Historical Events In May - 27

1985  On May - 27 kay Campbell, actress (All My Children), dies at 80   

1986  On May - 27 france performs nuclear test at Muruora Island   

1986  Norway Showcase groundbreaking on May - 27.   

1986  On this day in history president Reagan orderes 2 Poseidon-class submarines be dismantled   

1986  Gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer (Sour Dove), dies at 82 on May - 27.   

1987  Jim & Tammy Bakker appear on "Nightline" after PTL scandal on this day in history.   

1987  On May - 27 postage wins 32nd Europe Cup 1 in Vienna   

1988  On May - 27 senate ratified a treaty eliminating medium-range nuclear missiles   

1988  Florida Friebus, actress (Bob Newhart Show), dies of a stroke at 79 on this day in history.   

1989  Jack Starrett, director/actor (Chase, Nightwish, 1st Blood), dies on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history césar Gaviria Trujillo chosen President of Colombia   

1990  Jan Stephenson wins J C Penney LPGA Golf Skins Game on May - 27.   

1990  Poland holds its first free elections in over fifty years on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history radical Democratic Party holds first political meetings in Moscow   

1991  Austrian Boeing 767-300 explodes at Bangkok, 223 die on this day in history.   

1991  Ed Dodd, cartoonist (Mark Trail), dies at 88 on May - 27.   

1992  On May - 27 daniel Robberechts, Belgian writer (Aankomen in Avignon), dies at 55   

1993  Dale Murphy ends carreer at 398 homeruns on May - 27.   

1993  Mafia bombs Uffizi-museum in Florence, kills 6 on May - 27.   

1993  Jan Wiley, actress (Underdog, Brute Man, She Wolf of London), dies on this day in history.   

1994  Alexander Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia after 20 years in exile on this day in history.   

1994  Final broadcast of Arsenio Hall talk show on this day in history.   

1994  Flintstones live action movie opens in theaters on May - 27.   

1994  Larry King ended his radio show on this day in history.   

1994  On May - 27 nobel Prize-winner Alexander Solzhenitsyn returns to Russia, ending two decades of exile   

1994  On May - 27 radio conservative Rush Limbaugh (43) weds Marta Fitzgerald (35)   

1994  Norman Cook, British museum curator, dies at 87 on May - 27.   

1995  Actor Christopher Reeve (Superman) is paralyzed after an accident during an equestrian event in Charlottesville, VA on May - 27.   

1995  C W Stubblefield, music Promoter, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1996  Albert "Pud" Brown, clarinetist/saxophonist, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1997  On this day in history judge finds Pamela Lee not guilty of breaking a contract   

1997  On this day in history major league revenue sharing begins, New York Yankees pay out most $28 million   

1997  On this day in history marv Albert pleads innocent to charges of sexually assault   

1997  On May - 27 russian President Boris Yeltsin signs a historic treaty with NATO   

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

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

1576  Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (d. 1649) was born on May - 27.   

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

1601  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1651  Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729) was born on May - 27.   

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

0735  On this day in history death of bede, English historian and theologian (b. 672 or 673)   

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  Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1178  On May - 27 godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies   

1444  On this day in history 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