May 27th, 1961

Born on May 27th, 1961

Age in days, weeks and months
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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The security clearance of American nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, head of the Los Alamos Laboratory, was revoked.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

Born on May 27th, 1961

62

José Luíz Barbosa

Brazilian male middle-distance runner

*May 27th, 1961, Três Lagoas

62

Marie Bunel

French actress

*May 27th, 1961, Champigny-sur-Marne

62

Greger Forslöw

Swedish fencer

*May 27th, 1961, Stockholm

62

Erwin Wagenhofer

Austrian screenwriter and film director

*May 27th, 1961, Amstetten

62

Sergey Kushchenko

Russian sports executive

*May 27th, 1961, Perm

62

James Hughes

American sociologist and bioethicist

*May 27th, 1961, Columbus

62

Pierre-Henri Raphanel

French racecar driver

*May 27th, 1961, Algiers

62

Peri Gilpin

American actress

*May 27th, 1961, Waco

62

Marc Palanques

French rugby league footballer and administrator

*May 27th, 1961, Carcassonne

62

Luca Coletto

Italian politician

*May 27th, 1961, Verona

62

K. Sridhar

Indian scientist

*May 27th, 1961, India

62

Jon Lugbill

American canoeist

*May 27th, 1961, Wauseon

62

Marat Kabayev

Uzbekistani footballer

*May 27th, 1961, Uzun, Uzbekistan

62

Larbi El Hadi

Algerian footballer

*May 27th, 1961, Algeria

62

Simon Osei-Mensah

Ghanaian politician

*May 27th, 1961, Ghana

62

Jill Sterkel

American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder, water polo player, college swimming coach

*May 27th, 1961, Hacienda Heights

62

Tom Bowen

American sports executive

*May 27th, 1961, Denver

62

Cathy Silvers

American actress

*May 27th, 1961, New York City

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

64

Donna Strickland

Canadian physicist, 2018 Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1959, Guelph

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

53

Erich Irlstorfer

German politician

*May 27th, 1970, Freising

51

Édouard Clarisse

Mauritian badminton player

*May 27th, 1972, Mauritius

50

Eliza Nathanael

Indonesian badminton player

*May 27th, 1973, Surabaya

68

Richard Schiff

American actor and director

*May 27th, 1955, Bethesda

93

Christopher Lee

English actor and singer (1922–2015)

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

66

Bruce Furniss

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

*May 27th, 1957, Fresno

62

Eugene Melnyk

Canadian sports businessman

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

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

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

79

Alain Souchon

French recording artist, singer, songwriter and actor

*May 27th, 1944, Casablanca

27

Jennifer Tam

Badminton player

*May 27th, 1996, New South Wales

73

Kip Niven

American actor and theatre director (1945-2019)

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

100

Henry Kissinger

American politician and diplomat (1923–2023)

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

Same year
Born in 1961

62

Barack Obama

President of the United States from 2009 to 2017

*August 4th, 1961, Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children

63

Erna Solberg

Norwegian politician and the 35th Prime Minister of Norway

*February 24th, 1961, Bergen

62

Joe Lando

American actor

*December 9th, 1961, Prairie View

63

Lothar Matthäus

German footballer, manager and pundit

*March 21st, 1961, Erlangen

63

Steven Weber

American actor

*March 4th, 1961, Briarwood

62

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

63

Knut Nærum

Norwegian comedian and author

*March 3rd, 1961, Arendal

62

Jan-Eric Antonsson

Badminton player

*September 9th, 1961, Karlskrona

62

Michael Meister

German politician

*June 9th, 1961, Lorsch

63

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz

German politician

*April 8th, 1961, Heidelberg

62

Olaug Bollestad

Norwegian politician

*November 4th, 1961, Strand Municipality

62

Julia Gillard

Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013

*September 29th, 1961, Barry

63

Eddie Murphy

American stand-up comedian and actor

*April 3rd, 1961, Brooklyn

36

Diana, Princess of Wales

Member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)

*July 1st, 1961, Sandringham †August 31st, 1997, Paris

63

Dirk Heidenblut

German politician

*April 21st, 1961, Essen

62

Arundhati Roy

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

*November 24th, 1961, Shillong

62

George Clooney

American actor and filmmaker (born 1961)

*May 6th, 1961, Lexington

62

Nadia Comăneci

Romanian gymnast and five-time Olympic gold medalist

*November 12th, 1961, Onești

57

Stephen Hillenburg

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

*August 21st, 1961, Fort Sill †November 26th, 2018, San Marino

62

Florent Pagny

French recording artist; singer

*November 6th, 1961, Chalon-sur-Saône

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1961 is a normal year and no leap year.

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