Page 6: 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 this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history the first full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, Langley Field VA   

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

1933  On May - 27 austrian communist party banned   

1933  Century of Progress Exposition opens in Chicago on this day in history.   

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  Walt Disney's "3 Little Pigs" released on this day in history.   

1934  On May - 27 meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdam street hawker, dies   

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 May - 27.   

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 May - 27.   

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 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 this day in history 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 May - 27.   

1941  On this day in history allied troops begin evacuating Kreta   

1941  FDR proclaimes an "unlimited national emergency" due to Germany's sinking of Robin Moor on May - 27.   

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 May - 27.   

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

1942  On May - 27 dorie Miller, awarded navy cross for deeds at Pearl Harbor   

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

1942  Italian army begin siege of French western Fort Bir Hachim on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history top German Nazi Reinhard Heydrich is shot & mortally wounded in Prague   

1943  On May - 27 french defiance under Jean Moulin meets secretly in Paris   

1943  US forbids racial discrimination in war industry on May - 27.   

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

1519  On May - 27 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  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 May - 27.   

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

0366  On May - 27 death of procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326)   

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

0866  Ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies on May - 27.   

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

1039  On May - 27 dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies   

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  Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55 on May - 27.