Page 8: Historical Events In May - 27

1965  On this day in history 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 this day in history little Willie John, rocker, dies at 30   

1969  On May - 27 jerry Lewis Show second run, last airs on NBC-TV   

1969  On this day in history walt Disney World construction begins   

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

1970  On this day in history british expedition climbs south face of Annapurna I   

1970  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

1970  On May - 27 emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78   

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

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

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

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

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  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  Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies at 53 on May - 27.   

1975  On this day in history stanley Cup: Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres, 4 games to 2   

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  NYC fines George Willig 1¢ for each of 110 stories of the World Trade Center he climbed on May - 27.   

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  John Hinckley attempts suicide by overdosing on Tylenol on May - 27.   

1981  On this day in history liverpool wins 26th Europe Cup 1 at Paris France   

1981  On May - 27 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1983  On May - 27 former EPA official Rita Lavelle indicted for contempt of Congress   

1983  On this day in history arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer, dies at 67   

1984  On May - 27 manuela Manleeva wins 3 singles tennis matches in one day   

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

1519  Girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594) was born on May - 27.   

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  Antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648) was born on this day in history.   

1623  William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687) was born on this day in history.   

1626  On this day in history birth of william II, prince of Orange/stadholder   

1651  On this day in history birth of louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729)   

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

0735  Death of Bede, English historian and theologian (b. 672 or 673) on May - 27.   

0866  On May - 27 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  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  Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55 on May - 27.