Historical Events In May - 27

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

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

1931  The first full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, Langley Field VA on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history 1st full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, Langley Field Va   

1933  On this day in history austrian communist party banned   

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

1933  Federal Securities Act signed on this day in history.   

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  On May - 27 supreme Court declares FDR's National Recovery Act unconstitutional   

1935  On May - 27 the U S Supreme Court strikes down the National Industrial Recovery Act   

1935  Supreme Court declares FDR's Natl Recovery Act unconstitutional on this day in history.   

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

1936  On May - 27 the Queen Mary, sailing for the Cunard line, left England on its maiden voyage   

1936  On May - 27 rMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton for NY on maiden voyage   

1937  Golden Gate Bridge, San Fransisco, dedicated on May - 27.   

1937  Carl Hubbell wins his 24th consecutive game (since July 17, 1936) on this day in history.   

1938  On May - 27 bradman scores his 1000th cricket run of England season, earliest to do so   

1938  On May - 27 bradman scores his 1000th cricket run of Eng season, earliest to do so   

1939  On May - 27 joseph Roth, Austria journalist (Fluctuate ohne Ende), dies at 44   

1940  British & French begin evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) on this day in history.   

1940  The evacuation of allied troops from Dunkirk, France, begins on May - 27.   

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 this day in history.   

1941  German battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force on this day in history.   

1941  The German battleship 'Bismark' is sunk off the coast of France on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history aH Borgesius, tutor/experimentator/amateur astronomer, dies at 76   

1942  Dorie Miller, awarded navy cross for deeds at Pearl Harbor on May - 27.   

1942  Hitler orders 10,000 Czechoslovakians murdered on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history italian army begin siege of French western Fort Bir Hachim   

1942  Top German Nazi Reinhard Heydrich is shot & mortally wounded in Prague on May - 27.   

1943  French defiance under Jean Moulin meets secretly in Paris on May - 27.   

1943  US forbids racial discrimination in war industry on this day in history.   

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1332  On this day in history birth of ibn Khaldun, Tunis, Arab historian/sociologist (Muqaddimah)   

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  Benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer was born on May - 27.   

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 May - 27 birth of william II, prince of Orange/stadholder   

1651  Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.   

0366  Death of Procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326) on this day in history.   

0735  Death of Bede, English historian and theologian (b. 672 or 673) on this day in history.   

0866  On this day in history ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies   

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

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

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

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