Page 8: Historical Events In May - 27

1965  On this day in history hMAS Sydney departs on first voyage to Vietnam with 1 RAR   

1965  On May - 27 inter Milan wins 10th Europe Cup 1 in Milan   

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

1966  6 French fighters crash above Spain on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 27.   

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 May - 27.   

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

1971  UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship on May - 27.   

1971  On May - 27 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 May - 27.   

1975  Stanley Cup Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres, 4 games to 2 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1976  Ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  John Hinckley attempts suicide by overdosing on Tylenol on May - 27.   

1981  Liverpool wins 26th Europe Cup 1 at Paris France on this day in history.   

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 May - 27.   

1984  On this day in history vincent James McMahon, was a U.S. professional wrestling promoter.   

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

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  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  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 this day in history.   

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 May - 27 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  Death of Symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927) on May - 27.   

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

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

1444  On this day in history death of john Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (b. 1404)   

1508  Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55 on May - 27.