Page 9: Historical Events In May - 27

1985  Kay Campbell, actress (All My Children), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1986  France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island on this day in history.   

1986  Norway Showcase groundbreaking on this day in history.   

1986  On May - 27 president Reagan orderes 2 Poseidon-class submarines be dismantled   

1986  On this day in history gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer (Sour Dove), dies at 82   

1987  On this day in history jim & Tammy Bakker appear on "Nightline" after PTL scandal   

1987  Postage wins 32nd Europe Cup 1 in Vienna on this day in history.   

1988  Senate ratified a treaty eliminating medium-range nuclear missiles on May - 27.   

1988  Florida Friebus, actress (Bob Newhart Show), dies of a stroke at 79 on May - 27.   

1989  Jack Starrett, director/actor (Chase, Nightwish, 1st Blood), dies on this day in history.   

1990  César Gaviria Trujillo chosen President of Colombia on May - 27.   

1990  Jan Stephenson wins J C Penney LPGA Golf Skins Game on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history poland holds its first free elections in over fifty years   

1990  Radical Democratic Party holds first political meetings in Moscow on May - 27.   

1991  On this day in history austrian Boeing 767-300 explodes at Bangkok, 223 die   

1991  Ed Dodd, cartoonist (Mark Trail), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1992  Daniel Robberechts, Belgian writer (Aankomen in Avignon), dies at 55 on May - 27.   

1993  Dale Murphy ends carreer at 398 homeruns on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history mafia bombs Uffizi-museum in Florence, kills 6   

1993  Jan Wiley, actress (Underdog, Brute Man, She Wolf of London), dies on this day in history.   

1994  Alexander Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia after 20 years in exile on May - 27.   

1994  Final broadcast of Arsenio Hall talk show on May - 27.   

1994  On May - 27 flintstones live action movie opens in theaters   

1994  On May - 27 larry King ended his radio show   

1994  On this day in history nobel Prize-winner Alexander Solzhenitsyn returns to Russia, ending two decades of exile   

1994  Radio conservative Rush Limbaugh (43) weds Marta Fitzgerald (35) on May - 27.   

1994  Norman Cook, British museum curator, dies at 87 on May - 27.   

1995  On May - 27 actor Christopher Reeve (Superman) is paralyzed after an accident during an equestrian event in Charlottesville, VA   

1995  On May - 27 c W Stubblefield, music Promoter, dies at 64   

1996  On this day in history albert "Pud" Brown, clarinetist/saxophonist, dies at 79   

1997  On May - 27 judge finds Pamela Lee not guilty of breaking a contract   

1997  Major league revenue sharing begins, New York Yankees pay out most $28 million on May - 27.   

1997  Marv Albert pleads innocent to charges of sexually assault on May - 27.   

1997  On May - 27 russian President Boris Yeltsin signs a historic treaty with NATO   

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

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

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  Antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648) was born on this day in history.   

1623  William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687) was born on May - 27.   

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 this day in history.   

0366  Death of Procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326) on May - 27.   

0735  Death of Bede, English historian and theologian (b. 672 or 673) on May - 27.   

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 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