Page 6: Historical Events In May - 27

1930  On May - 27 widespread unrest in India after Gandhi's arrest   

1931  On May - 27 piccard & Knipfer make first flight into stratosphere, by balloon; first use of pressurized cabin in a balloon   

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 May - 27 austrian communist party banned   

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

1933  On May - 27 federal Securities Act signed   

1933  On this day in history the Academy-Award-winning animated short The Three Little Pigs, is released by young animator Walt Disney   

1933  On this day in history walt Disney's "3 Little Pigs" released   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1936  The birth of Lou Gossett Jr, American film actor on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history golden Gate Bridge, San Fransisco, dedicated   

1937  Carl Hubbell wins his 24th consecutive game (since July 17, 1936) on May - 27.   

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

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

1939  On May - 27 joseph Roth, Austria journalist (Fluctuate ohne Ende), dies at 44   

1940  British & French begin evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) on May - 27.   

1940  The evacuation of allied troops from Dunkirk, France, begins on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1941  On May - 27 german battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force   

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

1941  On this day in history aH Borgesius, tutor/experimentator/amateur astronomer, dies at 76   

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

1942  On May - 27 hitler orders 10,000 Czechoslovakians murdered   

1942  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  Girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594) was born on this day in history.   

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

1595  On this day in history birth of benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer   

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

1623  William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687) was born on May - 27.   

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  On this day in history death of procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326)   

0735  Death of Bede, English historian and theologian (b. 672 or 673) on this day in history.   

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

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

1039  Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1178  On this day in history godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies   

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.