May 27th, 1958

Born on May 27th, 1958

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What happened on May 27th, 1958?

May 27th, 1958

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II

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, 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The security clearance of American nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, head of the Los Alamos Laboratory, was revoked.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, 1958

65

Neil Finn

New Zealand musician

*May 27th, 1958, Te Awamutu

65

Nick Anstee

British politician (born 1958)

*May 27th, 1958, Moreton-in-Marsh

65

Etta Scollo

Italian singer

*May 27th, 1958, Catania

65

Linnea Quigley

American actress

*May 27th, 1958, Davenport

65

Yunus Alif

Malaysia footballer and manager

*May 27th, 1958, Terengganu

65

L. Scott Rice

United States Air Force general

*May 27th, 1958, Bedford

65

Cheryl Carolus

South African politician

*May 27th, 1958, Cape Town

65

Manfred Spitzer

German physician, psychiatrist, psychologist and philosopher

*May 27th, 1958, Lengfeld (Odenwald)

65

Heike Schulte-Mattler

German sprinter

*May 27th, 1958, Oberhausen

65

Claudio Pollio

Olympic wrestler

*May 27th, 1958, Naples

54

Jesse Robredo

Philippine politician and cabinet secretary (1958-2012)

*May 27th, 1958, Naga †August 18th, 2012, sea

65

Claude Schnell

American keyboardist (born 1955)

*May 27th, 1958, Brooklyn

65

Martin Savidge

Canadian-American journalist

*May 27th, 1958, Lachine

65

Glyn Chamberlain

English football manager (born 1958)

*May 27th, 1958, Chesterfield

65

Frederick Scalera

American politician

*May 27th, 1958, Passaic

65

Justyn Węglorz

Polish basketball player

*May 27th, 1958, Rybnik

65

Wayne Williams

American convicted of two murders

*May 27th, 1958, Atlanta

65

Thomas Töpfer

German association football player

*May 27th, 1958, Saalfeld

65

Daniel Mindel

South African-American cinematographer

*May 27th, 1958, Johannesburg

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

64

Donna Strickland

Canadian physicist, 2018 Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1959, Guelph

66

Bruce Furniss

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

*May 27th, 1957, Fresno

41

Louis Bell

American record producer

*May 27th, 1982, Quincy

19

You Young

South Korean figure skater

*May 27th, 2004, Seoul

20

Treesa Jolly

Indian badminton player

*May 27th, 2003, Cherupuzha, Kannur

68

Richard Schiff

American actor and director

*May 27th, 1955, Bethesda

62

Eugene Melnyk

Canadian sports businessman

*May 27th, 1959, Toronto †March 28th, 2022

53

Erich Irlstorfer

German politician

*May 27th, 1970, Freising

69

Lawrence M. Krauss

American particle physicist and cosmologist

*May 27th, 1954, New York City

51

Édouard Clarisse

Mauritian badminton player

*May 27th, 1972, Mauritius

50

Eliza Nathanael

Indonesian badminton player

*May 27th, 1973, Surabaya

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

67

Giuseppe Tornatore

Italian film director and screenwriter

*May 27th, 1956, Bagheria

79

Alain Souchon

French recording artist, singer, songwriter and actor

*May 27th, 1944, Casablanca

33

Alexandra Bruce

Badminton player

*May 27th, 1990, Toronto

73

Kip Niven

American actor and theatre director (1945-2019)

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

31

Ayla Huser

Badminton player

*May 27th, 1992, Stans

68

Peter Burrows

Bishop of Doncaster; Archdeacon of Leeds

*May 27th, 1955, Derby

29

Akane Watanabe

Badminton player

*May 27th, 1994, Saitama Prefecture

Same year
Born in 1958

50

Michael Jackson

American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958–2009)

*August 29th, 1958, Gary †June 25th, 2009, Los Angeles

66

Gary Numan

English musician (born 1958)

*March 8th, 1958, Hammersmith

65

Jane Wiedlin

American musician

*May 20th, 1958, Oconomowoc

65

Jon Cassar

Maltese-Canadian director and producer

*April 27th, 1958, Valletta

65

Jello Biafra

American singer

*June 17th, 1958, Boulder

65

Wayne Hussey

English musician, singer of The Mission

*May 26th, 1958, Bristol

65

Madonna

American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)

*August 16th, 1958, Bay City

65

Olaf Scholz

German politician (SPD) and 9th Federal Chancellor of Germany (since 2021)

*June 14th, 1958, Osnabrück

65

Ursula von der Leyen

President of the European Commission since 2019

*October 8th, 1958, Ixelles - Elsene

65

Glenn Gregory

English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist

*May 16th, 1958, Sheffield

66

Caryl Phillips

Kittian-British writer

*March 13th, 1958, Saint Kitts

64

Jens Arentzen

Danish actor

*March 2nd, 1958, Frederiksberg †November 22nd, 2022

66

Dietmar Bartsch

German politician

*March 31st, 1958, Stralsund

65

Jah Wobble

English bassist, recording artist, songwriter

*August 11th, 1958, Stepney

66

Alec Baldwin

American actor, comedian and producer (born 1958)

*April 3rd, 1958, Amityville

65

Alexander Held

German actor

*October 19th, 1958, Munich

66

Volker Pispers

German cabaret artist

*January 18th, 1958, Rheydt

66

Reinhard Wolters

German historian of classical history and numismatist

*March 14th, 1958, Duisburg

65

Achim Arbeiter

German archaeologist

*September 3rd, 1958, Dierdorf

65

Tim Butler

English songwriter and musician

*December 7th, 1958, Teddington

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No: With 365 days 1958 is a normal year and no leap year.

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