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On this day in history - Today, May, 27

Today in History

  • 2006 A massive earthquake devastates parts of Java, Indonesia

    With 5 million people living within 50 km of the quake's epicenter, about 6000 died, and 1.5 million

  • 1942 Czech resistance fighters kill Reinhard Heydrich

    The high-ranking German Nazi official was one of the main architects of the Holocaust. In retaliatio

  • 1937 The Golden Gate Bridge is opened

    The suspension bridge connecting San Francisco peninsula with Marin County is one of the most recogn

  • 1933 Walt Disney's cartoon Three Little Pigs is released

    The animated short film is one of the best-known cartoons of all time. In 1934, it was awarded the A

  • 1851 The world's first chess tournament is held in London

    Adolf Anderssen, a maths teacher from Wrocław, won the tournament, which was held parallel to the 18

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Births On This Day,
May, 27

  • 1975 Jamie Oliver

    English chef, author

  • 1934 Harlan Ellison

    American author, screenwriter

  • 1923 Henry Kissinger

    German/American politician, 56th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate

  • 1922 Christopher Lee

    English actor

  • 1907 Rachel Carson

    American biologist, author

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Deaths On This Day,
May, 27

  • 2011 Gil Scott-Heron

    American singer-songwriter, author

  • 1964 Jawaharlal Nehru

    Indian politician, 1st Prime Minister of India

  • 1840 Niccolò Paganini

    Italian violinist, composer

  • 1564 John Calvin

    French theologian, pastor

  • 927 Simeon I of Bulgaria

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