Page 6: Historical Events In May - 27

1930  On this day in history widespread unrest in India after Gandhi's arrest   

1931  On this day in history piccard & Knipfer make first flight into stratosphere, by balloon; first use of pressurized cabin in a balloon   

1931  On this day in history the first full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, Langley Field VA   

1931  On May - 27 1st full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, Langley Field Va   

1933  Austrian communist party banned on May - 27.   

1933  On May - 27 century of Progress Exposition opens in Chicago   

1933  Federal Securities Act signed on May - 27.   

1933  The Academy-Award-winning animated short The Three Little Pigs, is released by young animator Walt Disney on this day in history.   

1933  Walt Disney's "3 Little Pigs" released on May - 27.   

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

1935  Supreme Court declares FDR's National Recovery Act unconstitutional on May - 27.   

1935  The U S Supreme Court strikes down the National Industrial Recovery Act on May - 27.   

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

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 May - 27 rMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton for NY on maiden voyage   

1937  On this day in history golden Gate Bridge, San Fransisco, dedicated   

1937  Carl Hubbell wins his 24th consecutive game (since July 17, 1936) on May - 27.   

1938  On May - 27 bradman scores his 1000th cricket run of England season, earliest to do so   

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

1939  Joseph Roth, Austria journalist (Fluctuate ohne Ende), dies at 44 on May - 27.   

1940  British & French begin evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) on May - 27.   

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 this day in history german battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force   

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

1941  On May - 27 aH Borgesius, tutor/experimentator/amateur astronomer, dies at 76   

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

1942  On May - 27 hitler orders 10,000 Czechoslovakians murdered   

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 this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history french defiance under Jean Moulin meets secretly in Paris   

1943  On May - 27 uS forbids racial discrimination in war industry   

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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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  William II, prince of Orange/stadholder was born on this day in history.   

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  Death of Bede, English historian and theologian (b. 672 or 673) on May - 27.   

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

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

1039  Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1178  On this day in history 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  Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55 on this day in history.