Page 6: Historical Events In May - 27

1930  Widespread unrest in India after Gandhi's arrest on May - 27.   

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 May - 27.   

1931  1st full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, Langley Field Va on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history austrian communist party banned   

1933  Century of Progress Exposition opens in Chicago on May - 27.   

1933  On this day in history federal Securities Act signed   

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

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

1934  Meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdam street hawker, dies on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history supreme Court declares FDR's National Recovery Act unconstitutional   

1935  On this day in history the U S Supreme Court strikes down the National Industrial Recovery Act   

1935  Supreme Court declares FDR's Natl Recovery Act unconstitutional on this day in history.   

1936  On May - 27 the birth of Lou Gossett Jr, American film actor   

1936  The Queen Mary, sailing for the Cunard line, left England on its maiden voyage on this day in history.   

1936  RMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton for NY on maiden voyage on this day in history.   

1937  On May - 27 golden Gate Bridge, San Fransisco, dedicated   

1937  On May - 27 carl Hubbell wins his 24th consecutive game (since July 17, 1936)   

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

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

1939  On this day in history joseph Roth, Austria journalist (Fluctuate ohne Ende), dies at 44   

1940  British & French begin evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) on this day in history.   

1940  The evacuation of allied troops from Dunkirk, France, begins on May - 27.   

1941  On May - 27 allied troops begin evacuating Kreta   

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

1941  On this day in history german battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force   

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 this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history dorie Miller, awarded navy cross for deeds at Pearl Harbor   

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 this day in history.   

1943  On May - 27 uS forbids racial discrimination in war industry   

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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 May - 27.   

1576  Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

1595  Benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer was born on May - 27.   

1601  On May - 27 birth of antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648)   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

0927  Death of Symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927) on this day in history.   

1039  On this day in history 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  On May - 27 ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55