May 27th, 1968

Born on May 27th, 1968

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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The security clearance of American nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, head of the Los Alamos Laboratory, was revoked.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, 1968

55

Jennifer Wexton

American politician and lawyer

*May 27th, 1968, Washington, D.C.

55

Jeff Bagwell

American Hall of Fame baseball player

*May 27th, 1968, Boston

55

Kyaw Htwe

Burmese politician (born 1968)

*May 27th, 1968, Thaketa Township

55

Edina Thalhammer

Austrian songwriter

*May 27th, 1968, Vienna

55

Frank Thomas

American baseball player

*May 27th, 1968, Columbus

55

Harun Erdenay

Turkish basketball player

*May 27th, 1968, Ankara

55

Rebekah Brooks

English journalist

*May 27th, 1968, Warrington

55

Kiyohiko Azuma

Japanese manga artist

*May 27th, 1968, Takasago

55

Devrim Yakut

Turkish actress

*May 27th, 1968, Turkey

55

Nick Cooper

American musician

*May 27th, 1968, New York

55

Robbie Wills

American politician

*May 27th, 1968, Conway

55

Karen Findlay

Scottish rugby union footballer and coach

*May 27th, 1968, Moray

55

German Llanes

Argentine rugby union footballer

*May 27th, 1968, Buenos Aires Province

55

Willhelm Schuldes

Association football player

*May 27th, 1968, Austria

55

Nataliya Kyshchuk

Ukrainian cyclist

*May 27th, 1968, Ukraine

55

James Felix McKenney

American actor and director

*May 27th, 1968, New Haven

55

Carlo Finco

Italian bicycle racer

*May 27th, 1968, Curtarolo

55

Chad Oakes

Film producer from Canada

*May 27th, 1968, Calgary

55

Yuriy Kosyuk

Ukrainian businessman

*May 27th, 1968, Katerynopil

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

53

Erich Irlstorfer

German politician

*May 27th, 1970, Freising

41

Louis Bell

American record producer

*May 27th, 1982, Quincy

51

Édouard Clarisse

Mauritian badminton player

*May 27th, 1972, Mauritius

19

You Young

South Korean figure skater

*May 27th, 2004, Seoul

20

Treesa Jolly

Indian badminton player

*May 27th, 2003, Cherupuzha, Kannur

50

Eliza Nathanael

Indonesian badminton player

*May 27th, 1973, Surabaya

64

Donna Strickland

Canadian physicist, 2018 Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1959, Guelph

53

Michele Bartoli

Italian cyclist

*May 27th, 1970, Pisa

33

Alexandra Bruce

Badminton player

*May 27th, 1990, Toronto

31

Ayla Huser

Badminton player

*May 27th, 1992, Stans

93

Christopher Lee

English actor and singer (1922–2015)

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

29

Akane Watanabe

Badminton player

*May 27th, 1994, Saitama Prefecture

52

Paul Bettany

English actor (born 1971)

*May 27th, 1971, Shepherd's Bush

50

Tana Umaga

New Zealand rugby league footballer, and rugby union footballer and coach

*May 27th, 1973, Lower Hutt

27

Jennifer Tam

Badminton player

*May 27th, 1996, New South Wales

81

Uwe Friedrichsen

German actor

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

68

Richard Schiff

American actor and director

*May 27th, 1955, Bethesda

79

Alain Souchon

French recording artist, singer, songwriter and actor

*May 27th, 1944, Casablanca

100

Henry Kissinger

American politician and diplomat (1923–2023)

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

69

Lawrence M. Krauss

American particle physicist and cosmologist

*May 27th, 1954, New York City

Same year
Born in 1968

55

Casper Van Dien

American actor

*December 18th, 1968, Milton

55

Sidse Babett Knudsen

Danish actress

*November 22nd, 1968, Copenhagen

55

Peter Runggaldier

Italian alpine skier

*December 29th, 1968, Brixen

55

Chris Hunt

English badminton player

*December 1st, 1968, Bolton

55

Massi Furlan

Italian-American actor and film producer

*September 29th, 1968, Treviso

56

Minarti Timur

Indonesian badminton player, coach

*March 24th, 1968, Surabaya

56

Alan Budikusuma

Badminton player

*March 29th, 1968, Surabaya

56

Céline Dion

Canadian singer (born 1968)

*March 30th, 1968, Charlemagne

56

Rexy Mainaky

Badminton player

*March 9th, 1968, Ternate Island

55

Hugh Jackman

Australian actor (born 1968)

*October 12th, 1968, Sydney

56

Petra Schubert

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1968, Finsterwalde

55

Darren Le Tissier

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1968, Bailiwick of Guernsey

56

Árni Þór Hallgrímsson

Badminton player

*March 10th, 1968, Akranes

55

Marine Le Pen

French politician (born 1968)

*August 5th, 1968, Neuilly-sur-Seine

56

Monica Mæland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*February 6th, 1968, Bergen

55

Gillian Anderson

American-British actress (born 1968)

*August 9th, 1968, Chicago

55

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Croatian politician and diplomat

*April 29th, 1968, Rijeka

55

Larry Sanger

American former professor, co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium and other projects

*July 16th, 1968, Bellevue

55

Ralph Brinkhaus

German politician

*June 15th, 1968, Wiedenbrück

55

Kylie Minogue

Australian singer and actress (born 1968)

*May 28th, 1968, Melbourne

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Born on May 27th, 1968
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Leap year

Yes: 1968 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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