Page 8: Historical Events In May - 27

1965  On May - 27 hMAS Sydney departs on first voyage to Vietnam with 1 RAR   

1965  Inter Milan wins 10th Europe Cup 1 in Milan on this day in history.   

1966  On May - 27 55th German F-16 Starfighter crashes   

1966  6 French fighters crash above Spain on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history little Willie John, rocker, dies at 30   

1969  On May - 27 jerry Lewis Show second run, last airs on NBC-TV   

1969  On May - 27 walt Disney World construction begins   

1969  On this day in history jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage), dies at 43   

1970  British expedition climbs south face of Annapurna I on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1970  Emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78 on May - 27.   

1971  23rd Walker Cup Great Britain/Ireland 13-United States 11 on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history uCLA wins NCAA basketball championship   

1971  Chips Rafferty, actor (Kona Coast, Walk into Hell), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history 23rd Walker Cup: Great Britain/Ireland 13-United States 11   

1975  On May - 27 paul McCartney releases "Venus & Mars"   

1975  Stanley Cup Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres, 4 games to 2 on this day in history.   

1975  Worst motor vehicle disaster in UK; bus full of elderly women plunges from Dibble's Bridge Yorkshire, killing 38 on May - 27.   

1975  Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1975  Stanley Cup: Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres, 4 games to 2 on this day in history.   

1976  On May - 27 ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80   

1977  On May - 27 2 Boeing 747s by Pan Am & KLM collide in Canary Islands, killing 582   

1977  NYC fines George Willig 1¢ for each of 110 stories of the World Trade Center he climbed on May - 27.   

1979  On May - 27 pope John Paul ordains John J O'Conner as a bishop   

1980  South Korean police ends people's uprising; 2,000 killed on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history john Hinckley attempts suicide by overdosing on Tylenol   

1981  Liverpool wins 26th Europe Cup 1 at Paris France on May - 27.   

1981  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1983  Former EPA official Rita Lavelle indicted for contempt of Congress on May - 27.   

1983  Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1984  Manuela Manleeva wins 3 singles tennis matches in one day on this day in history.   

1984  Vincent James McMahon, was a U.S. professional wrestling promoter on this day in history.   

1985  Britain agrees to return Hong Kong to China in 1997 on this day in history.   

1985  Inaugural bands parade for President Reagan on this day in history.   

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1332  On May - 27 birth of ibn Khaldun, Tunis, Arab historian/sociologist (Muqaddimah)   

1519  On this day in history birth of girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594)   

1576  Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (d. 1649) was born on May - 27.   

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 May - 27 birth of william Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687)   

1626  On May - 27 birth of william II, prince of Orange/stadholder   

1651  On this day in history birth of louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729)   

0366  Death of Procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326) on this day in history.   

0735  Death of Bede, English historian and theologian (b. 672 or 673) on May - 27.   

0866  On May - 27 ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies   

0927  Death of Symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927) on May - 27.   

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

1178  Godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies on May - 27.   

1444  On May - 27 death of john Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (b. 1404)   

1508  On this day in history ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55