Page 8: Historical Events In May - 27

1965  HMAS Sydney departs on first voyage to Vietnam with 1 RAR on this day in history.   

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

1966  On this day in history 55th German F-16 Starfighter crashes   

1966  On this day in history 6 French fighters crash above Spain   

1968  On May - 27 little Willie John, rocker, dies at 30   

1969  Jerry Lewis Show second run, last airs on NBC-TV on this day in history.   

1969  On May - 27 walt Disney World construction begins   

1969  Jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage), dies at 43 on May - 27.   

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

1970  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

1970  Emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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  On May - 27 chips Rafferty, actor (Kona Coast, Walk into Hell), dies at 62   

1971  On May - 27 23rd Walker Cup: Great Britain/Ireland 13-United States 11   

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

1975  On this day in history stanley Cup Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres, 4 games to 2   

1975  On this day in history worst motor vehicle disaster in UK; bus full of elderly women plunges from Dibble's Bridge Yorkshire, killing 38   

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 May - 27.   

1976  On this day in history ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80   

1977  2 Boeing 747s by Pan Am & KLM collide in Canary Islands, killing 582 on this day in history.   

1977  NYC fines George Willig 1¢ for each of 110 stories of the World Trade Center he climbed on this day in history.   

1979  Pope John Paul ordains John J O'Conner as a bishop on this day in history.   

1980  South Korean police ends people's uprising; 2,000 killed on May - 27.   

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

1981  On May - 27 liverpool wins 26th Europe Cup 1 at Paris France   

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

1983  On this day in history former EPA official Rita Lavelle indicted for contempt of Congress   

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

1984  On May - 27 manuela Manleeva wins 3 singles tennis matches in one day   

1984  Vincent James McMahon, was a U.S. professional wrestling promoter on May - 27.   

1985  On this day in history britain agrees to return Hong Kong to China in 1997   

1985  On May - 27 inaugural bands parade for President Reagan   

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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  On May - 27 birth of caspar Schoppe, German scholar (d. 1649)   

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

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

1623  William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687) was born on this day in history.   

1626  William II, prince of Orange/stadholder was born on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies   

0927  On this day in history death of symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927)   

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

1178  Godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.   

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