May 27th, 1490

Born on May 27th, 1490

Age in days, weeks and months
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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on May 27th?

May 27th, 2006

An earthquake registering 6.4 Mw struck near the city of Yogyakarta on the southern side of the Indonesian island of Java, killing more than 5,700 people.

May 27th, 1995

Bosnian War: Forces of the Army of Republika Srpska captured a United Nations post at Vrbanja Bridge in Sarajevo; six soldiers of both sides were killed when French forces retook the post later in the day.

May 27th, 1983

An explosion at an illegal fireworks factory near Benton, Tennessee, killed eleven people.

May 27th, 1975

The deadliest road accident in England took place when the brakes on a coach failed and it crashed in North Yorkshire, killing 32 people.

May 27th, 1967

Australians voted overwhelmingly for the number of Indigenous Australians to be included in population counts for constitutional purposes and for the federal government to make laws for their benefit.

May 27th, 1963

American singer Bob Dylan (pictured) released The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, his first album to include a significant number of original songs.

May 27th, 1962

A fire at a landfill in Centralia, Pennsylvania, spread to an abandoned coal mine, where it continues burning today.

May 27th, 1958

The F-4 Phantom II, the principal air superiority jet fighter for both the U.S. Navy and Air Force, made its first flight.

May 27th, 1954

The security clearance of American nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, head of the Los Alamos Laboratory, was revoked.

May 27th, 1941

World War II: The German battleship Bismarck was sunk by gun and torpedo fire by the British battleships HMS Rodney and HMS King George V and supporting cruisers.

May 27th, 1940

World War II: Ninety-seven soldiers of the British Royal Norfolk Regiment were killed after surrendering to German forces.

May 27th, 1937

The Golden Gate Bridge, at the time the world's longest suspension bridge by span, opened between San Francisco and Marin County, California.

May 27th, 1935

The United States Supreme Court ruled in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States that the National Industrial Recovery Act, a major component of the New Deal, was unconstitutional.

May 27th, 1923

French drivers André Lagache and René Léonard completed the most laps during the first edition of the sports car race the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

May 27th, 1917

Pope Benedict XV (pictured) promulgated the Pio-Benedictine Code, the first official comprehensive codification of Latin canon law.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 27th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 27th?

19

You Young

South Korean figure skater

*May 27th, 2004, Seoul

20

Treesa Jolly

Indian badminton player

*May 27th, 2003, Cherupuzha, Kannur

41

Louis Bell

American record producer

*May 27th, 1982, Quincy

73

Ibn Khaldun

Arab historiographer and historian (1332–1406)

*May 27th, 1332, Tunis †March 17th, 1406, Cairo

93

Christopher Lee

English actor and singer (1922–2015)

*May 27th, 1922, Belgravia †June 7th, 2015, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

64

Donna Strickland

Canadian physicist, 2018 Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1959, Guelph

81

Uwe Friedrichsen

German actor

*May 27th, 1934, Altona †April 30th, 2016, Hamburg

33

Alexandra Bruce

Badminton player

*May 27th, 1990, Toronto

31

Ayla Huser

Badminton player

*May 27th, 1992, Stans

29

Akane Watanabe

Badminton player

*May 27th, 1994, Saitama Prefecture

53

Erich Irlstorfer

German politician

*May 27th, 1970, Freising

50

Eliza Nathanael

Indonesian badminton player

*May 27th, 1973, Surabaya

100

Henry Kissinger

American politician and diplomat (1923–2023)

*May 27th, 1923, Fürth †November 29th, 2023, Kent

27

Jennifer Tam

Badminton player

*May 27th, 1996, New South Wales

51

Édouard Clarisse

Mauritian badminton player

*May 27th, 1972, Mauritius

82

Frederik Raben-Levetzau

Danish politician

*May 27th, 1850, Lekkende †May 5th, 1933, Aalholm

90

Wenche Lowzow

Norwegian teacher and politician

*May 27th, 1926, Oslo †September 24th, 2016, Geilo

79

Alain Souchon

French recording artist, singer, songwriter and actor

*May 27th, 1944, Casablanca

56

Rachel Carson

American marine biologist and conservationist

*May 27th, 1907, Rachel Carson Homestead †April 14th, 1964, Silver Spring

73

Kip Niven

American actor and theatre director (1945-2019)

*May 27th, 1945, Kansas City †May 6th, 2019, Kansas City

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55

Friedrich Myconius

German theologian

*December 26th, 1490, Lichtenfels †April 7th, 1546, Gotha

77

Albert, Duke in Prussia

Duke of Prussia from 1525 to 1568

*May 17th, 1490, Ansbach †March 20th, 1568, Burg Tapiau

43

Hans Dürer the Younger

German artist (1490-1534)

*February 21st, 1490, Nuremberg †January 1st, 1534, Kraków

37

Charles III, Duke of Bourbon

French general, count of Montpensier; (1490-1527)

*February 17th, 1490, Montpensier †May 6th, 1527, Rome

56

Johann Heß

German theologian

*September 23rd, 1490, Nuremberg †January 5th, 1547, Wrocław

60

Tilemann Platner

German theologian

*November 24th, 1490, Stolberg †November 6th, 1551, Stolberg

66

Valentin Friedland

German educationist

*February 23rd, 1490, Trójca, Lower Silesian Voivodeship †April 26th, 1556, Legnica

83

Ebussuud Effendi

Ottoman Grand Mufti

*December 30th, 1490, İskilip †August 23rd, 1574, Istanbul

57

Bernardo Pisano

Italian composer

*October 12th, 1490, Florence †January 23rd, 1548, Rome

63

Giovanni Salviati

Catholic cardinal

*March 24th, 1490, Florence †October 28th, 1553, Ravenna

71

Giovanni Marinoni

Italian presbyter

*December 25th, 1490, Venice †December 13th, 1562, Naples

56

Fridolin Sicher

Swiss composer

*March 6th, 1490, Bischofszell †June 13th, 1546, Bischofszell

33

Amalie of the Palatinate

Duchess of Pomerania by marriage

*July 25th, 1490, Heidelberg †January 6th, 1524, Szczecin

55

Albert of Mainz

Catholic cardinal

*June 28th, 1490, Old Cölln †September 24th, 1545, Martinsburg

43

Vojtěch I of Pernstein

Czech hofmeister and nobleman

*April 4th, 1490, Moravský Krumlov †March 17th, 1534, Prague

48

Francesco Maria I della Rovere

Italian noble

*March 22nd, 1490, Senigallia †October 20th, 1538, Pesaro

45

Charles Reynolds

Irish Catholic cleric, canonist, and diocesan administrator

*January 1st, 1490, County Leitrim †June 30th, 1535, Rome

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1490 is a normal year and no leap year.

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