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| May 27th, 2006 (May 27 2006) | Event | The May 2006 Java earthquake strikes at 5:53:58 AM local time (22:53:58 UTC May 26) devastating Bantul and the city of Yogyakarta killing over 6,600 people. | |
| May 27th, 2006 (May 27 2006) | Death | Craig Heyward, American football player (born in 1966) | |
| May 27th, 2006 (May 27 2006) | Death | Paul Gleason, American actor (born in 1939) | |
| May 27th, 2006 (May 27 2006) | Death | Alex Toth, American cartoonist (born in 1928) | |
| May 27th, 2006 (May 27 2006) | Death | Rob Borsellino, American columnist (born in 1949) | |
| May 27th, 2006 (May 27 2006) | Death | Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Indian actor (born in 1944) | |
| May 27th, 1996 (May 27 1996) | Event | First Chechnya War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire. | Boris Yeltsin Quotes |
| May 27th, 1986 (May 27 1986) | Death | Isma il Raji al-Faruqi, Palestinian-born philosopher (born in 1921) | Philo Quotes |
| May 27th, 1976 (May 27 1976) | Birth | RJD2, American hip-hop producer | |
| May 27th, 1976 (May 27 1976) | Birth | Anita Blonde, Hungarian porn star | |
| May 27th, 1956 (May 27 1956) | Birth | Cynthia McFadden, American television anchor | |
| May 27th, 1946 (May 27 1946) | Birth | Lewis Collins, English actor | |
| May 27th, 1946 (May 27 1946) | Birth | Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, Danish musician (died in 2005) | |
| May 27th, 1936 (May 27 1936) | Birth | Louis Gossett Jr., American actor | |
| May 27th, 1936 (May 27 1936) | Birth | Marcel Masse, Canadian politician | |
| May 27th, 1926 (May 27 1926) | Death | Srecko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (born in 1904) | |
| May 27th, 1896 (May 27 1896) | Event | The F4-strength St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri and East Saint Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing $2.9 billion in damages (1997 USD). | |
| May 27th, 1896 (May 27 1896) | Death | Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov, Russian physicist (born in 1839) | |
| May 27th, 1876 (May 27 1876) | Birth | Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish writer (died in 1945) | |
| May 27th, 1836 (May 27 1836) | Birth | Jay Gould, American financier (died in 1892) | |
| May 27th, 1756 (May 27 1756) | Birth | King Maximilian I of Bavaria (died in 1825) | |
| May 27th, 1626 (May 27 1626) | Birth | William II, Prince of Orange (died in 1650) | |
| May 27th, 1576 (May 27 1576) | Birth | Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (died in 1649) | |
| May 27th, 0866 (May 27 0866) | Death | Ordono I of Asturias, King of Asturias (born in 831) | |
| May 27th, 0366 (May 27 0366) | Death | Procopius, Roman usurper (born in 326) | |
