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  On May - 27 inter Milan wins 10th Europe Cup 1 in Milan   

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

1966  6 French fighters crash above Spain on May - 27.   

1968  On May - 27 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  Jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1970  On May - 27 british expedition climbs south face of Annapurna I   

1970  On May - 27 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 May - 27.   

1971  On May - 27 uCLA wins NCAA basketball championship   

1971  Chips Rafferty, actor (Kona Coast, Walk into Hell), dies at 62 on May - 27.   

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

1975  Paul McCartney releases "Venus & Mars" on this day in history.   

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

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

1975  On May - 27 ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies at 53   

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

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

1977  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history pope John Paul ordains John J O'Conner as a bishop   

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

1983  Former EPA official Rita Lavelle indicted for contempt of Congress on this day in history.   

1983  Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer, dies at 67 on May - 27.   

1984  On this day in history 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  Inaugural bands parade for President Reagan on this day in history.   

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

1595  Benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer was born on May - 27.   

1601  Antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648) was born on May - 27.   

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

1626  On May - 27 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 this day in history.   

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

0866  On this day in history ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies   

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

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

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

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

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