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

  • 1153 –
    Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland.
  • 1703 –
    Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
  • 1798 –
    The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland.
  • 1813 –
    War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1957 –
    Toronto‘s CHUM-AM, (1050 kHz) becomes Canada’s first radio station to broadcast only top 40 Rock n’Roll music format.
  • 1958 –
    The F-4 Phantom II makes its first flight.
  • 1965 –
    Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam.
  • 1975 –
    Dibbles Bridge Coach Crash near Grassington, North Yorkshire, England kills 33 – the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom.
  • 1980 –
    The Gwangju Massacre: Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more.
  • 1986 –
    the game credited as setting the template for role-playing video games, Dragon Quest is released in Japan.
  • 1996 –
    First Chechnya War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
  • 2005 –
    The first year of the Tunisian American Day, which became a yearly event
  • 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.

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