Historical Events In May - 27

1930  On this day in history widespread unrest in India after Gandhi's arrest   

1931  Piccard & Knipfer make first flight into stratosphere, by balloon; first use of pressurized cabin in a balloon on May - 27.   

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  On May - 27 century of Progress Exposition opens in Chicago   

1933  On May - 27 federal Securities Act signed   

1933  The Academy-Award-winning animated short The Three Little Pigs, is released by young animator Walt Disney on May - 27.   

1933  On May - 27 walt Disney's "3 Little Pigs" released   

1934  On this day in history meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdam street hawker, dies   

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 May - 27.   

1936  On this day in history the birth of Lou Gossett Jr, American film actor   

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 May - 27.   

1938  On this day in history bradman scores his 1000th cricket run of England season, earliest to do so   

1938  Bradman scores his 1000th cricket run of Eng season, earliest to do so on this day in history.   

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

1940  On this day in history british & French begin evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo)   

1940  The evacuation of allied troops from Dunkirk, France, begins on this day in history.   

1941  Allied troops begin evacuating Kreta on this day in history.   

1941  FDR proclaimes an "unlimited national emergency" due to Germany's sinking of Robin Moor on this day in history.   

1941  On May - 27 german battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force   

1941  On May - 27 the German battleship 'Bismark' is sunk off the coast of France   

1941  AH Borgesius, tutor/experimentator/amateur astronomer, dies at 76 on May - 27.   

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

1942  Hitler orders 10,000 Czechoslovakians murdered on May - 27.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594)   

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  On May - 27 birth of william Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687)   

1626  William II, prince of Orange/stadholder was born on May - 27.   

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 this day in history.   

0866  Ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies on this day in history.   

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 May - 27.   

1444  On May - 27 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.