Historical Events In May - 27

1965  HMAS Sydney departs on first voyage to Vietnam with 1 RAR on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history inter Milan wins 10th Europe Cup 1 in Milan   

1966  On May - 27 55th German F-16 Starfighter crashes   

1966  On May - 27 6 French fighters crash above Spain   

1968  On May - 27 little Willie John, rocker, dies at 30   

1969  Jerry Lewis Show second run, last airs on NBC-TV on May - 27.   

1969  On May - 27 walt Disney World construction begins   

1969  Jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1970  On May - 27 british expedition climbs south face of Annapurna I   

1970  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on May - 27.   

1970  Emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1971  23rd Walker Cup Great Britain/Ireland 13-United States 11 on this day in history.   

1971  UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship on this day in history.   

1971  Chips Rafferty, actor (Kona Coast, Walk into Hell), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1971  23rd Walker Cup: Great Britain/Ireland 13-United States 11 on May - 27.   

1975  On this day in history paul McCartney releases "Venus & Mars"   

1975  On May - 27 stanley Cup Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres, 4 games to 2   

1975  On this day in history worst motor vehicle disaster in UK; bus full of elderly women plunges from Dibble's Bridge Yorkshire, killing 38   

1975  On this day in history ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies at 53   

1975  Stanley Cup: Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres, 4 games to 2 on this day in history.   

1976  Ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80 on May - 27.   

1977  On May - 27 2 Boeing 747s by Pan Am & KLM collide in Canary Islands, killing 582   

1977  On this day in history nYC fines George Willig 1¢ for each of 110 stories of the World Trade Center he climbed   

1979  On May - 27 pope John Paul ordains John J O'Conner as a bishop   

1980  South Korean police ends people's uprising; 2,000 killed on May - 27.   

1981  On May - 27 john Hinckley attempts suicide by overdosing on Tylenol   

1981  Liverpool wins 26th Europe Cup 1 at Paris France on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1983  On this day in history former EPA official Rita Lavelle indicted for contempt of Congress   

1983  Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer, dies at 67 on May - 27.   

1984  Manuela Manleeva wins 3 singles tennis matches in one day on this day in history.   

1984  On May - 27 vincent James McMahon, was a U.S. professional wrestling promoter.   

1985  Britain agrees to return Hong Kong to China in 1997 on this day in history.   

1985  On May - 27 inaugural bands parade for President Reagan   

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1332  Ibn Khaldun, Tunis, Arab historian/sociologist (Muqaddimah) was born on May - 27.   

1519  On this day in history birth of girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594)   

1576  On May - 27 birth of caspar Schoppe, German scholar (d. 1649)   

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

1601  On May - 27 birth of antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648)   

1623  On this day in history birth of william Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687)   

1626  William II, prince of Orange/stadholder was born on May - 27.   

1651  On May - 27 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  On May - 27 death of bede, English historian and theologian (b. 672 or 673)   

0866  Ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies on this day in history.   

0927  On May - 27 death of symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927)   

1039  On this day in history dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies   

1178  Godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.   

1444  On May - 27 death of john Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (b. 1404)   

1508  On this day in history ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55