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What happend on 27. May in History
In our data base we found 314 events happened on 27. May:
• 366: Procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326) [category: Deaths]
• 866: Ordoño I of Asturias (b. 831) [category: Deaths]
• 927: Simeon I of Bulgaria (b. 865) [category: Deaths]
• 927: Battle of the Bosnian Highlands: the Croatian army, led by King Tomislav, defeats the Bulgarian Army. [category: Events]
• 1039: Dirk III, Count of Holland (b. 989) [category: Deaths]
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• 1120: Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. [category: Events]
• 1153: Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland. [category: Events]
• 1199: John is crowned King of England. [category: Events]
• 1332: Ibn Khaldun, Muslim historiographer and historian (d. 1406) [category: Births]
• 1444: John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (b. 1404) [category: Deaths]
• 1508: Ludovico Sforza, Italian ruler, Duke of Milan (b. 1452) [category: Deaths]
• 1519: Girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594) [category: Births]
• 1525: Thomas Müntzer, German rebel leader (b. c. 1488) [category: Deaths]
• 1541: Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury (b. 1473) [category: Deaths]
• 1564: John Calvin, French religious reformer (b. 1509) [category: Deaths]
• 1576: Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (d. 1649) [category: Births]
• 1584: Michael Altenburg, German theologian and composer (d. 1640) [category: Births]
• 1601: Antoine Daniel, French missionary and martyr (d. 1648) [category: Births]
• 1610: François Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (b. 1578) [category: Deaths]
• 1615: Margaret of Valois (b. 1553) [category: Deaths]
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• 1623: William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687) [category: Births]
• 1626: William II, Prince of Orange (d. 1650) [category: Births]
• 1651: Louis Antoine de Noailles, French bishop and cardinal (d. 1729) [category: Births]
• 1652: Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Princess Palatine (d. 1722) [category: Births]
• 1661: Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll (b. 1607) [category: Deaths]
• 1675: Gaspard Dughet, French painter (b. 1613) [category: Deaths]
• 1690: Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer (b. 1626) [category: Deaths]
• 1702: Dominique Bouhours, French essayist and critic (b. 1628) [category: Deaths]
• 1703: Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg. [category: Events]
• 1707: Athénaïs de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. 1640) [category: Deaths]
• 1738: Nathaniel Gorham, American politician, 14th President of the United States in Congress Assembled and signer of the United States Constitution (d. 1796) [category: Births]
• 1756: Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (d. 1825) [category: Births]
• 1781: Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (b. 1716) [category: Deaths]
• 1794: Cornelius Vanderbilt, American industrialist and philanthropist, founded Vanderbilt University (d. 1877) [category: Births]
• 1797: François-Noël Babeuf, French revolutionary (b. 1760) [category: Deaths]
• 1798: The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland. [category: Events]
• 1799: War of the Second Coalition: Austrian forces defeats the French at Winterthur, Switzerland, securing control of the northeastern Swiss Plateau because of the town's location at the junction of seven cross-roads. [category: Events]
• 1813: War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George. [category: Events]
• 1818: Amelia Bloomer, American women's rights activist (d. 1894) [category: Births]
• 1819: Julia Ward Howe, American poet (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1820: Mathilde Bonaparte, French royal and socialite (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1827: Samuel F. Miller, American politician (d. 1892) [category: Births]
• 1831: Jedediah Smith, American explorer and author (b. 1799) [category: Deaths]
• 1836: Jay Gould, American railroad developer and financier (d. 1892) [category: Births]
• 1837: Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter (d. 1887) [category: Births]
• 1837: Wild Bill Hickok, American lawman (d. 1876) [category: Births]
• 1840: Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1782) [category: Deaths]
• 1849: The Great Hall of Euston station in London is opened. [category: Events]
• 1860: Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese politician and writer, 7th President of Portugal (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1860: Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian Unification. [category: Events]
• 1863: American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson. [category: Events]
• 1864: Ante Trumbić, Croatian politician (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1867: Arnold Bennett, English novelist (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1871: Georges Rouault, French artist (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1875: Frederick Cuming, British cricket player (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1876: Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish writer (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1876: William Stanier, English mechanical engineer (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1879: Hans Lammers, German SS officer (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1879: Karl Bühler, German linguist and psychologist (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1883: Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia. [category: Events]
• 1884: Max Brod, Czech writer, composer, and journalist (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1888: Louis Durey, French composer (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1891: Claude Champagne, French-Canadian composer (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1893: Hermann Dörnemann, German super-centenarian (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1894: Dashiell Hammett, American author (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1894: Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French writer (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1895: Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Canadian politician (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1896: Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov, Russian physicist (b. 1839) [category: Deaths]
• 1896: The F4-strength St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri and East Saint Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing $2.9 billion in damage (1997 USD). [category: Events]
• 1897: John Cockcroft, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1900: Uładzimir Zylka, Belarusian poet (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1904: Chūhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1905: Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins. [category: Events]
• 1906: Antonio Rosario Mennonna, Italian bishop (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1906: Buddhadasa, Thai Bhikkhu and philosopher (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1907: Nicolas Calas, Greek-American poet and critic (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1907: Rachel Carson, American biologist and writer (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1907: Bubonic plague breaks out in San Francisco, California. [category: Events]
• 1909: Dolores Hope, American singer and philanthropist (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1910: Robert Koch, German physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1843) [category: Deaths]
• 1911: Hubert H. Humphrey, American politician, 38th Vice President of the United States (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1911: Teddy Kollek, Austrian-Israeli politician (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1911: Vincent Price, American actor (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1912: John Cheever, American author (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1912: Sam Snead, American golfer (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1912: Terry Moore, American baseball player (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1913: Wols, German painter and photographer (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1915: Ester Soré, Chilean singer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1915: Herman Wouk, American writer [category: Births]
• 1918: Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese politician [category: Births]
• 1918: Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1919: Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian activist (b. 1848) [category: Deaths]
• 1919: The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight. [category: Events]
• 1921: Caryl Chessman, American convicted robber and rapist (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1922: Christopher Lee, English actor [category: Births]
• 1923: Henry Kissinger, American politician, 56th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Peace Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1923: Sumner Redstone, American businessman [category: Births]
• 1924: Ernest Ingenito, American mass murderer (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1925: Tony Hillerman, American writer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1926: Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A. [category: Events]
• 1930: John Barth, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1930: William S. Sessions, American civil servant and judge, 8th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation [category: Births]
• 1930: The 1,046 feet (319 m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public. [category: Events]
• 1931: Bernard Fresson, French actor (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1932: Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress [category: Births]
• 1933: Edward Samuel Rogers, Canadian businessman (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1933: Manfred Sommer, Spanish artist and writer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1933: Achille Paroche, French sports shooter (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: New Deal: The U.S. Federal Securities Act is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission. [category: Events]
• 1933: The Century of Progress World's Fair opens in Chicago, Illinois. [category: Events]
• 1933: The Walt Disney Company releases the cartoon Three Little Pigs, with its hit song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" [category: Events]
• 1934: Harlan Ellison, American author [category: Births]
• 1935: Lee Meriwether, American model and actress, Miss America 1955 [category: Births]
• 1935: Mal Evans, English manager and producer (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1935: Ramsey Lewis, American pianist and composer [category: Births]
• 1935: New Deal: The Supreme Court of the United States declares the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, (295 U.S. 495). [category: Events]
• 1936: Louis Gossett Jr., American actor [category: Births]
• 1936: Marcel Masse, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1937: Allan Carr, American producer and writer (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1937: In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California. [category: Events]
• 1939: Don Williams, American singer-songwriter and musician (Pozo-Seco Singers) [category: Births]
• 1939: Sokratis Kokkalis, Greek businessman [category: Births]
• 1939: Yves Duhaime, French Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1940: World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops. Two survive. [category: Events]
• 1941: Ernst Lindemann, German captain, victim of the German battleship Bismarck sinking (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Günther Lütjens, German admiral, victim of the German battleship Bismarck sinking (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic killing almost 2,100 men. [category: Events]
• 1941: World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency". [category: Events]
• 1942: Lee Baca, American sheriff [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is assassinated in Prague. [category: Events]
• 1943: Bruce Weitz, American actor [category: Births]
• 1943: Cilla Black, English singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1944: Alain Souchon, French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor [category: Births]
• 1944: Christopher Dodd, American politician [category: Births]
• 1945: Bruce Cockburn, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Esquires and The Flying Circus) [category: Births]
• 1945: Enno Lolling, German SS physician (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Lewis Collins, English actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish jazz bassist (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1947: Branko Oblak, Slovenian footballer [category: Births]
• 1947: Marty Kristian, German-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The New Seekers) [category: Births]
• 1947: Ed Konetchy, American baseball player (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Pete Sears, English musician (Jefferson Starship, Moonalice, and Hot Tuna) [category: Births]
• 1948: Wubbo de Boer, Dutch civil servant [category: Births]
• 1949: Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, publisher, and entrepreneur founded Ripley's Believe It or Not! (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Dee Dee Bridgewater, American singer-songwriter and actress (The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra) [category: Births]
• 1951: Ana Belén, Spanish actress, singer, and director [category: Births]
• 1953: Jesse Burkett, American baseball player (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Jackie Slater, American football player [category: Births]
• 1954: Pauline Hanson, Australian politician [category: Births]
• 1955: Eric Bischoff, American wrestling promoter [category: Births]
• 1955: Richard Schiff, American actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Cynthia McFadden, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1957: Dag Terje Andersen, Norwegian politician [category: Births]
• 1957: Duncan Goodhew, English swimmer [category: Births]
• 1957: Siouxsie Sioux, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Creatures) [category: Births]
• 1957: Toronto's CHUM-AM, (1050 kHz) becomes Canada's first radio station to broadcast only top 40 Rock n' Roll music format. [category: Events]
• 1958: Jesse Robredo, Filipino politician and statesman (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1958: Linnea Quigley, American actress [category: Births]
• 1958: Neil Finn, New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician (Split Enz, Crowded House, Finn Brothers, The Mullanes, 7 Worlds Collide, and Pajama Club) [category: Births]
• 1958: The F-4 Phantom II makes its first flight. [category: Events]
• 1960: Gaston Therrien, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1960: James Montgomery Flagg, American illustrator (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celal Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office. [category: Events]
• 1961: José Luíz Barbosa, Brazilian runner [category: Births]
• 1961: Peri Gilpin, American actress [category: Births]
• 1962: Marcelino Bernal, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1962: Ravi Shastri, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1962: Ray Borner, Australian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1962: Steven Brill, American writer and director [category: Births]
• 1962: The Centralia, Pennsylvania mine fire starts. [category: Events]
• 1963: Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Cuban pianist and composer [category: Births]
• 1963: Gregoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Adam Carolla, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Zheng Geping, Singaporean actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian politician (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Pat Cash, Australian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1965: Todd Bridges, American actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam. [category: Events]
• 1966: Heston Blumenthal, English chef, owner of The Fat Duck [category: Births]
• 1967: Paul Gascoigne, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1967: Ernst Niekisch, German politician (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Australians vote in favor of a constitutional referendum granting the Australian government the power to make laws to benefit Indigenous Australians and to count them in the national census. [category: Events]
• 1967: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy is launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline. [category: Events]
• 1968: Frank E. Thomas, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Jeff Bagwell, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Rebekah Brooks, English journalist [category: Births]
• 1968: The meeting of the Union Nationale des Étudiants de France (National Union of the Students of France) takes place. 30,000 to 50,000 people gather in the Stade Sebastien Charlety. [category: Events]
• 1969: Dondre Whitfield, American actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Jeremy Mayfield, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1969: Todd Hundley, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1969: Jeffrey Hunter, American actor (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Cherry Pie Picache, Filipino actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Joseph Fiennes, English actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Michele Bartoli, Italian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1970: Tim Farron, English politician [category: Births]
• 1971: Glenn Ross, Irish strongman [category: Births]
• 1971: Kaur Kender, Estonian author [category: Births]
• 1971: Lee Sharpe, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Lisa Lopes, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (TLC) (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1971: Mathew Batsiua, Nauruan politician [category: Births]
• 1971: Monika Schnarre, Canadian model and actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Paul Bettany, English actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Wayne Carey, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: The Dahlerau train disaster, the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near Wuppertal. [category: Events]
• 1972: Ivete Sangalo, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Todd Demsey, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1973: Jack McBrayer, American actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1973: Tana Umaga, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1973: P. Ramlee, Malaysian actor, director, producer, and composer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Danny Wuerffel, American football player [category: Births]
• 1974: Derek Webb, American singer-songwriter (Caedmon's Call) [category: Births]
• 1974: Jason Narvy, American actor [category: Births]
• 1975: André 3000, American rapper, producer, and actor (OutKast) [category: Births]
• 1975: Jadakiss, American rapper (The LOX) [category: Births]
• 1975: Jamie Oliver, English chef [category: Births]
• 1975: Michael Hussey, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1975: Dibbles Bridge Coach Crash near Grassington, North Yorkshire, England kills 33 – the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1976: RJD2, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Soul Position) [category: Births]
• 1977: Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian athlete [category: Births]
• 1977: Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer [category: Births]
• 1977: Tommie van der Leegte, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Adin Brown, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1979: Michael Buonauro, American artist and writer [category: Births]
• 1979: Mile Sterjovski, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Stuart Manning, English actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Craig Buntin, Canadian figure skater [category: Births]
• 1980: The Gwangju Massacre: Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more. [category: Events]
• 1981: Fivos Constantinou, Cypriot runner [category: Births]
• 1981: Johan Elmander, Swedish footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Marcelo Bonan. Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Miloy, Angolan footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Özgür Çevik, Turkish singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Michael de Grussa, Australian singer-songwriter and pianist [category: Births]
• 1982: Natalya, Canadian wrestler [category: Births]
• 1983: Bobby Convey, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1983: Khamis Gaddafi, Libyan military leader (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1984: Blake Ahearn, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Darin Brooks, American actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Kalle Spjuth, Swedish bandy player [category: Births]
• 1985: Chiang Chien-ming, Taiwanese baseball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Roberto Soldado, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Conor Cummins, English motorcycle racer [category: Births]
• 1986: Timo Descamps, Flemish actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1986: Giorgos Tzifos, Greek actor (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian philosopher (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Dragon Quest, the game credited as setting the template for role-playing video games, is released in Japan. [category: Events]
• 1987: Eric Kolelas, French actor and director [category: Births]
• 1987: Gervinho, Ivorian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: John Howard Northrop, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Allyn Rose, American model and athlete, Miss Maryland USA 2011 [category: Births]
• 1989: Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Chris Colfer, American actor, singer, producer, and writer [category: Births]
• 1990: Nadine Beiler, Austrian singer [category: Births]
• 1990: Robert B. Meyner, American politician, 44th Governor of New Jersey (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Ksenia Pervak, Russian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1991: Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Mary Philbin, American actress (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Werner Stocker, German actor (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Charles Rodman Campbell, American convicted rapist and murder (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: In Culpeper, Virginia, actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition. [category: Events]
• 1996: First Chechnya War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire. [category: Events]
• 1997: Susan Kownacki, American poet and novelist [category: Births]
• 1997: Matt Gunther, American porn actor (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that Paula Jones can pursue her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton while he is in office. [category: Events]
• 1997: The unusual 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak Jarrell, Texas [category: Events]
• 1998: Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot. [category: Events]
• 1999: The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo. [category: Events]
• 2000: Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer, pilot (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Maurice Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch, Scottish statesman, 25th Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Ramon Bieri, American actor (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Members of Islamist separatist group Abu Sayyaf seize twenty hostages from an upscale island resort on Palawan in the Philippines; the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002. [category: Events]
• 2003: Luciano Berio, Italian composer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Alex Toth, American cartoonist (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Craig Heyward, American football player (b. 1966) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Indian actor (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Paul Gleason, American actor (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Rob Borsellino, American columnist (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: The May 2006 Java earthquake strikes at 5:53:58 am local time (22:53:58 UTC May 26) devastating Bantul and the city of Yogyakarta killing over 6,600 people. [category: Events]
• 2007: Ed Yost, American inventor, invented the modern hot air balloon (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Gretchen Wyler, American actress (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Howard Porter, American basketball player (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer-songwriter (Zard) (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Franz Künstler, Austro-Hungarian soldier (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Abram Hoffer, Canadian psychiatrist (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Carol Anne O'Marie, American nun and novelist (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Clive Granger, English economist and Nobel Prize winner (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Gérard Jean-Juste, Haitian priest and activist (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Paul Sharratt, English-American television producer (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Thomas Franck, American lawyer (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: William Refshauge, Australian soldier and public health administrator (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Gil Scott-Heron, American poet, musician, and author (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Jeff Conaway, American actor (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Margo Dydek, Polish basketball player (b. 1974) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: David Rimoin, Canadian-American geneticist (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Friedrich Hirzebruch, German mathematician (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Johnny Tapia, American boxer (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Simeon Daniel, Nevisian educator and politician, 1st Premier of Nevis (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Zita Kabátová, Czech actress (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• _: Armed Forces Day (Nicaragua) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Augustine of Canterbury [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Bruno of Würzburg [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Children's Day (Nigeria) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Eutropius of Orange [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Hildebert [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Julius the Veteran [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: May 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Mother's Day or Día de la Madre (Bolivia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Slavery Abolition Day (Guadeloupe, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin) [category: Holidays and observances]