Historical Events In May - 27

1930  Widespread unrest in India after Gandhi's arrest on May - 27.   

1931  On this day in history piccard & Knipfer make first flight into stratosphere, by balloon; first use of pressurized cabin in a balloon   

1931  On this day in history the first full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, Langley Field VA   

1931  1st full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, Langley Field Va on May - 27.   

1933  Austrian communist party banned on this day in history.   

1933  Century of Progress Exposition opens in Chicago on May - 27.   

1933  On May - 27 federal Securities Act signed   

1933  On May - 27 the Academy-Award-winning animated short The Three Little Pigs, is released by young animator Walt Disney   

1933  Walt Disney's "3 Little Pigs" released on May - 27.   

1934  Meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdam street hawker, dies on this day in history.   

1935  Supreme Court declares FDR's National Recovery Act unconstitutional on May - 27.   

1935  The U S Supreme Court strikes down the National Industrial Recovery Act on May - 27.   

1935  Supreme Court declares FDR's Natl Recovery Act unconstitutional on May - 27.   

1936  The birth of Lou Gossett Jr, American film actor on May - 27.   

1936  On this day in history the Queen Mary, sailing for the Cunard line, left England on its maiden voyage   

1936  RMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton for NY on maiden voyage on May - 27.   

1937  On this day in history golden Gate Bridge, San Fransisco, dedicated   

1937  Carl Hubbell wins his 24th consecutive game (since July 17, 1936) on May - 27.   

1938  Bradman scores his 1000th cricket run of England season, earliest to do so on this day in history.   

1938  Bradman scores his 1000th cricket run of Eng season, earliest to do so on May - 27.   

1939  Joseph Roth, Austria journalist (Fluctuate ohne Ende), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1940  On May - 27 british & French begin evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo)   

1940  On this day in history the evacuation of allied troops from Dunkirk, France, begins   

1941  On May - 27 allied troops begin evacuating Kreta   

1941  FDR proclaimes an "unlimited national emergency" due to Germany's sinking of Robin Moor on May - 27.   

1941  On this day in history german battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force   

1941  The German battleship 'Bismark' is sunk off the coast of France on May - 27.   

1941  On May - 27 aH Borgesius, tutor/experimentator/amateur astronomer, dies at 76   

1942  Dorie Miller, awarded navy cross for deeds at Pearl Harbor on this day in history.   

1942  On May - 27 hitler orders 10,000 Czechoslovakians murdered   

1942  Italian army begin siege of French western Fort Bir Hachim on May - 27.   

1942  Top German Nazi Reinhard Heydrich is shot & mortally wounded in Prague on this day in history.   

1943  French defiance under Jean Moulin meets secretly in Paris on this day in history.   

1943  On May - 27 uS forbids racial discrimination in war industry   

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1332  Ibn Khaldun, Tunis, Arab historian/sociologist (Muqaddimah) was born on this day in history.   

1519  Girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594) was born on this day in history.   

1576  Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

1595  On this day in history birth of benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer   

1601  Antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648) was born on May - 27.   

1623  William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687) was born on this day in history.   

1626  On this day in history birth of william II, prince of Orange/stadholder   

1651  On this day in history birth of louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729)   

0366  On this day in history death of procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326)   

0735  Death of Bede, English historian and theologian (b. 672 or 673) on May - 27.   

0866  On May - 27 ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies   

0927  Death of Symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927) on this day in history.   

1039  On May - 27 dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies   

1178  Godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies on May - 27.   

1444  On this day in history death of john Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (b. 1404)   

1508  On May - 27 ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55