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 May - 27.   

1986  On May - 27 norway Showcase groundbreaking   

1986  President Reagan orderes 2 Poseidon-class submarines be dismantled on May - 27.   

1986  On May - 27 gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer (Sour Dove), dies at 82   

1987  Jim & Tammy Bakker appear on "Nightline" after PTL scandal on this day in history.   

1987  Postage wins 32nd Europe Cup 1 in Vienna on this day in history.   

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 May - 27.   

1989  On this day in history jack Starrett, director/actor (Chase, Nightwish, 1st Blood), dies   

1990  On May - 27 césar Gaviria Trujillo chosen President of Colombia   

1990  On May - 27 jan Stephenson wins J C Penney LPGA Golf Skins Game   

1990  On this day in history poland holds its first free elections in over fifty years   

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

1991  On May - 27 austrian Boeing 767-300 explodes at Bangkok, 223 die   

1991  On May - 27 ed Dodd, cartoonist (Mark Trail), dies at 88   

1992  Daniel Robberechts, Belgian writer (Aankomen in Avignon), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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

1993  Mafia bombs Uffizi-museum in Florence, kills 6 on May - 27.   

1993  On this day in history jan Wiley, actress (Underdog, Brute Man, She Wolf of London), dies   

1994  On May - 27 alexander Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia after 20 years in exile   

1994  On this day in history final broadcast of Arsenio Hall talk show   

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

1994  Larry King ended his radio show on this day in history.   

1994  On May - 27 nobel Prize-winner Alexander Solzhenitsyn returns to Russia, ending two decades of exile   

1994  Radio conservative Rush Limbaugh (43) weds Marta Fitzgerald (35) on May - 27.   

1994  On this day in history norman Cook, British museum curator, dies at 87   

1995  Actor Christopher Reeve (Superman) is paralyzed after an accident during an equestrian event in Charlottesville, VA on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history c W Stubblefield, music Promoter, dies at 64   

1996  Albert "Pud" Brown, clarinetist/saxophonist, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

1997  Major league revenue sharing begins, New York Yankees pay out most $28 million on this day in history.   

1997  On May - 27 marv Albert pleads innocent to charges of sexually assault   

1997  On this day in history russian President Boris Yeltsin signs a historic treaty with NATO   

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1332  On this day in history birth of ibn Khaldun, Tunis, Arab historian/sociologist (Muqaddimah)   

1519  Girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594) was born on May - 27.   

1576  Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

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

0866  Ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies on May - 27.   

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

1039  On May - 27 dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies   

1178  On this day in history godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies   

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

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