Page 6: Historical Events In May - 27

1930  Widespread unrest in India after Gandhi's arrest on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1933  Austrian communist party banned on this day in history.   

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

1933  Federal Securities Act signed on May - 27.   

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 this day in history.   

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 May - 27 supreme Court declares FDR's Natl Recovery Act unconstitutional   

1936  On May - 27 the birth of Lou Gossett Jr, American film actor   

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

1936  RMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton for NY on maiden voyage on this day in history.   

1937  On May - 27 golden Gate Bridge, San Fransisco, dedicated   

1937  On May - 27 carl Hubbell wins his 24th consecutive game (since July 17, 1936)   

1938  On this day in history bradman scores his 1000th cricket run of England season, earliest to do so   

1938  On this day in history bradman scores his 1000th cricket run of Eng season, earliest to do so   

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

1940  British & French begin evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) on this day in history.   

1940  On May - 27 the evacuation of allied troops from Dunkirk, France, begins   

1941  On this day in history allied troops begin evacuating Kreta   

1941  On this day in history fDR proclaimes an "unlimited national emergency" due to Germany's sinking of Robin Moor   

1941  German battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force on this day in history.   

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 May - 27.   

1942  On this day in history dorie Miller, awarded navy cross for deeds at Pearl Harbor   

1942  On this day in history hitler orders 10,000 Czechoslovakians murdered   

1942  On May - 27 italian army begin siege of French western Fort Bir Hachim   

1942  On this day in history top German Nazi Reinhard Heydrich is shot & mortally wounded in Prague   

1943  On May - 27 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  On this day in history birth of girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594)   

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

1595  On this day in history birth of benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer   

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  On this day in history birth of william II, prince of Orange/stadholder   

1651  On May - 27 birth of louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729)   

0366  On May - 27 death of procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1039  Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies on May - 27.   

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