Historical Events In May - 27

1965  On May - 27 hMAS Sydney departs on first voyage to Vietnam with 1 RAR   

1965  On May - 27 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 this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history walt Disney World construction begins   

1969  On this day in history jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage), dies at 43   

1970  British expedition climbs south face of Annapurna I on May - 27.   

1970  On May - 27 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1970  Emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78 on May - 27.   

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

1971  On May - 27 uCLA wins NCAA basketball championship   

1971  On May - 27 chips Rafferty, actor (Kona Coast, Walk into Hell), dies at 62   

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

1975  On May - 27 paul McCartney releases "Venus & Mars"   

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

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

1975  On May - 27 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  On this day in history ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80   

1977  2 Boeing 747s by Pan Am & KLM collide in Canary Islands, killing 582 on this day in history.   

1977  On May - 27 nYC fines George Willig 1¢ for each of 110 stories of the World Trade Center he climbed   

1979  On this day in history 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  John Hinckley attempts suicide by overdosing on Tylenol on May - 27.   

1981  On May - 27 liverpool wins 26th Europe Cup 1 at Paris France   

1981  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

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 May - 27.   

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 this day in history inaugural bands parade for President Reagan   

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1332  On May - 27 birth of ibn Khaldun, Tunis, Arab historian/sociologist (Muqaddimah)   

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

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

1595  On May - 27 birth of benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer   

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

1623  On May - 27 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 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  Ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies on this day in history.   

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

1039  Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies on May - 27.   

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