May 27th, 1978

Born on May 27th, 1978

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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The security clearance of American nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, head of the Los Alamos Laboratory, was revoked.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, 1978

45

Edoardo De Bernardis

Italian figure skater

*May 27th, 1978, Turin

45

Jacques Abardonado

French football player

*May 27th, 1978, Marseille

45

Scott McNiven

Scottish footballer (born 1978)

*May 27th, 1978, Leeds

45

Joanna Koroniewska

Polish actress

*May 27th, 1978, Toruń

45

Brad Peyton

Canadian director and writer

*May 27th, 1978, Gander

45

Hugo Armando

American tennis player

*May 27th, 1978, Miami

45

Adin Brown

American soccer player

*May 27th, 1978, Pleasant Hill

45

Fabian Del Priore

German composer and sound designer

*May 27th, 1978, Frankfurt

45

Matt Osterman

American film director, producer and screenwriter

*May 27th, 1978, Rhinelander

45

Nabil Baalbaki

Lebanese footballer

*May 27th, 1978, Beirut

45

Ján Zolna

Slovak footballer

*May 27th, 1978, Czechoslovakia

45

Carmen Maciariello

American basketball coach

*May 27th, 1978, Clifton Park

45

Erik Weissmann

Slovak ice hockey player

*May 27th, 1978, Bratislava

45

Edgerton Hartwell

American football player

*May 27th, 1978, Las Vegas

45

David Valle

Spanish footballer

*May 27th, 1978, Barcelona

45

Gregory Tony

French boxer

*May 27th, 1978, Saint-Raphaël

45

James Bettcher

American football coach

*May 27th, 1978, Lakeville

45

Natalia Straub

German chess player

*May 27th, 1978, Luhansk

45

Tomoe Kato

Japanese association football player

*May 27th, 1978, Tokyo

45

David McNiven

English footballer (born 1978)

*May 27th, 1978, Leeds

45

Alicia Fuentes

Spanish footballer

*May 27th, 1978, Totalán

45

Cindy Sampson

Canadian film and television actress and director (born 1978)

*May 27th, 1978, Halifax

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

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

50

Eliza Nathanael

Indonesian badminton player

*May 27th, 1973, Surabaya

51

Édouard Clarisse

Mauritian badminton player

*May 27th, 1972, Mauritius

53

Erich Irlstorfer

German politician

*May 27th, 1970, Freising

43

Craig Buntin

Figure skater

*May 27th, 1980, North Vancouver

33

Alexandra Bruce

Badminton player

*May 27th, 1990, Toronto

31

Ayla Huser

Badminton player

*May 27th, 1992, Stans

64

Donna Strickland

Canadian physicist, 2018 Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1959, Guelph

29

Akane Watanabe

Badminton player

*May 27th, 1994, Saitama Prefecture

42

Florian Post

German politician

*May 27th, 1981, Neustadt an der Waldnaab

27

Jennifer Tam

Badminton player

*May 27th, 1996, New South Wales

50

Tana Umaga

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

*May 27th, 1973, Lower Hutt

93

Christopher Lee

English actor and singer (1922–2015)

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

48

Jamie Oliver

British chef and media personality

*May 27th, 1975, Clavering

81

Uwe Friedrichsen

German actor

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

36

Bora Paçun

Turkish basketball player

*May 27th, 1987, İzmir

53

Michele Bartoli

Italian cyclist

*May 27th, 1970, Pisa

41

Kevin De Weert

Road bicycle racer

*May 27th, 1982, Duffel

Same year
Born in 1978

45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

45

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

46

Yim Bang-eun

Badminton player

*April 25th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

45

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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