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| May 27th, 2007 (May 27 2007) | Death | Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (born in 1967) | |
| May 27th, 2007 (May 27 2007) | Death | Ed Yost, American inventor (born in 1919) | |
| May 27th, 2007 (May 27 2007) | Death | Gretchen Wyler, American actress (born in 1932) | |
| May 27th, 1997 (May 27 1997) | Event | The U.S. Supreme Court rules that Paula Jones can pursue her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton while he is in office. | Bill Clinton Quotes |
| May 27th, 1997 (May 27 1997) | Event | A F5 tornado strikes Jarrell, Texas killing 27 people. | |
| May 27th, 1987 (May 27 1987) | Death | John Howard Northrop, American chemist, Nobel laureate (born in 1891) | |
| May 27th, 1977 (May 27 1977) | Birth | Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian athlete | |
| May 27th, 1977 (May 27 1977) | Birth | Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer | |
| May 27th, 1977 (May 27 1977) | Birth | Tommie van der Leegte, Dutch footballer | |
| May 27th, 1967 (May 27 1967) | Event | Australians vote in favor of a constitutional referendum granting the Australian government the power to make laws to benefit Indigenous Australians and to count them in the national census. | |
| May 27th, 1967 (May 27 1967) | Event | The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) is christened by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline. | John F. Kennedy Quotes |
| May 27th, 1967 (May 27 1967) | Birth | Paul Gascoigne, English footballer | |
| May 27th, 1967 (May 27 1967) | Death | Ernst Niekisch, German politician (born in 1889) | |
| May 27th, 1957 (May 27 1957) | Event | Toronto s CHUM-AM, (1050 kHz) becomes Canada s first radio station to broadcast only top 40 Rock n Roll music format. | |
| May 27th, 1957 (May 27 1957) | Birth | Siouxsie Sioux, English musician (Siouxsie and the Banshees) | |
| May 27th, 1957 (May 27 1957) | Birth | Duncan Goodhew, English Olympic Games gold medalist swimmer | |
| May 27th, 1947 (May 27 1947) | Birth | Branko Oblak, Slovenian footballer | |
| May 27th, 1947 (May 27 1947) | Death | Ed Konetchy, American baseball player (born in 1885) | |
| May 27th, 1937 (May 27 1937) | Event | In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California. | |
| May 27th, 1937 (May 27 1937) | Birth | Allan Carr, American film producer and writer (died in 1999) | |
| May 27th, 1927 (May 27 1927) | Event | The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacturing the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make Ford Model As. | |
| May 27th, 1907 (May 27 1907) | Event | A Bubonic plague outbreak begins in San Francisco, California. | |
| May 27th, 1907 (May 27 1907) | Birth | Rachel Carson, American biologist and science writer (died in 1964) | Rachel Carson Quotes |
| May 27th, 1897 (May 27 1897) | Birth | John Cockcroft, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1967) | |
| May 27th, 1867 (May 27 1867) | Birth | Arnold Bennett, British novelist (died in 1931) | Arnold Bennett Quotes |
| May 27th, 1837 (May 27 1837) | Birth | Wild Bill Hickok, American gunfighter (died in 1876) | |
| May 27th, 1837 (May 27 1837) | Birth | Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter (died in 1887) | |
| May 27th, 1827 (May 27 1827) | Birth | Samuel F. Miller, American politician (died in 1892) | |
| May 27th, 1797 (May 27 1797) | Death | Francois-Noel Babeuf, French revolutionary (born in 1760) | |
| May 27th, 1707 (May 27 1707) | Death | Marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (born in 1640) | Louis XIV of France Quotes |
| May 27th, 1647 (May 27 1647) | Event | Peter Stuyvesant was inaugurated as Director-General of New Netherland. | |
| May 27th, 0927 (May 27 0927) | Event | Battle of the Bosnian Highlands: Simeon I of Bulgaria is defeated by King Tomislav of Croatia. | |
| May 27th, 0927 (May 27 0927) | Death | Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria (born in 864 or 865) | |
