Page 9: Historical Events In May - 27

1985  Kay Campbell, actress (All My Children), dies at 80 on May - 27.   

1986  France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island on this day in history.   

1986  Norway Showcase groundbreaking on this day in history.   

1986  On May - 27 president Reagan orderes 2 Poseidon-class submarines be dismantled   

1986  Gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer (Sour Dove), dies at 82 on May - 27.   

1987  Jim & Tammy Bakker appear on "Nightline" after PTL scandal on May - 27.   

1987  Postage wins 32nd Europe Cup 1 in Vienna on May - 27.   

1988  Senate ratified a treaty eliminating medium-range nuclear missiles on May - 27.   

1988  Florida Friebus, actress (Bob Newhart Show), dies of a stroke at 79 on this day in history.   

1989  Jack Starrett, director/actor (Chase, Nightwish, 1st Blood), dies on May - 27.   

1990  On this day in history césar Gaviria Trujillo chosen President of Colombia   

1990  Jan Stephenson wins J C Penney LPGA Golf Skins Game on this day in history.   

1990  Poland holds its first free elections in over fifty years on May - 27.   

1990  Radical Democratic Party holds first political meetings in Moscow on May - 27.   

1991  Austrian Boeing 767-300 explodes at Bangkok, 223 die on this day in history.   

1991  Ed Dodd, cartoonist (Mark Trail), dies at 88 on May - 27.   

1992  On May - 27 daniel Robberechts, Belgian writer (Aankomen in Avignon), dies at 55   

1993  Dale Murphy ends carreer at 398 homeruns on May - 27.   

1993  On May - 27 mafia bombs Uffizi-museum in Florence, kills 6   

1993  Jan Wiley, actress (Underdog, Brute Man, She Wolf of London), dies on May - 27.   

1994  Alexander Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia after 20 years in exile on May - 27.   

1994  On May - 27 final broadcast of Arsenio Hall talk show   

1994  Flintstones live action movie opens in theaters on May - 27.   

1994  On this day in history larry King ended his radio show   

1994  On this day in history nobel Prize-winner Alexander Solzhenitsyn returns to Russia, ending two decades of exile   

1994  On this day in history radio conservative Rush Limbaugh (43) weds Marta Fitzgerald (35)   

1994  Norman Cook, British museum curator, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1995  On May - 27 actor Christopher Reeve (Superman) is paralyzed after an accident during an equestrian event in Charlottesville, VA   

1995  C W Stubblefield, music Promoter, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history albert "Pud" Brown, clarinetist/saxophonist, dies at 79   

1997  On this day in history judge finds Pamela Lee not guilty of breaking a contract   

1997  On May - 27 major league revenue sharing begins, New York Yankees pay out most $28 million   

1997  Marv Albert pleads innocent to charges of sexually assault on May - 27.   

1997  Russian President Boris Yeltsin signs a historic treaty with NATO on May - 27.   

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

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

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  On May - 27 death of procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326)   

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 May - 27 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 this day in history ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55