May 27

May 27 in recent years
2024 (Monday)
2023 (Saturday)
2022 (Friday)
2021 (Thursday)
2020 (Wednesday)
2019 (Monday)
2018 (Sunday)
2017 (Saturday)
2016 (Friday)
2015 (Wednesday)

May 27 is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 218 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens.^[1] At least 600 Jews are killed.^[2]
1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death.
1153 – Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland.
1199 – John is crowned King of England.
1257 – Richard of Cornwall, and his wife, Sanchia of Provence, are crowned King and Queen of the Germans at Aachen Cathedral.^[3]

1601–1900

1644 – Manchu regent Dorgon defeats rebel leader Li Zicheng of the Shun dynasty at the Battle of Shanhai Pass, allowing the Manchus to enter and conquer the capital city of Beijing.
1703 – Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
1798 – The Pitt–Tierney duel takes place on Putney Heath outside London. A bloodless duel between the Prime Minister of Great Britain William Pitt the Younger and his political opponent George Tierney.^[4]
1798 – The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland; Irish rebel leaders defeat and kill a detachment of militia.^[5]
1799 – War of the Second Coalition: Austrian forces defeat the French at Winterthur, Switzerland.
1813 – War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.
1860 – Giuseppe Garibaldi begins the Siege of Palermo, part of the wars of Italian unification.
1863 – American Civil War: The first Union infantry assault of the Siege of Port Hudson occurs.
1874 – The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
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 St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10 million in damage.

1901–present

1905 – Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
1915 – HMS Princess Irene explodes and sinks off Sheerness, Kent, with the loss of 352 lives.
1917 – Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
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 1,046 feet (319 m) 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.
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).^[6]
1937 – In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
1940 – World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive.
1941 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency".
1941 – World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic, killing almost 2,100 men.
1942 – World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later.
1950 – The Linnanmäki amusement park is opened for the first time in Helsinki.^[7]^[8]
1958 – First flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.
1960 – In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office.
1962 – The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine.
1965 – Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam.
1967 – Australians vote in favor of a constitutional referendum granting the Australian government the power to make laws to benefit Indigenous Australians and to count them in the national census.
1967 – The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy is launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline.
1971 – The Dahlerau train disaster, the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near Wuppertal.
1971 – Pakistani forces massacre over 200 civilians, mostly Bengali Hindus, in the Bagbati massacre.
1975 – Dibbles Bridge coach crash near Grassington, in North Yorkshire, England, kills 33 – the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom.
1977 – A plane crash at José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba, kills 67.^[9]
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.
1984 – The Danube–Black Sea Canal is opened, in a ceremony attended by the Ceaușescus. It had been under construction since the 1950s.
1988 – Somaliland War of Independence: The Somali National Movement launches a major offensive against Somali government forces in Hargeisa and Burao, then the second- and third-largest cities of Somalia.^[10]^[11]
1996 – First Chechen War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
1997 – The 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak occurs, spawning multiple tornadoes in Central Texas, including the F5 that killed 27 in Jarrell.
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.
1999 – Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-96, the first shuttle mission to dock with the International Space Station.^[12]
2001 – Members of Abu Sayyaf, an Islamist separatist group, seize twenty hostages from an affluent island resort on Palawan in the Philippines; the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002.
2006 – The 6.4 M_w  Yogyakarta earthquake shakes central Java with an MSK intensity of VIII (Damaging), leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured.
2016 – Barack Obama is the first president of the United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha.
2017 – Andrew Scheer takes over after Rona Ambrose as the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
2018 – Maryland Flood Event: A flood occurs throughout the Patapsco Valley, causing one death, destroying the entire first floors of buildings on Main Street in Ellicott City, and causing cars to overturn.

Births

Pre-1600

742 – Emperor Dezong of Tang (d. 805)
1332 – Ibn Khaldun, Tunisian historian and theologian (d. 1406)^[13]
1378 – Zhu Quan, Chinese military commander, historian and playwright (d. 1448)^{[citation needed]}
1519 – Girolamo Mei, Italian historian and theorist (d. 1594)^[14]
1537 – Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg (d. 1604)
1576 – Caspar Schoppe, German author and scholar (d. 1649)
1584 – Michael Altenburg, German theologian and composer (d. 1640)

1601–1900

1601 – Antoine Daniel, French-Canadian missionary and saint (d. 1648)
1626 – William II, Prince of Orange (d. 1650)
1651 – Louis Antoine de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729)
1652 – Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine of Germany (d. 1722)
1738 – Nathaniel Gorham, American merchant and politician, 14th President of the Continental Congress (d. 1796)
1756 – Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (d. 1825)
1774 – Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (d. 1857)
1794 – Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1877)
1814 – John Rudolph Niernsee, Viennese-born American architect (d. 1885)
1815 – Henry Parkes, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1896)
1818 – Amelia Bloomer, American journalist and activist (d. 1894)
1819 – Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (d. 1910)
1827 – Samuel F. Miller, American lawyer and politician (d. 1892)
1832 – Zenas Ferry Moody, American surveyor and politician, 7th Governor of Oregon (d. 1917)
1836 – Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (d. 1892)
1837 – Wild Bill Hickok, American police officer (d. 1876)
1852 – Billy Barnes, English cricketer (d. 1899)
1857 – Theodor Curtius, German chemist (d. 1928)
1860 – Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese politician, 7th President of Portugal (d. 1941)
1860 – Margrethe Munthe, Norwegian songwriter (d. 1931)^[15]
1863 – Arthur Mold, English cricketer (d. 1921)
1867 – Arnold Bennett, English author and playwright (d. 1931)
1868 – Aleksa Šantić, Bosnian poet and author (d. 1924)
1871 – Georges Rouault, French painter and illustrator (d. 1958)
1875 – Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (d. 1942)
1876 – Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish journalist and author (d. 1945)
1876 – William Stanier, English engineer (d. 1965)
1878 – Anna Cervin, Swedish artist (d. 1972)
1879 – Karl Bühler, German-American linguist and psychologist (d. 1963)
1879 – Hans Lammers, German judge and politician (d. 1962)
1883 – Jessie Arms Botke, American painter (d. 1971)
1884 – Max Brod, Czech journalist, author, and composer (d. 1968)
1887 – Frank Woolley, English cricketer (d. 1978)
1888 – Louis Durey, French composer (d. 1979)
1891 – Claude Champagne, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (d. 1965)
1891 – Jaan Kärner, Estonian poet and author (d. 1958)
1894 – Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French physician and author (d. 1961)
1894 – Dashiell Hammett, American detective novelist and screenwriter (d. 1961)
1895 – Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Canadian educator and politician, 13th Premier of Manitoba (d. 1995)
1897 – John Cockcroft, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
1897 – Dink Templeton, American rugby player and coach (d. 1962)
1898 – David Crosthwait, American engineer, inventor and writer (d. 1976)
1899 – Johannes Türn, Estonian chess and draughts player (d. 1993)
1900 – Lotte Toberentz, German overseer of the Nazi Uckermark concentration camp (d. 1964)
1900 – Uładzimir Žyłka, Belarusian poet and translator (d. 1933)

1901–present

1906 – Buddhadasa, Thai monk and philosopher (d. 1993)
1906 – Harry Hibbs, English footballer (d. 1984)
1906 – Antonio Rosario Mennonna, Italian bishop (d. 2009)
1907 – Nicolas Calas, Greek-American poet and critic (d. 1988)
1907 – Rachel Carson, American biologist, environmentalist, and author (d. 1964)
1909 – Dolores Hope, American singer and philanthropist (d. 2011)
1909 – Juan Vicente Pérez, Venezuelan supercentenarian, oldest living man, last man born in 1900s decade (d. 2024)^[16]
1911 – Hubert Humphrey, American journalist and politician, 38th Vice President of the United States (d. 1978)
1911 – Teddy Kollek, Hungarian-Israeli politician, Mayor of Jerusalem (d. 2007)
1911 – Vincent Price, American actor (d. 1993)
1912 – John Cheever, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1982)
1912 – Sam Snead, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2002)
1912 – Terry Moore, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1995)
1915 – Ester Soré, Chilean singer-songwriter (d. 1996)
1915 – Herman Wouk, American novelist (d. 2019)
1917 – Harry Webster, English engineer (d. 2007)
1918 – Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese commander and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2019)^[17]
1921 – Bob Godfrey, Australian-English animator, director, and voice actor (d. 2013)
1922 – Otto Carius, German lieutenant and pharmacist (d. 2015)
1922 – Christopher Lee, English actor (d. 2015)
1922 – John D. Vanderhoof, American banker and politician, 37th Governor of Colorado (d. 2013)
1923 – Henry Kissinger, German-American political scientist and politician, 56th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2023)^[18]
1923 – Sumner Redstone, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2020)
1924 – Jaime Lusinchi, Venezuelan physician and politician, President of Venezuela (d. 2014)
1924 – John Sumner, English-Australian director, founded the Melbourne Theatre Company (d. 2013)
1925 – Tony Hillerman, American journalist and author (d. 2008)
1927 – Jüri Randviir, Estonian chess player and journalist (d. 1996)
1928 – Thea Musgrave, Scottish-American composer and educator
1930 – John Barth, American novelist and short story writer (d. 2024)
1930 – William S. Sessions, American civil servant and judge, 8th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (d. 2020)
1930 – Eino Tamberg, Estonian composer and educator (d. 2010)
1931 – André Barbeau, French-Canadian neurologist (d. 1986)
1931 – John Chapple, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (d. 2022)^[19]
1931 – Bernard Fresson, French actor (d. 2002)
1931 – Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress and producer (d. 2015)
1931 – Philip Kotler, American author and professor
1933 – Edward Samuel Rogers, Canadian businessman (d. 2008)
1933 – Manfred Sommer, Spanish author and illustrator (d. 2007)
1934 – Ray Daviault, Canadian-American baseball player (d. 2020)
1934 – Harlan Ellison, American author and screenwriter (d. 2018)
1935 – Daniel Colchico, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
1935 – Mal Evans, British road manager of The Beatles (d. 1976)
1935 – Jerry Kindall, American baseball player and coach (d. 2017)
1935 – Ramsey Lewis, American jazz pianist and composer (d. 2022)
1935 – Lee Meriwether, American model and actress, Miss America 1955
1936 – Benjamin Bathurst, English admiral
1936 – Louis Gossett Jr., American actor and producer (d. 2024)
1936 – Marcel Masse, Canadian educator and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of National Defence (d. 2014)
1937 – Allan Carr, American playwright and producer (d. 1999)
1939 – Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns, English courtier and businessman
1939 – Yves Duhaime, Canadian captain and politician
1939 – Sokratis Kokkalis, Greek businessman
1939 – Gerald Ronson, English businessman and philanthropist
1939 – Lionel Sosa, Mexican-American advertising and marketing executive^[20]
1939 – Don Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)
1940 – Mike Gibson, Australian journalist and sportscaster (d. 2015)
1942 – Lee Baca, American police officer
1942 – Piers Courage, English racing driver (d. 1970)
1942 – Roger Freeman, Baron Freeman, English accountant and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1942 – Robin Widdows, English racing driver
1943 – Cilla Black, English singer and actress (d. 2015)
1943 – Bruce Weitz, American actor
1944 – Christopher Dodd, American lawyer and politician
1944 – Karen Fladset, Norwegian handball player^[21]
1944 – Ingrid Roscoe, English historian and politician, Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire (d. 2020)
1944 – Alain Souchon, French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1945 – Bruce Cockburn, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1946 – Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish bassist and composer (d. 2005)
1946 – John Williams, English motorcycle racer (d. 1978)
1947 – Peter DeFazio, American politician
1947 – Marty Kristian, German-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1947 – Branko Oblak, Slovenian footballer and coach
1947 – Riivo Sinijärv, Estonian politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1948 – Wubbo de Boer, Dutch civil servant (d. 2017)
1948 – Pete Sears, English bass player
1948 – Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, American occultist and author (d. 2014)
1949 – Hugh Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale, English politician (d. 2021)
1949 – Christa Vahlensieck, German runner
1950 – Dee Dee Bridgewater, American singer-songwriter and actress
1950 – Makis Dendrinos, Greek basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
1951 – John Conteh, English boxer
1954 – Pauline Hanson, Australian businesswoman, activist, and politician
1954 – Jackie Slater, American football player and coach
1955 – Eric Bischoff, American wrestler, manager, and producer
1955 – Richard Schiff, American actor, director, and producer
1955 – Ian Tracey, English organist and conductor
1956 – Cynthia McFadden, American journalist
1956 – Rosemary Squire, English producer and manager, co-founded Ambassador Theatre Group
1956 – Giuseppe Tornatore, Italian director and screenwriter
1957 – Dag Terje Andersen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Labour
1957 – Nitin Gadkari, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Transport
1957 – Eddie Harsch, Canadian-American keyboard player and bass player (d. 2016)
1957 – Siouxsie Sioux, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
1958 – Nick Anstee, English accountant and politician, 682nd Lord Mayor of London
1958 – Neil Finn, New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician
1958 – Jesse Robredo, Filipino politician, 23rd Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (d. 2012)
1960 – Gaston Therrien, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1961 – José Luíz Barbosa, Brazilian runner and coach
1961 – Peri Gilpin, American actress
1962 – Marcelino Bernal, Mexican footballer
1962 – Ray Borner, Australian basketball player
1962 – Steven Brill, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1962 – Anthony A. Hyman, Israeli-English biologist and academic
1962 – David Mundell, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
1962 – Ravi Shastri, Indian cricketer, coach and sportscaster
1963 – Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Cuban pianist and composer
1963 – Maria Walliser, Swiss skier
1964 – Adam Carolla, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1965 – Todd Bridges, American actor^[22]
1965 – Pat Cash, Australian-English tennis player and sportscaster
1966 – Heston Blumenthal, English chef and author
1967 – Paul Gascoigne, English international footballer, coach, and manager^[23]
1967 – Eddie McClintock, American actor
1968 – Jeff Bagwell, American baseball player and coach
1968 – Rebekah Brooks, English journalist
1968 – Harun Erdenay, Turkish basketball player and coach
1968 – Frank Thomas, American baseball player and sportscaster
1969 – Todd Hundley, American baseball player
1969 – Jeremy Mayfield, American race car driver
1969 – Craig Federighi, American computer scientist and engineer
1970 – Michele Bartoli, Italian cyclist
1970 – Tim Farron, English educator and politician
1970 – Joseph Fiennes, English actor
1970 – Alex Archer, American-born Australian musician
1971 – Mathew Batsiua, Nauruan politician
1971 – Paul Bettany, English actor
1971 – Wayne Carey, Australian footballer and coach
1971 – Kaur Kender, Estonian author
1971 – Lisa Lopes, American rapper and dancer (d. 2002)
1971 – Lee Sharpe, English footballer
1971 – Grant Stafford, South African tennis player
1971 – Sophie Walker, British politician, leader of the Women's Equality Party
1971 – Petroc Trelawny, British radio and television broadcaster
1972 – Todd Demsey, American golfer
1972 – Antonio Freeman, American football player
1972 – Maxim Sokolov, Russian ice hockey player
1973 – Jack McBrayer, American actor and comedian
1973 – Tana Umaga, New Zealand rugby player and coach
1973 – Yorgos Lanthimos, Greek film video, and theatre director, producer and screenwriter
1974 – Skye Edwards, British singer-songwriter
1974 – Denise van Outen, English actress, singer, and television host
1974 – Derek Webb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1974 – Danny Wuerffel, American football player
1975 – André 3000, American rapper
1975 – Michael Hussey, Australian cricketer
1975 – Jadakiss, American rapper^[24]
1975 – Jamie Oliver, English chef and author
1975 – Feryal Özel, Turkish astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic
1976 – Marcel Fässler, Swiss racing driver
1977 – Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian high jumper
1977 – Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer
1978 – Adin Brown, American soccer player
1979 – Michael Buonauro, American author and illustrator (d. 2004)
1979 – Mile Sterjovski, Australian footballer
1980 – Craig Buntin, Canadian figure skater
1981 – Alina Cojocaru, Romanian ballerina
1981 – Johan Elmander, Swedish footballer
1982 – Natalya, Canadian professional wrestler^[25]
1984 – Blake Ahearn, American basketball player
1984 – Miguel González, Mexican baseball pitcher
1985 – Chiang Chien-ming, Taiwanese baseball player
1985 – Roberto Soldado, Spanish footballer
1986 – Conor Cummins, Manx motorcycle racer
1986 – Bamba Fall, Senegalese basketball player
1986 – Lasse Schöne, Danish footballer
1987 – Gervinho, Ivorian footballer
1987 – Bella Heathcote, Australian actress
1987 – Bora Paçun, Turkish basketball player
1987 – Matt Prior, Australian rugby league player
1987 – Martina Sáblíková, Czech speed skater and cyclist
1988 – Vontae Davis, American football player (d. 2024)
1988 – Irina Davydova, Russian hurdler^[26]
1988 – Garrett Richards, American baseball pitcher
1988 – Tyler Sash, American football player (d. 2015)
1989 – Igor Morozov, Estonian footballer
1989 – Peakboy, South Korean rapper, record producer, and singer-songwriter^[27]
1990 – Yenew Alamirew, Ethiopian runner
1990 – Chris Colfer, American actor and singer
1990 – Marcus Kruger, Swedish ice hockey player
1991 – Sebastien Dewaest, Belgian footballer
1991 – Tim Lafai, Samoan rugby league player
1991 – Ksenia Pervak, Russian tennis player
1991 – Eneli Vals, Estonian footballer
1992 – Aaron Brown, Canadian sprinter
1992 – Laurence Vincent-Lapointe, Canadian canoer^[28]
1995 – Yoán Moncada, Cuban baseball player^[29]
1997 – Anna Bondar, Hungarian tennis player^[30]
1997 – Daniel Jones, American football player^[31]
1999 – Lily-Rose Depp, French-American actress and model^[32]

Deaths

Pre-1600

366 – Procopius, Roman usurper (b. 325)
398 – Murong Bao, emperor of the Xianbei state Later Yan (b. 355)
475 – Eutropius, bishop of Orange
866 – Ordoño I of Asturias (b. 831)
927 – Simeon I of Bulgaria first Bulgarian Emperor (b. 864)
1039 – Dirk III, Count of Holland (b. 981)
1045 – Bruno of Würzburg, imperial chancellor of Italy (b. c. 1005)
1178 – Godfrey van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht
1240 – William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey (b. 1166)
1444 – John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English commander (b. 1404)
1508 – Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1452)
1525 – Thomas Müntzer, German mystic and theologian (b. 1488)
1541 – Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (b. 1473)
1564 – John Calvin, French pastor and theologian (b. 1509)

1601–1900

1610 – François Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (b. 1578)
1624 – Diego Ramírez de Arellano, Spanish sailor and cosmographer (b. c. 1580)
1637 – John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield, English politician (b. c. 1566)
1661 – Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, Scottish general and politician (b. 1607)
1675 – Gaspard Dughet, Italian-French painter (b. 1613)
1690 – Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1626)
1702 – Dominique Bouhours, French priest and critic (b. 1628)
1707 – Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. 1640)
1781 – Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1716)
1797 – François-Noël Babeuf, French journalist (b. 1760)
1831 – Jedediah Smith, American hunter, explorer, and author (b. 1799)
1840 – Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1782)
1867 – Thomas Bulfinch American mythologist (b. 1796)
1896 – Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1839)

1901–present

1910 – Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
1918 – Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (b. 1869)
1919 – Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (b. 1848)
1933 – Achille Paroche, French target shooter (b. 1868)
1939 – Joseph Roth, Austrian-French journalist and author (b. 1894)
1941 – Ernst Lindemann, German captain (b. 1894)
1941 – Günther Lütjens, German admiral (b. 1889)
1942 – Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (b. 1878)
1943 – Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1878)
1945 – Enno Lolling, German physician (b. 1888)
1947 – Ed Konetchy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1885)
1949 – Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded Ripley's Believe It or Not! (b. 1890)
1953 – Jesse Burkett, American baseball player and manager (b. 1868)
1960 – James Montgomery Flagg, American painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
1963 – Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (b. 1912)
1964 – Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (b. 1889)
1965 – John Rinehart Blue, American military officer, educator, businessperson, and politician (b. 1905)^[33]
1967 – W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator (b. 1880)
1967 – Ernst Niekisch, German academic and politician (b. 1889)
1969 – Jeffrey Hunter, American actor and producer (b. 1926)
1971 – Béla Juhos, Hungarian-Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1901)
1971 – Armando Picchi, Italian footballer and coach (b. 1935)
1980 – Gün Sazak, Turkish agronomist and politician (b. 1932)
1984 – Vasilije Mokranjac, Serbian composer (b. 1923)
1986 – Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American philosopher and academic (b. 1921)
1986 – Ajoy Mukherjee, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1901)
1986 – Giorgos Tzifos, Greek actor and cinematographer (b. 1918)
1987 – John Howard Northrop, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
1988 – Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress (b. 1908)
1988 – Ernst Ruska, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
1989 – Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet and translator (b. 1907)
1990 – Robert B. Meyner, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of New Jersey (b. 1908)
1991 – Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist and theorist (b. 1904)
1992 – Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (b. 1890)
1998 – Minoo Masani, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
2000 – Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer and pilot (b. 1912)
2000 – Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch, Scottish politician and diplomat, 25th Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1917)
2000 – Maurice Richard, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1921)
2002 – Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson, Scottish historian (b. 1909)^[34]
2003 – Luciano Berio, Italian composer and educator (b. 1925)
2006 – Rob Borsellino, American journalist (b. 1949)
2006 – Paul Gleason, American actor (b. 1939)
2006 – Craig Heyward, American football player (b. 1966)
2007 – Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1967)
2007 – Gretchen Wyler, American actress and dancer (b. 1932)
2007 – Ed Yost, American inventor, created the modern hot air balloon (b. 1919)
2008 – Franz Künstler, Hungarian soldier (b. 1900)
2009 – Thomas M. Franck, American lawyer and academic (b. 1931)
2009 – Clive Granger, Welsh-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1934)
2009 – Mona Grey, British nursing administrator; Northern Ireland's first Chief Nursing Officer (b. 1910)
2009 – Abram Hoffer, Canadian biochemist, physician, and psychiatrist (b. 1917)
2009 – Gérard Jean-Juste, Haitian-American priest and theologian (b. 1946)
2009 – Carol Anne O'Marie, American nun and author (b. 1933)
2009 – William Refshauge, Australian soldier and physician (b. 1913)
2009 – Paul Sharratt, English-American television host (b. 1933)
2010 – Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator and director (b. 1929)
2011 – Jeff Conaway, American actor and singer (b. 1950)
2011 – Margo Dydek, Polish-American basketball player (b. 1974)
2011 – Gil Scott-Heron, American singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1949)
2012 – Simeon Daniel, Nevisian educator and politician, 1st Premier of Nevis (b. 1934)
2012 – Friedrich Hirzebruch, German mathematician and academic (b. 1927)
2012 – Anahit Perikhanian, Russian-born Armenian Iranologist (b. 1928)^[35]
2012 – David Rimoin, Canadian-American geneticist and academic (b. 1936)
2013 – Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri, Indian politician (b. 1917)
2013 – Bill Pertwee, English actor (b. 1926)
2013 – Abdoulaye Sékou Sow, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1931)
2014 – Robert Genn, Canadian painter and author (b. 1936)
2014 – Helma Sanders-Brahms, German director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1940)
2014 – Roberto Vargas, Puerto Rican-American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1929)
2014 – Massimo Vignelli, Italian-American graphic designer (b. 1931)
2015 – Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally driver (b. 1929)^[36]
2015 – Nils Christie, Norwegian sociologist, criminologist, and author (b. 1928)
2015 – Andy King, English footballer and manager (b. 1956)^[37]
2015 – Michael Martin, American philosopher and academic (b. 1932)
2017 – Gregg Allman, American musician, singer and songwriter (b. 1947)^[38]
2018 – Gardner Dozois, American science fiction author and editor (b. 1947)^[39]
2020 – Larry Kramer, American playwright, public health advocate and LGBT rights activist (b. 1935)^[40]
2021 – Poul Schlüter, former Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1929)^[41]
2024 – Elizabeth MacRae, American actress (b. 1936)^[42]
2024 – Bill Walton, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1952)^[43]

Holidays and observances

Armed Forces Day (Nicaragua)
Children's Day (Nigeria)
Christian feast day:
Mother's Day (Bolivia)
Navy Day (Japan)
Slavery Abolition Day (Guadeloupe, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin)
Start of National Reconciliation Week (Australia)

References

^ Norman Golb (1998). The Jews in Medieval Normandy: a social and intellectual history. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
^ "This Day in Jewish History / Crusaders massacre the Jews of Mainz". Haaretz.
^ Goldstone, Nancy (2008). Four Queens; The Provençal Sisters who ruled Europe. Penguin Books, London, p. 213.
^ Nester, William. The Coalitions Against Napoleon: How British Money, Manufacturing and Military Power Forged the Alliances that Achieved Victory. Frontline Books, 2023. p.103
^ Warfield, Derek; Daly, Raymond (17 April 2012). Celtic & Ireland in Song and Story. BookBaby. pp. 118–. ISBN 978-1-62095-764-6.
^ Schlesinger, Arthur M. Jr. (2003). The Age of Roosevelt. Vol. 3: The Politics of Upheaval, 1935–1936. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. pp. 279–280. ISBN 978-0-547-52425-2.
^ Linnanmäki Amusement Park - Green North GSA
^ Linnanmäki turns 60 - Greece
^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-62M CCCP-86614 Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
^ Binet, Laurence (2013-10-03). Somalia 1991-1993: Civil War, Famine Alert and a UN "Military-Humanitarian" Intervention. Médecins Sans Frontières. p. 214.
^ Tekle, Amare (1 January 1994). Eritrea and Ethiopia: From Conflict to Cooperation. The Red Sea Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-932415-97-4.
^ Warnock, Lynda. "STS-96". www.nasa.gov. NASA. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
^ Larbi Sadiki (2004). The Search for Arab Democracy: Discourses and Counter-discourses. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. pp. 150–. ISBN 978-1-85065-494-0.
^ Sonneck, Oscar George (1954). The Musical quarterly.
^ Bolstad, Erik, ed. (23 August 2023). "Margrethe Munthe". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
^ "Oldest man living". Guinness World Records. 2022-02-04. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
^ "Yasuhiro Nakasone, former Japanese PM and Reagan confidant, dies at 101". The Guardian. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
^ Pengelly, Martin (2023-11-30). "Henry Kissinger, secretary of state to Richard Nixon, dies at 100". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
^ "Field Marshal Sir John Chapple obituary". The Times. 26 March 2022. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
^ Hendricks, David (March 5, 2015). "Sosa a legend in Hispanic marketing: Ad guru says partners didn't realize they were making history". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
^ Bryhn, Rolf; Aune, Thomas (22 August 2023). "Karen Fladset". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
^ "Todd Bridges". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
^ "Paul Gascoigne". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
^ J., Miranda (27 May 2015). "Happy Birthday, Jadakiss!". XXL. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
^ "Natalya Neidhart". Online World of Wrestling. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019. Retrieved April 26, 2008.
^ "Irina KOLESNICHENKO | Profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
^ Seong, Ji-su (March 11, 2021). [영상] [톱스타 리턴즈] #반말인터뷰/같이 작업하고 싶은 천재만재 가수 픽보이 (Peakboy). Top Star News (in Korean). Retrieved November 5, 2021.
^ "Laurence Vincent-Lapointe". International Canoe Federation. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
^ "Yoán Moncada". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
^ "WTAtennis.com Profile: Anna Bondar". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
^ "Daniel Jones". ESPN. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
^ Juneau, Jen (30 May 2022). "Lily-Rose Depp Marks 23rd Birthday as Dad Johnny Depp Nears End of Legal Battle with Amber Heard". People. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
^ "John R. Blue". Cumberland Evening Times. Cumberland, Maryland. May 28, 1965. p. 20. Archived from the original on January 3, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Ewan, Elizabeth L.; Innes, Sue; Reynolds, Sian; Pipes, Rose (27 June 2007). Biographical Dictionary of ScottishWomen. Edinburgh University Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-7486-2660-1.
^ Ambartsumian, Arthur (2014). "PERIKHANIAN, ANAHIT". Encyclopaedia Iranica.
^ "Erik Carlsson, rally driver - obituary". The Telegraph. 4 June 2015. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
^ Hunter, Andy (2015-05-27). "Everton hero Andy King dies at the age of 58". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
^ Morris, Chris (May 27, 2017). "Gregg Allman, Southern Rock Pioneer, Dies at 69". Variety. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
^ Graham, Kristen A. (29 May 2018). "Gardner Dozois, 70, acclaimed science fiction editor". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
^ Lewis, Daniel (May 27, 2020). "Larry Kramer, Playwright and Outspoken AIDS Activist, Dies at 84". The New York Times. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
^ "Poul Schlüter er død - TV 2". 28 May 2021.
^ "Elizabeth MacRae, 'General Hospital' and 'Gomer Pyle' actor, dies at 88". Los Angeles Times. 2024-05-30. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
^ Sandomir, Richard (2024-05-27). "Bill Walton, N.B.A. Hall of Famer and Broadcasting Star, Dies at 71". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-05-28.

External links

[Golb-1] Norman Golb (1998). The Jews in Medieval Normandy: a social and intellectual history. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.

[2] "This Day in Jewish History / Crusaders massacre the Jews of Mainz". Haaretz.

[3] Goldstone, Nancy (2008). Four Queens; The Provençal Sisters who ruled Europe. Penguin Books, London, p. 213.

[4] Nester, William. The Coalitions Against Napoleon: How British Money, Manufacturing and Military Power Forged the Alliances that Achieved Victory. Frontline Books, 2023. p.103

[5] Warfield, Derek; Daly, Raymond (17 April 2012). Celtic & Ireland in Song and Story. BookBaby. pp. 118–. ISBN 978-1-62095-764-6.

[6] Schlesinger, Arthur M. Jr. (2003). The Age of Roosevelt. Vol. 3: The Politics of Upheaval, 1935–1936. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. pp. 279–280. ISBN 978-0-547-52425-2.

[7] Linnanmäki Amusement Park - Green North GSA

[8] Linnanmäki turns 60 - Greece

[9] Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-62M CCCP-86614 Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2022-05-26.

[10] Binet, Laurence (2013-10-03). Somalia 1991-1993: Civil War, Famine Alert and a UN "Military-Humanitarian" Intervention. Médecins Sans Frontières. p. 214.

[:21-11] Tekle, Amare (1 January 1994). Eritrea and Ethiopia: From Conflict to Cooperation. The Red Sea Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-932415-97-4.

[mission_page-12] Warnock, Lynda. "STS-96". www.nasa.gov. NASA. Retrieved 2020-06-15.

[13] Larbi Sadiki (2004). The Search for Arab Democracy: Discourses and Counter-discourses. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. pp. 150–. ISBN 978-1-85065-494-0.

[14] Sonneck, Oscar George (1954). The Musical quarterly.

[15] Bolstad, Erik, ed. (23 August 2023). "Margrethe Munthe". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 24 March 2024.

[16] "Oldest man living". Guinness World Records. 2022-02-04. Retrieved 2023-05-19.

[17] "Yasuhiro Nakasone, former Japanese PM and Reagan confidant, dies at 101". The Guardian. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2020.

[18] Pengelly, Martin (2023-11-30). "Henry Kissinger, secretary of state to Richard Nixon, dies at 100". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-11-30.

[19] "Field Marshal Sir John Chapple obituary". The Times. 26 March 2022. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-26.

[expressnews-20] Hendricks, David (March 5, 2015). "Sosa a legend in Hispanic marketing: Ad guru says partners didn't realize they were making history". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 7 February 2019.

[21] Bryhn, Rolf; Aune, Thomas (22 August 2023). "Karen Fladset". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 March 2024.

[22] "Todd Bridges". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 23 May 2023.

[23] "Paul Gascoigne". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

[24] J., Miranda (27 May 2015). "Happy Birthday, Jadakiss!". XXL. Retrieved 23 May 2023.

[OWOW-25] "Natalya Neidhart". Online World of Wrestling. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019. Retrieved April 26, 2008.

[26] "Irina KOLESNICHENKO | Profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 23 January 2020.

[27] Seong, Ji-su (March 11, 2021). [영상] [톱스타 리턴즈] #반말인터뷰/같이 작업하고 싶은 천재만재 가수 픽보이 (Peakboy). Top Star News (in Korean). Retrieved November 5, 2021.

[28] "Laurence Vincent-Lapointe". International Canoe Federation. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2020.

[29] "Yoán Moncada". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 23 May 2023.

[30] "WTAtennis.com Profile: Anna Bondar". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 17 October 2022.

[31] "Daniel Jones". ESPN. Retrieved 23 May 2023.

[32] Juneau, Jen (30 May 2022). "Lily-Rose Depp Marks 23rd Birthday as Dad Johnny Depp Nears End of Legal Battle with Amber Heard". People. Retrieved 23 May 2023.

[Cumberland_Evening_Times_6-33] "John R. Blue". Cumberland Evening Times. Cumberland, Maryland. May 28, 1965. p. 20. Archived from the original on January 3, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[34] Ewan, Elizabeth L.; Innes, Sue; Reynolds, Sian; Pipes, Rose (27 June 2007). Biographical Dictionary of ScottishWomen. Edinburgh University Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-7486-2660-1.

[35] Ambartsumian, Arthur (2014). "PERIKHANIAN, ANAHIT". Encyclopaedia Iranica.

[36] "Erik Carlsson, rally driver - obituary". The Telegraph. 4 June 2015. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

[37] Hunter, Andy (2015-05-27). "Everton hero Andy King dies at the age of 58". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-08-01.

[38] Morris, Chris (May 27, 2017). "Gregg Allman, Southern Rock Pioneer, Dies at 69". Variety. Retrieved May 27, 2017.

[39] Graham, Kristen A. (29 May 2018). "Gardner Dozois, 70, acclaimed science fiction editor". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 29 May 2018.

[40] Lewis, Daniel (May 27, 2020). "Larry Kramer, Playwright and Outspoken AIDS Activist, Dies at 84". The New York Times. Retrieved May 27, 2020.

[41] "Poul Schlüter er død - TV 2". 28 May 2021.

[42] "Elizabeth MacRae, 'General Hospital' and 'Gomer Pyle' actor, dies at 88". Los Angeles Times. 2024-05-30. Retrieved 2024-06-01.

[43] Sandomir, Richard (2024-05-27). "Bill Walton, N.B.A. Hall of Famer and Broadcasting Star, Dies at 71". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-05-28.

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