Historical Events In May - 27
Friday, 29 March 2024
1930 On May - 27 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 this day in history.
1931 On this day in history the first full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, Langley Field VA
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 this day in history century of Progress Exposition opens in Chicago
1933 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
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 The U S Supreme Court strikes down the National Industrial Recovery Act on this day in history.
1935 Supreme Court declares FDR's Natl Recovery Act unconstitutional on this day in history.
1936 On this day in history 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 On this day in history rMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton for NY on maiden voyage
1937 Golden Gate Bridge, San Fransisco, dedicated on this day in history.
1937 Carl Hubbell wins his 24th consecutive game (since July 17, 1936) on this day in history.
1938 On May - 27 bradman scores his 1000th cricket run of England season, earliest to do so
1938 On May - 27 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 this day in history british & French begin evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo)
1940 On this day in history the evacuation of allied troops from Dunkirk, France, begins
1941 On this day in history 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 German battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force on this day in history.
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 Dorie Miller, awarded navy cross for deeds at Pearl Harbor on this day in history.
1942 On May - 27 hitler orders 10,000 Czechoslovakians murdered
1942 On May - 27 italian army begin siege of French western Fort Bir Hachim
1942 On this day in history top German Nazi Reinhard Heydrich is shot & mortally wounded in Prague
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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