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27th May in the Stars – Star Sign Gemini

Today, the zodiac sign Gemini celebrates its birthday.

Personality Profile

Personality People born on 27 May embody the innovative Gemini with an extra spark of originality from Uranus influence. They are curious, versatile, and constantly seeking new ideas and experiences. These individuals thrive on challenging conventions and exploring unconventional paths.

Strengths & Weaknesses Their greatest strength lies in adaptability and sharp intellect. They communicate effectively and inspire others, yet can appear impatient or scattered. Restless energy sometimes leads to superficiality when they lack sustained focus on meaningful projects.

Love In relationships, those born this day seek partners who share their intellectual curiosity and love of discovery. They need freedom and stimulating conversation to feel fulfilled. Boredom is their greatest relationship hazard—they require dynamic, unconventional connection.

Caree & Finance Careers in technology, media, education, or innovation appeal strongly to them. Their quick learning ability and adaptability make them valuable in rapidly changing fields. Financial security comes through focused projects rather than routine work.

Health These individuals thrive on mental stimulation combined with regular physical activity. Nervous energy can disrupt sleep; meditation and structured exercise provide balance. They benefit from mindfulness practices and protecting themselves from overstimulation.

That night, the moon was in its waning crescent phase.

Chinese year of the Horse (Fire).

Fun Facts About 27th May

Name Days in Your Language: Broderick, Brodie, Brody, Isador, Isadora, Isadore, Isidro

Someone born on this day would be just 4 days old today — roughly 98 hours, 5,892 minutes, or 353,525 seconds spent on Earth so far.

It's the 147. day of the year. In 2026, 27th May falls on a Wednesday.

There are 218 days still to come.

We’re currently in Week 22 — the year marches on.

Famous Birthdays on 27th May

On this day, 259 notable people were born on 27th May — spanning from 742 to 2003. From world leaders to artists and scientists, discover who shares this birthday.

27/05/2003

Franco Colapinto, Formula 1 driver

Franco Alejandro Colapinto is an Argentine racing driver who competes in Formula One for Alpine.

27/05/2002

Jérémy Doku, Belgian footballer

Jérémy Baffour Doku is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Manchester City and the Belgium national team. He is most known for his speed and dribbling ability.

Gabri Veiga, Spanish footballer

Gabriel Veiga Novas is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Primeira Liga club Porto.

27/05/2000

Abner Vinícius, Brazilian footballer

Abner Vinícius da Silva Santos, known as Abner Vinícius or simply Abner, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Lyon and the Brazil national team.

27/05/1999

Matheus Cunha, Brazilian footballer

Matheus Santos Carneiro da Cunha is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward, attacking midfielder, or winger for Premier League club Manchester United and the Brazil national team.

Lily-Rose Depp, French-American actress and model

Lily-Rose Melody Depp is a French and American actress and singer. Born to actors Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis, she began her acting career in film with a minor role in Tusk (2014) and pursued a career as a fashion model. She appeared in the period dramas The Dancer (2016) and The King (2019), and the romantic comedy A Faithful Man (2018).

27/05/1998

Josep Martínez, Spanish footballer

Josep Martínez Riera is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Inter Milan. He made one appearance for the Spain national team in 2021.

27/05/1997

Anna Bondar, Hungarian tennis player

Anna Bondár is a Hungarian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of No. 50 by the WTA, achieved on 18 July 2022 and a best doubles ranking of No. 43, reached on 30 January 2023. She is currently the No. 1 singles player from Hungary.

Daniel Jones, American football player

Daniel Stephen Jones III, nicknamed "Danny Dimes" and "Indiana Jones", is an American professional football quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Duke Blue Devils and was selected sixth overall by the New York Giants in the 2019 NFL draft.

Konrad Laimer, Austrian footballer

Konrad Laimer is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a right-back, left-back or midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Austria national team. He previously played for Red Bull Salzburg and RB Leipzig. He was selected as Austrian Footballer of the Year in 2025.

27/05/1996

Kim Jae-hwan, South Korean singer

Kim Jae-hwan, known mononymously as Jaehwan (재환), is a South Korean singer-songwriter, known for finishing fourth in Produce 101 . He is a former member of the South Korean boy group Wanna One. As the group promoted for a year and a half, it achieved both critical and commercial success with all four of its albums topping South Korea's Gaon Album Chart and all five of its lead singles ranking in the top three of South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart.

27/05/1995

Yoán Moncada, Cuban baseball player

Yoán Manuel Moncada Olivera is a Cuban professional baseball third baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox. He made his MLB debut with the Red Sox in 2016, and was traded to the White Sox during the 2016–2017 offseason. He is one of the first active MLB players to represent the Cuban national team in international competition.

27/05/1994

Maximilian Arnold, German footballer

Maximilian Arnold is a German professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg, which he captains. An academy graduate of Wolfsburg, Arnold became the club's youngest ever debutant in 2011 and has since made over 400 league appearances for the club.

João Cancelo, Portuguese footballer

João Pedro Cavaco Cancelo is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a full-back for La Liga club Barcelona, on loan from Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal, and the Portugal national team.

Aymeric Laporte, French-Spanish footballer

Aymeric Jean Louis Gérard Alphonse Laporte is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Athletic Bilbao. Born in France, he plays for the Spain national team.

27/05/1992

Aaron Brown, Canadian sprinter

Aaron Brown is a Canadian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. As part of Canada's 4 × 100 m relay team, he is the 2024 Olympic gold medallist, 2020 Olympic silver medallist, 2016 Olympic bronze medallist and the 2022 World champion. Brown has also won two World bronze medals as part of Canada's 4 × 100 m relay teams in 2013 and 2015.

Jeison Murillo, Colombian footballer

Jeison Fabián Murillo Cerón is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Qatari club Al-Shamal.

Laurence Vincent-Lapointe, Canadian canoer

Laurence Vincent Lapointe is a Canadian sprint canoer. She has won eleven gold medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, starting with the 2010 Poznań Championships, and most recently three gold medals at the 2018 Montemor-o-Velho Championships. She has also won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games, and silver and bronze medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

27/05/1991

Sebastien Dewaest, Belgian footballer

Sébastien Dewaest is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as centre-back for Challenger Pro League club Francs Borains.

Tim Lafai, Samoan rugby league player

Timoteo Lafai is a retired Samoan rugby league footballer, who last played as a centre for the Salford Red Devils in the Super League, and Samoa at international level..

Ksenia Pervak, Russian tennis player

Ksenia Yuryevna Pervak is a former tennis player from Russia.

Mário Rui, Portuguese footballer

Mário Rui Silva Duarte, known as Mário Rui, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back.

Armando Sadiku, Albanian footballer

Armando Sadiku is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Swiss Challenge League club Bellinzona.

Eneli Vals, Estonian footballer

Eneli Kutter is an Estonian footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Naiste II liiga club JK Poseidon.

27/05/1990

Yenew Alamirew, Ethiopian runner

Yenew Alamirew Getahun is an Ethiopian middle and long-distance runner. He represented his country at the 2012 Summer Olympics as well as two indoor and one outdoor World Championships.

Chris Colfer, American actor and singer

Christopher Paul Colfer is an American actor, singer, and author. He gained international recognition for his portrayal of Kurt Hummel on the television musical Glee (2009–2015). Colfer's portrayal of Kurt received critical praise and won him several awards, including the 2011 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film, three consecutive People's Choice Awards for Favorite Comedic TV Actor from 2013 to 2015, two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series nominations and one Grammy Award nomination. In April 2011, Colfer was named one of the Time 100, Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Jonas Hector, German footballer

Jonas Armin Hector is a German former professional footballer who played as a left-back and midfielder.

Marcus Kruger, Swedish ice hockey player

Marcus Viktor Krüger is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is a centre and captain for Djurgårdens IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the fifth round, 149th overall, in the 2009 NHL entry draft. He is a two-time Stanley Cup champion with the Blackhawks in 2013 and 2015.

27/05/1989

Igor Morozov, Estonian footballer

Igor Morozov is an Estonian football manager and former professional player who played as a centre-back.

Peakboy, South Korean rapper, record producer, and singer-songwriter

Kwon Sung-hwan, known professionally as Peakboy, is a South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. He released his debut single "Gin & Tonic" in 2017 via SoundCloud and first mini-album Portrait the following year. Since signing with Neuron Music, he has released two additional mini-albums and numerous stand-alone singles.

27/05/1988

Celso Borges, Costa Rican footballer

Celso Borges Mora is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Liga FPD club Alajuelense. With 164 international appearances, he is the most capped player in Costa Rica's history.

Vontae Davis, American football player (died 2024)

Vontae Ottis Davis was an American professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons. He played college football for the Illinois Fighting Illini and was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the first round of the 2009 NFL draft. Davis also played for the Indianapolis Colts and Buffalo Bills. He made two Pro Bowls in his career.

Irina Davydova, Russian hurdler

Irina Andreyevna Davydova is a Russian athlete who competes in the 400 metres hurdles with a personal best time of 53.77 seconds.

Garrett Richards, American baseball pitcher

Garrett Thomas Richards is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels, San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox, and Texas Rangers.

Tyler Sash, American football player (died 2015)

Tyler Jordan Sash was an American professional football safety for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes and the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Giants in the sixth round of the 2011 NFL draft.

27/05/1987

Gervinho, Ivorian footballer

Gervais Lombe Yao Kouassi, known as Gervinho, is an Ivorian former professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Bella Heathcote, Australian actress

Isabella Heathcote is an Australian actress. Following her film debut in Acolytes (2008), she had a recurring role as Amanda Fowler on the television soap opera Neighbours (2009). She gained further recognition for her dual roles as Victoria Winters and Josette du Pres in the dark fantasy film Dark Shadows (2012), and Olive Byrne in the biographical drama film Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017).

Bora Paçun, Turkish basketball player

Bora Hun Paçun is a Turkish former professional basketball player who played as a center. He is 6 ft 10.75 in tall.

Matt Prior, Australian rugby league player

Matthew Prior is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as prop and loose forward for the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League.

Martina Sáblíková, Czech speed skater and cyclist

Martina Sáblíková is a Czech former speed skater, specializing in long track speed skating. She is a three-time Olympic gold medal winner and a multiple European and World allround champion. She became the first Czech to win two Olympic gold medals at one Winter Games in 2010. Sáblíková also competes in inline speed skating and road cycling races as a part of her summer preparation for the skating season. In cycling, she focuses on individual time trial discipline in which Sáblíková holds multiple Czech Republic National Championships titles and belongs to the world's top 15 female time-trialists. Sáblíková is the elder sister of fellow speedskater Milan Sáblík.

27/05/1986

Conor Cummins, Manx motorcycle racer

Conor Cummins is a Manx motorcycle road racer who rides in British racing events, competing in the British Superstock Championship, as well as in specialist closed-road events at his home Isle of Man TT races and in Northern Ireland. A part-time seasonal racer, his normal income is derived from his business as a barista and coffeemaker supplier.

Bamba Fall, Senegalese basketball player

Bamba Fall is a Senegalese professional basketball player who currently plays for Fundación CB Granada of the Spanish LEB Oro league. He played college basketball for the Southern Methodist University and represents the Senegal national basketball team in international competition.

Lasse Schöne, Danish footballer

Lasse Schöne is a Danish former professional footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder. A versatile player, he had been deployed as a box-to-box midfielder, holding midfielder and winger in his career. He was also known for his set piece abilities.

27/05/1985

Chiang Chien-ming, Taiwanese baseball player

Chiang Chien-ming is a Taiwanese former professional baseball starting pitcher who played for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball. He was initially signed in 2005, becoming the fifth Taiwanese player to ever play for the Yomiuri Giants. His NPB debut was on June 14, 2006, first start was on August 22, on which day he got his first win.

Roberto Soldado, Spanish footballer

Roberto Soldado Rillo is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker.

27/05/1984

Blake Ahearn, American basketball player

Daniel Blake Ahearn is an American professional basketball coach and former player who was an assistant coach for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Missouri State.

Miguel González, Mexican baseball pitcher

Miguel Ángel González Martínez, also known by his nickname El Mariachi, is a Mexican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2012 to 2018 for the Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, and Texas Rangers. He played college baseball at Los Angeles Mission College.

27/05/1982

Natalya, Canadian professional wrestler

Natalie Katherine Neidhart-Wilson is a Canadian-American professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Nattie. She also wrestles on the independent circuit – predominantly for Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) during their Bloodsport events – under her real name. She is a two-time women's champion, having won the WWE Divas Championship and WWE SmackDown Women's Championship once each. She is also a former one-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion.

Mariano Pavone, Argentine footballer

Hugo Mariano Pavone is an Argentine former professional footballer who last played for Quilmes Atlético Club as a striker.

27/05/1981

Alina Cojocaru, Romanian ballerina

Alina Cojocaru is a Romanian ballet dancer. She was previously a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet and a lead principal with the English National Ballet.

Johan Elmander, Swedish footballer

Johan Erik Calvin Elmander is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Beginning his career with Holmalunds IF in the late 1990s, he went on to play professionally in the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, France, England, and Turkey before retiring at Örgryte IS in 2017. A full international between 2002 and 2015, he scored 20 goals in 85 games for the Sweden national team, and represented his country at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2008 and UEFA Euro 2012.

27/05/1980

Craig Buntin, Canadian figure skater

Craig Buntin is a Canadian former pair skater. He is the co-founder and CEO of Sportlogiq, a sports analytics company based in Montreal, Quebec. With former partner Meagan Duhamel, he is the 2009 Canadian silver medallist, the 2008 & 2010 Canadian bronze medallist, and the 2010 Four Continents bronze medallist. With Valérie Marcoux, he represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they placed 11th.

27/05/1979

Michael Buonauro, American author and illustrator (died 2004)

Michael A. Buonauro was an American webcomic artist, and author. Best known for his webcomic Marvelous Bob, Buonauro had co-created various other webcomics in collaboration with Jeff Lofvers.

Mile Sterjovski, Australian footballer

Mile Sterjovski is an Australian former professional soccer player. He played predominantly as a right winger or as a second striker, but also played as a left winger and central midfielder. Sterjovski is the current head coach of A-League club Macarthur FC.

27/05/1978

Adin Brown, American soccer player

Adin Brown is an American soccer coach and former player. He is currently the goalkeeping coach for San Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer.

27/05/1977

Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian high jumper

Abderrahmane Hammad Zaheer is the Algerian Minister of Youth and Sports and a former track and field athlete who competed in the high jump. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics in 2000, taking the bronze medal and made a second appearance at the 2004 Athens Olympics. His personal best of 2.34 m is the Algerian record for the event. He retired from the sport in 2010. In 2020, he became the President of the Algerian Olympic Committee. Hammad was appointed as minister on 16 March 2023.

Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer

Denagamage Praboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene is a Sri Lankan former professional cricketer, captain, and batsman of the Sri Lankan national cricket team..

27/05/1976

Marcel Fässler, Swiss racing driver

Marcel Fässler is a Swiss former racing driver. From 2010 to 2016 he competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship as part of Audi Sport Team Joest with co-drivers André Lotterer and Benoît Tréluyer, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times and capturing the World Endurance Drivers' Championship in 2012.

27/05/1975

André 3000, American rapper

André Lauren Benjamin, known professionally as André 3000, is an American rapper, singer, record producer and actor. Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, he is one half of the hip-hop duo Outkast along with rapper Big Boi, which they formed in 1992. Often recognized for his early use of rap-singing, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time. In 2025, Benjamin was inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Outkast.

Michael Hussey, Australian cricketer

Michael Edward Killeen Hussey is an Australian cricket coach, commentator and former international cricketer, who played all forms of the game. Hussey is also widely known by his nickname 'Mr Cricket'. Hussey was a relative latecomer to both the Australian one-day international and Test teams, debuting at 28 and 30 years of age in the respective formats, with 15,313 first-class runs before making his Test debut. With his time representing Australia, Hussey won multiple ICC titles with the team: the 2007 Cricket World Cup, the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy, and the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy.

Jadakiss, American rapper

Jason Terrance Phillips, better known by his stage name Jadakiss, is an American rapper who began his career in the 1990s and formed the hip hop trio the Lox alongside Styles P and Sheek Louch in 1994. The group signed with Puff Daddy's Bad Boy Records, an imprint of Arista Records to release their debut studio album, Money, Power & Respect (1998); their second album, We Are the Streets (2000) was released by Ruff Ryders Entertainment, an imprint of Interscope Records. Both peaked within the top five of the Billboard 200 and yielded critical praise; their two subsequent albums, Filthy America... It's Beautiful (2016) and Living Off Xperience (2020) were both released by Jay-Z's Roc Nation and met with continued praise.

Jamie Oliver, English chef and author

James Trevor Oliver is an English celebrity chef, restaurateur and cookbook author. He is known for his casual approach to cuisine, and he has fronted many television shows and opened numerous restaurants.

Feryal Özel, Turkish astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic

Feryal Özel is a Turkish American astrophysicist born in Istanbul, Turkey, specializing in the physics of compact objects and high energy astrophysical phenomena. As of 2022, Özel is the department chair and a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Physics in Atlanta. She was previously a professor at the University of Arizona in Tucson, in the Astronomy Department and Steward Observatory.

27/05/1974

Skye Edwards, British singer-songwriter

Skye Edwards, sometimes simply Skye, is a British singer. Her career began in the mid-1990s when she and the Godfrey brothers formed the band Morcheeba, which released five albums with Edwards as lead vocalist. In 2003, the band split, after which she released two solo albums: Mind How You Go in 2006, and Keeping Secrets in 2009. In 2010, Edwards returned to Morcheeba, again as lead vocalist. In 2012, she released her third solo album, Back to Now, and in 2015 she released her fourth album, In a Low Light.

Denise van Outen, English actress, singer, and television host

Denise van Outen is an English actress, singer, dancer and presenter. She presented The Big Breakfast, played Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago both in the West End and on Broadway and finished as runner-up in the tenth series of the BBC One dancing show Strictly Come Dancing.

Derek Webb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Derek Walsh Webb is an American singer-songwriter of independent and Christian music who first entered the music industry as a member of the band Caedmon's Call, and later embarked on a successful solo career. As a member of the Houston, Texas-based Caedmon's Call, Webb has seen career sales approaching 1 million records, along with 10 GMA Dove Award nominations and three Dove Award wins and six No. 1 Christian radio hits.

Danny Wuerffel, American football player

Daniel Carl Wuerffel is an American former football quarterback who played college football for the Florida Gators and professional football in the National Football League (NFL). At Florida, he was a prolific passer under head coach Steve Spurrier. Wuerffel led the NCAA in touchdown passes in 1995 and 1996 and set numerous school and conference records during his career. During his senior year in 1996, he won the Heisman Trophy while leading the Gators to their first national championship. In 2013, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

27/05/1973

Jack McBrayer, American actor and comedian

Jack McBrayer is an American actor and comedian. He gained national exposure for his portrayal of Kenneth Parcell in 30 Rock. For his role in 30 Rock, McBrayer was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards. He voiced characters such as Fix-It Felix Jr. in the 2012 film Wreck-It Ralph and its 2018 sequel, as well as the title character Wander in the Disney XD series Wander Over Yonder. He has had recurring roles on Phineas and Ferb, Puppy Dog Pals, Amphibia, The Middle, Star Trek: Lower Decks, and the Netflix series Big Mouth.

Tana Umaga, New Zealand rugby player and coach

Jonathan Ionatana Falefasa Umaga is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player and captain of the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks. He is head coach of Moana Pasifika in the Super Rugby competition, and defence coach for the All Blacks. He was granted and uses the Samoan chiefly honorific title of Faʻalogo, meaning "the listener".

27/05/1972

Todd Demsey, American golfer

Todd Demsey is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour and 1993 NCAA champion.

Antonio Freeman, American football player

Antonio Michael Freeman is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL), most notably for the Green Bay Packers. He attended the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and Virginia Tech.

Maxim Sokolov, Russian ice hockey player

Maxim Anatolievich Sokolov is a former professional ice hockey goalie who most recently played for Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

27/05/1971

Mathew Batsiua, Nauruan politician

Mathew Jansen Batsiua is a Nauruan politician. Batsiua, a former health minister and former foreign minister of Nauru, has served as a member of parliament for the constituency of Boe since 2004.

Paul Bettany, English actor

Paul Bettany is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as J.A.R.V.I.S. and Vision in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including the Disney+ series WandaVision (2021), which garnered him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

Wayne Carey, Australian footballer and coach

Wayne Francis Carey is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the North Melbourne Football Club and Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Kaur Kender, Estonian author

Kaur Kender is an Estonian author, entrepreneur, and advertising executive. Kender entered the Estonian literary scene in 1998 with his debut novel, Independence Day (transl. Iseseisvuspäev), which has been translated into Finnish (2001) and Russian (2003).

Lisa Lopes, American rapper and dancer (died 2002)

Lisa Nicole Lopes, also known by her stage name Left Eye, was an American rapper and singer-songwriter. She was a member of the R&B girl group TLC, alongside Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas. Besides rapping on TLC recordings, Lopes was the creative force behind the group, receiving more co-writing credits than the other members. She also designed some of their outfits and the stage for their FanMail Tour and contributed to the group's image, album titles, artworks, and music videos. Through her work with TLC, Lopes won four Grammy Awards.

Lee Sharpe, English footballer

Lee Stuart Sharpe is an English former professional footballer, sports television pundit, reality television personality and golfer.

Grant Stafford, South African tennis player

Grant Stafford is a former tennis player from South Africa.

Sophie Walker, British politician, leader of the Women's Equality Party

Sophie Walker is a British political activist who was the founding leader of the Women's Equality Party (WE) in the United Kingdom.

Petroc Trelawny, British radio and television broadcaster

James Edward Petroc Trelawny is a British classical music radio and television broadcaster. Since 1998 he has been a presenter on BBC Radio 3.

27/05/1970

Michele Bartoli, Italian cyclist

Michele Bartoli is a retired Italian road racing cyclist. Bartoli was a professional cyclist from 1992 until 2004 and was one of the most successful single-day classics specialists of his generation, especially in the Italian and Belgian races. On his palmarès are three of the five monuments of cycling—five in total: the 1996 Tour of Flanders, the 1997 and 1998 Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the 2002 and 2003 Giro di Lombardia. He won the UCI Road World Cup in 1997 and 1998. From 10 October 1998 until 6 June 1999, Bartoli was number one on the UCI Road World Rankings.

Tim Farron, English educator and politician

Timothy James Farron is a British politician who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2015 to 2017. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Westmorland and Lonsdale since 2005 and is the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Before entering politics, he worked in higher education.

Joseph Fiennes, English actor

Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, known as Joseph Fiennes, is an English actor. His numerous accolades include one Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for a BAFTA Award and a Laurence Olivier Award.

Alex Archer, American-born Australian musician

Chad Alexander Archer is an American-born Australian musician. Archer is best known for his violin work in the Fremantle based Alt country/rock band The Kill Devil Hills.

27/05/1969

Todd Hundley, American baseball player

Todd Randolph Hundley is an American former Major League Baseball catcher and outfielder. He was a two-time All-Star who played for 14 seasons with the New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Chicago Cubs.

Jeremy Mayfield, American race car driver

Jeremy Allen Mayfield is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the IHRA Stock Car Series driving the No. 19 car for D2 Motorsports. He drove cars for the Sadler brothers, T.W. Taylor, Cale Yarborough, Michael Kranefuss, Roger Penske, Ray Evernham, Bill Davis, and Gene Haas. In 2009, he drove for his own team, Mayfield Motorsports.

Craig Federighi, American computer scientist and engineer

Craig Federighi is an American engineer and business executive who is the senior vice president (SVP) of software engineering at Apple Inc. He oversees the development of Apple's operating systems. His teams are responsible for delivering the software of Apple's products, including the user interface, applications, and frameworks.

27/05/1968

Jeff Bagwell, American baseball player and coach

Jeffrey Robert Bagwell is an American former professional baseball player and coach. A first baseman, he spent his entire 15-year Major League Baseball (MLB) playing career with the Houston Astros.

Rebekah Brooks, English journalist

Rebekah Mary Brooks is a British media executive and former journalist and newspaper editor. She has been chief executive officer of News UK since 2015. She was previously CEO of News International from 2009 to 2011 and was the youngest editor of a British national newspaper at News of the World, from 2000 to 2003, and the first female editor of The Sun, from 2003 to 2009. Brooks married actor Ross Kemp in 2002. They divorced in 2009 and she married former racehorse trainer and author Charlie Brooks.

Harun Erdenay, Turkish basketball player and coach

Hakkı Harun Erdenay is a Turkish former professional basketball player, and he is a Vice President of the Turkish Basketball Federation. As a player, he was famous for his spectacular 3-point shooting. At a height of 1.91 m tall, he played in shooting guard and small forward positions.

Frank Thomas, American baseball player and sportscaster

Frank Edward Thomas Jr., nicknamed "the Big Hurt," is an American former baseball designated hitter and first baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for three American League (AL) teams from 1990 to 2008, all but the last three years with the Chicago White Sox. A five-time All-Star, he is the only player in major league history to have seven consecutive seasons (1991–1997) with at least a .300 batting average, 100 runs batted in (RBI), 100 runs scored, 100 walks, and 20 home runs. Thomas also won the AL batting title in 1997 with a .347 mark. Thomas is a two-time AL MVP and won a World Series in 2005 although he was injured during the regular season and World Series. Thomas is widely considered one of the greatest right-handed hitters in MLB history.

27/05/1967

Paul Gascoigne, English international footballer, coach, and manager

Paul John Gascoigne, nicknamed Gazza, is an English former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Regarded as one of the best playmakers of his generation and one of the best English footballers of all time, Gascoigne is described by the National Football Museum as "widely recognised as the most naturally talented English footballer of his generation". Gascoigne was immensely popular during his playing career, with television broadcaster Terry Wogan calling him "probably the most popular man in Britain today" in September 1990, and public interest in and adoration for him came to be known as "Gazzamania".

Eddie McClintock, American actor

Edward Theodore McClintock is an American actor. He is best known for his role of Secret Service agent Pete Lattimer on the Syfy series Warehouse 13. McClintock's other television roles include the sitcom Stark Raving Mad and the action thriller Shooter. In 2023, he made his film directorial debut with Miracle at Manchester, in which he also starred.

27/05/1966

Heston Blumenthal, English chef and author

Heston Marc Blumenthal is an English celebrity chef, television personality and food writer. His restaurants include the Fat Duck in Bray, Berkshire, a three-Michelin-star restaurant that was named the world's best by the World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2005.

27/05/1965

Todd Bridges, American actor

Todd Anthony Bridges is an American actor. He portrayed Willis Jackson on the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes and had a recurring role as Monk on the sitcom Everybody Hates Chris. Bridges worked as a commentator on the television series World's Dumbest... from 2008 to 2013.

Pat Cash, Australian-English tennis player and sportscaster

Patrick Hart Cash is an Australian former professional tennis player and coach. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 4 in May 1988 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 6 in August 1988. Upon winning the 1987 singles title at Wimbledon, Cash climbed into the stands to celebrate, starting a tradition that has continued ever since.

27/05/1964

Adam Carolla, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Adam Carolla is an American radio personality, comedian, actor and podcaster. He hosts The Adam Carolla Show, a talk show distributed as a podcast.

27/05/1963

Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Cuban pianist and composer

Gonzalo Rubalcaba is a Cuban jazz pianist and composer.

Maria Walliser, Swiss skier

Maria Walliser is a Swiss former alpine skier.

27/05/1962

Marcelino Bernal, Mexican footballer

Marcelino Bernal Pérez is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Ray Borner, Australian basketball player

Raymond Helmut Borner OAM is an Australian basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach of the Ballarat Miners of the NBL1 South. He played 22 seasons in the National Basketball League (NBL), earning the NBL Most Valuable Player Award in 1985 and winning an NBL championship in 1989, both as a member of the Coburg / North Melbourne Giants. He also played for the Illawarra/Wollongong Hawks, Geelong Supercats and Canberra Cannons.

Steven Brill, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Steven Brill is an American actor, film producer, director, and screenwriter. He directed and co-wrote Little Nicky and directed Mr. Deeds, Without a Paddle, Heavyweights, and Drillbit Taylor. He has had cameo roles in all three Mighty Ducks movies, and appeared in The Wedding Singer, Mr. Deeds, and Knocked Up, although his role in the latter has been miscredited to Judd Apatow. He also appeared as the Barfly in Sex, Lies, and Videotape.

Anthony A. Hyman, Israeli-English biologist and academic

Anthony Arie Hyman is a British scientist, Director General of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), and director at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics.

David Mundell, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland

David Gordon Mundell, is a Scottish Conservative Party politician and solicitor who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale since 2005. He previously served as Secretary of State for Scotland from 2015 to 2019. Mundell was the first openly gay Conservative cabinet minister, coming out in 2016.

Ravi Shastri, Indian cricketer, coach and sportscaster

Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri is an Indian cricket commentator, former professional cricketer and former head coach of the India national cricket team. As a player, he played for the India national cricket team between 1981 and 1992 in both Test matches and One Day Internationals. Although he started his career as a left arm spin bowler, he later transformed into a batting all-rounder. Shastri was a member of the Indian team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup. He won the C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award at the Indian cricket team annual award show NAMAN in 2024.

27/05/1961

José Luíz Barbosa, Brazilian runner and coach

José Luíz Barbosa, known as Zequinha Barbosa is a Brazilian former middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. José participated in 4 Olympic Games: 1984 Los Angeles; 1988 Soul Korea; 1992 Barcelona and 1996 Atlanta. He is the 1987 World Indoor Champion, and a two-time World Championship medallist, winning silver in 1991 and bronze in 1987. 1995 Pan American gold medalist 800 m 1987 Silver medalist, 1983 Silver medalist 800 m and Silver 4 × 400 m. Jose was ranked number one in the world in the 800 m in 1991.

Peri Gilpin, American actress

Peri Gilpin is an American actress who portrayed Roz Doyle in the NBC sitcom Frasier and Kim Keeler in the ABC Family drama series Make It or Break It.

27/05/1960

Gaston Therrien, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

Gaston Therrien is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 22 games in the National Hockey League for the Quebec Nordiques between 1981 and 1983. He works for Réseau des sports (RDS), a sportscasting channel in Quebec. Therrien was born in Montreal, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1973 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Rosemont, Quebec.

27/05/1958

Nick Anstee, English accountant and politician, 682nd Lord Mayor of London

Nicholas John Anstee is the former Lord Mayor of the City of London; he was the 682nd person to serve as mayor and his term was from 2009 to 2010. He served as Alderman for the Ward of Aldersgate having previously been its representative in the City since his election as a Common Councilman in 1987.

Neil Finn, New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician

Neil Mullane Finn is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known for being a principal member of Split Enz and for being the lead singer of Crowded House. He was also a member of Fleetwood Mac from 2018 until 2022. Ed O'Brien of Radiohead has hailed Finn as popular music's "most prolific writer of great songs".

Jesse Robredo, Filipino politician, 23rd Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (died 2012)

Jesus "Jesse" Manalastas Robredo was a Filipino politician who served as 23rd Secretary of the Interior and Local Government in the administration of President Benigno Aquino III from 2010 until his death in 2012. Robredo was a member of the Liberal Party.

27/05/1957

Dag Terje Andersen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Labour

Dag Terje Andersen is a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. In addition to professional politics he has worked at a steel mill and as a lumberjack, something that has given him a reputation for politically representing the average citizen.

Nitin Gadkari, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Transport

Nitin Jairam Gadkari is an Indian politician who is serving as the 40th Minister of Road Transport & Highways since 2014. He is also the longest serving Minister for Road Transport & Highways, currently in his tenure for over twelve years, and is the only person to serve under a single portfolio for three consecutive terms. A senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he served as the President of his party from 2009 to 2013.

Eddie Harsch, Canadian-American keyboard player and bass player (died 2016)

Eddie Harsch was a Canadian keyboardist and member of Detroit-based jam band Bulldog. Previous to that he was The Black Crowes' keyboardist from 1991 to 2006. Harsch was replaced on keyboards by Rob Clores and then Adam MacDougall. Harsch first joined Bulldog during The Black Crowes' hiatus, which lasted from early 2002 to early 2005. During that time, he also played bass in the Detroit Cobras. In the 1980s, Harsch was a member of James Cotton's band.

Siouxsie Sioux, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer

Susan Janet Ballion, known as Siouxsie Sioux, is an English singer and songwriter. She came to prominence as the singer and main lyricist of the rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. They released 11 studio albums from 1978 to 1995, and had several UK top twenty singles including "Hong Kong Garden" (1978), "Happy House" (1980) and "Peek-a-Boo" (1988), plus a top 25 single in the US Billboard Hot 100 with "Kiss Them for Me" (1991).

27/05/1956

Cynthia McFadden, American journalist

Cynthia McFadden is an American television journalist who was the senior legal and investigative correspondent for NBC News. She was an anchor and correspondent for ABC News who co-anchored Nightline, and occasionally appeared on ABC News special Primetime. She was with ABC News from 1994 to 2014 and NBC News from March 2014 to May 2024.

Rosemary Squire, English producer and manager, co-founded Ambassador Theatre Group

Dame Rosemary Anne Squire, DBE is a British commercial theatre owner and entrepreneur. She is the founder of the Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) LTD, and co-founder of Trafalgar Entertainment.

Giuseppe Tornatore, Italian director and screenwriter

Giuseppe Tornatore is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the directors who brought critical acclaim back to Italian cinema. In a career spanning over 30 years he is best known for directing and writing drama films such as Everybody's Fine, The Legend of 1900, Malèna, Baarìa and The Best Offer. His most noted film is Cinema Paradiso, for which Tornatore won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He has also directed several advertising campaigns for Dolce & Gabbana.

27/05/1955

Eric Bischoff, American wrestler, manager, and producer

Eric Aaron Bischoff is an American television producer, professional wrestling booker, promoter, and performer. Currently, he is the chief media officer for Real American Freestyle. He is best known for serving as Executive Producer and later Senior Vice President of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and subsequently, the on-screen General Manager of WWE's Raw brand. Bischoff has also worked with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) where he served as Executive Producer of TNA iMPACT!. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2021.

Richard Schiff, American actor, director, and producer

Richard Schiff is an American actor. He is best known for playing Toby Ziegler on The West Wing, a role for which he received an Emmy Award. Schiff made his television directorial debut with The West Wing, directing an episode titled "Talking Points". He is on the National Advisory Board of the Council for a Livable World. He had a recurring role on the HBO series Ballers. He had a leading role in ABC's medical drama The Good Doctor, as Dr. Aaron Glassman, and portrayed Odin in Santa Monica Studio's God of War: Ragnarök, released in 2022.

Ian Tracey, English organist and conductor

Ian Graham Tracey DL is an English organist and choirmaster who has served as Organist of Liverpool Cathedral since 1980.

27/05/1954

Pauline Hanson, Australian businesswoman, activist, and politician

Pauline Lee Hanson is an Australian politician who is the leader of One Nation. She has been a senator for Queensland since 2016, and was the member of Parliament (MP) for the Queensland division of Oxley from 1996 to 1998.

Jackie Slater, American football player and coach

Jackie Ray Slater, nicknamed "Big Bad Jackie", is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle for 20 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played his entire career with the Rams franchise: 19 seasons in Los Angeles, from 1976 to 1994, and one game in St. Louis in 1995. Slater holds the record amongst all offensive linemen who have played the most seasons with one franchise.

27/05/1951

John Conteh, English boxer

John Anthony Conteh, is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1971 to 1980. He held the WBC light-heavyweight title from 1974 to 1977, and regionally the European, British and Commonwealth titles between 1973 and 1974. As an amateur, he represented England and won a gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games. In 2017, Conteh was awarded an MBE for services to boxing at the Queen's Birthday Honours.

27/05/1950

Dee Dee Bridgewater, American singer-songwriter and actress

Dee Dee Bridgewater is an American jazz singer and actress. She is a three-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award-winning stage actress. For 23 years, she was the host of National Public Radio's syndicated radio show JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater. She is a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization.

Makis Dendrinos, Greek basketball player and coach (died 2015)

Gerasimos "Makis" Dendrinos was a Greek professional basketball player and basketball coach. He was a 1.80 m tall point guard. His nickname as a player was "Buddha".

27/05/1949

Hugh Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale, English politician (died 2021)

Hugh Clayton Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale was the eldest son of James Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale, and the only son by his first wife Tuppina Cecily Bennet.

Christa Vahlensieck, German runner

Christa Vahlensieck is a German former long distance runner and pioneer in the marathon for women. During her running career, from 1973 to 1989, she simultaneously achieved a world record in the 10,000 metres, in the 25k road race and the marathon; she holds 17 German championship titles.

27/05/1948

Wubbo de Boer, Dutch civil servant (died 2017)

Wubbo de Boer was a Dutch civil servant.

Pete Sears, English bass player

Peter Roy Sears is an English rock musician. In a career spanning more than six decades, he has been a member of many bands and has moved through a variety of musical genres, from early R&B, psychedelic improvisational rock of the 1960s, folk, country music, arena rock in the 1970s, and blues. He usually plays bass, keyboards, or both in bands.

Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, American occultist and author (died 2014)

Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, born as Diana Moore, subsequently known as Morning Glory Ferns, Morning Glory Zell and briefly Morning G'Zell, was an American community leader, writer, and lecturer in Neopaganism, as well as a priestess of the Church of All Worlds. An advocate of polyamory, she is credited with coining the word. With her husband Oberon Zell-Ravenheart, she designed deity images.

27/05/1947

Peter DeFazio, American politician

Peter Anthony DeFazio is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 4th congressional district from 1987 to 2023. He is a member of the Democratic Party and is a founder of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. A native of Massachusetts and a veteran of the United States Air Force Reserve, he previously served as a county commissioner in Lane County, Oregon. On December 1, 2021, DeFazio announced he would not seek reelection in 2022.

Marty Kristian, German-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Marty Kristian is a German-born, British-based musician. He grew up, and started his musical career, in Australia, as a solo artist. He is a singer-songwriter-guitarist and, in the 1970s, he became a heartthrob as a founding member of the New Seekers.

Branko Oblak, Slovenian footballer and coach

Branko Oblak is a Slovenian football coach and former international player. He usually played as an attacking midfielder or deep-lying playmaker.

Riivo Sinijärv, Estonian politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Riivo Sinijärv is an Estonian politician and a former Minister of Foreign Affairs.

27/05/1946

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish bassist and composer (died 2005)

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, also known by his abbreviated nickname NHØP, was a Danish jazz double bassist.

John Williams, English motorcycle racer (died 1978)

John Glen Williams was an English motorcycle short-circuit road racer who also entered selected Grands Prix on the near-continent. He mostly raced as a "privateer" having a personal sponsor, Gerald Brown. Williams died in Northern Ireland, following an accident when racing at an event held on closed public roads near Dundrod.

27/05/1945

Bruce Cockburn, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Bruce Douglas Cockburn is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. His song styles range from folk to folk- and jazz-influenced rock to soundscapes accompanying spoken stories. His lyrics reflect interests in spirituality, human rights, environmental issues, and relationships, and describe his experiences in Central America and Africa.

27/05/1944

Christopher Dodd, American lawyer and politician

Christopher John Dodd is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and Democratic Party politician who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011. Dodd is the longest-serving senator in Connecticut's history. He previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1981.

Karen Fladset, Norwegian handball player

Karen Fladset is a Norwegian former team handball player and coach. She played for the club IL Vestar and the Norway women's national handball team. With Vestar she became Norwegian Champion both as player and coach, and she was top scorer in the Norwegian league for four seasons. After her playing career she was head coach for the national team for two years, and later coach for various clubs. She was a Norway champion in discus throw three times.

Ingrid Roscoe, English historian and politician, Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire (died 2020)

Dame Ingrid Mary Roscoe, was a writer on English art and Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire from 2004 to 2018.

Alain Souchon, French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Alain Souchon is a French singer-songwriter and actor. He has released 15 albums and has played roles in seven films.

27/05/1943

Cilla Black, English singer and actress (died 2015)

Priscilla Maria Veronica Willis, known professionally as Cilla Black, was an English singer, actress and television presenter.

Bruce Weitz, American actor

Bruce Peter Weitz is an American actor, best known for his role as Sgt. Michael "Mick" Belker in the TV series Hill Street Blues, which ran from 1981 until 1987. For his role in the series, he received six nominations for Emmy Awards and two for Golden Globe Awards, winning the 1984 Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. He is also known for playing Stuart Caley, MSNBC boss, in Deep Impact.

27/05/1942

Lee Baca, American police officer

Leroy David "Lee" Baca is a former American law enforcement officer and convicted felon who served as the 30th Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California from 1998 to 2014. In 2017, he was convicted of felony obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI.

Piers Courage, English racing driver (died 1970)

Piers Raymond Courage was a British racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1967 to 1970.

Roger Freeman, Baron Freeman, English accountant and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Roger Norman Freeman, Baron Freeman, PC was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in the Cabinet of Prime Minister John Major from 1995 to 1997. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the constituency of Kettering from the 1983 general election until his defeat in 1997. He was made a life peer in 1997.

Robin Widdows, English racing driver

Robin Michael Widdows is a British former racing driver from England. He participated in Formula One, Formula Two, Formula Three and sportscars including Le Mans.

27/05/1940

Mike Gibson, Australian journalist and sportscaster (died 2015)

Mike Gibson, often also known by the nickname "Gibbo", was an Australian sports journalist, columnist, commentator, and radio and television presenter.

27/05/1939

Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns, English courtier and businessman

Simon Dallas Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns,, styled Viscount Garmoyle between 1946 and 1989, is a British businessman.

Yves Duhaime, Canadian captain and politician

Yves Duhaime is a former politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as Cabinet Member and Member of the National Assembly of Quebec.

Sokratis Kokkalis, Greek businessman

Sokratis Kokkalis is a Greek businessman, founder and principal shareholder of Intracom Holdings.

Gerald Ronson, English businessman and philanthropist

Sir Gerald Maurice Ronson is a British businessman, philanthropist, and convicted criminal. In the 1980s, he was one of the 'Guinness Four' involved in a trading fraud, for which he served six month in prison. He is a long-time supporter of Jewish charities, and was knighted for this charitable work in the UK's 2024 New Years Honours List.

Lionel Sosa, Mexican-American advertising and marketing executive

Lionel Sosa is a Mexican-American advertising and marketing executive.

Don Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)

Donald Ray Williams was an American country music singer, songwriter, and 2010 inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He began his solo career in 1971, singing popular ballads and amassing 17 number-one country hits. His straightforward yet smooth bass-baritone voice, soft tones, and imposing build earned him the nickname "The Gentle Giant". In 1975, Williams starred in a movie with Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed called W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings.

27/05/1937

Allan Carr, American playwright and producer (died 1999)

Allan Carr was an American producer and manager of stage and screen. He was nominated for numerous awards, winning a Tony Award and two People's Choice Awards, and was named Producer of the Year by the National Association of Theatre Owners.

27/05/1936

Benjamin Bathurst, English admiral (died 2025)

Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Benjamin Bathurst, was a British Royal Navy officer. After training as a pilot and qualifying as a helicopter instructor, Bathurst commanded a naval air squadron and then two frigates before achieving higher command in the navy. He served as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff from 1993 to 1995: in that capacity he advised the British Government on the deployment of naval support including Sea Harriers during the Bosnian War.

Louis Gossett Jr., American actor and producer (died 2024)

Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. was an American actor. He made his stage debut at age 17. Shortly thereafter, Gossett successfully auditioned for the Broadway play Take a Giant Step. He continued acting onstage in critically acclaimed plays including A Raisin in the Sun (1959), The Blacks (1961), Tambourines to Glory (1963), and The Zulu and the Zayda (1965). In 1977, Gossett appeared in the popular miniseries Roots, for which he won Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series at the Emmy Awards.

Marcel Masse, Canadian educator and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of National Defence (died 2014)

Marcel Masse was a Canadian politician. He served as a Quebec MLA, federal MP and federal cabinet minister.

27/05/1935

Daniel Colchico, American football player and coach (died 2014)

Daniel Mametta Colchico was an American athlete who played defensive end in the National Football League (NFL).

Mal Evans, British road manager of The Beatles (died 1976)

Malcolm Frederick Evans was an English road manager and personal assistant employed by the Beatles from 1963 until their break-up in 1970.

Jerry Kindall, American baseball player and coach (died 2017)

Gerald Donald Kindall was an American professional baseball player and college baseball player and coach. He was primarily a second baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB) who appeared in 742 games played over nine seasons for the Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians (1962–64), and Minnesota Twins (1964–65). After his playing career, he became the head baseball coach of the University of Arizona Wildcats, winning 860 games and three College World Series (CWS) championships over 24 seasons (1973–1996). Kindall batted and threw right-handed and was listed as 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and 175 pounds (79 kg).

Ramsey Lewis, American jazz pianist and composer (died 2022)

Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis Jr. was an American jazz pianist, composer, and radio personality. Lewis recorded over 80 albums and received five gold records and three Grammy Awards in his career. His album The In Crowd earned Lewis critical praise and the 1965 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance. His best known singles include "The 'In' Crowd", "Wade in the Water", and "Sun Goddess". Until 2009, he was the host of the Ramsey Lewis Morning Show on the Chicago radio station WNUA.

Lee Meriwether, American model and actress, Miss America 1955

Lee Ann Meriwether is an American retired actress and the winner of the 1955 Miss America pageant. She has appeared in many films and television shows, notably as Betty Jones, the title character's secretary and daughter-in-law in the 1970s crime drama Barnaby Jones starring Buddy Ebsen. The role earned her two Golden Globe Award nominations in 1975 and 1976, and an Emmy Award nomination in 1977. She is also known for her portrayal of Catwoman, replacing Julie Newmar in the theatrical film Batman (1966), and for a co-starring role on the science-fiction series The Time Tunnel. Meriwether had a recurring role as Ruth Martin on the daytime soap opera All My Children until the end of the series in September 2011.

27/05/1934

Ray Daviault, Canadian-American baseball player (died 2020)

Raymond Joseph Robert Daviault was a Canadian professional baseball player. The right-handed pitcher, a native of Montreal, Quebec, had an 11-season (1953–63) professional career, but spent only part of one season in the Major Leagues, appearing in 36 games for the 1962 New York Mets, the first season in that expansion team's history. He stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg).

Harlan Ellison, American author and screenwriter (died 2018)

Harlan Jay Ellison was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative personality. His published works include more than 1,700 short stories, novellas, screenplays, comic-book scripts, teleplays, essays, and a wide range of criticism covering literature, film, television, and print media.

27/05/1933

Edward Samuel Rogers, Canadian businessman (died 2008)

Edward Samuel "Ted" Rogers Jr., was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist who served as the president and CEO of Rogers Communications. He was the fifth-richest person in Canada in terms of net worth.

Manfred Sommer, Spanish author and illustrator (died 2007)

Manfred Sommer was a Spanish comics artist, best known for the reporter comics series Frank Cappa.

27/05/1931

André Barbeau, French-Canadian neurologist (died 1986)

André Barbeau, was a French Canadian neurologist. He was known for his research into Parkinson's disease and Friedreich's ataxia and taurine research.

John Chapple, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (died 2022)

Field Marshal Sir John Lyon Chapple, was a British Army officer who served as Chief of the General Staff (CGS), the professional head of the British Army, from 1988 to 1992. Early in his military career he saw action during the Malayan Emergency and again during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation and later in his career he provided advice to the British government during the Gulf War.

Bernard Fresson, French actor (died 2002)

Bernard Fresson was a French actor who primarily worked in film.

Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress and producer (died 2015)

Faten Ahmed Hamama was an Egyptian film and television actress and film producer. She made her screen debut in 1939, when she was only seven years old. Her earliest roles were minor, but her activity and gradual success helped to establish her as a distinguished Egyptian actress. Later revered as an icon in Egyptian cinema. In 1996, nine of the films she starred in were included in the Top hundred films in the history of Egyptian cinema by the cinema critics of Cairo International Film Festival.

Philip Kotler, American author and professor

Philip Kotler is an American marketing author, consultant, and professor emeritus. He was the S. C. Johnson & Son Distinguished Professor of International Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University (1962–2018). He is known for popularizing the concept of the marketing mix. He is the author of over 80 books, including Marketing Management, Principles of Marketing, Kotler on Marketing, Marketing Insights from A to Z, Marketing 4.0, Marketing Places, Marketing of Nations, Chaotics, Market Your Way to Growth, Winning Global Markets, Strategic Marketing for Health Care Organizations, Social Marketing, Social Media Marketing, My Adventures in Marketing, Up and Out of Poverty, and Winning at Innovation. Kotler has described strategic marketing as "the link between society's needs and its pattern of industrial response."

27/05/1930

John Barth, American novelist and short story writer (died 2024)

John Simmons Barth was an American writer best known for his postmodern and metafictional fiction. His most highly regarded and influential works were published in the 1960s, and include The Sot-Weed Factor, a whimsical retelling of Maryland's colonial history; Giles Goat-Boy, a satirical fantasy in which a university is a microcosm of the Cold War world; and Lost in the Funhouse, a self-referential and experimental collection of short stories. He was co-recipient of the National Book Award in 1973 for his episodic novel Chimera.

William S. Sessions, American civil servant and judge, 8th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (died 2020)

William Steele Sessions was an American attorney and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas and the fourth Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Sessions served as FBI director from 1987 to 1993, when he was dismissed by President Bill Clinton. After leaving the public sector, Sessions represented Semion Mogilevich, international leader of the Russian mafia. He is the father of Texas Congressman Pete Sessions.

Eino Tamberg, Estonian composer and educator (died 2010)

Eino Tamberg was an Estonian composer whose works are performed internationally. He composed operas such as Cyrano de Bergerac, four symphonies, and several concertos. He taught composition for decades at the Estonian Academy of Music.

27/05/1928

Thea Musgrave, Scottish-American composer and educator

Thea Musgrave CBE is a Scottish composer of opera and classical music. She has lived in the United States since 1972.

27/05/1927

Jüri Randviir, Estonian chess player and journalist (died 1996)

Jüri Randviir was an Estonian chess player and journalist, who four times won the Estonian Chess Championship.

27/05/1925

Tony Hillerman, American journalist and author (died 2008)

Anthony Grove Hillerman was an American author of detective novels and nonfiction works, best known for his mystery novels featuring Navajo Nation Police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. Several of his works have been adapted for film and television, including the AMC series Dark Winds.

27/05/1924

Jaime Lusinchi, Venezuelan physician and politician, President of Venezuela (died 2014)

Jaime Ramón Lusinchi was the president of Venezuela from 1984 to 1989. His term was characterized by an economic crisis, growth of the external debt, populist policies, currency depreciation, inflation and corruption that exacerbated the crisis of the political system established in 1958.

John Sumner, English-Australian director, founded the Melbourne Theatre Company (died 2013)

John Hackman Sumner was an English and Australian theatre director, producer and impresario. He was the founder and artistic director of the Melbourne Theatre Company in Australia, gathering a group of later internationally famous stars including Ray Lawler, Zoe Caldwell, Barry Humphries and Fred Parslow.

27/05/1923

Henry Kissinger, German-American political scientist and politician, 56th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023)

Henry Alfred Kissinger was an American diplomat, political scientist, and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 7th national security advisor from 1969 to 1975 and as the 56th United States secretary of state from 1973 to 1977, serving under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

Sumner Redstone, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2020)

Sumner Murray Redstone was an American billionaire businessman and media magnate. He was the founder and chairman of the second incarnation of Viacom, chairman of CBS Corporation, and the majority owner and chairman of the National Amusements theater chain.

27/05/1922

Otto Carius, German lieutenant and pharmacist (died 2015)

Otto Carius was a German tank commander in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He fought on the Eastern Front in 1943 and 1944 and on the Western Front in 1945. Carius is considered a "panzer ace", some sources credited him with destroying more than 150 enemy tanks, although Carius, in an interview claims he had around 100 kills or less. This was also due to the fact that he did not count kills as a commander, and rather only as a gunner. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Christopher Lee, English actor (died 2015)

Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee was an English actor and singer. In a career spanning over 60 years, he became known as an actor with tremendous screen presence and a deep and commanding voice who often portrayed villains in horror and franchise films. Lee was knighted for services to drama and charity in June 2009 by Charles Prince of Wales, and received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2011 and received the BFI Fellowship in 2013.

John D. Vanderhoof, American banker and politician, 37th Governor of Colorado (died 2013)

John David Vanderhoof was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, Vanderhoof served as the 37th governor of Colorado from 1973 to 1975, assuming the office from John Arthur Love, who was appointed to the National Energy Policy Office by President Richard Nixon. Vanderhoof served out the remainder of Love's term, but failed to win a term in his own right, being defeated by Democrat Richard Lamm in the 1974 election.

27/05/1921

Bob Godfrey, Australian-English animator, director, and voice actor (died 2013)

Roland Frederick Godfrey MBE, known as Bob Godfrey, was an English animator whose career spanned more than fifty years. He is probably best known for the children's cartoon series Roobarb (1974), Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk (1976–77) and Henry's Cat (1983–1993) and for the Trio chocolate biscuit advertisements shown in the UK during the early 1980s. However, he also produced a BAFTA and Academy award-winning short film, Great (1975), a humorous biography of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Further Academy Awards nominations received were for Kama Sutra Rides Again (1971), Dream Doll (1979), with Zlatko Grgic, and Small Talk (1994) with animator Kevin Baldwin.

27/05/1918

Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese commander and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan (died 2019)

Yasuhiro Nakasone was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1982 to 1987. His political term was best known for pushing through the privatization of state-owned companies, pursuing a hawkish and pro-United States foreign policy and his rejection of Keynesianism and his support of neoliberalism.

27/05/1917

Harry Webster, English engineer (died 2007)

Henry George Webster, CBE was a British automotive engineer. He is best known for his work at the Triumph Motor Company throughout the 1950s and 1960s.

27/05/1915

Ester Soré, Chilean singer-songwriter (died 1996)

Ester Soré was the main singer of Chilean melodies of the 20th century. She recorded for the first time, the successful one "Chile Lindo" ("Pretty Chile"), of Clara Solovera, and did not only contribute to enriching the way to interpret those songs thanks to a voice recognized among the clearest and expressive of her time. Besides she was a popular artist in an extensive sense: on the radio, recordings, tours and movies.

Herman Wouk, American novelist (died 2019)

Herman Wouk was an American author. He published 15 novels, many of them historical fiction such as The Caine Mutiny (1951), for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1952. Other well-known works included The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, the bildungsroman Marjorie Morningstar; and non-fiction such as This Is My God, an explanation of Judaism from a Modern Orthodox perspective, written for Jewish and non-Jewish readers. His books have been translated into 27 languages.

27/05/1912

John Cheever, American novelist and short story writer (died 1982)

John William Cheever was an American short story writer and novelist. He is sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs". His fiction is mostly set on the Upper East Side of Manhattan; the Westchester suburbs; old New England villages based on various South Shore towns around Quincy, Massachusetts, where he was born; and Italy, especially Rome. His short stories included "The Enormous Radio", "Goodbye, My Brother", "The Five-Forty-Eight", "The Country Husband", and "The Swimmer", and he also wrote five novels: The Wapshot Chronicle , The Wapshot Scandal, Bullet Park (1969), Falconer (1977) and a novella, Oh What a Paradise It Seems (1982).

Sam Snead, American golfer and sportscaster (died 2002)

Samuel Jackson Snead was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for the better part of four decades and widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Snead was awarded a record 94 gold medallions, for wins in PGA of America Tour events and later credited with winning a record 82 PGA Tour events tied with Tiger Woods, including seven majors. He never won the U.S. Open, though he was runner-up four times. Snead was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974.

Terry Moore, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1995)

Terry Bluford Moore was an American professional baseball center fielder, manager, and coach. He played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1935 to 1948, and later coached for them from 1949 to 1958. Moore also briefly managed the 1954 Philadelphia Phillies, taking the reins from Steve O’Neill, for the second half of the season.

27/05/1911

Hubert Humphrey, American journalist and politician, 38th Vice President of the United States (died 1978)

Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. was an American politician who served from 1965 to 1969 as the 38th vice president of the United States. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and from 1971 to 1978. As a senator, he was a major leader of modern liberalism in the United States. As President Lyndon B. Johnson's vice president, he supported the controversial Vietnam War. An intensely divided Democratic Party nominated him in the 1968 presidential election, which he lost to Republican nominee Richard Nixon.

Teddy Kollek, Hungarian-Israeli politician, Mayor of Jerusalem (died 2007)

Theodor "Teddy" Kollek was an Israeli politician who served as the mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1993.

Vincent Price, American actor (died 1993)

Vincent Leonard Price Jr. was an American actor, known to film audiences for his work in the horror genre, mostly portraying villains. He appeared on stage, television, and radio, and in more than 100 films. Price has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for motion pictures and one for television.

27/05/1909

Dolores Hope, American singer and philanthropist (died 2011)

Dolores Hope, DC*SG was an American singer, entertainer, philanthropist, and wife of American actor and comedian Bob Hope.

Juan Vicente Pérez, Venezuelan supercentenarian, oldest living man, last man born in 1900s decade (died 2024)

Juan Vicente Pérez Mora was a Venezuelan supercentenarian who, until his death aged 114 years, 311 days, was the world's oldest verified living man following the death of Spain's Saturnino de la Fuente García on 18 January 2022.

27/05/1907

Nicolas Calas, Greek-American poet and critic (died 1988)

Nicolas Calas was the pseudonym of Nikos Kalamaris, a Greek-American poet and art critic. While living in Greece, he also used the pseudonyms Nikitas Randos and M. Spieros.

Rachel Carson, American biologist, environmentalist, and author (died 1964)

Rachel Louise Carson was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose sea trilogy (1941–1955) and book Silent Spring (1962) are credited with advancing marine conservation and the global environmental movement.

27/05/1906

Buddhadasa, Thai monk and philosopher (died 1993)

Buddhadasa was a Thai Buddhist monk. Known as an innovative reinterpreter of Buddhist doctrine and Thai folk beliefs, he fostered a reformation in conventional religious perceptions in his home country, Thailand, as well as abroad. He developed a personal view that those who have penetrated the essential nature of religions consider "all religions to be inwardly the same", while those who have the highest understanding of dhamma feel "there is no religion". Buddhadasa was also known for his political engagement and developed a form of Buddhist socialism he called "Dhammic socialism".

Harry Hibbs, English footballer (died 1984)

Henry Edward Hibbs was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Birmingham and England in the 1920s and 1930s. His uncle Hubert Pearson and cousin Harold Pearson were also professional players.

Antonio Rosario Mennonna, Italian bishop (died 2009)

Antonio Rosario Mennonna was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. At the time of his death at the age of 103, he was the second-oldest bishop in the Church, behind Antoine Nguyên Van Thien.

27/05/1900

Lotte Toberentz, German overseer of the Nazi Uckermark concentration camp (died 1964)

Lotte Toberentz, born Maria Charlotte Toberentz was a German concentration camp overseer in Nazi Germany. She was tried in the Third Ravensbrück Trials but was acquitted of crimes due to lack of evidence.

Uładzimir Žyłka, Belarusian poet and translator (died 1933)

Uladzimir Zhylka was a Belarusian poet.

27/05/1899

Johannes Türn, Estonian chess and draughts player (died 1993)

Johannes Türn was an Estonian chess player.

27/05/1898

David Crosthwait, American engineer, inventor and writer (died 1976)

David Nelson Crosthwait Jr. was an African-American mechanical and electrical engineer, inventor, and writer. Crosthwait's expertise was on air ventilation, central air conditioning, and heat transfer systems. He was responsible for creating heating systems for larger buildings such as Rockefeller Center and New York's Radio City Music Hall. He was granted an honorary doctoral degree in 1975 from Purdue University. In 1971, Crosthwait was elected as a fellow of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), making him the first African American fellow. Crosthwait was also named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

27/05/1897

John Cockcroft, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1967)

Sir John Douglas Cockcroft was a British experimental physicist who shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ernest Walton for their splitting of the atomic nucleus, which led to the development of nuclear power and weapons.

Dink Templeton, American rugby player and coach (died 1962)

Robert Lyman "Dink" Templeton was an American track and field athlete, Olympic gold medalist in rugby union, college football player, and track coach.

27/05/1895

Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Canadian educator and politician, 13th Premier of Manitoba (died 1995)

Douglas Lloyd Campbell was a Canadian politician in Manitoba. He served as the 13th premier of Manitoba from 1948 to 1958. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for 47 years, longer than anyone in the province's history.

27/05/1894

Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French physician and author (died 1961)

Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches, better known by the pen name Louis-Ferdinand Céline, was a French novelist, polemicist, and physician. His first novel Journey to the End of the Night (1932) won the Prix Renaudot but divided critics due to the author's pessimistic depiction of the human condition and his writing style based on working-class speech. In subsequent novels such as Death on the Installment Plan (1936), Guignol's Band (1944) and Castle to Castle (1957), Céline further developed an innovative and distinctive literary style. Maurice Nadeau wrote: "What Joyce did for the English language...what the surrealists attempted to do for the French language, Céline achieved effortlessly and on a vast scale."

Dashiell Hammett, American detective novelist and screenwriter (died 1961)

Samuel Dashiell Hammett was an American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the characters he created are Sam Spade, Nick and Nora Charles, The Continental Op and the comic strip character Secret Agent X-9.

27/05/1891

Claude Champagne, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (died 1965)

Claude Champagne was a French Canadian composer, teacher, pianist, and violinist.

Jaan Kärner, Estonian poet and author (died 1958)

Jaan Kärner was an Estonian poet and writer. He is known especially for his nature poetry. Many of his poems were set to music by Estonian composers of choral music. Kärner also wrote numerous novels, plays, works of literary criticism, and scientific literature and historical treatises. He translated works from German and Russian, most notably the poems of Heinrich Heine into Estonian in 1934.

27/05/1888

Louis Durey, French composer (died 1979)

Louis Edmond Durey was a French composer. He was among the Les Six group of composers.

27/05/1887

Frank Woolley, English cricketer (died 1978)

Frank Edward Woolley was an English professional cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club between 1906 and 1938 and represented the England cricket team. A genuine all-rounder, Woolley was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm bowler. He was also an outstanding close-in fielder and remains the only non-wicket-keeper to have taken more than 1,000 catches in a first-class career. His aggregate of runs scored is the second-highest in first-class cricket history, while his total number of wickets places him 28th overall.

27/05/1884

Max Brod, Czech journalist, author, and composer (died 1968)

Max Brod was an Israeli author, composer and journalist, born as a German-speaking Czech. He is notable for promoting the work of writer Franz Kafka and composer Leoš Janáček.

27/05/1883

Jessie Arms Botke, American painter (died 1971)

Jessie Hazel Arms Botke was an Illinois and California painter noted for her bird images and use of gold leaf highlights.

27/05/1879

Karl Bühler, German-American linguist and psychologist (died 1963)

Karl Ludwig Bühler was a German psychologist and linguist. In psychology he is known for his work in Gestalt psychology, and he was one of the founders of the Würzburg School of psychology. In linguistics he is known for his organon model of communication and his treatment of deixis as a linguistic phenomenon.

Hans Lammers, German judge and politician (died 1962)

Hans Heinrich Lammers was a German jurist and prominent Nazi Party politician. From 1933 until 1945 he served as Chief of the Reich Chancellery under Adolf Hitler. In 1937, he additionally was given the post of Reichsminister in the cabinet. During the 1948–1949 Ministries Trial, Lammers was found guilty of crimes against peace, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and membership in a criminal organization. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison in April 1949, but this was later reduced to 10 years and he was released early.

27/05/1878

Anna Cervin, Swedish artist (died 1972)

Anna Kristina Cervin was a Swedish artist, primarily known for her painting work.

27/05/1876

Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish journalist and author (died 1945)

Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski was a Polish writer, explorer, university professor, and anticommunist political activist. He is known for his books about Lenin and the Russian Civil War in which he participated.

William Stanier, English engineer (died 1965)

Sir William Arthur Stanier was an English railway engineer, and was chief mechanical engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

27/05/1875

Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (died 1942)

A cricket match was played as part of the 1900 Summer Olympics, which took place on 19–20 August at the Vélodrome de Vincennes between teams representing Great Britain and France.

Jorge Newbery, Argentine aviator (died 1914)

Jorge Alejandro Newbery Malagarie was an Argentine aviator, civil servant, engineer and scientist. He died in an airplane crash on 1 March 1914, at the age of 38.

27/05/1871

Georges Rouault, French painter and illustrator (died 1958)

Georges-Henri Rouault was a French painter, draughtsman, and printmaker, whose work is often associated with Fauvism and Expressionism.

27/05/1868

Aleksa Šantić, Bosnian poet and author (died 1924)

Aleksa Šantić was a Herzegovinian Serb poet and writer from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Šantić wrote about the urban culture of his hometown Mostar and Herzegovina, the growing national awareness of Bosnian Serbs, social injustice, nostalgic love, and the unity of the South Slavs. He was the editor-in-chief of the magazine Zora (1896–1901). Šantić was one of the leading persons of Serbian literary and national movement in Mostar. In 1914 Šantić became a member of the Serbian Royal Academy.

27/05/1867

Arnold Bennett, English author and playwright (died 1931)

Enoch Arnold Bennett was an English author, best known as a novelist, who wrote prolifically. Between the 1890s and the 1930s he completed 34 novels, seven volumes of short stories, 13 plays, and a daily journal totalling more than a million words. He wrote articles and stories for more than 100 newspapers and periodicals, worked in and briefly ran the Ministry of Information during the First World War, and wrote for the cinema in the 1920s. Sales of his books were substantial, and he was the most financially successful British author of his day.

27/05/1863

Arthur Mold, English cricketer (died 1921)

Arthur Webb Mold was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire as a fast bowler between 1889 and 1901. A Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1892, he was selected for England in three Test matches in 1893. Mold was one of the most effective bowlers in England during the 1890s but his career was overshadowed by controversy over his bowling action. Although he took 1,673 wickets in first-class matches, many commentators viewed his achievements as tainted.

27/05/1860

Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese politician, 7th President of Portugal (died 1941)

Manuel Teixeira Gomes was a Portuguese politician who served as the president of Portugal from 1923 to 1925.

Margrethe Munthe, Norwegian songwriter (died 1931)

Margrethe Aabel Munthe was a Norwegian teacher, children's writer, songwriter and playwright.

27/05/1857

Theodor Curtius, German chemist (died 1928)

Geheimrat Julius Wilhelm Theodor Curtius was professor of Chemistry at Heidelberg University. He published the Curtius rearrangement in 1890/1894 and also discovered diazoacetic acid, hydrazine and hydrazoic acid. In 1882 he carried out the first ever peptide synthesis, creating the N-protected dipeptide, benzoylglycylglycine.

27/05/1852

Billy Barnes, English cricketer (died 1899)

William Barnes was an English professional cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club from 1875 to 1894, and in 21 Test matches for England from 1880 to 1890. He was born at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, and died at Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire.

27/05/1837

Wild Bill Hickok, American police officer (died 1876)

James Butler Hickok, better known as "Wild Bill" Hickok, was a folk hero of the American Old West known for his life on the frontier as a soldier, scout, lawman, cattle rustler, gunslinger, gambler, showman, and actor, and for his involvement in many famous gunfights. He earned a great deal of notoriety in his own time, much of it bolstered by the many outlandish and often fabricated tales he told about himself. Some contemporaneous reports of his exploits are known to be fictitious, but they remain the basis of much of his fame and reputation.

27/05/1836

Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (died 1892)

Jay Gould was an American railroad magnate and financial speculator who founded the Gould business dynasty. He is generally identified as one of the robber barons of the Gilded Age. His sharp and often unscrupulous business practices made him one of the wealthiest men of the late 19th century. Gould was an unpopular figure during his life and remains controversial.

27/05/1832

Zenas Ferry Moody, American surveyor and politician, 7th Governor of Oregon (died 1917)

Zenas Ferry Moody was the seventh governor of Oregon from 1882 to 1887.

27/05/1827

Samuel F. Miller, American lawyer and politician (died 1892)

Samuel Franklin Miller was a United States representative from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War.

27/05/1819

Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (died 1910)

Julia Ward Howe was an American author and poet, known for writing the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" as new lyrics to the song "John Brown's Body," and the original 1870 pacifist Mothers' Day Proclamation. She was also an advocate for abolitionism and a social activist, particularly for women's suffrage.

27/05/1818

Amelia Bloomer, American journalist and activist (died 1894)

Amelia Jenks Bloomer was an American newspaper editor, women's rights and temperance advocate. Even though she did not create the women's clothing reform style known as bloomers, her name became associated with it because of her early and strong advocacy. In her work with The Lily, she became the first woman to own, operate and edit a newspaper for women.

27/05/1815

Henry Parkes, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (died 1896)

Sir Henry Parkes, was a colonial Australian politician and the longest-serving non-consecutive premier of the Colony of New South Wales, the present-day state of New South Wales in the Commonwealth of Australia. He has been referred to as the "Father of Federation" due to his early promotion for the federation of the six colonies of Australia, as an early critic of British convict transportation and as a proponent for the expansion of the Australian continental rail network.

27/05/1814

John Rudolph Niernsee, Viennese-born American architect (died 1885)

John Rudolph Niernsee was an American architect. He served as the head architect for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Rudolph also largely contributed to the design and construction of the South Carolina State House located in Columbia, South Carolina. Along with his partner, James Crawford Neilson, Rudolph established the standard for professional design and construction of public works projects within Baltimore and across different states in the United States.

27/05/1812

George K. Teulon, English-Texian journalist and freemason (died 1846)

George Knight Teulon was a 19th-century English-Texian journalist and freemason who was a cofounder and the editor of The Austin City Gazette, the first newspaper published in Austin, the capital of the Republic of Texas, and the publisher of The Western Advocate.

27/05/1794

Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1877)

Cornelius Vanderbilt, nicknamed "the Commodore", was an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping. After working with his father's business, he worked his way into leadership positions in inland and coastal shipping, then invested in the rapidly growing railroad industry, which transformed the geography of the United States.

27/05/1774

Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (died 1857)

Sir Francis Beaufort was an Irish hydrographer and naval officer who created the Beaufort cipher and the Beaufort scale.

27/05/1756

Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (died 1825)

Maximilian I Joseph was Duke of Zweibrücken from 1795 to 1799, prince-elector of Bavaria from 1799 to 1806, then King of Bavaria from 1806 to 1825. He was a member of the House of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken, a branch of the House of Wittelsbach.

27/05/1738

Nathaniel Gorham, American merchant and politician, 14th President of the Continental Congress (died 1796)

Nathaniel Gorham was an American Founding Father, merchant, and politician from Massachusetts. He was a delegate from the Bay Colony to the Continental Congress and for six months served as the presiding officer of that body under the Articles of Confederation. He also attended the Constitutional Convention, served on its Committee of Detail, and signed the United States Constitution.

27/05/1652

Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine of Germany (died 1722)

Madame Elizabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Orléans, also known as Liselotte von der Pfalz, was a German member of the House of Wittelsbach who married into the French royal family. She was the second wife of Monsieur Philippe I, Duke of Orléans. By Philippe, Liselotte was the mother of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, and Élisabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Lorraine. Philippe II was France's ruler during the Regency. Liselotte gained literary and historical importance primarily through preservation of her correspondence, which is of great cultural and historical value due to her sometimes very blunt descriptions of French court life and is today one of the best-known German-language texts of the Baroque period.

27/05/1651

Louis Antoine de Noailles, French cardinal (died 1729)

Louis Antoine de Noailles, Cardinal de Noailles, second son of Anne de Noailles, 1st Duke of Noailles, was a French bishop and cardinal. His signing of the Unigenitus bull in 1728 would end the formal Jansenist controversy.

27/05/1626

William II, Prince of Orange (died 1650)

William II was sovereign Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, Overijssel and Groningen in the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 14 March 1647 until his death three years later on 6 November 1650. His death marked the beginning of the First Stadtholderless Period, leading to the rise of Johan De Witt, who stayed in power for the next 22 years.

27/05/1601

Antoine Daniel, French-Canadian missionary and saint (died 1648)

Antoine Daniel was a French Jesuit missionary in North America, at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, and one of the eight Canadian Martyrs.

27/05/1584

Michael Altenburg, German theologian and composer (died 1640)

Michael Altenburg was a German theologian and composer.

27/05/1576

Caspar Schoppe, German author and scholar (died 1649)

Caspar Schoppe was a German Catholic polemicist, philosopher and scholar.

27/05/1537

Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg (died 1604)

Landgrave Louis IV of Hesse-Marburg was the son of Landgrave Philip I of Hesse and his wife Christine of Saxony. After the death of his father in 1567, Hesse was divided among his sons and Louis received Hesse-Marburg including Marburg and Giessen.

27/05/1519

Girolamo Mei, Italian historian and theorist (died 1594)

Girolamo Mei was an Italian historian and humanist, famous in music history for providing the intellectual impetus to the Florentine Camerata, which attempted to revive ancient Greek music drama. He was born in Florence, and died in Rome and also used the pseudonym Decimo Corinella da Peretola.

27/05/1378

Zhu Quan, Chinese military commander, historian and playwright (died 1448)[citation needed]

Zhu Quan, the Prince of Ning, was a Chinese historian, military commander, musician, and playwright. He was the 17th son of the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming dynasty. During his life, he served as a military commander, feudal lord, historian, and playwright. He is also remembered as a great tea connoisseur, a zither player, and composer.

27/05/1332

Ibn Khaldun, Tunisian historian and theologian (died 1406)

Ibn Khaldun was an Arab scholar, historian, philosopher, and sociologist. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest social scientists of the Middle Ages, and is considered by a number of scholars to be a major forerunner of historiography, sociology, economics, and demography studies.

27/05/0742

Emperor Dezong of Tang (died 805)

Emperor Dezong of Tang, personal name Li Kuo, was an emperor of the Chinese Tang dynasty. He was the oldest son of Emperor Daizong. His reign of 26 years was the third longest in the Tang dynasty. Emperor Dezong started out as a diligent and frugal emperor and he tried to reform the governmental finances by introducing new tax laws. His attempts to destroy the powerful regional warlords and the subsequent mismanagement of those campaigns, however, resulted in a number of rebellions that nearly destroyed him and the Tang dynasty. After those events, he dealt cautiously with the regional governors, causing warlordism to become unchecked, and his trust of eunuchs caused the eunuchs' power to rise greatly. He was also known for his paranoia about officials' wielding power, and late in his reign, he did not grant much authority to his chancellors.

Lives Remembered on 27th May

On 27th May, 110 remarkable people passed away — from 366 to 2025. Remember the lives and legacies of those we lost on this day.

27/05/2025

Freddie Aguilar, Filipino musician and singer-songwriter (born 1953)

Ferdinand "Freddie" Pascual Aguilar, also known by his Muslim name Abdul Farid, was a Filipino musician regarded as one of the pillars and icons of Original Pilipino Music (OPM). He was best known for his international hit "Anak" (1978), which became the best-selling Philippine music record of all time, selling 33 million copies worldwide. His rendition of "Bayan Ko" became the anthem of the opposition against the regime of Ferdinand Marcos during the 1986 People Power Revolution. He was heavily associated with Pinoy rock.

27/05/2024

Elizabeth MacRae, American actress (born 1936)

Elizabeth Hendon MacRae was an American actress who performed in dozens of television series and in nine feature films, working predominantly in productions released between 1958 and the late 1980s. Among her more widely recognized roles was her recurring character Lou-Ann Poovie on the sitcom Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., which was originally broadcast from 1964 to 1969.

Bill Walton, American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1952)

William Theodore Walton III was an American basketball player and television sportscaster. He played collegiately for the UCLA Bruins and professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Portland Trail Blazers, San Diego / Los Angeles Clippers, and Boston Celtics. He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.

27/05/2021

Poul Schlüter, former Prime Minister of Denmark (born 1929)

Poul Holmskov Schlüter was a Danish politician who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1982 to 1993. He was the first member of the Conservative People's Party to become prime minister, as well as the first conservative to hold the office since 1901. Schlüter was a member of the Folketing for the Conservative People's Party from 1964 to 1994. He was also Chairman of the Conservative People's Party from 1974 to 1977 and from 1981 to 1993.

27/05/2020

Larry Kramer, American playwright, public health advocate and LGBT rights activist (born 1935)

Laurence David Kramer was an American playwright, author, film producer, public health advocate, and gay rights activist. He began his career rewriting scripts while working for Columbia Pictures, which led him to London, where he worked with United Artists. There he wrote the screenplay for the film Women in Love (1969) and received an Academy Award nomination for his work.

27/05/2018

Gardner Dozois, American science fiction author and editor (born 1947)

Gardner Raymond Dozois was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the founding editor of The Year's Best Science Fiction anthologies (1984–2018) and was editor of Asimov's Science Fiction (1986–2004), garnering multiple Hugo and Locus Awards for those works almost every year. He also won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story twice. He was inducted to the Science Fiction Hall of Fame on June 25, 2011.

27/05/2017

Gregg Allman, American musician, singer and songwriter (born 1947)

Gregory LeNoir Allman was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He was known for performing in the Allman Brothers Band. Allman grew up with an interest in rhythm and blues music, and the Allman Brothers Band fused it with rock music, jazz, and country. He wrote several of the band's most popular songs, including "Whipping Post", "Melissa", and "Midnight Rider". Allman also had a successful solo career, releasing eight studio albums. He was born and spent much of his childhood in Nashville, Tennessee, before relocating to Daytona Beach, Florida, and then Macon, Georgia.

27/05/2015

Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally driver (born 1929)

Erik Hilding Carlsson was a Swedish rally driver for Saab. He was nicknamed "Carlsson på taket" as well as Mr. Saab.

Nils Christie, Norwegian sociologist, criminologist, and author (born 1928)

Nils Christie was a Norwegian sociologist and criminologist. He was a professor of criminology at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo. Considered a leading figure of his field, Christie is one of two Norwegian social scientists covered in the book 50 Key Thinkers in Criminology, alongside sociologist Thomas Mathiesen.

Andy King, English footballer and manager (born 1956)

Andrew Edward King was an English professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He made 350 appearances and scored 92 goals in the Football League in the 1970s and 1980s, and also played abroad. He was capped twice by England at under-21 level. After retiring as a player, he had a lengthy career in management.

Michael Martin, American philosopher and academic (born 1932)

Michael Lou Martin was an American philosopher and former professor at Boston University. Martin specialized in the philosophy of religion, although he also worked on the philosophies of science, law, and social science. He served with the US Marine Corps in Korea.

27/05/2014

Robert Genn, Canadian painter and author (born 1936)

Robert Douglas Genn was a Canadian artist, who gained recognition for his style, which is in the tradition of Canadian landscape painting. He ran a painters' website, which sends out twice weekly newsletters to 135,000 artists. In 2005, Genn campaigned against the Chinese website arch-world.com, which was selling thousands of high-resolution images of around 2,800 artists' work illegally without permission. He succeeded to an extent.

Helma Sanders-Brahms, German director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1940)

Helma Sanders-Brahms was a German film director, screenwriter and producer.

Roberto Vargas, Puerto Rican-American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1929)

Roberto Enrique Vargas Vélez was a Puerto Rican pitcher in Major League Baseball and Negro league baseball. Vargas played for the Chicago American Giants for one season in 1948, in which he was named a Negro League All-Star. He also played one season for the Milwaukee Braves of the National League during the 1955 season. He was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico.

Massimo Vignelli, Italian-American graphic designer (born 1931)

Massimo Vignelli was an Italian designer active in graphic design, industrial design, furniture, and architecture. He worked within the modernist tradition, emphasizing simplicity through the use of basic geometric forms. With his wife Lella, Vignelli helped establish the New York office of Unimark International and Vignelli Associates.

27/05/2013

Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri, Indian politician (born 1917)

Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri was an Indian politician. He was the oldest surviving member of the founding Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

Bill Pertwee, English actor (born 1926)

William Desmond Anthony Pertwee was an English actor and comedian. He played Chief ARP Warden Hodges in Dad's Army and P.C. Wilson in You Rang, M'Lord?.

Abdoulaye Sékou Sow, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali (born 1931)

Abdoulaye Sékou Sow was a Malian politician who served as Prime Minister of Mali from 12 April 1993 to 4 February 1994 under President Alpha Oumar Konaré.

27/05/2012

Simeon Daniel, Nevisian educator and politician, 1st Premier of Nevis (born 1934)

Simeon Daniel was the first Premier of Nevis.

Friedrich Hirzebruch, German mathematician and academic (born 1927)

Friedrich Ernst Peter Hirzebruch ForMemRS was a German mathematician, working in the fields of topology, complex manifolds and algebraic geometry, and a leading figure in his generation. He has been described as "the most important mathematician in Germany of the postwar period."

Anahit Perikhanian, Russian-born Armenian Iranologist (born 1928)

Anahit Georgievna Perikhanian was a Soviet-born Armenian academic. An Iranologist, Perikhanian specialized in Sasanian jurisprudence, history and society. In addition to her work on many aspects of ancient and medieval Iran, Perikhanian was also interested in ancient inscriptions of Asia Minor and the Middle East, as well as Middle Iranian languages and Armenian language. She also spent much time researching Armenian philology and etymology, especially in relation to Iranian loanwords in the Armenian language, and contributed to the understanding of Aramaic inscriptions found in Armenia.

David Rimoin, Canadian-American geneticist and academic (born 1936)

David Lawrence Rimoin was a Canadian American geneticist. He was especially noted for his research into the genetics of skeletal dysplasia (dwarfism), inheritable diseases such as Tay–Sachs disease, and diabetes.

27/05/2011

Jeff Conaway, American actor and singer (born 1950)

Jeffrey Charles William Michael Conaway was an American actor. He portrayed Kenickie in the film Grease and had roles in three television series: struggling actor Bobby Wheeler in Taxi (1978–1982), Prince Erik Greystone in Wizards and Warriors, and security officer Zack Allan on Babylon 5. Conaway was featured in the first and second seasons of the reality television series Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.

Margo Dydek, Polish-American basketball player (born 1974)

Małgorzata Teresa Dydek-Twigg, better known as Margo Dydek, was a Polish professional basketball player. Standing 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) tall, she was the tallest professional female basketball player in the world. Playing center position, she won nine national championships in Poland and four in Spain during her career. Outside of Europe, she played 11 seasons in the WNBA, for three teams, and was a coach for the Northside Wizards in the Queensland Basketball League. She was awarded the Polish Gold Cross of Merit (1999).

Gil Scott-Heron, American singer-songwriter and poet (born 1949)

Gilbert Scott-Heron was an American jazz poet, singer, musician and author, known for his work as a spoken-word performer in the 1970s and 1980s. His collaborative efforts with musician Brian Jackson fused jazz, blues and soul with lyrics relative to social and political issues of the time, delivered in both rapping and melismatic vocal styles. He referred to himself as a "bluesologist", his own term for "a scientist who is concerned with the origin of the blues". His poem "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised", delivered over a jazz-soul beat, is considered a major influence on hip hop music.

27/05/2010

Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator and director (born 1929)

Payut Ngaokrachang was a Thai cartoonist and animator. He created Thai cinema's first cel-animated feature film, The Adventure of Sudsakorn.

27/05/2009

Thomas M. Franck, American lawyer and academic (born 1931)

Thomas Martin Franck was an American legal scholar and expert on international law. Franck was the Murry and Ida Becker Professor of Law at New York University and advised many nations on legal matters, even helping some to write their constitutions.

Clive Granger, Welsh-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1934)

Sir Clive William John Granger was a British econometrician known for his contributions to nonlinear time series analysis. He taught in Britain, at the University of Nottingham and in the United States, at the University of California, San Diego. Granger was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2003 in recognition of the contributions that he and his co-winner, Robert F. Engle, had made to the analysis of time series data. This work fundamentally changed the way in which economists analyse financial and macroeconomic data.

Mona Grey, British nursing administrator; Northern Ireland's first Chief Nursing Officer (born 1910)

Mona Elizabeth Clara Grey was a British nurse who was named Northern Ireland's first Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) in 1960.

Abram Hoffer, Canadian biochemist, physician, and psychiatrist (born 1917)

Abram Hoffer was a Canadian biochemist, physician, and psychiatrist known for his "adrenochrome hypothesis" of schizoaffective disorders. According to Hoffer, megavitamin therapy and other nutritional interventions are potentially effective treatments for cancer and schizophrenia. Hoffer was also involved in studies of LSD as an experimental therapy for alcoholism and the discovery that high-dose niacin can be used to treat high cholesterol and other dyslipidemias.

Gérard Jean-Juste, Haitian-American priest and theologian (born 1946)

Gérard Jean-Juste was a Haitian Catholic priest who served as rector of Saint Claire's Church for the Poor in Port-au-Prince. He was also a liberation theologian and a supporter of the Fanmi Lavalas political party, as well as heading the Miami, Florida-based Haitian Refugee Center from 1977 to 1990.

Carol Anne O'Marie, American nun and author (born 1933)

Sister Carol Anne O'Marie, C.S.J., was a Roman Catholic sister in the Religious Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. She was also a mystery writer.

William Refshauge, Australian soldier and physician (born 1913)

Major General Sir William Dudley Duncan Refshauge, was an Australian soldier and public health administrator. He was Honorary Physician to Queen Elizabeth II (1955–64), director-general of the Australian Government Department of Health (1960–73), and secretary-general of the World Medical Association (1973–76).

Paul Sharratt, English-American television host (born 1933)

Paul William Sharratt, was an English-born Australian entertainer and television personality, and later an American television producer.

27/05/2008

Franz Künstler, Hungarian soldier (born 1900)

Franz Künstler was, at age 107, the last known surviving veteran of the First World War who fought for the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Following the death of 110-year-old Ottoman veteran Yakup Satar on 2 April 2008, he was also the last Central Powers veteran of any nationality. He was born in Sósd, in the Kingdom of Hungary, now Măureni, Romania.

27/05/2007

Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer-songwriter (born 1967)

Sachiko Kamachi , known professionally as Izumi Sakai , was a Japanese pop singer and core member of the group Zard. As Sakai was the only member in the group for the majority of the 16 years which it was active, Zard and Sakai may be referred to interchangeably. She was the best-selling female recording artist of the 1990s and has sold over 38 million copies of sales, making her one of the best-selling music artists in Japan of all time.

Gretchen Wyler, American actress and dancer (born 1932)

Gretchen Wyler was an American actress and dancer. She was also an animal rights advocate and founder of the Genesis Awards for animal protection.

Ed Yost, American inventor, created the modern hot air balloon (born 1919)

Paul Edward Yost was the American inventor of the modern hot air balloon and is referred to as the "Father of the Modern Day Hot-Air Balloon." He worked for a high-altitude research division of General Mills in the early 1950s until he left to establish Raven Industries in 1956, along with several colleagues from General Mills.

27/05/2006

Rob Borsellino, American journalist (born 1949)

Rob Borsellino was a newspaper columnist who worked for the Des Moines Register. His columns, which appeared three times weekly, became popular due to Borsellino's colloquial writing style and ability to tell a story straight from the heart. His columns appeared several times in such publications as USA Today, Chicago Tribune, and The Washington Post, and a compilation of Borsellino's columns were published in his 2005 book So I'm Talkin' To This Guy... (ISBN 1-888223-66-9).

Paul Gleason, American actor (born 1939)

Paul Xavier Gleason was an American film and television actor. He was known for his roles on television series such as All My Children and films such as The Breakfast Club, Trading Places, and Die Hard.

Craig Heyward, American football player (born 1966)

Craig William Heyward, nicknamed "Ironhead", was an American professional football player who was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers. He then played for the New Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears, Atlanta Falcons, St. Louis Rams, and Indianapolis Colts in an 11-year NFL career.

27/05/2003

Luciano Berio, Italian composer and educator (born 1925)

Luciano Berio was an Italian composer noted for his experimental work, and for his pioneering work in electronic music. His early work was influenced by Igor Stravinsky and experiments with serial and electronic techniques, while his later works explore indeterminacy and the use of spoken texts as the basic material for composition.

27/05/2002

Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson, Scottish historian (born 1909)

Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson was a Scottish historian and paleographer.

27/05/2000

Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer and pilot (born 1912)

Kazimierz Leski, nom de guerre Bradl, was a Polish engineer, co-designer of the Polish submarines ORP Sęp (1938) and ORP Orzeł, a fighter pilot, and an officer in World War II Home Army's intelligence and counter-intelligence.

Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch, Scottish politician and diplomat, 25th Governor of Hong Kong (born 1917)

Crawford Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch,, was a British politician, diplomat and colonial official who served as the 25th Governor of Hong Kong, from 1971 to 1982. He was the longest-serving governor of the colony, with four successive terms in office. He previously worked for the British Council in China and was the British ambassador to South Vietnam and Denmark.

Maurice Richard, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1921)

Joseph Henri Maurice Richard was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens. He was the first player in NHL history to score 50 goals in one season, accomplishing the feat in 50 games in 1944–45, and the first to reach 500 career goals.

27/05/1998

Minoo Masani, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1905)

Minocher Rustom "Minoo" Masani was an Indian politician, a leading figure of the erstwhile Swatantra Party. He was a three-time Member of Parliament, representing Gujarat's Rajkot constituency in the second, third and fourth Lok Sabha. A Parsi, he was among the founders of the Indian Liberal Group think tank that promoted classical liberalism.

27/05/1992

Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (born 1890)

Charles Nelson Osborne, affectionately known as "Uncle Charlie," was a musician in the Appalachian Mountains of southwest Virginia. He was born in what is now known as Cowan Osborne Hollow, named for his father, in Copper Creek, Virginia. He was regionally famous from the time he was about 15 until his death at age 101 in 1992.

27/05/1991

Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist and theorist (born 1904)

Leopold Nowak was an Austrian musicologist chiefly known for editing the works of Anton Bruckner for the International Bruckner Society. He reconstructed the original form of some of those works, most of which had been revised and edited many times.

27/05/1990

Robert B. Meyner, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of New Jersey (born 1908)

Robert Baumle Meyner was an American Democratic Party politician and attorney who served as the 44th governor of New Jersey from 1954 to 1962. Before being elected governor, Meyner represented Warren County in the New Jersey Senate from 1948 to 1951.

27/05/1989

Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet and translator (born 1907)

Arseny Aleksandrovich Tarkovsky was a Soviet and Russian poet and translator. He was predeceased by his son, film director and screenwriter Andrei Tarkovsky.

27/05/1988

Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress (born 1908)

Hjördis Olga Maria Petterson was a Swedish actress. She appeared in more than 140 films. She was born in Visby, Sweden and died in Stockholm. She had one child with her second husband, Fred Renstroem.

Ernst Ruska, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1906)

Ernst August Friedrich Ruska was a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986 for his work in electron optics, including the design of the first electron microscope.

27/05/1987

John Howard Northrop, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1891)

John Howard Northrop was an American biochemist who, with James Batcheller Sumner and Wendell Meredith Stanley, won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The award was given for these scientists' isolation, crystallization, and study of enzymes, proteins, and viruses. Northrop was a Professor of Bacteriology and Medical Physics, Emeritus, at University of California, Berkeley.

27/05/1986

Murder of the Faruqis:

Ismaʿil Raji al-Faruqi was a Palestinian-American Muslim philosopher and scholar of religion. He contributed significantly to Islamic studies, ethics, and interfaith dialogue, and is best known for pioneering the Islamization of knowledge and articulating tawhid (monotheism) as a comprehensive worldview. He proposed a model of meta-religion based on shared ethical values and the universal concept of divine unity.

Murder of the Faruqis:

Lois Lamya al-Faruqi was an American scholar and expert on Islamic art and music. She made contributions to the field of ethnomusicology, particularly in the study of Islamic musical culture, and co-authored the work The Cultural Atlas of Islam with her husband, Ismail al-Faruqi.

Ajoy Mukherjee, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (born 1901)

Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee was an Indian independence activist and politician who served three short terms as the Chief Minister of West Bengal. He hailed from Tamluk, Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal.

Giorgos Tzifos, Greek actor and cinematographer (born 1918)

Giorgos Tzifos was a Greek actor in theater and movies. He played mostly secondary roles in comedies, even Law 4000 of Giorgos Dalianidis. I Will Make You Queen and I de gyni na fovitai ton andra as a chauffeur. In 1982, he appeared in the movie Alaloum with Harry Klynn. He also appeared in that time in a television series about milk, as a hero of little Bobo. He died on 27 May 1986 and is buried in Athens Cemetery.

27/05/1984

Vasilije Mokranjac, Serbian composer (born 1923)

Vasilije Mokranjac was a Serbian composer, professor of composition at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade and a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He was one of the most prominent Serbian composers in the second half of the 20th century. Although famed for his symphonies, he also wrote piano music, as well as music for radio, film and theatre. He won the most prestigious awards in former Yugoslavia, including the October Prize, the award of the Yugoslav Radio-Diffusion, as well as the Lifetime Achievement Award.

27/05/1980

Gün Sazak, Turkish agronomist and politician (born 1932)

Gün Sazak was a Turkish nationalist politician and former government minister of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). He was assassinated by the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front after his police guard was removed. After his killing, MHP supporters carried out the Çorum massacre in reprisal.

27/05/1971

Béla Juhos, Hungarian-Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (born 1901)

Béla Juhos was a Hungarian-Austrian philosopher and member of the Vienna Circle.

Armando Picchi, Italian footballer and coach (born 1935)

Armando Picchi was an Italian football player and coach. Regularly positioned as a libero, he captained the Inter Milan side known as "La Grande Inter".

27/05/1969

Jeffrey Hunter, American actor and producer (born 1926)

Jeffrey Hunter was an American film and television actor and producer known for his roles in films such as The Searchers and King of Kings. On television, Hunter is known for his 1965 role as Captain Christopher Pike in the original pilot episode of Star Trek: The Original Series.

27/05/1967

W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator (born 1880)

William Otto Miessner was an American composer and music educator. Most of his life was spent in the midwest, particularly Indiana and Wisconsin.

Ernst Niekisch, German academic and politician (born 1889)

Ernst Niekisch was a German writer and political theorist. Initially a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and of the Old Social Democratic Party of Germany (ASPD), he later became a prominent exponent of the National revolutionary branch of the Conservative Revolution and National Bolshevism.

27/05/1965

John Rinehart Blue, American military officer, educator, businessperson, and politician (born 1905)

John Rinehart Blue was an American military officer, educator, businessperson, and politician in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Blue was a Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates representing Hampshire County, from 1953 until 1959.

27/05/1964

Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (born 1889)

Jawaharlal Nehru was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, and statesman who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. Nehru was a principal leader of the Indian nationalist movement in the 1930s and 1940s. Upon India's independence in 1947, he served as the country's first prime minister for 16 years. Nehru promoted parliamentary democracy, secularism, and science and technology during the 1950s, powerfully influencing India's arc as a modern nation. In international affairs, he steered India clear of the two blocs of the Cold War. A well-regarded author, he wrote books such as Letters from a Father to His Daughter (1929), An Autobiography (1936) and The Discovery of India (1946), that have been read around the world.

27/05/1963

Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (born 1912)

Grigoris Lambrakis was a Greek politician, physician, athlete, and lecturer. He participated in track and field sports and was a member of the faculty of the School of Medicine at the University of Athens. A member of the Greek resistance to Axis rule during World War II, he later became a prominent anti-war activist. His assassination by right-wing zealots that were covertly supported by the police and military provoked mass protests and led to a political crisis.

27/05/1960

James Montgomery Flagg, American painter and illustrator (born 1877)

James Montgomery Flagg was an American artist, comics artist, and illustrator. He worked in media ranging from fine art painting to cartooning, but is best remembered for his political posters, particularly his 1917 poster of Uncle Sam created for United States Army recruitment during World War I.

27/05/1953

Jesse Burkett, American baseball player and manager (born 1868)

Jesse Cail Burkett, nicknamed "Crab", was an American professional baseball left fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1890 to 1905 for the New York Giants, Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Perfectos / Cardinals, St. Louis Browns, and Boston Americans.

27/05/1949

Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded Ripley's Believe It or Not! (born 1890)

LeRoy Robert Ripley was an American cartoonist, entrepreneur, and amateur anthropologist, who is known for creating the Ripley's Believe It or Not! newspaper panel series, television show, and radio show, which feature odd facts from around the world.

27/05/1947

Ed Konetchy, American baseball player and manager (born 1885)

Edward Joseph Konetchy, nicknamed "Big Ed" and "the Candy Kid", was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball for a number of teams, primarily in the National League, from 1907 to 1921. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1907–1913), Pittsburgh Pirates (1914), Pittsburgh Rebels of the Federal League (1915), Boston Braves (1916–1918), Brooklyn Robins (1919–1921), and Philadelphia Phillies (1921). He batted and threw right-handed.

27/05/1945

Enno Lolling, German physician (born 1888)

Enno Lolling was a Nazi doctor. As a member of the SS, he served as a Lagerarzt at Dachau concentration camp. He later headed up the medical division for all the SS concentration camps. Lolling committed suicide in Flensburg as the war was ending.

27/05/1943

Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1878)

Joseph Gordon Coates served as the 21st prime minister of New Zealand from 1925 to 1928. He was the third successive Reform prime minister since 1912.

27/05/1942

Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (born 1878)

Muhammed Hamdi Yazır also known as Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır and Elmalılı was a Turkish Maturidi theologian, logician, Qur'an translator, Qur'anic exegesis scholar, Islamic legal academic, philosopher and encyclopedist.

27/05/1941

Ernst Lindemann, German captain (born 1894)

Otto Ernst Lindemann was a German Kapitän zur See. He was the only commander of the battleship Bismarck during its eight months of service in World War II.

Günther Lütjens, German admiral (born 1889)

Johann Günther Lütjens was a German admiral whose military service spanned more than 30 years and two world wars. Lütjens is best known for his actions during World War II and his command of the battleship Bismarck during her foray into the Atlantic Ocean in 1941. He was killed in action during the last battle of the battleship Bismarck.

27/05/1939

Joseph Roth, Austrian-French journalist and author (born 1894)

Moses Joseph Roth was a Austro-Hungarian journalist and novelist, best known for his family saga Radetzky March (1932), about the decline and fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, his novel of Jewish life Job (1930) and his seminal essay "Juden auf Wanderschaft", a fragmented account of the Jewish migrations from eastern to western Europe in the aftermath of World War I and the Russian Revolution. In the 21st century, publications in English of Radetzky March and of collections of his journalism from Berlin and Paris created a revival of interest in Roth.

27/05/1933

Achille Paroche, French target shooter (born 1868)

Nicolas Achille Paroche was a French sport shooter who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics and 1920 Summer Olympics.

27/05/1919

Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (born 1848)

Kandukuri Veeresalingam was a social reformer and writer from the Madras Presidency, British India, current Andhra Pradesh. He was considered as the Father of the Telugu Renaissance movement. He was one of the early social reformers who encouraged the education of women and the remarriage of widows. He also fought against child marriage and the dowry system. He started a school in Dowlaiswaram in 1874, constructed the 'Brahmo Mandir' in 1887 and built the 'Hithakarini School' in 1908 in Andhra Pradesh. His novel Rajasekhara Charitramu is considered to be the first novel in Telugu literature.

27/05/1918

Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (born 1869)

Ōzutsu Man'emon was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Shiroishi, Miyagi Prefecture. He was the sport's 18th yokozuna.

27/05/1910

Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1843)

Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch was a German physician and microbiologist. He won the 1905 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his investigations and discoveries in relation to tuberculosis".

27/05/1896

Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist, engineer, and academic (born 1839)

Alexander Grigorievich Stoletov was a Russian physicist, founder of electrical engineering, and professor in Moscow University. He was the brother of general Nikolai Stoletov.

27/05/1867

Thomas Bulfinch American mythologist (born 1796)

Thomas Bulfinch was an American author born in Newton, Massachusetts, known best for Bulfinch's Mythology, a posthumous combination of his three volumes of mythologies.

27/05/1840

Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (born 1782)

Niccolò Paganini was an Italian violinist and composer. He was the most celebrated violin virtuoso of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique. His 24 Caprices for Solo Violin Op. 1 are among the best known of his compositions and have served as an inspiration for many prominent composers.

27/05/1831

Jedediah Smith, American hunter, explorer, and author (born 1799)

Jedediah Strong Smith was an American clerk, transcontinental pioneer, frontiersman, hunter, trapper, author, cartographer, mountain man and explorer of the Rocky Mountains, the Western United States, and the Southwest during the early 19th century. After 75 years of obscurity following his death, Smith was rediscovered as the American whose explorations led to the use of the 20-mile (32 km)-wide South Pass as the dominant route across the Continental Divide for pioneers on the Oregon Trail.

27/05/1797

François-Noël Babeuf, French journalist (born 1760)

François-Noël Babeuf, also known as Gracchus Babeuf, was a French proto-communist, revolutionary, and journalist of the French Revolutionary period. His newspaper Le Tribun du Peuple was best known for its advocacy for the poor and calling for a popular revolt against the Directory, the government of France. He was a leading advocate for democracy and the abolition of private property. He made his own variant of Jacobinism (Robespierrism) which is called Neo-Jacobinism. Besides the influence of Robespierrism on his thought, due to his proto-communism, his political views were more aligned with the ideology of the Enragés. He angered the authorities who were clamping down hard on their radical enemies. In spite of the efforts of his Jacobin friends to save him, Babeuf was executed for his lead role in the Conspiracy of the Equals.

27/05/1781

Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist and academic (born 1716)

Giovanni Battista Beccaria was an Italian physicist. A fellow of the Royal Society, he published several papers on electrical subjects in the Phil. Trans. Beccaria was one of Benjamin Franklin's more conspicuous correspondents. His students included Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Giovanni Francesco Cigna, Giuseppe Angelo Saluzzo, and the successor to the Chair of physics, Antonio Vassalli Eandi; moreover, his researches inspired the physicists of Pavia, Alessandro Volta and Luigi Galvani.

27/05/1707

Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (born 1640)

Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marquise of Montespan, commonly known as Madame de Montespan, was a French noblewoman and the most celebrated royal mistress of King Louis XIV. During their romantic relationship, which lasted from the late 1660s to the late 1670s, she was sometimes referred to by contemporaries as the "true Queen of France" due to the pervasiveness of her influence at court.

27/05/1702

Dominique Bouhours, French priest and critic (born 1628)

Dominique Bouhours was a French Jesuit priest, essayist, grammarian, and neo-classical critic. He was born and died in Paris.

27/05/1690

Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian organist and composer (born 1626)

Giovanni Legrenzi was an Italian composer of opera, vocal and instrumental music, and organist, of the Baroque era. He was one of the most prominent composers in Venice in the late 17th century, and extremely influential in the development of late Baroque idioms across northern Italy.

27/05/1675

Gaspard Dughet, Italian-French painter (born 1613)

Gaspard Dughet, also known as Gaspard Poussin, was a French painter born in Rome.

27/05/1661

Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, Scottish general and politician (born 1607)

Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll was a Scottish nobleman, politician, and peer. The de facto head of Scotland's government during most of the conflict of the 1640s and 1650s known as the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, he was the main leader of the Covenanter movement that fought for the Establishment of Presbyterianism in opposition to the preference of King Charles I and the Caroline Divines for instead establishing both High Church Anglicanism and Bishops. He is often remembered as the principal antagonist to the Royalist general James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose.

27/05/1637

John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield, English politician (born c. 1566)

John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1625 to 1626. The Butlers of Hertfordshire claimed descent from Ralph le Boteler, butler to Robert de Beaumont, Count of Meulan and Earl of Leicester in the time of Henry I, and by the 15th century they had been seated at Watton for some time.

27/05/1624

Diego Ramírez de Arellano, Spanish sailor and cosmographer (born c. 1580)

Diego Ramírez de Arellano was a Spanish sailor and cosmographer. He achieved fame for piloting the Garcia de Nodal expedition to the region of the Strait of Magellan. The expedition discovered the Diego Ramírez Islands, the most southerly point visited by Europeans until the discovery of the South Sandwich Islands by Captain James Cook in 1775.

27/05/1610

François Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (born 1578)

François Ravaillac was a French Catholic who assassinated King Henry IV of France in 1610.

27/05/1564

John Calvin, French pastor and theologian (born 1509)

John Calvin was a French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation. He was the principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism, including its doctrines of predestination and of God's absolute sovereignty in the salvation of the human soul from death and eternal damnation. Calvinist doctrines were influenced by and elaborated upon Augustinian and other Christian traditions. Various Reformed Church movements, including Continental Reformed, Congregationalism, Presbyterianism, Waldensians, Baptist Reformed, Calvinist Methodism, and Reformed Anglican Churches, which look to Calvin as the chief expositor of their beliefs, have spread throughout the world.

27/05/1541

Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (born 1473)

Margaret Plantagenet, Countess of Salisbury, was the only surviving daughter of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, and his wife Isabel Neville. As a result of Margaret's marriage to Richard Pole, she was also known as Margaret Pole. She was one of just two women in 16th-century England to be a peeress in her own right without a husband in the House of Lords.

27/05/1525

Thomas Müntzer, German mystic and theologian (born 1488)

Thomas Müntzer was a German preacher and theologian of the early Reformation whose opposition to both Martin Luther and the Catholic Church led to his open defiance of late-feudal authority in central Germany. Müntzer was foremost amongst those reformers who took issue with Luther's compromises with feudal authority. He was a leader of the German peasant and plebeian uprising of 1525 commonly known as the German Peasants' War.

27/05/1508

Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (born 1452)

Ludovico Maria Sforza, also known as Ludovico il Moro, and called the "arbiter of Italy" by historian Francesco Guicciardini, was an Italian nobleman who ruled as the Duke of Milan from 1494 to 1499.

27/05/1444

John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English commander (born 1404)

John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, 3rd Earl of Somerset was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. He was a paternal first cousin of King Henry V and the maternal grandfather of Henry VII.

27/05/1240

William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey (born 1166)

William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey was the son of Isabel de Warenne, 4th Countess of Surrey and Hamelin de Warenne. His father Hamelin granted him the manor of Appleby, North Lincolnshire.

27/05/1178

Godfrey van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht

Godfried or Godfrey van Rhenen was a bishop of Utrecht from 1156 to 1178.

27/05/1045

Bruno of Würzburg, imperial chancellor of Italy (born c. 1005)

Bruno of Würzburg, also known as Bruno of Carinthia, was imperial chancellor of Italy from 1027 to 1034 for Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, to whom he was related, and from 1034 until his death prince-bishop of Würzburg.

27/05/1039

Dirk III, Count of Holland (born 981)

Dirk III was the count with jurisdiction over what would become the county of Holland, often referred to in this period as "West Frisia", from 993 to 27 May 1039. Until 1005, this was under regency of his mother. It is thought that Dirk III went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land around 1030, hence his nickname of Hierosolymita.

27/05/0927

Simeon I of Bulgaria first Bulgarian Emperor (born 864)

Simeon I the Great was the ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire from 893 until his death in 927. Simeon's successful campaigns against the Byzantines, Magyars and Serbs led Bulgaria to its greatest territorial expansion ever, making it the most powerful state in contemporary Eastern and Southeast Europe. His reign was also a period of unmatched cultural prosperity and enlightenment later deemed the Golden Age of Bulgarian culture.

27/05/0866

Ordoño I of Asturias (born 831)

Ordoño I was King of Asturias from 850 until his death. He was born in Oviedo, where he spent his early life in the court of Alfonso II. He was probably raised in Lugo, capital of the province of Galicia, where his father, Ramiro I, had been named governor. He received his education and military training there.

27/05/0475

Eutropius, bishop of Orange

Eutropius of Orange was bishop of Orange, France, during the 5th century and probably since 463, in succession to Justus.

27/05/0398

Murong Bao, emperor of the Xianbei state Later Yan (born 355)

Murong Bao, courtesy name Daoyou (道佑), Xianbei name Kugou (庫勾), also known by his posthumous name as the Emperor Huimin of Later Yan (後燕惠愍帝), was an emperor of the Xianbei-led Chinese Later Yan dynasty. He inherited from his father Murong Chui a sizable empire but lost most of it within a span of a year, and would be dead in less than three, a victim of a rebellion by his granduncle Lan Han. Historians largely attributed this to his irresolution and inability to judge military and political decisions. While the Later Yan would last for one more decade after his death, it would never regain the power it had under Murong Chui.

27/05/0366

Procopius, Roman usurper (born 325)

Procopius was a Roman usurper against Valens, who ruled from 365 to 366.

Celebrations & Special Days Worldwide on 27th May

Armed Forces Day (Nicaragua)

Children's Day (Nigeria)

Nigeria has many public holidays declared by the government, as well as special days observed by the public.

Christian feast day: Augustine of Canterbury

Augustine of Canterbury was a Christian monk who became the first archbishop of Canterbury in the year 597.

Christian feast day: Blessed Lojze Grozde

Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name. Beati is the plural form, referring to those who have undergone the process of beatification; they possess the title of "Blessed" before their names and are often referred to in English as "a Blessed" or, plurally, "Blesseds".

Christian feast day: Bruno of Würzburg

Bruno of Würzburg, also known as Bruno of Carinthia, was imperial chancellor of Italy from 1027 to 1034 for Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, to whom he was related, and from 1034 until his death prince-bishop of Würzburg.

Christian feast day: Eutropius of Orange

Eutropius of Orange was bishop of Orange, France, during the 5th century and probably since 463, in succession to Justus.

Christian feast day: Hildebert

Hildebert is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It may refer to:Hildebert Hildebert, Count of Ivois Hildebert Hildebert Hildebert I of Mont-Saint-Michel, abbot Hildebert II of Mont-Saint-Michel, abbot Hildebert of Lavardin, bishop of Le Mans, archbishop of Tours and theologian Hildebert and Everwin, Moravian artists

Christian feast day: Julius the Veteran

Saint Julius the Veteran, also known as Julius of Durostorum, is a Christian martyr venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England. His feast day is 27 May.

Christian feast day: May 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 28

Mother's Day (Bolivia)

Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family or individual, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on different days in many parts of the world, most commonly in March or May. It complements similar celebrations honoring family members, such as Father's Day, Siblings Day, and Grandparents' Day.

Navy Day (Japan)

Public holidays in Japan were first established by the Public Holiday Law of 1948. It has since been amended 11 times to add additional holidays, the latest being in 2018, for a total of 16 recognized holidays.

Slavery Abolition Day (Guadeloupe, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin)

Guadeloupe is an overseas department and region of the French Republic in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and two Îles des Saintes—and 30 uninhabited islets and 3 inhabited islets. It is south of Antigua and Barbuda and Montserrat and north of Dominica. The capital city is Basse-Terre, on the southern west coast of Basse-Terre Island; the most populous city is Les Abymes and the main centre of business is neighbouring Pointe-à-Pitre, both on Grande-Terre Island. It had a population of 395,726 in 2024.

Start of National Reconciliation Week (Australia)

National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is intended to celebrate Indigenous history and culture in Australia and foster reconciliation discussion and activities. It started as the Week of Prayer for Reconciliation in 1993, developing into National Reconciliation Week in 1996.

What Happened on 27th May?

55 significant events took place on Saturday, 27th May — stretching from 1096 to 2018. Explore the moments that shaped history on this day.

27/05/2018

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.

In the afternoon of May 27, 2018, after over 8 inches (20 cm) of rain in a span of two hours, the historic Main Street in Ellicott City, Maryland experienced catastrophic flooding, just days before the new flood emergency alert system was supposed to become operational. Flooding occurred throughout the Patapsco Valley, in the adjacent communities of Catonsville, Arbutus, and Elkridge, as well as the Jones Falls Valley in Baltimore.

27/05/2017

Andrew Scheer takes over after Rona Ambrose as the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Andrew James Scheer is a Canadian politician who has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Regina—Qu'Appelle since 2004. Scheer was the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada from 2017 to 2020. He served as the leader of the Official Opposition from 2017 to 2020 and briefly in 2025. He was the 35th speaker of the House of Commons from 2011 to 2015.

27/05/2016

Barack Obama is the first president of the United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha.

Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American president. Obama previously served as a U.S. senator representing Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.

27/05/2014

The football club Kerala Blasters FC and its first supporters' group Manjappada are formed.

Kerala Blasters Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Blasters, is an Indian professional football club based in Kochi, Kerala, that competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top tier of football in India. The club was established in May 2014 during the inaugural season of the ISL.

27/05/2006

The 6.4 Mw  Yogyakarta earthquake shakes central Java with an MSK intensity of VIII (Damaging), leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured.

The 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake occurred at 05:53 local time on 27 May with a moment magnitude of 6.4 and a maximum MSK intensity of VIII (Damaging) in the Yogyakarta region of Java, Indonesia.

27/05/2001

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.

Abu Sayyaf (ASG), officially known by the Islamic State as the Islamic State – East Asia Province, also known by its full name, Al Hamas Harakat Al Muqawamah Al Islamiyyah or simply Al Harakat Al Islamiyya, is a Jihadist militant and pirate group that followed the Wahhabi doctrine of Sunni Islam. It is based in and around Jolo and Basilan islands in the southwestern part of the Philippines, where Moro groups had been engaged in an insurgency seeking to create a Moro nation state. The group was responsible for the Philippines' deadliest terrorist attack, the bombing of the MV Superferry 14 which killed 116 people in 2004. The name of the group is derived from Arabic abu, and sayyaf. As of April 2023, the group was estimated to have about 20 members, down from 1,250 in 2000.

27/05/1999

Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-96, the first shuttle mission to dock with the International Space Station.

Space Shuttle Discovery is a retired American Space Shuttle orbiter. The spaceplane was one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built. Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984. Over 27 years of service it launched and landed 39 times, aggregating more spaceflights than any other spacecraft as of December 2024. The Space Shuttle launch vehicle had three main components: the Space Shuttle orbiter, a single-use central fuel tank, and two reusable solid rocket boosters. Nearly 25,000 heat-resistant tiles cover the orbiter to protect it from high temperatures on re-entry.

27/05/1998

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.

On April 19, 1995, American anti-government extremist Timothy McVeigh, assisted by Terry Nichols, detonated a makeshift bomb stored in a rental truck parked in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in an act of domestic terrorism. The explosion killed 167 people, injured 684, and destroyed more than a third of the building. The attack also destroyed or damaged 324 other buildings, destroyed 86 vehicles and caused an estimated $652 million in damage. During rescue operations after the bombing, a rescue worker was killed after being struck on the head by falling debris, bringing the total death toll to 168.

27/05/1997

The 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak occurs, spawning multiple tornadoes in Central Texas, including the F5 that killed 27 in Jarrell.

A deadly tornado outbreak occurred in Central Texas during the afternoon and evening of May 27, 1997, in conjunction with a southwestward-moving cluster of supercell thunderstorms. These storms produced 20 tornadoes, mainly along the Interstate 35 corridor from northeast of Waco to north of San Antonio. The strongest tornado was an F5 tornado that completely obliterated a residential subdivision along the northwestern outskirts of Jarrell, killing 27 people and injuring 12 others. Overall, 30 people were killed and 33 others were hospitalized by the severe weather.

27/05/1996

First Chechen War: Russian president Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechen rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.

The First Chechen War, also referred to as the First Russo-Chechen War, was a conflict between the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and the Russian Federation from 1994 to 1996. The conflict ended in a peace treaty that saw Russian forces withdraw from the territory only for them to invade again three years later sparking the Second Chechen War of 1999–2009.

27/05/1988

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.

The Somaliland War of Independence also known as the Great Isaaq Uprising or the Isaaq Rebellion was a rebellion waged by the Somali National Movement (SNM) against the ruling military junta in Somalia led by General Siad Barre lasting from its founding on 6 April 1981 and ended on 18 May 1991 when the SNM declared what was then northern Somalia independent as the Republic of Somaliland. The conflict served as the main theater of the larger Somali Rebellion that started in 1978. The conflict was in response to the harsh policies enacted by the Barre regime against the main clan family in Somaliland, the Isaaq, including a declaration of economic warfare on the clan-family. These harsh policies were put into effect shortly after the conclusion of the disastrous Ogaden War in 1978.

27/05/1984

The Danube–Black Sea Canal is opened, in a ceremony attended by the Ceaușescus. It had been under construction since the 1950s.

The Danube–Black Sea Canal is a navigable canal in Romania, which runs from Cernavodă on the Danube river, via two branches, to Constanța and Năvodari on the Black Sea. Administered from Agigea, it is an important part of the waterway link between the North Sea and the Black Sea via the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal. The main branch of the canal, with a length of 64.4 km (40.0 mi), which connects the Port of Cernavodă with the Port of Constanța, was built in 1976–1984, while the northern branch, known as the Poarta Albă–Midia Năvodari Canal, with a length of 31.2 km (19.4 mi), connecting Poarta Albă and the Port of Midia, was built between 1983 and 1987.

27/05/1980

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.

The Gwangju Uprising, also known in South Korea as May 18 Democratization Movement, was a series of student-led demonstrations that took place in Gwangju, South Korea, in May 1980, against the coup d'état of May Seventeenth by Chun Doo-hwan that strengthened his power. Chun had previously taken power and become military dictator through the coup d'état of December Twelfth at the end of 1979. He implementated martial law, arrested opposition leaders, closed all universities, banned political activities, and suppressed the press. The uprising was violently suppressed by the South Korean military who retook Gwangju. Between 600 and 2,300 people were killed.

27/05/1977

A plane crash at José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba, kills 67.

Aeroflot Flight 331 was an international passenger flight operated by an Ilyushin Il-62M that crashed about 1 km (0.62 mi) from José Martí International Airport, in Havana, Cuba, on 27 May 1977. The accident occurred after the aircraft hit power lines on its final approach to the airport during poor weather. The aircraft was attempting an emergency landing due to a fire in one of its engines. Only two of the 69 occupants on board survived. The cause of the crash was ruled to be pilot error.

27/05/1975

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.

On 27 May 1975, a coach carrying elderly passengers crashed at the bottom of a steep hill at Dibble's Bridge over the River Dibb, near Hebden in North Yorkshire, England. Thirty-three people on board were killed, including the driver, and thirteen others injured. It was the worst-ever road accident in the United Kingdom by number of fatalities.

27/05/1971

The Dahlerau train disaster, the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near Wuppertal.

The Dahlerau train disaster was a railway accident that occurred on May 27, 1971, in Dahlerau, a small town in Radevormwald, West Germany, in which a freight train and a passenger train collided head-on. Forty-six people perished in the accident; forty-one were senior year pupils of the Geschwister-Scholl-Schule in Radevormwald. It was the deadliest accident in West Germany since its foundation in 1949, surpassed after German reunification by the Eschede train disaster in 1998.

Pakistani forces massacre over 200 civilians, mostly Bengali Hindus, in the Bagbati massacre.

Bengali Hindus are adherents of Hinduism who ethnically, linguistically and genealogically identify as Bengalis. They make up the majority in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Assam's Barak Valley region and make up the largest minority in Bangladesh. Comprising about one-third of the global Bengali population, they are the largest ethnic group among Hindus. Bengali Hindus speak Bengali, which belongs to the Indo-Aryan language family and adhere to the Shaktism school of thought of Hinduism or Vaishnavism of their native religion Hinduism with some regional deities. There are significant numbers of Bengali-speaking Hindus in different Indian states.

27/05/1967

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.

The second question of the 1967 Australian referendum of 27 May 1967, called by the Holt government, related to Indigenous Australians. Voters were asked whether to give the Commonwealth Parliament the power to make special laws for Indigenous Australians, and whether Indigenous Australians should be included in official population counts for constitutional purposes. The term "the Aboriginal Race" was used in the question.

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy is launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline.

USS John F. Kennedy, the only ship of her class, was an aircraft carrier, formerly of the United States Navy. Considered a supercarrier, she was a variant of the Kitty Hawk class, and the last conventionally-powered carrier built for the Navy, as all carriers since have had nuclear propulsion. Commissioned in 1968, the ship was named after John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States. John F. Kennedy was originally designated a CVA, for fixed-wing attack carrier, however the designation was changed to CV, for fleet carrier.

27/05/1965

Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam.

The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and China, while South Vietnam was supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations. The conflict was the second of the Indochina wars and a proxy war of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and US. The Vietnam War was one of the postcolonial wars of national liberation, a theater in the Cold War, and a civil war, with civil warfare a defining feature from the outset. Direct US military involvement escalated from 1965 until US forces were withdrawn in 1973. The fighting spilled into the Laotian and Cambodian civil wars, which ended with all three countries becoming communist in 1975.

27/05/1962

The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine.

The Centralia mine fire is a coal-seam fire that has been burning in the labyrinth of abandoned coal mines underneath the borough of Centralia, Pennsylvania, United States, since at least May 27, 1962. Its original cause and start date are still a matter of debate. It is burning at depths of up to 300 feet (90 m) over an 8-mile (13 km) stretch of 3,700 acres (15 km2). At its current rate, it could continue to burn for over 250 years. Due to the fire, Centralia was mostly abandoned in the 1980s. There were 1,500 residents at the time the fire is believed to have started, but as of 2017 Centralia has a population of 5 and most of the buildings have been demolished.

27/05/1960

In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office.

Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west. Turkey is home to over 86 million people; most are ethnic Turks, while Kurds are the largest ethnic minority. Officially a secular state, Turkey has a Muslim-majority population. Ankara is Turkey's capital and second-largest city. Istanbul is its largest city and economic center. Other major cities include İzmir, Bursa, and Antalya.

27/05/1958

First flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber that was developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy. It entered service with the Navy in 1961, then was adopted by the United States Marine Corps, and the United States Air Force, and within a few years became a major part of their air arms. A total of 5,195 Phantoms were built from 1958 to 1981, making it the most-produced American supersonic military aircraft in history and a signature combat aircraft of the Cold War.

27/05/1950

The Linnanmäki amusement park is opened for the first time in Helsinki.

Linnanmäki is an amusement park in Helsinki, Finland. It was opened on 27 May 1950 and is owned by the non-profit Children's Day Foundation, which operates the park to raise funds for Finnish child welfare work. In 2023, the foundation donated €4.5 million, and so far has donated a total of over €130 million to this cause.

27/05/1942

World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later.

Reinhard Heydrich, the commander of the German Reich Security Main Office (RSHA), the acting Reichsprotektor of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and a principal architect of the Holocaust, was attacked during the Second World War in a coordinated operation by the Czechoslovak resistance. The assassination attempt, code-named Operation Anthropoid, was carried out by resistance operatives Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš on 27 May 1942. Heydrich was wounded in the attack and he died 8 days later of his injuries.

27/05/1941

World War II: U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency".

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving US president and the only one to have served more than two terms. His first two terms were centered on combating the Great Depression, while his third and fourth focused on US involvement in World War II. A member of the Democratic Party, Roosevelt served in the New York State Senate from 1911 to 1913 and as the 44th governor of New York from 1929 to 1932.

World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic, killing almost 2,100 men.

Bismarck was the first of two Bismarck-class battleships built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. Named after Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the ship was laid down at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg in July 1936 and launched in February 1939. Work was completed in August 1940, when she was commissioned into the German fleet. Bismarck and her sister ship Tirpitz were the largest battleships ever built by Germany, and two of the largest built by any European power.

27/05/1940

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.

World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, the latter enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the only nuclear weapons used in war. World War II was the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 60 to 75 million people. Millions died as a result of massacres, starvation, disease, and genocides, including the Holocaust. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.

27/05/1937

In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.

California is a state in the Western United States that lies on the Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, and Nevada and Arizona to the east; it also shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With over 39 million residents across an area of 163,696 square miles (423,970 km2), it is the largest U.S. state by population and third-largest by area.

27/05/1935

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).

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that turn on questions of U.S. constitutional or federal law. It also has original jurisdiction over a narrow range of cases, specifically "all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party". In 1803, the court asserted itself the power of judicial review, the ability to invalidate a statute for violating a provision of the Constitution. It is also able to strike down presidential directives for violating either the Constitution or statutory law.

27/05/1933

New Deal: The U.S. Federal Securities Act is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission.

The New Deal was a 1933–1938 series of economic, social, and political reforms in response to the Great Depression in the United States under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He introduced the phrase when accepting the Democratic Party presidential nomination in the 1932 United States presidential election, winning in a landslide over incumbent Herbert Hoover, whose administration was widely viewed as ineffective. Roosevelt attributed the Depression to inherent market instability and inadequate aggregate demand, and argued that stabilizing and rationalizing the economy required massive government intervention.

27/05/1930

The 1,046 feet (319 m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public.

The Chrysler Building is a 1,046-foot-tall (319 m), Art Deco skyscraper in the East Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. Located at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue, it is the tallest brick building in the world with a steel framework. It was both the world's first supertall skyscraper and the world's tallest building for 11 months after its completion in 1930. As of 2019, the Chrysler is the 13th-tallest building in the city, tied with The New York Times Building.

27/05/1927

The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.

The Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand, and luxury cars under its Lincoln brand. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the single-letter ticker symbol F, and is controlled by the Ford family. They have minority ownership, but a plurality of the voting power.

27/05/1919

The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.

The NC-4 is a Curtiss NC flying boat that was the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, albeit not non-stop. The NC designation was derived from the collaborative efforts of the Navy (N) and Curtiss (C). The NC series flying boats were designed to meet wartime needs, and after the end of World War I they were sent overseas to validate the design concept.

27/05/1917

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.

Pope Benedict XV was head of the Catholic Church from 1914 until his death in January 1922. His pontificate was largely overshadowed by World War I and its political, social, and humanitarian consequences in Europe.

27/05/1915

HMS Princess Irene explodes and sinks off Sheerness, Kent, with the loss of 352 lives.

HMS Princess Irene was a 5,394 GRT ocean liner which was built in 1914 by William Denny and Brothers Ltd, Dumbarton, Scotland for the Canadian Pacific Railway. She was requisitioned by the Royal Navy on completion and converted to an auxiliary minelayer. On 27 May 1915, she exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent, while being loaded with mines prior to a deployment mission, with the loss of 352 lives.

27/05/1905

Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.

The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire. The major land battles of the war were fought on the Liaodong Peninsula and near Mukden in Southern Manchuria, with naval battles taking place in the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan.

27/05/1896

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.

The Fujita scale, or Fujita–Pearson scale, is a retired scale for rating tornado intensity, based primarily on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures and vegetation. The official Fujita scale category is determined by meteorologists and engineers after a ground or aerial damage survey, or both; and depending on the circumstances, ground-swirl patterns, weather radar data, witness testimonies, media reports and damage imagery, as well as photogrammetry or videogrammetry if motion picture recording is available. The Fujita scale, named for the meteorologist Ted Fujita, was replaced with the Enhanced Fujita scale (EF-Scale) in the United States in February 2007. In April 2013, Canada adopted the EF-Scale over the Fujita scale along with 31 "Specific Damage Indicators" used by Environment Canada (EC) in their ratings.

27/05/1883

Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.

Alexander III was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 13 March 1881 until his death in 1894. He was highly reactionary in domestic affairs and reversed some of the liberal reforms of his father, Alexander II, a policy of "counter-reforms".

27/05/1874

The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.

Dorsland Trek is the collective name of a series of explorations undertaken by Boer settlers from South Africa from 1874 to 1881, in search of political independence and better living conditions. The participants, Trekboers from the Orange Free State and Transvaal, are called Dorslandtrekkers.

27/05/1863

American Civil War: The first Union infantry assault of the Siege of Port Hudson occurs.

The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve slavery in the United States, which they saw as threatened because of the election of Abraham Lincoln and the growing abolitionist movement in the North. The war ended with Union victory, the dissolution of the Confederacy and the abolition of slavery, freeing four million African Americans.

27/05/1860

Giuseppe Garibaldi begins the Siege of Palermo, part of the wars of Italian unification.

Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi was an Italian general, revolutionary and republican. He contributed to the Unification of Italy (Risorgimento) and the creation of the Kingdom of Italy. He is considered to be one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland", along with Camillo Benso di Cavour, King Victor Emmanuel II and Giuseppe Mazzini. Garibaldi is also known as the "Hero of the Two Worlds" because of his military enterprises in South America and Europe.

27/05/1832

An Egyptian army under Ibrahim Pasha captures Acre from the Ottomans after a five-months siege.

Ibrahim Pasha was an Egyptian general and politician; he was the commander of both the Egyptian and Ottoman armies and the eldest son of Muhammad Ali, the Ottoman Wāli and unrecognized Khedive of Egypt and Sudan. He was the second ruler of Egypt from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and ruled from 20 July 1848 to 10 November 1848.

27/05/1813

War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.

The War of 1812 was a conflict initiated by the United States against the United Kingdom and its allies fought mainly in North America and at sea during the wider Napoleonic Wars. The United States declared war on Britain on 18 June 1812. Although peace terms were agreed upon in the December 1814 Treaty of Ghent, the war did not officially end until the peace treaty was ratified by the United States Congress on 17 February 1815.

27/05/1799

War of the Second Coalition: Austrian forces defeat the French at Winterthur, Switzerland.

The War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802) was the second war between revolutionary France and a coalition of European monarchies, led by Britain, Austria and Russia, and including the Ottoman Empire, Portugal, Naples and various German monarchies. Prussia did not join the coalition, while Spain supported France.

27/05/1798

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.

The Pitt–Tierney Duel took place on 27 May 1798 when the prime minister of Great Britain William Pitt the Younger met his political opponent George Tierney in a duel with pistols on Putney Heath outside London.

The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland; Irish rebel leaders defeat and kill a detachment of militia.

The Battle of Oulart Hill took place on 27 May 1798 when a rebel gathering of between approximately 1,000 annihilated a detachment of 110 militia sent from Wexford town to stamp out the spreading rebellion in County Wexford.

27/05/1703

Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.

Peter I was the Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned jointly with his half-brother Ivan V until 1696. Peter, as an autocrat, organized a well-ordered police state.

27/05/1644

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.

The Manchus are a Tungusic East Asian ethnic group native to Manchuria in Northeast Asia. They are an officially recognized ethnic minority in China and the people from whom Manchuria derives its name. The Later Jin (1616–1636) and Qing (1636–1912) dynasties of China were established and ruled by the Manchus, who are descended from the Jurchen people who earlier established the Jin dynasty (1115–1234) in northern China.

27/05/1595

A Gaelic Irish army successfully ambushes an English force in the battle of Clontibret during the Nine Years' War.

The Battle of Clontibret was fought in County Monaghan in May 1595, during the Nine Years' War in Ireland. A column of 1,750 English troops led by Henry Bagenal was ambushed near Clontibret by a larger Gaelic Irish army led by Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone. The English column had been sent to relieve the besieged English garrison at Monaghan Castle. The English suffered very heavy losses, but a suicidal cavalry charge apparently saved it from destruction. The Irish victory shocked the English and was their first severe setback during the war.

27/05/1257

Richard of Cornwall, and his wife, Sanchia of Provence, are crowned King and Queen of the Germans at Aachen Cathedral.

Richard was an English prince who was King of the Romans from 1257 until his death in 1272. He was the second son of John, King of England, and Isabella, Countess of Angoulême. Richard was nominal Count of Poitou from 1225 to 1243, and he also held the title Earl of Cornwall from 1225. He was one of the wealthiest men in Europe and joined the Barons' Crusade, where he achieved success as a negotiator for the release of prisoners and assisted with the building of the citadel in Ascalon.

27/05/1199

John is crowned King of England.

John was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. He lost the Duchy of Normandy and most of his other French lands to King Philip II of France, resulting in the collapse of the Angevin Empire and contributing to the subsequent growth in power of the French Capetian dynasty during the 13th century. The baronial revolt at the end of John's reign led to the sealing of Magna Carta, a document considered a foundational milestone in English and later British constitutional history.

27/05/1153

Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland.

Malcolm IV, nicknamed Virgo, "the Maiden" was King of Scotland from 1153 until his death. He was the eldest son of Henry, Earl of Huntingdon and Northumbria and Ada de Warenne. The original Malcolm Canmore, a name now associated with his great-grandfather Malcolm III, he succeeded his grandfather David I, and shared David's Anglo-Norman tastes.

27/05/1120

Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death.

Richard III was count of Aversa and prince of Capua briefly in 1120 between his anointing on 27 May and his death; he was the only son and heir of Robert I of Capua. He was an infant when his father died, and he fell under the regency of his uncle, Jordan. Richard III died within a few months and, though no contemporary chronicler blames him, some modern historians have cast doubt on Jordan's innocence. Jordan did succeed unopposed to the diminished Capuan throne.

27/05/1096

Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed.

Emicho is a masculine Germanic given name. It may refer to:Members of the noble family of the Emichones Emicho (crusader), also known as Emicho of Flonheim or Emicho of Leiningen, leader of the Rhineland massacres of Jews in 1096 Emicho, Count of Württemberg Emicho, abbot of Mallersdorf Abbey (1143–1157) Emicho Emicho I, Count of Nassau-Hadamar

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