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What happened in history on this day: May 27?
On May 27 in ...
- 1895 - British inventor Birt Acres patents film camera/projector.
- 1982 - ABC airs the final episodes of TV shows Mork and Mindy and Bosom Buddies.
- 1988 - NBC airs the final episode of TV show Punky Brewster.
- 1994 - Final broadcast of Arsenio Hall talk show.
- 1994 - Universal releases the film The Flintstones to theaters.
- 2005 - Dreamworks releases the film Madagascar to theaters.
- 2007 - Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) is taken off the air after the government of Venezuela refuses to renew its license. This action results in protests.
- 2022 - Premiere of season four of Stranger Things TV show in the USA.
Births on May 27
- 1874 - Birth of Dustin Farnum; US actor (Squaw Man, Virginian).
- 1879 - Birth of Lucile Watson; actress (Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance).
- 1892 - Birth of Sara Heyblom; Dutch actress (Pygmalion, Fietsen naar de Maan).
- 1911 - Birth of Vincent Price in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actor (House on Haunted Hill, The House of Usher, Pit and the Pendulum, Scream and Scream Again, The Fly).
- 1919 - Birth of Kam Fong in Honolulu, Hawaii; actor (Chin Ho Kelley - Hawaii Five-O).
- 1922 - Birth of Christopher Lee in London, England; actor (Hound of the Baskervilles).
- 1925 - Birth of Mai Zetterling in Sweden; actress (Only two Can Play, Quartet).
- 1931 - Birth of Kenny Price in Florence, Kentucky, USA; country singer ("Midwestern Hayride", Hee Haw).
- 1936 - Birth of Louis Gossett Junior in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (An Officer and a Gentleman, The Deep).
- 1943 - Birth of Bruce Weitz in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA; actor (Hill Street Blues, Death of a Centerfold).
- 1948 - Birth of Anna E "Annelies" Balhan; Dutch revue-artist/actress (Sweet Charity).
- 1951 - Birth of Beau Kazer in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actor (Brock - The Young and the Restless).
- 1956 - Birth of Lisa Niemi in Houston, Texas, USA: actress (Dirty Dancing, Will Rodgers Follies).
- 1958 - Birth of Linnea Quigley in Davenport, Iowa, USA; actress (Night of the Demons, Virgin High).
- 1961 - Birth of Cathy Silvers in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Jenny - Happy Days, Foley Square).
- 1961 - Birth of Peri Gilpin in Waco, Texas, USA; actor (Roz Doyle - Frasier).
- 1962 - Birth of Mariangela D'Abbraccio in Naples, Italy; TV actress (Passioni).
- 1962 - Birth of Meg Parsont; personality (David Letterman Show).
- 1965 - Birth of Todd Bridges in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Diff'rent Strokes, Fish).
- 1969 - Birth of Dondré T Whitfield in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Another World, All My Children).
- 1971 - Birth of Monika Schnarre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actress (Ivana - The Bold and the Beautiful).
Deaths on May 27
- 1958 - Ainslie Pryor, actor (Adventures of Hiram Holiday), dies at age 46.
- 1960 - Edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy), dies at age 65.
- 1960 - George Zucco, actor (Fog Island, Black Raven, Desire Me), dies at age 74.
- 1969 - Jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike - Star Trek - "The Cage"), dies at age 43.
- 1971 - Chips Rafferty, actor (Kona Coast, Walk into Hell), dies at age 62.
- 1976 - Ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo - All in the Family), dies at age 80.
- 1985 - Kay Campbell, actress (All My Children), dies at age 80.
- 1988 - Florida Friebus, American actress (Bob Newhart Show), dies of a stroke at age 79 (born 1909).
- 1988 - Renato Salvatori, actor (Burn, Luna, Two Women), dies.
- 1989 - Jack Starrett, director/actor (Chase, Nightwish, First Blood), dies.
- 1992 - Glen White, dancer/actor (Graft, Camille), dies of AIDS at age 42.
- 1992 - John Myhers, director/actor (Billion Dollar Hobo), dies at age 70.
- 1993 - Jan Wiley, actress (Underdog, Brute Man, She Wolf of London), dies.
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