Date | Text | |||
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100 years anniversary | ||||
27 May 1925 | John Moberly: Diplomat | |||
27 May 1925 | Ed McKeever: President (Brooklyn Dodgers), dies of pneumonia | |||
27 May 1925 | Tony Hillerman, American journalist and author (d. 2008) | |||
27 May 1925 | John Moberly diplomat | |||
27 May 1925 | Mai Zetterling Sweden, actress (Only 2 Can Play, Quartet) | |||
27 May 1925 | Ed McKeever president (Brooklyn Dodgers), dies of pneumonia | |||
27 May 1925
John L. Harper |
birth John L. Harper John L. Harper (died 2009), British biologist, specializing in ecology and plant population biology. |
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75 years anniversary | ||||
27 May 1950 | "Arms & the Girl" closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 134 performances | |||
27 May 1950 | Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Wallace Stevens | |||
27 May 1950 | Dee Dee Bridgewater, American singer-songwriter and actress | |||
27 May 1950 | "Arms & the Girl" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 134 performances | |||
27 May 1950 | Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Wallace Stevens | |||
50 years anniversary | ||||
27 May 1975 | Ezzard Charles: Heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies at 53 | |||
27 May 1975 | Paul McCartney releases "Venus & Mars" | |||
27 May 1975 | Stanley Cup: Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres, 4 games to 2 | |||
27 May 1975 | Jadakiss, American rapper (The Lox) | |||
27 May 1975 | André 3000, American rapper, producer, and actor (OutKast) | |||
27 May 1975 | Michael Hussey, Australian cricketer | |||
27 May 1975 | Jamie Oliver, English chef and author | |||
27 May 1975 | Feryal Özel, Turkish astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic | |||
27 May 1975 | Dibbles Bridge coach crash near Grassington, in North Yorkshire, England, kills 33 – the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom. | |||
27 May 1975 | birth Dre, (Andre Benjamin), Outkast, US rapper, 2001 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Ms Jackson.' | |||
27 May 1975 | Ezzard Charles heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies in Chicago at 53 | |||
27 May 1975 | Paul McCartney releases "Venus & Mars" | |||
27 May 1975 | Stanley Cup: Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres, 4 games to 2 | |||
27 May 1975 | Worst motor vehicle disaster in UK; bus full of elderly women plunges from Dibble's Bridge Yorkshire, killing 38 | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
27 May 2000 | Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer and pilot (b. 1912) | |||
27 May 2000 | Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch, Scottish politician and diplomat, 25th Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1917) | |||
27 May 2000 | Maurice Richard, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1921) | |||
27 May 2000 | Paula Yates was awarded £400,000 ($680,000) in an out-of-court settlement from her boyfriend Michael Hutchence fortune. Hutchence had died in 1997 INXS singer Hutchence was found dead in his hotel suite in Sydney in 1997 aged 37. | |||
20 years anniversary | ||||
27 May 2005 | Robbie Williams was voted into first place beating Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix and David Bowie to be named the best live solo artist. A UK nation-wide survey of 5,000 people saw the former Take That star beat music icons including Madonna, Michael Jackson and Bob Dylan. U2 were named best live band, ahead of Queen and Oasis, in a poll by Carling to celebrate the UK's live music scene. | |||
15 years anniversary | ||||
27 May 2010 | Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator and director (b. 1929) | |||
27 May 2010 | Dozens of AC/DC fans needed treatment after complaining of burning eyes during a concert on the runway of Wels Airport, Wels, Austria. Around 150 fans had to be treated. Doctors found that the fans showed allergic reactions to bark mulch spread at the venue - the runway of Wels Airport, to avoid the soil getting too muddy after hours of massive rainfall. | |||
10 years anniversary | ||||
27 May 2015 | Erik Carlsson, Swedish race car driver (b. 1929) | |||
27 May 2015 | Andy King, English footballer and manager (b. 1956) |