Page 6: Historical Events In May - 27

1930  Widespread unrest in India after Gandhi's arrest on May - 27.   

1931  On May - 27 piccard & Knipfer make first flight into stratosphere, by balloon; first use of pressurized cabin in a balloon   

1931  The first full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, Langley Field VA on May - 27.   

1931  On this day in history 1st full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, Langley Field Va   

1933  Austrian communist party banned on this day in history.   

1933  Century of Progress Exposition opens in Chicago on this day in history.   

1933  On May - 27 federal Securities Act signed   

1933  On May - 27 the Academy-Award-winning animated short The Three Little Pigs, is released by young animator Walt Disney   

1933  Walt Disney's "3 Little Pigs" released on this day in history.   

1934  Meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdam street hawker, dies on May - 27.   

1935  On this day in history supreme Court declares FDR's National Recovery Act unconstitutional   

1935  On this day in history the U S Supreme Court strikes down the National Industrial Recovery Act   

1935  Supreme Court declares FDR's Natl Recovery Act unconstitutional on this day in history.   

1936  The birth of Lou Gossett Jr, American film actor on this day in history.   

1936  The Queen Mary, sailing for the Cunard line, left England on its maiden voyage on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history rMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton for NY on maiden voyage   

1937  Golden Gate Bridge, San Fransisco, dedicated on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history carl Hubbell wins his 24th consecutive game (since July 17, 1936)   

1938  Bradman scores his 1000th cricket run of England season, earliest to do so on May - 27.   

1938  Bradman scores his 1000th cricket run of Eng season, earliest to do so on May - 27.   

1939  On this day in history joseph Roth, Austria journalist (Fluctuate ohne Ende), dies at 44   

1940  On this day in history british & French begin evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo)   

1940  On this day in history the evacuation of allied troops from Dunkirk, France, begins   

1941  On this day in history allied troops begin evacuating Kreta   

1941  On May - 27 fDR proclaimes an "unlimited national emergency" due to Germany's sinking of Robin Moor   

1941  On May - 27 german battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force   

1941  The German battleship 'Bismark' is sunk off the coast of France on May - 27.   

1941  AH Borgesius, tutor/experimentator/amateur astronomer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1942  Dorie Miller, awarded navy cross for deeds at Pearl Harbor on this day in history.   

1942  Hitler orders 10,000 Czechoslovakians murdered on this day in history.   

1942  Italian army begin siege of French western Fort Bir Hachim on this day in history.   

1942  Top German Nazi Reinhard Heydrich is shot & mortally wounded in Prague on May - 27.   

1943  On May - 27 french defiance under Jean Moulin meets secretly in Paris   

1943  On this day in history uS forbids racial discrimination in war industry   

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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 May - 27.   

1576  On May - 27 birth of caspar Schoppe, German scholar (d. 1649)   

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 this day in history.   

1626  On this day in history 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 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  On May - 27 death of symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927)   

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

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

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

1508  Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55 on May - 27.