Page 8: Historical Events In May - 27

1965  On May - 27 hMAS Sydney departs on first voyage to Vietnam with 1 RAR   

1965  On this day in history inter Milan wins 10th Europe Cup 1 in Milan   

1966  On this day in history 55th German F-16 Starfighter crashes   

1966  On this day in history 6 French fighters crash above Spain   

1968  On May - 27 little Willie John, rocker, dies at 30   

1969  On May - 27 jerry Lewis Show second run, last airs on NBC-TV   

1969  On May - 27 walt Disney World construction begins   

1969  Jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1970  British expedition climbs south face of Annapurna I on this day in history.   

1970  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

1970  Emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1971  23rd Walker Cup Great Britain/Ireland 13-United States 11 on May - 27.   

1971  UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history chips Rafferty, actor (Kona Coast, Walk into Hell), dies at 62   

1971  On May - 27 23rd Walker Cup: Great Britain/Ireland 13-United States 11   

1975  Paul McCartney releases "Venus & Mars" on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history stanley Cup Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres, 4 games to 2   

1975  On May - 27 worst motor vehicle disaster in UK; bus full of elderly women plunges from Dibble's Bridge Yorkshire, killing 38   

1975  On May - 27 ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies at 53   

1975  Stanley Cup: Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres, 4 games to 2 on May - 27.   

1976  On this day in history ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80   

1977  2 Boeing 747s by Pan Am & KLM collide in Canary Islands, killing 582 on May - 27.   

1977  On this day in history nYC fines George Willig 1¢ for each of 110 stories of the World Trade Center he climbed   

1979  On May - 27 pope John Paul ordains John J O'Conner as a bishop   

1980  On this day in history south Korean police ends people's uprising; 2,000 killed   

1981  On this day in history john Hinckley attempts suicide by overdosing on Tylenol   

1981  Liverpool wins 26th Europe Cup 1 at Paris France on May - 27.   

1981  On May - 27 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1983  On this day in history former EPA official Rita Lavelle indicted for contempt of Congress   

1983  Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1984  Manuela Manleeva wins 3 singles tennis matches in one day on May - 27.   

1984  On May - 27 vincent James McMahon, was a U.S. professional wrestling promoter.   

1985  Britain agrees to return Hong Kong to China in 1997 on May - 27.   

1985  On this day in history inaugural bands parade for President Reagan   

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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  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  On this day in history birth of william Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687)   

1626  On this day in history birth of william II, prince of Orange/stadholder   

1651  Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1178  On May - 27 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  On May - 27 ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55