What are the important events that happened on May 27? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
May 27: Facts & Myths About This Day
May 27 is the 148th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 218 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 14, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,716,768,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectatetracontaoctagon’ day.
Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 247 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,175 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 27 Historical Events
1813 –
War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.
1863 –
American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson.
1927 –
The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
1933 –
New Deal: The U.S. Federal Securities Act is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission.
1958 –
The F-4 Phantom II makes its first flight.
1967 –
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy is launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline.
1995 –
In Culpeper, Virginia, actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition.
1996 –
First Chechnya War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
1997 –
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that Paula Jones can pursue her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton while he is in office.
2006 –
The May 2006 Java earthquake strikes at 5:53:58 am local time (22:53:58 UTC May 26) devastating Bantul and the city of Yogyakarta killing over 6,600 people.
Who were born on May 27?
1911 –
Vincent Price, American actor (d. 1993)
1934 –
Harlan Ellison, American author
1935 –
Mal Evans, British road manager of The Beatles (d. 1976)
1948 –
Wubbo de Boer, Dutch civil servant
1962 –
Steven Brill, American film writer and director
1971 –
Lee Sharpe, English Footballer
1971 –
Lisa Lopes, American singer (TLC) (d. 2002)
1975 –
Jamie Oliver, English chef and television personality
1982 –
Michael de Grussa, Australian Singer/Songwriter
1990 –
Chris Colfer, American actor
Who died on May 27?
1661 –
Archibald Campbell, Scottish religious dissident (b. 1607)
1797 –
François-Noël Babeuf, French revolutionary (b. 1760)
1967 –
Ernst Niekisch, German politician (b. 1889)
1969 –
Jeffrey Hunter, American actor (b. 1926)
1992 –
Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (b. 1890)
1994 –
Charles Rodman Campbell, Executed American rapist and killer (b. 1954)
2000 –
Maurice Richard, Canadian hockey player (b. 1921)
2006 –
Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Indian actor (b. 1944)
2006 –
Paul Gleason, American actor (b. 1939)
2009 –
Sir William Refshauge, Australian public health administrator (b. 1913)
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