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| Birthday May 27, 1332 Ibn Khaldun, Arab historian, sociologist |
| Birthday May 27, 1626 William II, prince of Orange |
| Birthday May 27, 1818 Amelia Bloomer, suffragette known for her pantaloons |
| Birthday May 27, 1819 Julia Ward Howe, author, lecturer (Battle Hymn of the Republic) |
| Birthday May 27, 1836 Jay Gould, American railroad executive, financier |
| Birthday May 27, 1837 Wild Bill Hickok |
| Birthday May 27, 1867 Arnold Bennett, English novelist, playwright, critic |
| Birthday May 27, 1878 Isadora Duncan, US interpretive dancer |
| Birthday May 27, 1894 Hard-boiled mystery writer Dashiell Hammett is born |
| Birthday May 27, 1894 Dashiell Hammett, author who created the hard-boiled detective |
| Birthday May 27, 1907 Rachel Carson, ecologist, writer (Silent Spring) |
| Birthday May 27, 1908 Harold Rome, composer |
| Birthday May 27, 1911 Hubert Humphrey, (D-Minn.), Sen, 38th V-P (1965-69) |
| Birthday May 27, 1911 Vincent Price, Actor (The Fly, Laura) |
| Birthday May 27, 1912 John Cheever, writer (Wapshot Chronicle) |
| Birthday May 27, 1912 Sam Snead, pro golfer |
| Birthday May 27, 1915 Herman Wouk, American author (Caine Mutiny) |
| Birthday May 27, 1918 Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese PM (1982-87) |
| Birthday May 27, 1922 Christopher Lee, Actor |
| Birthday May 27, 1923 Henry Kissinger, secretary of state |
| Birthday May 27, 1935 Lee Merriweather, Miss America |
| Birthday May 27, 1943 Cilia Black, in Liverpool England |
| Birthday May 27, 1944 Christopher J. Dodd, (D), senator from Conn |
| History May 27, 1703 St. Petersburg founded by Peter the Great |
| History May 27, 1813 Thomas Jefferson writes to John Adams |
| History May 27, 1831 Commanche kill mountain man Jedediah Smith |
| History May 27, 1844 S.F.B. Morse completes 1st telegraph line |
| History May 27, 1854 Marine Telegraph from Fort Point to SF completed |
| History May 27, 1863 Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus is challenged |
| History May 27, 1896 Bay District Race Track closes |
| History May 27, 1905 The Battle of Tsushima Strait |
| History May 27, 1907 Bubonic Plague breaks out in SF |
| History May 27, 1918 Third Battle of the Aisne begins |
| History May 27, 1919 1st transatlantic flight ends; US Navy flying boat takes 11 days |
| History May 27, 1931 1st full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes - Langley Field Va |
| History May 27, 1931 Piccard & Knipfer make 1st flight into stratosphere - by balloon |
| History May 27, 1933 Trailing 11-3 - Yanks score 12 runs in 8th & beat White Sox 15-11 |
| History May 27, 1933 Century of Progress Exposition opens in Chicago |
| History May 27, 1933 Walt Disney's "3 Little Pigs" released |
| History May 27, 1935 Supreme Court declares FDR's Natl Recovery Act unconstitutional |
| History May 27, 1936 RMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton for NY on maiden voyage |
| History May 27, 1937 Golden Gate Bridge opens |
| History May 27, 1937 Golden Gate Bridge dedicated |
| History May 27, 1937 Golden Gate Bridge opens |
| History May 27, 1940 British evacuation of Dunkirk turns savage as Germans commit atrocity |
| History May 27, 1941 FDR proclaims an unlimited national emergency |
| History May 27, 1941 German battleship Bismark sunk by British naval force |
| History May 27, 1943 U.S. Olympian Louie Zamperini's plane goes down in the Pacific |
| History May 27, 1951 Maritime Museum at Aquatic Park - SF opens |
| History May 27, 1957 Permission granted to Dogers & Giants to leave NY |
| History May 27, 1963 Dylan's breakthrough album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, is released |
| History May 27, 1965 U.S. warships begin bombardment of Viet Cong targets |
| History May 27, 1968 6th Mayor's Trophy Game - Mets beat Yanks 4-3 |
| History May 27, 1969 WDW construction begins |
| History May 27, 1971 Sweden announces support to Viet Cong |
| History May 27, 1972 SALT agreements signed |
| History May 27, 1972 Mark Donohue sets record at Indy 500 |
| History May 27, 1975 Paul McCartney releases "Venus & Mars" |
| History May 27, 1985 Inaugural Bands Parade for President Reagan |
| History May 27, 1986 Norway Showcase groundbreaking |
| History May 27, 1994 Solzhenitsyn returns to Russia |
| History May 27, 1997 Tornado levels Texas subdivision |
| History May 27, 2005 Murder suspect spends third day perched on crane |
| History May 27, 2006 Hollywood power couple welcomes child |