|
Notable anniversaries in history for today: May 27
- 150th: 1874 - Birth of Dustin Farnum; US actor (Squaw Man, Virginian).
- 150th: 1874 - Birth of Richard von Schaukal in Austria; poet/writer (Eros Thanatos).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Harlan [Jay] Ellison; American sci-fi author (7 Hugos, Doomsman, Babylon 5).
- 80th: 1944 - Allies land on Biak, Indonesia (operation Horlicks).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Christopher J Dodd; American politician (Governor/Senator-Democrat-Connecticut, 1981-).
- 80th: 1944 - Japanese advance in Hangkhou, China.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Catherine Carr; US breaststroke swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1972).
- 60th: 1964 - James Bond film From Russia With Love premieres in theaters in the USA.
- 60th: 1964 - Inter Milan wins 9th Europe Cup 1 in Vienna, Austria.
- 60th: 1964 - Jawaharial Nehru, independent India's first Prime Minister, dies at age 74.
- 50th: 1974 - Alain Poher ceases serving as Provisional President of France.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Danny Wuerffel; NFL quarterback (New Orleans Saints).
- 50th: 1974 - Pittsburgh Pirates' Ken Brett no-hits San Diego Padres until 9th inning.
- 40th: 1984 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic.
- 40th: 1984 - Manuela Manleeva wins three singles tennis matches in one day.
- 30th: 1994 - Alexander Solzhenitsyn returns to Russia after 20 years in exile.
- 30th: 1994 - Final broadcast of Arsenio Hall talk show.
- 30th: 1994 - Universal releases the film The Flintstones to theaters.
- 30th: 1994 - Norman Cook, British museum curator, dies at age 87.
- 25th: 1999 - The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan MiloÜevic and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
- 15th: 2009 - In Rome's Stadio Olimpico in Italy, Barcelona defeats Manchester United of England to win the Champions League of soccer.
- 15th: 2009 - (to May 31) Heritage Numismatic Auctions conducts Central States Signature Auction. Some highlights:
- US 1804 $1 Class III, PR-58 PCGS: US$2.3 million;
- US 1870-S $1, EF-40 PCGS: US$503,125;
- US 1794 $1, MS-61 NGC: US$503,125;
- US 1876-CC 20-cent, MS-66 PCGS: US$460,000.
- 15th: 2009 - North Korea announces it has abandoned the truce that ended the Korean war, calling South Korea's decision to join a US-led initiative to search ships for nuclear weapons a "declaration of war".
- 15th: 2009 - Alice Munro wins the Man Booker international prize for her short story fiction writing.
- 5th: 2019 - U.S. President Donald Trump, during an official state visit to Japan, is the first foreign leader to meet with Japanese emperor Naruhito.
|
|
vvv advertisement vvv
^^^ advertisement ^^^
You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history.
Bookmark this URL: http://kpolsson.com/thisday/anniv/ and revisit each day.
(this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events)
|