Historical Events In May - 27

1985  On this day in history kay Campbell, actress (All My Children), dies at 80   

1986  On May - 27 france performs nuclear test at Muruora Island   

1986  Norway Showcase groundbreaking on this day in history.   

1986  On May - 27 president Reagan orderes 2 Poseidon-class submarines be dismantled   

1986  On this day in history gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer (Sour Dove), dies at 82   

1987  Jim & Tammy Bakker appear on "Nightline" after PTL scandal on May - 27.   

1987  On May - 27 postage wins 32nd Europe Cup 1 in Vienna   

1988  On May - 27 senate ratified a treaty eliminating medium-range nuclear missiles   

1988  On this day in history florida Friebus, actress (Bob Newhart Show), dies of a stroke at 79   

1989  On May - 27 jack Starrett, director/actor (Chase, Nightwish, 1st Blood), dies   

1990  On this day in history césar Gaviria Trujillo chosen President of Colombia   

1990  Jan Stephenson wins J C Penney LPGA Golf Skins Game on this day in history.   

1990  On May - 27 poland holds its first free elections in over fifty years   

1990  On this day in history radical Democratic Party holds first political meetings in Moscow   

1991  Austrian Boeing 767-300 explodes at Bangkok, 223 die on May - 27.   

1991  On this day in history ed Dodd, cartoonist (Mark Trail), dies at 88   

1992  Daniel Robberechts, Belgian writer (Aankomen in Avignon), dies at 55 on May - 27.   

1993  Dale Murphy ends carreer at 398 homeruns on this day in history.   

1993  On May - 27 mafia bombs Uffizi-museum in Florence, kills 6   

1993  Jan Wiley, actress (Underdog, Brute Man, She Wolf of London), dies on May - 27.   

1994  On this day in history alexander Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia after 20 years in exile   

1994  On May - 27 final broadcast of Arsenio Hall talk show   

1994  Flintstones live action movie opens in theaters on May - 27.   

1994  On May - 27 larry King ended his radio show   

1994  Nobel Prize-winner Alexander Solzhenitsyn returns to Russia, ending two decades of exile on May - 27.   

1994  On May - 27 radio conservative Rush Limbaugh (43) weds Marta Fitzgerald (35)   

1994  On this day in history norman Cook, British museum curator, dies at 87   

1995  On this day in history actor Christopher Reeve (Superman) is paralyzed after an accident during an equestrian event in Charlottesville, VA   

1995  On this day in history c W Stubblefield, music Promoter, dies at 64   

1996  Albert "Pud" Brown, clarinetist/saxophonist, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1997  Judge finds Pamela Lee not guilty of breaking a contract on May - 27.   

1997  Major league revenue sharing begins, New York Yankees pay out most $28 million on May - 27.   

1997  Marv Albert pleads innocent to charges of sexually assault on this day in history.   

1997  On May - 27 russian President Boris Yeltsin signs a historic treaty with NATO   

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1332  Ibn Khaldun, Tunis, Arab historian/sociologist (Muqaddimah) was born on this day in history.   

1519  Girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594) was born on this day in history.   

1576  On this day in history 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 May - 27.   

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

0366  Death of Procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326) on May - 27.   

0735  On May - 27 death of bede, English historian and theologian (b. 672 or 673)   

0866  On this day in history ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies   

0927  Death of Symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927) on May - 27.   

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

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.