May 27
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[edit] Events
- 1153 - Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland.
- 1703 - Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
- 1813 - War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.
- 1907 - A Bubonic plague outbreak begins in San Francisco, California.
- 1930 - The 1,046 feet (319 meters) tall Chrysler Building in New York City (tallest man-made structure at the time) opens to the public.
- 1937 - In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County.
- 1941 - World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic killing almost 2,100 men.
- 1942 - Assassination attempt against Reinhard Heydrich near Prague. Heydrich dies on June 4.
[edit] Births
- 1837 - Wild Bill Hickok, American gunfighter (d. 1876)
- 1876 - Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish writer (d. 1945)
- 1879 - Hans Lammers, German SS officer (d. 1962)
- 1894 - Dashiell Hammett, American author (d. 1961)
- 1907 - Rachel Carson, American biologist and science writer (d. 1964)
- 1911 - Hubert H. Humphrey, American politician (d. 1978)
- 1911 - Vincent Price, American actor (d. 1993)
- 1923 - Henry Kissinger, United States Secretary of State
- 1923 - Sumner Redstone, Jewish media mogul
[edit] Deaths
- 927 - Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria (b. 864 or 865)
- 1564 - John Calvin, religious reformer (b. 1509)
- 1941 - Ernst Lindemann, German naval officer (b. 1894)
- 1941 - Gunther Lutjens, German admiral, died in sinking of the German battleship Bismarck (b. 1889)
