About May 27
May 27, 2024 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.
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Gemini is the sun 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.
What Happened On May 27
- 1812 –Bolivian War of Independence: In Bolivia, the Battle of La Coronilla, in which the women from Cochabamba fight against the Spanish army.
- 1849 –The Great Hall of Euston station in London is opened.
- 1860 –Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian Unification.
- 1883 –Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
- 1896 –The F4-strength St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri and East Saint Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing $2.9 billion in damage (1997 USD).
- 1919 –The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.
- 1927 –The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
- 1930 –The 1046 ft Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public.
- 1933 –New Deal: The U.S. Federal Securities Act is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission.
- 1933 –The Century of Progress World’s Fair opens in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1933 –The Walt Disney Company releases the cartoon Three Little Pigs, with its hit song “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?”
- 1935 –New Deal: The Supreme Court of the United States declares the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, (295 U.S. 495).
- 1937 –In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
- 1941 –World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an “unlimited national emergency”.
- 1942 –World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is assassinated in Prague.
- 1960 –In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celal Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office.
- 1967 –The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy is launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline.
- 1968 –The meeting of the Union Nationale des Étudiants de France (National Union of the Students of France) takes place. 30,000 to 50,000 people gather in the Stade Sebastien Charlety.
- 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.
- 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.
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