Page 7: Historical Events In May - 27

1944  Allies land on Biak, Indonesia (operation Horlicks) on May - 27.   

1944  Japanese advance in Hangkhou China on May - 27.   

1948  Arabs blow up Jewish synagogue Hurvat Rabbi Yehudah he-Hasid on this day in history.   

1949  Martin Canine, cartoon character, spoofs Martin Kane on this day in history.   

1949  Russian stop train traffic West-Berlin on this day in history.   

1949  On May - 27 indians start 12-17, owner Bill Veeck arranges a "Second Opening Day"   

1949  On May - 27 ropert L Ripley, cartoonist (Believe It or Not), dies at 55 in NY   

1950  On this day in history bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Wallace Stevens   

1950  On May - 27 "Arms & the Girl" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 134 performances   

1951  Chinese Communists force Dalai Lama to surrender his army to Beijing on May - 27.   

1951  On May - 27 maritime Museum at Aquatic Park, San Fransisco opens   

1951  On this day in history thomas Blamey, soldier, dies   

1952  On this day in history european Defense Community forms   

1952  European Defense Community Treaty, establishing an EU army, signed on this day in history.   

1953  On May - 27 dutch social democratic/Dutch Liberal Party win municipal elections   

1954  Herzmanovsky-Orlando, writer, dies on May - 27.   

1955  On this day in history red Buttons Show, last airs on NBC-TV   

1955  Boston Red Sox Norm Zauchin gets 10 RBIs, beating Senators 16-0 on this day in history.   

1956  French raid in Algiers on this day in history.   

1956  On May - 27 uS performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)   

1957  Toronto's CHUM-AM, (1050 kHz) becomes Canada's first radio station to broadcast only top 40 Rock n' Roll music format on this day in history.   

1958  Ernest Green & 600 whites graduate from Little Rock's Central HS on May - 27.   

1958  Vanguard SLV-1 launched for Earth orbit (failed) on this day in history.   

1958  On May - 27 ainslie Pryor, actor (Adventures of Hiram Holiday), dies at 46   

1960  Military coup overthrows democratic government of Turkey on this day in history.   

1960  On May - 27 edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy), dies at 65   

1961  On May - 27 fiorentina wins first Europe Cup II in Florence   

1961  President Kennedy announces US goal to reach the Moon on this day in history.   

1961  On May - 27 the first "black light" is sold can disco be far ahead?   

1963  On May - 27 jomo Kenyatta elected first prime minister of Kenya   

1963  Lambrakis, Greek EDA-parliament leader, murdered on this day in history.   

1964  "From Russia With Love" premieres in US on May - 27.   

1964  Inter Milan wins 9th Europe Cup 1 in Vienna on this day in history.   

1964  On May - 27 jawaharial Nehru, Independent India's 1st PM, dies at 74   

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

1519  On May - 27 birth of girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594)   

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

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

0366  On May - 27 death of procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326)   

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 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  Death of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (b. 1404) on May - 27.   

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