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  55th German F-16 Starfighter crashes on May - 27.   

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  Jerry Lewis Show second run, last airs on NBC-TV on May - 27.   

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  On this day in history british expedition climbs south face of Annapurna I   

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

1970  On May - 27 emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78   

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

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

1975  On May - 27 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 May - 27.   

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

1976  Ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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  Pope John Paul ordains John J O'Conner as a bishop on May - 27.   

1980  On this day in history south Korean police ends people's uprising; 2,000 killed   

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  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on May - 27.   

1983  On May - 27 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  Manuela Manleeva wins 3 singles tennis matches in one day on May - 27.   

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

1985  On May - 27 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  On this day in history birth of ibn Khaldun, Tunis, Arab historian/sociologist (Muqaddimah)   

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  On May - 27 birth of benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer   

1601  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of william II, prince of Orange/stadholder   

1651  Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729) was born on May - 27.   

0366  Death of Procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326) on May - 27.   

0735  On this day in history death of bede, English historian and theologian (b. 672 or 673)   

0866  Ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies on this day in history.   

0927  Death of Symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927) on this day in history.   

1039  On this day in history dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies   

1178  On May - 27 godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies   

1444  Death of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (b. 1404) on May - 27.   

1508  On May - 27 ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55