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What happened in history on this day: May 27?
On May 27 in ...
- 1813 - Americans capture Fort George, Canada.
- 1850 - Mormon Temple in Nauvoo, Illinois destroyed by tornado.
- 1862 - Battle of Hanover Court House, Virginia (Slash Church, Peake's Station).
- 1863 - The US Treasury Department ceases use of postage stamp impressions on Treasury paper as postage currency, due to resumption of minting of silver coins.
- 1863 - Edward Payson Chapin, USA Brigadier General, dies at age 31.
- 1863 - CSS Chattahoochie explodes on Chattahoochie River, Georgia, 18 die.
- 1864 - Skirmish at Salem Church (Haw's Shop), Virginia.
- 1896 - First major tornado to strike urban US (Saint Louis and East Saint Louis, Missouri); kills 255 and leaves thousands homeless.
- 1907 - Bubonic Plague breaks out in San Francisco, California, USA.
- 1917 - Race riot in East Saint Louis, Illinois, USA; one black killed.
- 1919 - The US Navy NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon, Portugal, after completing the first trans-Atlantic flight (11 days).
- 1927 - The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacturing the Model T automobile and begins retooling plants to make Model A's.
- 1930 - The Chrysler Building opens to the public in New York. At 1,046 feet tall, it is the tallest man-made structure in the world.
- 1931 - First full-scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, in Langley Field, Virginia, USA.
- 1933 - (to November 12) The Century of Progress Exposition centennial fair is held in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1933 - Federal Securities Act signed.
- 1933 - Walt Disney's animated short film Three Little Pigs released to theaters.
- 1935 - US Supreme Court declares President Franklin Roosevelt's National Recovery Act unconstitutional.
- 1937 - In California, the Golden Gate Bridge officially opens to pedestrian traffic. The bridge is the world's longest span to date, between San Francisco and Marin County.
- 1939 - DC Comics publishes its second superhero, "Batman".
- 1941 - US President Franklin Roosevelt proclaimes an "unlimited national emergency" due to Germany's sinking of Robin Moor.
- 1942 - Dorie Miller, awarded Navy Cross medal for deeds at Pearl Harbor.
- 1943 - US forbids racial discrimination in war industry.
- 1948 - RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's animated and live-action feature film Melody Time to theaters in the USA. It includes the animated films Once Upon a Wintertime, Bumble Boogie, Johnny Appleseed, Little Toot, Blame it on the Samba (with Donald Duck), and Pecos Bill.
- 1956 - US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests).
- 1958 - The F-4 Phantom II first flies.
- 1958 - Vanguard SLV-1 launched for Earth orbit (failed).
- 1969 - Walt Disney World construction begins.
- 1977 - New York City fines George Willig 1 cent for each of 110 stories of the World Trade Center he climbed.
- 1983 - Former EPA official Rita Lavelle indicted for contempt of US Congress.
- 1985 - Inaugural bands parade for US President Ronald Reagan.
- 1986 - US President Ronald Reagan orders two Poseidon-class submarines be dismantled.
- 1988 - US Senate ratifies a treaty eliminating medium-range nuclear missiles.
- 1997 - The second-deadliest tornado of the 1990s hits in Jarrell, Texas, killing 27 people.
- 1998 - Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
- 2008 - A Standard & Poor's/Case Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas in the USA reports prices of single-family homes dropped a record 14.4 percent in March from a year earlier. The US Commerce Department reports sales of new homes in April were down 42 percent from a year ago, the largest year-over-year drop in nearly 27 years.
- 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.
- 2013 - Valeant Pharmaceuticals of Canada announces deal to acquire Bausch and Lomb of the USA for US$8.7 billion.
- 2019 - U.S. President Donald Trump, during an official state visit to Japan, is the first foreign leader to meet with Japanese emperor Naruhito.
- 2020 - The Chinese National People's Congress votes in favour of national security legislation that criminalizes "secession", "subversion", "terrorism" and foreign interference in Hong Kong; the legislation grants sweeping powers to the Chinese central government to suppress the Hong Kong democracy movement, including banning activist groups and curtailing civil liberties. The U.S. government responds by declaring Hong Kong is "no longer autonomous" under the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act.
- 2020 - The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 passes 100,000.
Births on May 27
- 1868 - Birth of William Hartman Woodin in Berwick, Pennsylvania, USA; US Treasury Secretary.
- 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).
- 1912 - Birth of Sam Snead in Hot Springs, Virginia, USA; PGA golfer (Masters 1949, 1952, 1954; PGA-1963, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1973).
- 1915 - Birth of Herman Wouk in New York City, New York, USA; novelist (The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War).
- 1921 - Birth of Redd Stewart in Ashland City, Tennessee, USA; guitarist/pianist (Pee Wee King Show).
- 1930 - Birth of William S Sessions in Arkansas, USA; director of FBI.
- 1935 - Birth of Lee Meriwether in Los Angeles, California, USA; Miss America/actress (Time Tunnel, Barnaby Jones).
- 1935 - Birth of Ramsey Lewis in Chicago, Illinois, USA; pop jazz artist ("Hang on Sloopy").
- 1936 - Birth of Louis Gossett Junior in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (An Officer and a Gentleman, The Deep).
- 1939 - Birth of Don Williams in Floydada, Texas, USA; country singer ("I Believe in You").
- 1941 - Birth of Allan Carr in Chicago, Illinois, USA; director (Grease, Happiest Millionaire).
- 1943 - Birth of Bruce Weitz in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA; actor (Hill Street Blues, Death of a Centerfold).
- 1951 - Birth of Norma Jean Almodovar in Binghamton, New York, USA; auto-biographer (Cop to Call Girl).
- 1955 - Birth of Bill Malley in Oakland, California, USA; Nike golfer (1991 El Paso Open-30th).
- 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).
- 1960 - Birth of Ray Armsetad in Kirksville, Missouri, USA; 4X400 runner (Olympics-gold-1984).
- 1961 - Birth of Cathy Silvers in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Jenny - Happy Days, Foley Square).
- 1961 - Birth of John Lugbill in Wauseon, Ohio, USA; canoist/kayaker (Olympics-1992).
- 1961 - Birth of Peri Gilpin in Waco, Texas, USA; actor (Roz Doyle - Frasier).
- 1965 - Birth of Jacob Brumfield in Bogalusa, Louisiana, USA; outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays).
- 1965 - Birth of Todd Bridges in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Diff'rent Strokes, Fish).
- 1966 - Birth of John Jaha in Portland, Oregon, USA; infielder (Milwaukee Brewers).
- 1967 - Birth of Alice Ruth Bolton in Lucedale, Mississippi, USA; WNBA guard (Sacramento Monarchs/Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1968 - Birth of Jeff Bagwell in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; infielder (Houston Astros).
- 1968 - Birth of John Connelly in Toledo, Ohio, USA; Nike golfer (1991 New Hampshire Open).
- 1969 - Birth of Dondré T Whitfield in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Another World, All My Children).
- 1969 - Birth of Todd Hundley in Martinsville, Virginia, USA; catcher (New York Mets).
- 1972 - Birth of Karen Hecox; US 1500 metre runner.
Deaths on May 27
- 1863 - Edward Payson Chapin, USA Brigadier General, dies at age 31.
- 1918 - Henry Adams, US literature historian (Esther), dies at age 80.
- 1949 - Ropert L Ripley, cartoonist (Believe It or Not), dies at age 55 in New York.
- 1958 - Samuel Stritch, US cardinal/archbishop (Chicago), dies.
- 1975 - Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies in Chicago, Illinois, at age 53.
- 1987 - Death of John Howard Northrop, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1891).
- 1988 - Florida Friebus, American actress (Bob Newhart Show), dies of a stroke at age 79 (born 1909).
- 2007 - Death of Ed Yost, American inventor of the modern hot air balloon (born 1919).
- 2017 - Death of Gregg Allman, American musician (born 1947).
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