May 27th, 1950

Born on May 27th, 1950

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What happened on May 27th, 1950?

May 27th, 1950

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linnanmäki

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The security clearance of American nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, head of the Los Alamos Laboratory, was revoked.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

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

Born on May 27th, 1950

73

Dee Dee Bridgewater

American singer

*May 27th, 1950, Memphis

73

Joël Bellassen

French linguist

*May 27th, 1950, Sidi Bel Abbès

73

Rita Grießhaber

German politician

*May 27th, 1950, Bad Dürrheim

73

Herman Beysens

Cyclist

*May 27th, 1950, Essen

73

Ingebrigt Sørfonn

Norwegian politician

*May 27th, 1950, Fitjar

73

Cindy Winckler

Member of the Iowa House of Representatives, 86th District

*May 27th, 1950, Des Moines

73

John Bollinger

Author and financial analyst

*May 27th, 1950, Montpelier

65

Makis Dendrinos

Greek basketball coach

*May 27th, 1950, Trikala †October 20th, 2015, Greece

70

John Kinsela

Olympic wrestler (1950-2020)

*May 27th, 1950, Surry Hills †November 9th, 2020

73

Richard N. Palmer

Associate Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court.

*May 27th, 1950, Hartford

73

Mike Siani

American football player

*May 27th, 1950, Staten Island

73

Mike Samples

American football player

*May 27th, 1950, Bonne Terre

73

Romeu Evangelista

Brazilian association football player

*May 27th, 1950, Esmeraldas

73

Joe Reaves

Professional basketball player

*May 27th, 1950, Bolivar

73

Brent St. Denis

Canadian politician

*May 27th, 1950, Blind River

73

Juan Llort

Olympic sailor

*May 27th, 1950, Tarragona

72

Mashallah Abdullayev

Azerbaijani national hero

*May 27th, 1950, Kəpənəkçi †October 26th, 2022, Goranboy District

72

Mike Kadish

American football player

*May 27th, 1950, Grand Rapids †November 30th, 2022

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

64

Donna Strickland

Canadian physicist, 2018 Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1959, Guelph

19

You Young

South Korean figure skater

*May 27th, 2004, Seoul

41

Louis Bell

American record producer

*May 27th, 1982, Quincy

20

Treesa Jolly

Indian badminton player

*May 27th, 2003, Cherupuzha, Kannur

75

Thomas Ahrens

West German rower

*May 27th, 1948, Mölln

73

Kip Niven

American actor and theatre director (1945-2019)

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

79

Alain Souchon

French recording artist, singer, songwriter and actor

*May 27th, 1944, Casablanca

93

Christopher Lee

English actor and singer (1922–2015)

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

81

Uwe Friedrichsen

German actor

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

69

Lawrence M. Krauss

American particle physicist and cosmologist

*May 27th, 1954, New York City

68

Richard Schiff

American actor and director

*May 27th, 1955, Bethesda

53

Erich Irlstorfer

German politician

*May 27th, 1970, Freising

72

Ana Belén

Spanish actress and singer

*May 27th, 1951, Madrid

50

Eliza Nathanael

Indonesian badminton player

*May 27th, 1973, Surabaya

51

Édouard Clarisse

Mauritian badminton player

*May 27th, 1972, Mauritius

100

Henry Kissinger

American politician and diplomat (1923–2023)

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

66

Bruce Furniss

American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champions, former world record-holder

*May 27th, 1957, Fresno

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

Same year
Born in 1950

67

Jeff Lowe

American mountain climber

*September 13th, 1950, Ogden †August 24th, 2018, Colorado

73

Annette Badland

English actress

*August 26th, 1950, Edgbaston

73

Narendra Modi

14th Prime Minister of India

*September 17th, 1950, Vadnagar

66

Martin McGuinness

Sinn Féin politician and deputy First Minister (1950-2017)

*May 23rd, 1950, Derry †March 21st, 2017, Altnagelvin Area Hospital

74

Billy Currie

British multi-instrumentalist

*April 1st, 1950, Huddersfield

66

Sandra Reemer

Dutch singer and presenter (1950–2017)

*October 17th, 1950, Bandung City †June 6th, 2017, Amsterdam

73

Øivind Blunck

Norwegian actor and comedian

*December 28th, 1950, Norway

73

Wayne Eagling

Canadian ballet dancer

*November 27th, 1950, Montreal

74

Peter Funke

German historian of classical antiquity

*March 18th, 1950, Rheine

74

Rötger Feldmann

German comic artist

*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

73

Pedro Barceló

Spanish historian of classical antiquity

*April 30th, 1950, Vinaròs

70

Jóhannes Eðvaldsson

Icelandic football player (1950-2021)

*September 3rd, 1950, Reykjavík †January 24th, 2021, Glasgow

74

Ade Chandra

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1950, Jakarta

73

Ed Harris

American actor and director (born 1950)

*November 28th, 1950, Englewood

67

Horace Burrell

Jamaican sports executive

*February 8th, 1950, Clarendon Parish †June 6th, 2017, Kingston

73

Harriet Walter

British actress

*September 24th, 1950, London

74

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

73

Stevie Wonder

American musician (born 1950)

*May 13th, 1950, Saginaw

74

William Sadler

American actor

*April 13th, 1950, Buffalo

74

Rick Perry

14th United States Secretary of Energy

*March 4th, 1950, Haskell

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No: With 365 days 1950 is a normal year and no leap year.

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