This is a list of selected May 27 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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Pentecost (Eastern Christianity, 2018) | refimprove sections |
: Children's Day in Nigeria | refimprove |
1703 – Russian Tsar Peter I founded Saint Petersburg after reconquering the Ingrian land from Sweden during the Great Northern War. | refimprove section |
1860 – Expedition of the Thousand: Giuseppe Garibaldi and his Redshirts launched their attack on Palermo. | appears on May 5 |
1896 – The St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado, one of the deadliest and most destructive tornadoes in U.S. history, struck St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing more than 255 people and injuring at least 1,000 others. | refimprove section |
1908 – Hakeem Noor-ud-Din was unanimously elected the head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, a day after the death of its founder Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. | refimprove |
1919 – The Curtiss NC-4 flying boat arrived in Lisbon, Portugal, becoming the first fixed-wing aircraft to complete a transatlantic flight under its own power. | refimprove section |
1923 – French racing drivers André Lagache and René Léonard won the first running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans near Le Mans, Sarthe, France. | both 1923 24 Hours of Le Mans and 24 Hours of Le Mans need references |
1942 – Czech fighters resisting Nazis in Prague ambushed and mortally wounded Reinhard Heydrich, the chief of Reich Security Main Office and the Protector of Bohemia and Moravia. | refimprove |
1962 – A fire at a landfill in Centralia, Pennsylvania, U.S., spread to an abandoned coal mine, where it continues burning to this day. | refimprove section |
Diego Ramírez de Arellano (d. 1624) · Julia Ward Howe (b. 1819) · Mal Evans (b. 1935)