May 27th, 1974

Born on May 27th, 1974

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The security clearance of American nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, head of the Los Alamos Laboratory, was revoked.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, 1974

49

Skye Edwards

British singer-songwriter

*May 27th, 1974, London

49

Marjorie Taylor Greene

United States Representative from Georgia since 2021

*May 27th, 1974, Milledgeville

49

Medeea Marinescu

Romanian film actress

*May 27th, 1974, Bucharest

49

Danny Wuerffel

American football player (born 1974)

*May 27th, 1974, Fort Walton Beach

49

Denise van Outen

English actress and television presenter

*May 27th, 1974, Basildon

49

Kevin Healey

English Autism Campaigner

*May 27th, 1974, Stoke-on-Trent

49

Cara Luft

Canadian folk musician

*May 27th, 1974, Calgary

49

Suzanne Sjögren

Swedish journalist

*May 27th, 1974, Vellinge

49

Carlo Arghittu

Association football player

*May 27th, 1974, St. Catharines

49

Vanessa Blue

American pornographic actress and director

*May 27th, 1974, Long Beach

49

Sébastien Foucan

French freerunner

*May 27th, 1974, Paris

49

Robert Kolar

Austrian writer and actor

*May 27th, 1974, Vienna

49

Evelina Petrova

Composer

*May 27th, 1974, Kingisepp

49

Gürkan Uygun

Turkish theatre, TV series and movie actor

*May 27th, 1974, İzmit

49

Svetlana Petrenko

Moldovan chess player

*May 27th, 1974, Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic

49

Ion Ibric

Romanian footballer and manager

*May 27th, 1974, Pitești

49

Paula Flannery

Cricketer

*May 27th, 1974, Clyde

49

Patrick Foletti

Swiss footballer

*May 27th, 1974, Mendrisio

49

Margarita Nikolyan

Armenian cross-country skier

*May 27th, 1974, Gyumri

49

Paolo Briguglia

Italian actor

*May 27th, 1974, Palermo

49

Eromosele Albert

Nigerian middleweight boxer

*May 27th, 1974, Benin City

49

Nicolás Lauría Calvo

Argentinian association football player

*May 27th, 1974, Santa Fe

49

Krzysztof Matyjaszczyk

Polish politician

*May 27th, 1974, Radomsko

49

Galimdzhan Khayrulin

Russian association football player

*May 27th, 1974, Yaroslavl

49

Kazuhiko Shiotani

Japanese baseball player

*May 27th, 1974, Takasago

49

Adam Kassen

American actor and director

*May 27th, 1974, Syracuse

49

Dedric Willoughby

American basketball player

*May 27th, 1974, New Orleans †July 19th, 2023

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Who's birthday is on May 27th?

50

Eliza Nathanael

Indonesian badminton player

*May 27th, 1973, Surabaya

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

53

Erich Irlstorfer

German politician

*May 27th, 1970, Freising

20

Treesa Jolly

Indian badminton player

*May 27th, 2003, Cherupuzha, Kannur

50

Tana Umaga

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

*May 27th, 1973, Lower Hutt

48

Jamie Oliver

British chef and media personality

*May 27th, 1975, Clavering

64

Donna Strickland

Canadian physicist, 2018 Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1959, Guelph

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

27

Jennifer Tam

Badminton player

*May 27th, 1996, New South Wales

52

Paul Bettany

English actor (born 1971)

*May 27th, 1971, Shepherd's Bush

93

Christopher Lee

English actor and singer (1922–2015)

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

53

Michele Bartoli

Italian cyclist

*May 27th, 1970, Pisa

43

Craig Buntin

Figure skater

*May 27th, 1980, North Vancouver

81

Uwe Friedrichsen

German actor

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

42

Florian Post

German politician

*May 27th, 1981, Neustadt an der Waldnaab

50

Yorgos Lanthimos

Greek film producer and film director

*September 23rd, 1973, Athens

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Born in 1974

49

Arianne Zucker

American actress and model

*June 3rd, 1974, Northridge

50

Ty Olsson

Canadian actor (born 1974)

*January 28th, 1974, Halifax

49

Anggun

Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter and television personality

*April 29th, 1974, Jakarta

50

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

49

Yoo Yong-sung

Badminton player

*October 25th, 1974, Dangjin

49

Michelle Edwards

Badminton player

*July 11th, 1974, Durban

49

Kenneth Jonassen

Badminton player

*July 3rd, 1974, Herning

49

Markus Weinzierl

German association football player and manager

*December 28th, 1974, Straubing

49

Marina Andrievskaia

Badminton player

*November 20th, 1974, Moscow

49

Florentine Lahme

TV and film actress

*July 21st, 1974, Berlin

50

Anna Grisebach

German actress

*March 20th, 1974, Göttingen

49

Leonardo DiCaprio

American actor and film producer (born 1974)

*November 11th, 1974, Los Angeles

50

Adrian Holmes

Welsh-Canadian actor

*March 31st, 1974, Wrexham

50

Martin Dulig

German politician (SPD)

*February 26th, 1974, Plauen

50

Steve Lomas

Northern Irish association football player and manager

*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

49

Bas Böttcher

German writer and poetry slam performer

*December 31st, 1974, Bremen

50

Alyson Hannigan

American actress and television presenter

*March 24th, 1974, Washington, D.C.

50

Tri Kusharyanto

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1974, Yogyakarta City

49

Ye Zhaoying

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1974, Hangzhou

49

Kim Ji-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 10th, 1974, Busan

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1974 is a normal year and no leap year.

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