Page 8: Historical Events In May - 27

1965  HMAS Sydney departs on first voyage to Vietnam with 1 RAR on this day in history.   

1965  Inter Milan wins 10th Europe Cup 1 in Milan on May - 27.   

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

1966  On May - 27 6 French fighters crash above Spain   

1968  Little Willie John, rocker, dies at 30 on this day in history.   

1969  Jerry Lewis Show second run, last airs on NBC-TV on this day in history.   

1969  Walt Disney World construction begins on May - 27.   

1969  On this day in history jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage), dies at 43   

1970  On May - 27 british expedition climbs south face of Annapurna I   

1970  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on May - 27.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1976  Ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80 on May - 27.   

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

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

1979  On this day in history 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  John Hinckley attempts suicide by overdosing on Tylenol on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history manuela Manleeva wins 3 singles tennis matches in one day   

1984  Vincent James McMahon, was a U.S. professional wrestling promoter on May - 27.   

1985  Britain agrees to return Hong Kong to China in 1997 on this day in history.   

1985  Inaugural bands parade for President Reagan on this day in history.   

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1332  On May - 27 birth of ibn Khaldun, Tunis, Arab historian/sociologist (Muqaddimah)   

1519  On this day in history birth of girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594)   

1576  On this day in history birth of caspar Schoppe, German scholar (d. 1649)   

1595  Benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer was born on this day in history.   

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

1623  On this day in history birth of william Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687)   

1626  William II, prince of Orange/stadholder was born on this day in history.   

1651  Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729) was born on May - 27.   

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 this day in history.   

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

0927  Death of Symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927) on this day in history.   

1039  On this day in history dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies   

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