May 27th, 1890

Born on May 27th, 1890

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What happened on May 27th?

May 27th, 2014

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

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 to include Indigenous Australians in population counts for constitutional purposes and to allow the federal government to make special laws affecting them in states.

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The security clearance of American nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, head of Project Y, was revoked.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.

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

Born on May 27th, 1890

86

Saint-Granier

French actor, singer-songwriter, lyricist

*May 27th, 1890, 9th arrondissement of Paris †June 25th, 1976, Neuilly-sur-Seine

Same year
Born in 1890

85

Mortimer Wheeler

British archaeologist (1890-1976)

*September 10th, 1890, Glasgow †July 22nd, 1976, London

85

Agatha Christie

English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)

*September 15th, 1890, Torquay †January 12th, 1976, Winterbrook

79

Charles de Gaulle

President of France from 1959 to 1969

*November 22nd, 1890, Lille †November 9th, 1970, Colombey-les-Deux-Églises

78

Dwight D. Eisenhower

President of the United States from 1953 to 1961

*October 14th, 1890, Denison †March 28th, 1969, Washington, D.C.

25

Max Immelmann

German flying ace

*September 21st, 1890, Dresden †June 18th, 1916, Sallaumines

88

Victoria Ocampo

Argentine writer and translator (1890-1979)

*April 7th, 1890, Buenos Aires †January 27th, 1979, Buenos Aires

86

Claire Goll

Writer and journalist (1890–1977)

*October 29th, 1890, Nuremberg †May 30th, 1977, Paris

88

Jean Rhys

British novelist (1890–1979)

*August 24th, 1890, Roseau †May 14th, 1979, Exeter

63

Edwin Howard Armstrong

American electrical engineer and inventor

*December 18th, 1890, Manhattan †February 1st, 1954, New York City

46

H. P. Lovecraft

American author (1890–1937)

*August 20th, 1890, Providence †March 15th, 1937, Providence

81

William Lawrence Bragg

Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer

*March 31st, 1890, Adelaide †July 1st, 1971, Ipswich

91

Ferruccio Parri

Italian partisan and politician (1890–1981)

*January 19th, 1890, Pinerolo †December 8th, 1981, Rome

77

Paul Whiteman

American jazz musician and popular bandleader (1890–1967)

*March 28th, 1890, Denver †December 29th, 1967, Doylestown

81

Zbigniew Drzewiecki

Polish pianist and pedagogue (1890–1971)

*April 8th, 1890, Warsaw †April 11th, 1971, Warsaw

93

Arnold Kübler

Swiss writer, illustrator and journalist (1890-1983)

*August 2nd, 1890, Wiesendangen †December 27th, 1983, Zurich

86

Groucho Marx

American comedian (1890–1977)

*October 2nd, 1890, Manhattan †August 19th, 1977, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

25

Mário de Sá-Carneiro

Portuguese poet (1890–1916)

*May 19th, 1890, Lisbon †April 26th, 1916, Paris

55

Robert Ley

German Nazi politician; indicted by the International Military Tribunal for war crimes (1890-1945)

*February 15th, 1890, Niederbreidenbach †October 25th, 1945, Nuremberg Court Prison

78

Naima Wifstrand

Swedish actress

*September 4th, 1890, Kungsholm parish †October 23rd, 1968, Gustav Vasa parish

56

Alfred Jodl

German general and convicted war criminal (1890–1946)

*May 10th, 1890, Würzburg †October 16th, 1946, Nuremberg

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1890 is a normal year and no leap year.

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