Historical Events In May - 27

1930  Widespread unrest in India after Gandhi's arrest on this day in history.  

1931  On this day in history piccard & Knipfer make first flight into stratosphere, by balloon; first use of pressurized cabin in a balloon  

1931  The first full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, Langley Field VA on May - 27.  

1931  On May - 27 1st full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, Langley Field Va  

1933  Austrian communist party banned on May - 27.  

1933  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1933  Walt Disney's "3 Little Pigs" released on May - 27.  

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

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1935  Supreme Court declares FDR's National Recovery Act unconstitutional on May - 27.  

1935  The U S Supreme Court strikes down the National Industrial Recovery Act on May - 27.  

1935  Supreme Court declares FDR's Natl Recovery Act unconstitutional on May - 27.  

1936  The birth of Lou Gossett Jr, American film actor on May - 27.  

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 this day in history.  

1938  Bradman scores his 1000th cricket run of England season, earliest to do so on May - 27.  

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

1939  Joseph Roth, Austria journalist (Fluctuate ohne Ende), dies at 44 on this day in history.  

1940  On May - 27 british & French begin evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo)  

1940  On May - 27 the evacuation of allied troops from Dunkirk, France, begins  

1941  On May - 27 allied troops begin evacuating Kreta  

1941  On May - 27 fDR proclaimes an "unlimited national emergency" due to Germany's sinking of Robin Moor  

1941  German battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force on May - 27.  

1941  The German battleship 'Bismark' is sunk off the coast of France on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1942  Hitler orders 10,000 Czechoslovakians murdered on this day in history.  

1942  On May - 27 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  On May - 27 french defiance under Jean Moulin meets secretly in Paris  

1943  On this day in history uS forbids racial discrimination in war industry  

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

1595  Benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer was born on this day in history.  

1601  Antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648) was born on this day in history.  

1623  On this day in history birth of william Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687)  

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

1651  On May - 27 birth of louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729)  

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 May - 27 ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies  

0927  On May - 27 death of symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927)  

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

1178  Godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.  

1444  Death of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (b. 1404) on this day in history.  

1508  On May - 27 ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55