Page 8: Historical Events In May - 27

1965  HMAS Sydney departs on first voyage to Vietnam with 1 RAR on May - 27.   

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

1966  55th German F-16 Starfighter crashes on May - 27.   

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

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

1969  Jerry Lewis Show second run, last airs on NBC-TV on May - 27.   

1969  Walt Disney World construction begins on this day in history.   

1969  On May - 27 jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage), dies at 43   

1970  On this day in history british expedition climbs south face of Annapurna I   

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

1970  On this day in history emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78   

1971  On this day in history 23rd Walker Cup Great Britain/Ireland 13-United States 11   

1971  UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship on May - 27.   

1971  Chips Rafferty, actor (Kona Coast, Walk into Hell), dies at 62 on May - 27.   

1971  On this day in history 23rd Walker Cup: Great Britain/Ireland 13-United States 11   

1975  On May - 27 paul McCartney releases "Venus & Mars"   

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  Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies at 53 on May - 27.   

1975  On May - 27 stanley Cup: Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres, 4 games to 2   

1976  On May - 27 ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80   

1977  On this day in history 2 Boeing 747s by Pan Am & KLM collide in Canary Islands, killing 582   

1977  On May - 27 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  South Korean police ends people's uprising; 2,000 killed on this day in history.   

1981  On May - 27 john Hinckley attempts suicide by overdosing on Tylenol   

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

1981  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on May - 27.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Inaugural bands parade for President Reagan on May - 27.   

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

1519  Girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594) was born on May - 27.   

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  On May - 27 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  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  Death of Procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326) on May - 27.   

0735  On May - 27 death of bede, English historian and theologian (b. 672 or 673)   

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  On May - 27 dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies   

1178  Godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.   

1444  On May - 27 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