Historical Events In May - 27

1930  On May - 27 widespread unrest in India after Gandhi's arrest   

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

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  On this day in history century of Progress Exposition opens in Chicago   

1933  On this day in history 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 May - 27 supreme Court declares FDR's National Recovery Act unconstitutional   

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  The birth of Lou Gossett Jr, American film actor on May - 27.   

1936  The Queen Mary, sailing for the Cunard line, left England on its maiden voyage on May - 27.   

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

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  On May - 27 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  On May - 27 the German battleship 'Bismark' is sunk off the coast of France   

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  Hitler orders 10,000 Czechoslovakians murdered on May - 27.   

1942  Italian army begin siege of French western Fort Bir Hachim on May - 27.   

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

1943  French defiance under Jean Moulin meets secretly in Paris on this day in history.   

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

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

1519  On May - 27 birth of girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594)   

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

1595  On May - 27 birth of benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer   

1601  Antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648) was born on May - 27.   

1623  On May - 27 birth of william Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687)   

1626  William II, prince of Orange/stadholder was born on May - 27.   

1651  On this day in history birth of louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729)   

0366  On this day in history death of procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326)   

0735  Death of Bede, English historian and theologian (b. 672 or 673) on this day in history.   

0866  On this day in history ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies   

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

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

1178  On May - 27 godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies   

1444  On this day in history 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