 William Crawshay, Lord-Lt of Gwent 
05/27/1921 Caryl Chessman, kidnapper who got death penalty (1960) 
05/27/1921 Redd Stewart, Ashland City Tn, guitarist/pianist (Pee Wee King Show)

05/27/1922 Christopher Lee, London England, actor (Hound of Baskervilles) 
05/27/1922 Sidney AK Keyes, English poet (Iron Laurel) 
05/27/1923 Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State (1973-77)/Nobel Peace Prize (197

05/27/1923 Lord Freyberg, British Colonel of General Staff 
05/27/1942 Roger Freeman, British minister of transport 
05/27/1943 Bruce Weitz, Norwalk Ct, actor (Hill St Blues, Death of a Centerfold

05/27/1943 Cilla Black, Liverpool England, rock vocalist (You're My World) 
05/27/1943 Don Williams, singer 
05/27/1925 John Moberly, diplomat 
05/27/1927 Bryan Cowgill, deputy chairman (Mirror Group) 
05/27/1927 Jan Blokker, writer/journalist (VPRO, People's Newspaper) 
05/27/1928 Thea Musgrave, Barnton Midlothian Scot, composer (Mary Queen of Scot

05/27/1929 Donald Howard Keats, composer 
05/27/1930 Eino Tamberg, composer 
05/27/1944 Christopher J Dodd, (Gov/Sen-D-CT, 1981-  ) 
05/27/1945 Bruce Cockburn, Canada singer/songwriter/folk rocker 
05/27/1947 Liana Alexandra, composer 
05/27/1947 Peter DeFazio, (Rep-D-Oregon) 
05/27/1930 John Barth, novelist (Sot-Weed Factor) 
05/27/1930 Simon Barrington-Ward 
n, revue-artists/actress (Sweet Chairty) 
05/27/1930 William S Sessions, Arkansas, director of FBI 
05/27/1931 Florence Sharples, director (British YWCA) 
05/27/1931 John Chapple, British chief of General Staff 
05/27/1931 Kenny Price, Florence Ky, country singer (Midwestern Hayride, Hee Ha

05/27/1954 Catherine Carr, US breaststroke swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1972) 
05/27/1956 Lisa Niemi, actress (Dirty Dancing, Will Rodgers Follies) 
05/27/1956 Steve Pagano, horse trainer 
05/27/1957 Duncan Goodhew, swimmer 
05/27/1957 Siouxsie Sioux, [Susan Ballion], Kent England (Siouxsie & Banshees) 
05/27/1958 Linnea Quigley, Davenport Iowa, actress (Night of Demons) 
05/27/1931 Veroslav Neumann, composer 
05/27/1932 Jeffrey Bernard, singer 
05/27/1934 Harlan [Jay] Ellison, US, sci-fi author (7 Hugos, Doomsman) 
05/27/1935 Elias Gistelinck, Flemish composer 
05/27/1935 Lee Meriwether, LA Calif, Miss America (Time Tunnel, Barnaby Jones) 
05/27/1935 Ramsey Lewis, Chic, pop jazz artist (Hang on Sloopy) 
05/27/1958 Neil Finn, rocker (Split Enz-I Got You, Crowded House) 
05/27/1960 Ray Armsetad, Kirksville Mo, 4X400 runner (Olympic-gold-1984) 
05/27/1961 Cathy Silvers, NYC, actress (Jenny-Happy Days, Foley Square) 
05/27/1961 John Lugbill, Wauseon Ohio, US canoist/kayaker (Olympic-92) 
05/27/1962 Ravi Shastri, cricketer 
05/27/1965 Pat Cash, tennis player (Wimbeldon 1987) 
05/27/1936 Benjamin Bathurst, vice chief of British Defense Staff 
05/27/1936 Eric Anderson, headmaster (Eton) 
05/27/1936 Lord Holme, president British Liberal Party 
05/27/1936 Louis Gossett Jr, Bkln NY, actor (Officer & Gentleman, Deep) 
05/27/1939 Don Williams, Floydada Texas, country singer (I Believe in You) 
05/27/1939 Earl Cairns, CEO (S G Warburg & Co) 
05/27/1965 Todd Bridges, actor (Diff'rent Strokes, Fish) 
05/27/1966 Sean Kinney, US rock drummer (Alice in Chains-We Die Young) 
05/27/1967 Chin Yang, jockey 
05/27/1967 Paul Gascoigne, soccer player 
05/27/1969 Dondr‚ T Whitfield, Bkln NY, actor (Terence-All My Children) 
05/27/1940 Rene Koering, composer 
05/27/1941 Adrian Venema, journalist 
05/27/1941 Allan Carr, Ill, director (Grease, Happiest Millionaire) 
05/27/1941 Davina Phillips, actress 
05/27/1942 Kent Bede Bernard, Trinidad, 4X400 runner (Olympic-bronze-1964) 
05/27/1942 Priscilla Anne McLean, composer 
05/27/1942 Roger Freeman, British minister of transport 
05/27/1943 Bruce Weitz, Norwalk Ct, actor (Hill St Blues, Death of a Centerfold

05/27/1943 Cilla Black, Liverpool England, rock vocalist (You're My World) 
05/27/1943 Don Williams, singer 
05/27/1944 Christopher J Dodd, (Gov/Sen-D-CT, 1981-  ) 
05/27/1945 Bruce Cockburn, Canada singer/songwriter/folk rocker 
05/27/1947 Liana Alexandra, composer 
05/27/1947 Peter DeFazio, (Rep-D-Oregon) 
05/27/1947 Robert Reinacher Jr, horse trainer 
05/27/1948 Anna E 'Annelies' Balhan, revue-artists/actress (Sweet Chairty) 
05/27/1948 Pete Sears, bassist (Jefferson Starship) 
05/27/1951 John Conteh, boxer 
05/27/1954 Catherine Carr, US breaststroke swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1972) 
05/27/1956 Lisa Niemi, actress (Dirty Dancing, Will Rodgers Follies) 
05/27/1956 Steve Pagano, horse trainer 
05/27/1957 Duncan Goodhew, swimmer 
05/27/1957 Siouxsie Sioux, [Susan Ballion], Kent England (Siouxsie & Banshees) 
05/27/1958 Linnea Quigley, Davenport Iowa, actress (Night of Demons) 
05/27/1958 Neil Finn, rocker (Split Enz-I Got You, Crowded House) 
05/27/1960 Ray Armsetad, Kirksville Mo, 4X400 runner (Olympic-gold-1984) 
05/27/1961 Cathy Silvers, NYC, actress (Jenny-Happy Days, Foley Square) 
05/27/1961 John Lugbill, Wauseon Ohio, US canoist/kayaker (Olympic-92) 
05/27/1962 Ravi Shastri, cricketer 
05/27/1965 Pat Cash, tennis player (Wimbeldon 1987) 
05/27/1965 Todd Bridges, actor (Diff'rent Strokes, Fish) 
05/27/1966 Sean Kinney, US rock drummer (Alice in Chains-We Die Young) 
05/27/1967 Chin Yang, jockey 
05/27/1967 Paul Gascoigne, soccer player 
05/27/1969 Dondr‚ T Whitfield, Bkln NY, actor (Terence-All My Children) 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
05/27/ 866 Ordo¤o I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies 
05/27/1039 Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies 
05/27/1178 Godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies 
05/27/1525 Thomas Mntzer, anabaptist campaigner, executed 
05/27/1541 Margaretha, duchess of Salisbury, beheaded 
05/27/1549 Lijsbeth Dirksdr, Fries antabaptist, drowns 
05/27/1564 Jean Caulvin, [John Calvin], priest/church reformer, dies at 54 
05/27/1569 Fran‡ois de Coligny, French general (Jarnac), dies 
05/27/1576 Louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44 
05/27/1580 Jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum, dies 
05/27/1596 Tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies 
05/27/1627 Everhardus van Bronchorst, lawyer, dies at 73 
05/27/1638 Nicolas Forme, composer, dies at 71 
05/27/1647 Achsah Young, becomes 1st woman known to be executed as a witch (MA)

05/27/1652 Jacques Huyn, composer, dies at 39 
05/27/1661 Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53 
05/27/1690 Giovanni Legrenzi, composer, dies at 63 
05/27/1708 Jacques Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 51 
05/27/1768 Johann M Fleischmann, German/Dutch stamp/letter designer, dies 
05/27/1797 Fran‡ois-Noal 'Gracchus' Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 3

05/27/1840 Niccol• Paganini, violinist, dies at 57 
05/27/1855 Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies

05/27/1863 Edward Payson Chapin, Union brig general, dies at 31 
05/27/1876 Joseph Bosworth, lexicographer/scholar, dies 
05/27/1878 Carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 50 
05/27/ 866 Ordo¤o I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies 
05/27/1887 Coenraad J van Wooden, cocoa manufacturer, dies at 86 
05/27/1896 Allard Pierson, theologist/philosopher/art historian/poet, dies 
05/27/1039 Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies 
05/27/1178 Godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies 
a, Nobel), dies 
05/27/1914 Joseph Wilson Swan, physicist/chemist, dies 
05/27/1916 Joseph S Galli‚ni, General/military governor of Paris, dies 
05/27/1525 Thomas Mntzer, anabaptist campaigner, executed 
05/27/1541 Margaretha, duchess of Salisbury, beheaded 
05/27/1549 Lijsbeth Dirksdr, Fries antabaptist, drowns 
05/27/1564 Jean Caulvin, [John Calvin], priest/church reformer, dies at 54 
05/27/1569 Fran‡ois de Coligny, French general (Jarnac), dies 
05/27/1576 Louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44 
05/27/1580 Jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum, dies 
05/27/1596 Tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies 
05/27/1627 Everhardus van Bronchorst, lawyer, dies at 73 
05/27/1638 Nicolas Forme, composer, dies at 71 
05/27/1918 Henry Adams, US literature historian (Esther), dies at 80 
05/27/1934 Meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdams street hawker, dies 
05/27/1939 Joseph Roth, Austria journalist/writer (Fluctuate ohne Ende), dies 
05/27/1941 AH Borgesius, tutor/experimentator/amateur astronomer, dies at 76 
05/27/1941 Gnther Ltjens, German admiral (Bismarck), dies 
05/27/1949 Ropert L Ripley, cartoonist (Believe It or Not), dies at 55 in NY 
05/27/1647 Achsah Young, becomes 1st woman known to be executed as a witch (MA)

05/27/1652 Jacques Huyn, composer, dies at 39 
05/27/1661 Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53 
05/27/1690 Giovanni Legrenzi, composer, dies at 63 
05/27/1708 Jacques Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 51 
05/27/1768 Johann M Fleischmann, German/Dutch stamp/letter designer, dies 
05/27/1951 Thomas Blamey, soldier, dies 
05/27/1958 Ainslie Pryor, actor (Adventures of Hiram Holiday), dies at 46 
05/27/1958 Samuel Stritch, US cardinal/archbishop (Chicago), dies 
05/27/1960 Edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy), dies at 65 
05/27/1960 George Zucco, actor (Fog Island, Black Raven, Desire Me), dies at 74

05/27/1963 Lambrakis, Greek EDA-parliament leader, murdered 
05/27/1797 Fran‡ois-Noal 'Gracchus' Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 3

05/27/1840 Niccol• Paganini, violinist, dies at 57 
05/27/1855 Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies

05/27/1964 Jawaharial Nehru, Independent India's 1st PM, dies at 74 
05/27/1969 Jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage), dies at 43 
05/27/1970 Emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78 
05/27/1863 Edward Payson Chapin, Union brig general, dies at 31 
05/27/1876 Joseph Bosworth, lexicographer/scholar, dies 
05/27/1878 Carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 50 
05/27/1971 Chips Rafferty, actor (Kona Coast, Walk into Hell), dies at 62 
05/27/1975 Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies at 53 
05/27/1976 Ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80 
05/27/1982 Jo LagrilliŠre, [Joke], Flemish cartoon character, dies at 47 
05/27/1983 Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer, dies at 67 
05/27/1887 Coenraad J van Wooden, cocoa manufacturer, dies at 86 
05/27/1986 Gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer (Sour Dove), dies at 82 
05/27/1896 Allard Pierson, theologist/philosopher/art historian/poet, dies 
05/27/1988 Florida Friebus, actress (Bob Newhart Show), dies at 79 of a stroke 
05/27/1902 Jan van Droogenbroeck, Flemish poet, dies 
05/27/1988 Melvin J 'Cy' Oliver, US jazz composer/orchestra leader, dies at 77 
05/27/1988 Renato Salvatori, actor (Burn, Luna, 2 Women), dies 
05/27/1910 Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, Cholera, Nobel), dies 
05/27/1914 Joseph Wilson Swan, physicist/chemist, dies 
05/27/1916 Joseph S Galli‚ni, General/military governor of Paris, dies 
05/27/1918 Henry Adams, US literature historian (Esther), dies at 80 
05/27/1934 Meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdams street hawker, dies 
05/27/1939 Joseph Roth, Austria journalist/writer (Fluctuate ohne Ende), dies 
05/27/1941 AH Borgesius, tutor/experimentator/amateur astronomer, dies at 76 
05/27/1941 Gnther Ltjens, German admiral (Bismarck), dies 
05/27/1949 Ropert L Ripley, cartoonist (Believe It or Not), dies at 55 in NY 
05/27/1989 Jack Starrett, director/actor (Chase, Nightwish, 1st Blood), dies 
05/27/1991 Ed Dodd, cartoonist (Mark Trail), dies at 88 
05/27/1992 Dani‰l Robberechts, Belgian writer (Aankomen in Avignon), dies at 55

05/27/1992 Glenn White, actor, dies 
05/27/1992 John Myhers, director/actor (Billion Dollar Hobo), dies 
05/27/1951 Thomas Blamey, soldier, dies 
05/27/1992 Tony 'Big Tuna' Accardo, mobster (St Valentines Day), dies at 86 
05/27/1958 Ainslie Pryor, actor (Adventures of Hiram Holiday), dies at 46 
es 
05/27/1993 Willem PG Assmann, Second-Member of parliament, dies at 85 
05/27/1994 Red Rodney, [Albino Red/The Red Arrow], bebop-trumpeter, dies at 66 
05/27/1994 Theo Swagemakers, portrait painter, dies at 95 
05/27/1958 Samuel Stritch, US cardinal/archbishop (Chicago), dies 
05/27/1960 Edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy), dies at 65 
05/27/1960 George Zucco, actor (Fog Island, Black Raven, Desire Me), dies at 74

05/27/1963 Lambrakis, Greek EDA-parliament leader, murdered 
05/27/1964 Jawaharial Nehru, Independent India's 1st PM, dies at 74 
05/27/1969 Jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage), dies at 43 
05/27/1970 Emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78 
05/27/1971 Chips Rafferty, actor (Kona Coast, Walk into Hell), dies at 62 
05/27/1975 Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies at 53 
05/27/1976 Ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80 
05/27/1982 Jo LagrilliŠre, [Joke], Flemish cartoon character, dies at 47 
05/27/1983 Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer, dies at 67 
05/27/1986 Gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer (Sour Dove), dies at 82 
05/27/1988 Florida Friebus, actress (Bob Newhart Show), dies at 79 of a stroke 
05/27/1988 Melvin J 'Cy' Oliver, US jazz composer/orchestra leader, dies at 77 
05/27/1988 Renato Salvatori, actor (Burn, Luna, 2 Women), dies 
05/27/1989 Jack Starrett, director/actor (Chase, Nightwish, 1st Blood), dies 
05/27/1991 Ed Dodd, cartoonist (Mark Trail), dies at 88 
05/27/1992 Dani‰l Robberechts, Belgian writer (Aankomen in Avignon), dies at 55

05/27/1992 Glenn White, actor, dies 
05/27/1992 John Myhers, director/actor (Billion Dollar Hobo), dies 
05/27/1992 Tony 'Big Tuna' Accardo, mobster (St Valentines Day), dies at 86 
05/27/1993 Jan Wiley, actress (Underdog, Brute Man, She Wolf of London), dies 
05/27/1993 Willem PG Assmann, Second-Member of parliament, dies at 85 
05/27/1994 Red Rodney, [Albino Red/The Red Arrow], bebop-trumpeter, dies at 66 
05/27/1994 Theo Swagemakers, portrait painter, dies at 95 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
05/27/1281 Flemish Earl Gwijde Dampierre takes financial responsibility of Brug

05/27/1328 French king Philip VI Valois crowned 
05/27/1647 1st woman known to be executed as a witch, Achsah Young in Mass 
05/27/1679 Habeaus Corpus act passes in UK 
05/27/1689 Anthonie Heinsius succeeds G Fagel as pension advisor of Holland 
05/27/1703 St Petersburg (Lenningrad) founded by Peter the Great 
05/27/1813 Americans capture Ft George, Canada 
05/27/1844 Samuel F.B. Morse completes 1st telegraph line 
05/27/1850 Mormon Temple in Nauvoo Illinois destroyed by tornado 
05/27/1854 Marine Telegraph from Ft Point to SF completed 
05/27/1856 Doctor William Palmer found guilty of poisoning 
05/27/1857 H Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #44 Nysa 
05/27/1862 Battle of Hanover Court House, VA (Slash Church, Peake's Station) 
05/27/1863 CSS Chattahoochie explodes on Chattahoochie River GA, 18 die 
05/27/1863 Siege of Port Hudson LA 
05/27/1873 1st Preakness Stakes won by Survivor (2:43) 
05/27/1887 A Charlois discovers asteroid #267 Tirza 
05/27/1896 1st major tornado to strike urban US (St Louis & E St Louis Mo) 
05/27/1896 Bay District Race Track closes 
05/27/1896 Tornado (900 kph?) hits St Louis Missouri; 306 die 
05/27/1900 Lord Roberts' army fights the Vaal in S Africa 
05/27/1903 Queen Wilhelmina opens Berlages Merchants bureau in Amsterdam 
05/27/1904 NL record of 5 stolen bases in a game (Dennis McGann, NY Giants) 
05/27/1905 Japanese fleet destroys Russian East Sea fleet in Straits of Tushima

05/27/1906 1st outlining of Gustav Mahler's 6th symphony, in Essen 
05/27/1907 Bubonic Plague breaks out in SF 
05/27/1281 Flemish Earl Gwijde Dampierre takes financial responsibility of Brug

05/27/1328 French king Philip VI Valois crowned 
05/27/1916 Groundbreaking begins on Hugh Grant Circle in Bronx 
05/27/1917 Race riot in East St Louis Illinois, 1 black killed 
05/27/1918 Battle of Aisne 
05/27/1919 1st transatlantic flight ends; US Navy flying boat takes 11 days 
05/27/1920 Tatar ASSR established in Russian SFSR 
05/27/1921 After 84 years of British control, Afgh nist n achieves sovereignty 
05/27/1647 1st woman known to be executed as a witch, Achsah Young in Mass 
05/27/1679 Habeaus Corpus act passes in UK 
05/27/1689 Anthonie Heinsius succeeds G Fagel as pension advisor of Holland 
05/27/1703 St Petersburg (Lenningrad) founded by Peter the Great 
05/27/1813 Americans capture Ft George, Canada 
05/27/1844 Samuel F.B. Morse completes 1st telegraph line 
05/27/1927 Japanese military intervention in Chinese civil war 
05/27/1927 Thomas Masaryk elected Czechoslovakia president 
05/27/1931 1st full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, Langley Field Va 
05/27/1931 Piccard & Knipfer make 1st flight into stratosphere, by balloon 
05/27/1933 Austrian communistic party banned 
05/27/1850 Mormon Temple in Nauvoo Illinois destroyed by tornado 
05/27/1854 Marine Telegraph from Ft Point to SF completed 
 White Sox 15-11 
05/27/1856 Doctor William Palmer found guilty of poisoning 
05/27/1935 Supreme Court declares FDR's Natl Recovery Act unconstitutional 
anover Court House, VA (Slash Church, Peake's Station) 
05/27/1863 CSS Chattahoochie explodes on Chattahoochie River GA, 18 die 
05/27/1936 RMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton for NY on maiden voyage 
05/27/1937 Carl Hubbell wins his 24th consecutive game (sine July 17, 1936) 
05/27/1937 Golden Gate Bridge, SF, dedicated 
05/27/1940 British & French begin evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) 
05/27/1863 Siege of Port Hudson LA 
05/27/1941 Allied troops begin evacuating Kreta 
05/27/1873 1st Preakness Stakes won by Survivor (2:43) 
05/27/1941 FDR proclaimes an 'unlimited national emergency' 
05/27/1887 A Charlois discovers asteroid #267 Tirza 
05/27/1941 German battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force 
05/27/1896 1st major tornado to strike urban US (St Louis & E St Louis Mo) 
05/27/1896 Bay District Race Track closes 
05/27/1896 Tornado (900 kph?) hits St Louis Missouri; 306 die 
05/27/1942 Italian army begin siege of French western Fort Bir Hachim 
05/27/1943 French defiance under Jean Moulin meets secretly in Paris 
05/27/1943 US forbid racial discrimination in war industry 
05/27/1944 Allies landing on Biak, Indonesia (operation Horlicks) 
05/27/1900 Lord Roberts' army fights the Vaal in S Africa 
05/27/1903 Queen Wilhelmina opens Berlages Merchants bureau in Amsterdam 
05/27/1904 NL record of 5 stolen bases in a game (Dennis McGann, NY Giants) 
05/27/1905 Japanese fleet destroys Russian East Sea fleet in Straits of Tushima

05/27/1906 1st outlining of Gustav Mahler's 6th symphony, in Essen 
05/27/1907 Bubonic Plague breaks out in SF 
05/27/1944 Japanese advance in Hangkhou China 
05/27/1949 Russian stop train traffic West-Berlin 
05/27/1950 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Wallace Stevens 
05/27/1951 Maritime Museum at Aquatic Park, SF opens 
05/27/1916 Groundbreaking begins on Hugh Grant Circle in Bronx 
05/27/1917 Race riot in East St Louis Illinois, 1 black killed 
05/27/1918 Battle of Aisne 
05/27/1919 1st transatlantic flight ends; US Navy flying boat takes 11 days 
05/27/1920 Tatar ASSR established in Russian SFSR 
05/27/1921 After 84 years of British control, Afgh nist n achieves sovereignty 
05/27/1952 European Defense Community forms 
05/27/1953 Dutch social democratic/Dutch Liberal Party win municipal elections 
05/27/1955 Boston Red Sox Norm Zauchin gets 10 RBIs, beating Senators 16-0 
05/27/1927 Japanese military intervention in Chinese civil war 
 Central HS 
05/27/1927 Thomas Masaryk elected Czechoslovakia president 
 
05/27/1931 1st full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, Langley Field Va 
05/27/1931 Piccard & Knipfer make 1st flight into stratosphere, by balloon 
05/27/1933 Austrian communistic party banned 
05/27/1960 1st use of oversized catching mitt (Balt Oriole Clint Courtney) 
05/27/1933 Century of Progress Exposition opens in Chicago 
05/27/1933 Trailing 11-3, Yanks score 12 runs in 8th & beat White Sox 15-11 
05/27/1933 Walt Disney's '3 Little Pigs' released 
05/27/1935 Supreme Court declares FDR's Natl Recovery Act unconstitutional 
05/27/1936 RMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton for NY on maiden voyage 
05/27/1937 Carl Hubbell wins his 24th consecutive game (sine July 17, 1936) 
05/27/1937 Golden Gate Bridge, SF, dedicated 
05/27/1960 Military coup overthrows democratic government of Turkey 
05/27/1961 Pres Kennedy announces US goal to reach Moon 
05/27/1940 British & French begin evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) 
05/27/1961 Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' «' 
05/27/1941 Allied troops begin evacuating Kreta 
05/27/1963 3 NJ businessman purchase NHL Colorado Rockies, & get approval 
05/27/1941 FDR proclaimes an 'unlimited national emergency' 
4 'From Russia With Love' premieres in US 
05/27/1941 German battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force 
05/27/1942 Italian army begin siege of French western Fort Bir Hachim 
05/27/1943 French defiance under Jean Moulin meets secretly in Paris 
05/27/1943 US forbid racial discrimination in war industry 
05/27/1944 Allies landing on Biak, Indonesia (operation Horlicks) 
05/27/1944 Japanese advance in Hangkhou China 
05/27/1949 Russian stop train traffic West-Berlin 
05/27/1950 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Wallace Stevens 
05/27/1951 Maritime Museum at Aquatic Park, SF opens 
05/27/1966 55th German F-16 Starfighter crashes 
05/27/1966 6 French fighters crash above Spain 
05/27/1968 6th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 4-3 
05/27/1968 NL awards Montreal & SD major league franchises 
05/27/1968 Nuclear submarine Scorpion is lost 
05/27/1969 Walt Disney World construction begins 
05/27/1952 European Defense Community forms 
05/27/1953 Dutch social democratic/Dutch Liberal Party win municipal elections 
05/27/1955 Boston Red Sox Norm Zauchin gets 10 RBIs, beating Senators 16-0 
05/27/1958 Ernest Green & 600 whites graduate from Little Rock's Central HS 
05/27/1958 Vanguard SLV-1 launched for Earth orbit (failed) 
05/27/1960 1st use of oversized catching mitt (Balt Oriole Clint Courtney) 
05/27/1970 British expedition climbs south face of Annapurna I 
05/27/1971 UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship 
05/27/1973 Rick Wohlhuter uns record 880 yards in 1:44.6 
05/27/1975 Paul McCartney releases 'Venus & Mars' 
05/27/1960 Military coup overthrows democratic government of Turkey 
Cup 
05/27/1961 Pres Kennedy announces US goal to reach Moon 
f elderly women plunge 
05/27/1961 Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' «' 
05/27/1963 3 NJ businessman purchase NHL Colorado Rockies, & get approval 
05/27/1963 to move them to NJ Meadowlands (Devils) 
05/27/1964 'From Russia With Love' premieres in US 
05/27/1975 Dibble's Bridge Yorkshire, killing 38 
05/27/1977 NYC fines George Willig 1› for each of 110 stories he climbed 
05/27/1979 Pope John Paul ordains John J O'Conner as a bishop 
05/27/1980 South Korean police ends people's uprising; 2,000 killed 
05/27/1966 55th German F-16 Starfighter crashes 
roid #2434 Bateson 
05/27/1966 6 French fighters crash above Spain 
rdosing on Tylenol 
05/27/1981 Lenny Randle tries to blow a slow roller foul but ump says no 
rds Montreal & SD major league franchises 
05/27/1968 Nuclear submarine Scorpion is lost 
05/27/1969 Walt Disney World construction begins 
05/27/1982 C & E Shoemaker discovers asteroid #3194 Dorsey 
05/27/1983 Former EPA official Rita Lavelle indicted for contempt of Congress 
05/27/1984 C & E Shoemaker discovers asteroid #3671 Dionysius 
05/27/1984 Manuela Manleeva wins 3 singles tennis matches in one day 
05/27/1985 Inaugural bands parade for Pres Reagan 
Annapurna I 
05/27/1971 UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship 
05/27/1973 Rick Wohlhuter uns record 880 yards in 1:44.6 
 PTL scandal 
05/27/1975 Paul McCartney releases 'Venus & Mars' 
00th start (Young & Sutton) 
05/27/1975 Phila Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup 
05/27/1975 Worst motor vehicle disaster in UK; bus full of elderly women plunge

05/27/1990 C‚sar Gaviria Trujillo chosen pres of Colombia 
05/27/1990 Radical Democratic Party holds 1st political meetings in Moscow 
05/27/1991 Austrian Boeing 767-300 explodes at Bangkok, 223 die 
05/27/1993 Mafia bombs Uffizi-museum in Florence, kills 6 
05/27/1994 Final broadcast of Arsenio Hall talk show 
05/27/1975 Dibble's Bridge Yorkshire, killing 38 
05/27/1977 NYC fines George Willig 1› for each of 110 stories he climbed 
05/27/1979 Pope John Paul ordains John J O'Conner as a bishop 
05/27/1980 South Korean police ends people's uprising; 2,000 killed 
05/27/1981 A Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #2434 Bateson 
05/27/1981 John Hinckley attempts suicide by overdosing on Tylenol 
 
Significant Events:  
 
05/27/1982 C & E Shoemaker discovers asteroid #3194 Dorsey 
05/27/1983 Former EPA official Rita Lavelle indicted for contempt of Congress 
05/27/1984 C & E Shoemaker discovers asteroid #3671 Dionysius 
05/27/1984 Manuela Manleeva wins 3 singles tennis matches in one day 
05/27/1985 Inaugural bands parade for Pres Reagan 
05/27/1986 Norway Showcase groundbreaking 
05/27/1987 Jim & Tammy Bakker appears on 'Nightline' after PTL scandal 
05/27/1987 Yank Phil Niekro is 3rd pitcher making 700th start (Young & Sutton) 
05/27/1990 74th Indianapolis 500 runs 
05/27/1990 C‚sar Gaviria Trujillo chosen pres of Colombia 
05/27/1990 Radical Democratic Party holds 1st political meetings in Moscow 
05/27/1991 Austrian Boeing 767-300 explodes at Bangkok, 223 die 
05/27/1993 Mafia bombs Uffizi-museum in Florence, kills 6 
05/27/1994 Final broadcast of Arsenio Hall talk show 
  
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