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May 27 is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 218 days remain until the end of the year.
Pre-1600 [ edit ] 1601–1900 [ edit ] 1644 – Manchu regent Dorgon defeats rebel leader Li Zicheng of the Shun dynasty at the Battle of Shanhai Pass , allowing the Manchus to enter and conquer the capital city of Beijing.1703 – Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg .1798 – The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford , Ireland; Irish rebel leaders defeat and kill a detachment of militia.[4] 1799 – War of the Second Coalition : Austrian forces defeat the French at Winterthur , Switzerland.1813 – War of 1812 : In Canada, American forces capture Fort George .1860 – Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo , Sicily , as part of the Italian unification .1863 – American Civil War : First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson .1874 – The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria .1883 – Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.1896 – The F4 -strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri , and East St. Louis, Illinois , killing at least 255 people and causing over $10 million in damage.1901–present [ edit ] 1905 – Russo-Japanese War : The Battle of Tsushima begins.1915 – HMS Princess Irene explodes and sinks off Sheerness , Kent , with the loss of 352 lives.1917 – Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law , the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church .1919 – The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight .1927 – The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A .1930 – The 1,046 feet (319 m) Chrysler Building in New York City , the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public.1933 – New Deal : The U.S. Federal Securities Act is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission .1933 – The Walt Disney Company releases the cartoon Three Little Pigs Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? "
1935 – New Deal: The Supreme Court of the United States declares the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States 1937 – In California , the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California .1940 – World War II : In the Le Paradis massacre , 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive.1941 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency".1941 – World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic, killing almost 2,100 men.
1942 – World War II: In Operation Anthropoid , Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague ; he dies of his injuries eight days later.1950 – The Linnanmäki amusement park is opened for the first time in Helsinki .[5] [6] 1958 – First flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II .1960 – In Turkey , a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office.1962 – The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine.1965 – Vietnam War : American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam .1967 – 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.1967 – The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy is launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline .
1971 – The Dahlerau train disaster , the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near Wuppertal .1971 – Pakistani forces massacre over 200 civilians, mostly Bengali Hindus , in the Bagbati massacre .
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.1980 – The Gwangju Massacre : Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more.1984 – The Danube-Black Sea canal is opened, in a ceremony attended by the Ceaușescus . It had been under construction since the 1950s.1996 – First Chechen War : Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.1997 – The 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak occurs, spawning multiple tornadoes in Central Texas, including the F5 that killed 27 in Jarrell .1998 – Oklahoma City bombing : Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.2001 – Members of the Islamist separatist group Abu Sayyaf seize twenty hostages from an affluent island resort on Palawan in the Philippines ; the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002.2006 – The 6.4 Mw Yogyakarta earthquake shakes central Java with an MSK intensity of VIII (Damaging ), leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured.2016 – Barack Obama is the first president of United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha 2017 – Andrew Scheer takes over after Rona Ambrose as the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada .2018 – Maryland Flood Event : A flood occurs throughout the Patapsco Valley , causing one death, destroying the entire first floors of buildings on Main Street in Ellicott City , and causing cars to overturn.Pre-1600 [ edit ] 1601–1900 [ edit ] 1601 – Antoine Daniel , French-Canadian missionary and saint (d. 1648)1626 – William II, Prince of Orange (d. 1650)1627 – Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (d. 1693)1651 – Louis Antoine de Noailles , French cardinal (d. 1729)1652 – Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine of Germany (d. 1722)1738 – Nathaniel Gorham , American merchant and politician, 14th President of the Continental Congress (d. 1796)1756 – Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (d. 1825)1774 – Francis Beaufort , Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (d. 1857)1794 – Cornelius Vanderbilt , American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1877)1814 – John Rudolph Niernsee , Viennese-born American architect (d.1885)1815 – Henry Parkes , English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1896)1818 – Amelia Bloomer , American journalist and activist (d. 1894)1819 – Julia Ward Howe , American poet and songwriter (d. 1910)1827 – Samuel F. Miller , American lawyer and politician (d. 1892)1832 – Zenas Ferry Moody , American surveyor and politician, 7th Governor of Oregon (d. 1917)1836 – Jay Gould , American businessman and financier (d. 1892)1837 – Wild Bill Hickok , American police officer (d. 1876)1852 – Billy Barnes , English cricketer (d. 1899)1857 – Theodor Curtius , German chemist (d. 1928)1860 – Manuel Teixeira Gomes , Portuguese politician, 7th President of Portugal (d. 1941)1863 – Arthur Mold , English cricketer (d. 1921)1867 – Arnold Bennett , English author and playwright (d. 1931)1868 – Aleksa Šantić , Bosnian poet and author (d. 1924)1871 – Georges Rouault , French painter and illustrator (d. 1958)1875 – Frederick Cuming , English cricketer (d. 1942)1876 – Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski , Polish journalist and author (d. 1945)1876 – William Stanier , English engineer (d. 1965)
1878 – Anna Cervin , Swedish artist (d. 1972)1879 – Karl Bühler , German-American linguist and psychologist (d. 1963)1879 – Hans Lammers , German judge and politician (d. 1962)
1883 – Jessie Arms Botke , American painter (d. 1971)1884 – Max Brod , Czech journalist, author, and composer (d. 1968)1887 – Frank Woolley , English cricketer (d. 1978)1888 – Louis Durey , French composer (d. 1979)1891 – Claude Champagne , Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (d. 1965)1891 – Jaan Kärner , Estonian poet and author (d. 1958)
1894 – Louis-Ferdinand Céline , French physician and author (d. 1961)1894 – Dashiell Hammett , American detective novelist and screenwriter (d. 1961)
1895 – Douglas Lloyd Campbell , Canadian educator and politician, 13th Premier of Manitoba (d. 1995)1897 – John Cockcroft , English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)1897 – Dink Templeton , American rugby player and coach (d. 1962)
1898 – David Crosthwait , American engineer, inventor and writer (d. 1976)1899 – Johannes Türn , Estonian chess and draughts player (d. 1993)1900 – Lotte Toberentz , German overseer of the Nazi Uckermark concentration camp (d. 1964)1900 – Uładzimir Žyłka , Belarusian poet and translator (d. 1933) 1901–present [ edit ] 1904 – Chūhei Nambu , Japanese jumper and journalist (d. 1997)1906 – Buddhadasa , Thai monk and philosopher (d. 1993)1906 – Harry Hibbs , English footballer (d. 1984)
1906 – Antonio Rosario Mennonna , Italian bishop (d. 2009)
1907 – Nicolas Calas , Greek-American poet and critic (d. 1988)1907 – Rachel Carson , American biologist, environmentalist, and author (d. 1964)
1909 – Dolores Hope , American singer and philanthropist (d. 2011)1911 – Hubert Humphrey , American journalist and politician, 38th Vice President of the United States (d. 1978)1911 – Teddy Kollek , Hungarian-Israeli politician, Mayor of Jerusalem (d. 2007)
1911 – Vincent Price , American actor (d. 1993)
1912 – John Cheever , American novelist and short story writer (d. 1982)1912 – Sam Snead , American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2002)
1912 – Terry Moore , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1995)
1915 – Ester Soré , Chilean singer-songwriter (d. 1996)1915 – Herman Wouk , American novelist (d. 2019)
1917 – Harry Webster , English engineer (d. 2007)1918 – Yasuhiro Nakasone , Japanese commander and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2019)[9] 1921 – Bob Godfrey , Australian-English animator, director, and voice actor (d. 2013)1922 – Otto Carius , German lieutenant and pharmacist (d. 2015)1922 – Christopher Lee , English actor (d. 2015)
1922 – John D. Vanderhoof , American banker and politician, 37th Governor of Colorado (d. 2013)
1923 – Henry Kissinger , German-American political scientist and politician, 56th United States Secretary of State , Nobel Prize laureate1923 – Sumner Redstone , American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2020)
1924 – Jaime Lusinchi , Venezuelan physician and politician, President of Venezuela (d. 2014)1924 – John Sumner , English-Australian director, founded the Melbourne Theatre Company (d. 2013)
1925 – Tony Hillerman , American journalist and author (d. 2008)1927 – Jüri Randviir , Estonian chess player and journalist (d. 1996)1928 – Thea Musgrave , Scottish-American composer and educator1930 – John Barth , American novelist and short story writer1930 – William S. Sessions , American civil servant and judge, 8th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (d. 2020)
1930 – Eino Tamberg , Estonian composer and educator (d. 2010)
1931 – André Barbeau , French-Canadian neurologist (d. 1986)1931 – John Chapple , English field marshal and politician, Governor of Gibraltar
1931 – Bernard Fresson , French actor (d. 2002)
1931 – Faten Hamama , Egyptian actress and producer (d. 2015)
1931 – Philip Kotler , American author and professor
1933 – Edward Samuel Rogers , Canadian businessman (d. 2008)1933 – Manfred Sommer , Spanish author and illustrator (d. 2007)
1934 – Ray Daviault , Canadian-American baseball player1934 – Harlan Ellison , American author and screenwriter (d. 2018)
1935 – Daniel Colchico , American football player and coach (d. 2014)1935 – Mal Evans , British road manager of The Beatles (d. 1976)
1935 – Jerry Kindall , American baseball player and coach (d. 2017)
1935 – Ramsey Lewis , American jazz pianist and composer
1935 – Lee Meriwether , American model and actress, Miss America 1955
1936 – Benjamin Bathurst , English admiral1936 – Louis Gossett, Jr. , American actor and producer
1936 – Marcel Masse , Canadian educator and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of National Defence (d. 2014)
1937 – Allan Carr , American playwright and producer (d. 1999)1939 – Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns , English courtier and businessman1939 – Yves Duhaime , Canadian captain and politician
1939 – Sokratis Kokkalis , Greek businessman
1939 – Gerald Ronson , English businessman and philanthropist
1939 – Lionel Sosa , Mexican-American advertising and marketing executive[10]
1939 – Don Williams , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)
1940 – Mike Gibson , Australian journalist and sportscaster (d. 2015)1942 – Lee Baca , American police officer1942 – Piers Courage , English racing driver (d. 1970)
1942 – Roger Freeman, Baron Freeman , English accountant and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1942 – Robin Widdows , English racing driver
1943 – Cilla Black , English singer and actress (d. 2015)1943 – Bruce Weitz , American actor
1944 – Christopher Dodd , American lawyer and politician1944 – Ingrid Roscoe , English historian and politician, Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire
1944 – Alain Souchon , French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1945 – Bruce Cockburn , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist1946 – Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen , Danish bassist and composer (d. 2005)1946 – John Williams , English motorcycle racer (d. 1978)
1947 – Peter DeFazio , American politician1947 – Marty Kristian , German-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1947 – Branko Oblak , Slovenian footballer and coach
1947 – Riivo Sinijärv , Estonian politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1948 – Wubbo de Boer , Dutch civil servant (d. 2017)1948 – Pete Sears , English bass player
1948 – Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart , American occultist and author (d. 2014)
1949 – Hugh Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale , English politician1949 – Christa Vahlensieck , German runner
1950 – Dee Dee Bridgewater , American singer-songwriter and actress1950 – Makis Dendrinos , Greek basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
1951 – John Conteh , English boxer1954 – Pauline Hanson , Australian businesswoman, activist, and politician1954 – Jackie Slater , American football player and coach
1955 – Eric Bischoff , American wrestler, manager, and producer1955 – Richard Schiff , American actor, director, and producer
1955 – Ian Tracey , English organist and conductor
1956 – Cynthia McFadden , American journalist1956 – Rosemary Squire , English producer and manager, co-founded Ambassador Theatre Group
1956 – Giuseppe Tornatore , Italian director and screenwriter
1957 – Dag Terje Andersen , Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Labour 1957 – Nitin Gadkari , Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Transport
1957 – Eddie Harsch , Canadian-American keyboard player and bass player (d. 2016)
1957 – Siouxsie Sioux , English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
1958 – Nick Anstee , English accountant and politician, 682nd Lord Mayor of London 1958 – Neil Finn , New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician
1958 – Jesse Robredo , Filipino politician, 23rd Filipino Secretary of the Interior (d. 2012)
1960 – Gaston Therrien , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster1961 – José Luíz Barbosa , Brazilian runner and coach1961 – Peri Gilpin , American actress
1962 – Marcelino Bernal , Mexican footballer1962 – Ray Borner , Australian basketball player
1962 – Steven Brill , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1962 – Anthony A. Hyman , Israeli-English biologist and academic
1962 – David Mundell , Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
1962 – Ravi Shastri , Indian cricketer and sportscaster
1963 – Gonzalo Rubalcaba , Cuban pianist and composer1963 – Maria Walliser , Swiss skier
1964 – Adam Carolla , American actor, producer, and screenwriter1965 – Pat Cash , Australian-English tennis player and sportscaster1966 – Heston Blumenthal , English chef and author1967 – Paul Gascoigne , English international footballer, coach, and manager[11] 1967 – Eddie McClintock , American actor
1968 – Jeff Bagwell , American baseball player and coach1968 – Rebekah Brooks , English journalist
1968 – Harun Erdenay , Turkish basketball player and coach
1968 – Frank Thomas , American baseball player and sportscaster
1969 – Todd Hundley , American baseball player1969 – Jeremy Mayfield , American race car driver
1969 – Craig Federighi , American computer scientist and engineer
1970 – Michele Bartoli , Italian cyclist1970 – Tim Farron , English educator and politician
1970 – Joseph Fiennes , English actor
1970 – Alex Archer , American-born Australian musician
1971 – Mathew Batsiua , Nauruan politician1971 – Paul Bettany , English actor
1971 – Wayne Carey , Australian footballer and coach
1971 – Kaur Kender , Estonian author
1971 – Lisa Lopes , American rapper and dancer (d. 2002)
1971 – Lee Sharpe , English footballer
1971 – Grant Stafford , South African tennis player
1971 – Sophie Walker , British politician, leader of the Women's Equality Party
1971 – Petroc Trelawny , British radio and television broadcaster
1972 – Todd Demsey , American golfer1972 – Antonio Freeman , American football player
1972 – Maxim Sokolov , Russian ice hockey player
1973 – Jack McBrayer , American actor and comedian1973 – Tana Umaga , New Zealand rugby player and coach
1973 – Yorgos Lanthimos , Greek film video, and theatre director, producer and screenwriter
1974 – Skye Edwards , British singer-songwriter1974 – Denise van Outen , English actress, singer, and television host
1974 – Derek Webb , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1974 – Danny Wuerffel , American football player
1975 – André 3000 , American rapper1975 – Michael Hussey , Australian cricketer
1975 – Jamie Oliver , English chef and author
1975 – Feryal Özel , Turkish astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic
1976 – Marcel Fässler , Swiss racing driver1977 – Abderrahmane Hammad , Algerian high jumper1977 – Mahela Jayawardene , Sri Lankan cricketer
1978 – Adin Brown , American soccer player1979 – Michael Buonauro , American author and illustrator (d. 2004)1979 – Mile Sterjovski , Australian footballer
1980 – Craig Buntin , Canadian figure skater1981 – Alina Cojocaru , Romanian ballerina1981 – Johan Elmander , Swedish footballer
1982 – Natalya , Canadian professional wrestler[12] 1984 – Blake Ahearn , American basketball player1984 – Miguel González , Mexican baseball pitcher
1985 – Chiang Chien-ming , Taiwanese baseball player1985 – Roberto Soldado , Spanish footballer
1986 – Conor Cummins , Manx motorcycle racer1986 – Bamba Fall , Senegalese basketball player
1986 – Lasse Schöne , Danish footballer
1987 – Gervinho , Ivorian footballer1987 – Bella Heathcote , Australian actress
1987 – Bora Paçun , Turkish basketball player
1987 – Matt Prior , Australian rugby league player
1987 – Martina Sablikova , Czech speed skater and cyclist
1988 – Vontae Davis , American football player1988 – Irina Davydova , Russian hurdler[13]
1988 – Garrett Richards , American baseball pitcher
1988 – Tyler Sash , American football player (d. 2015)
1989 – Igor Morozov , Estonian footballer1990 – Yenew Alamirew , Ethiopian runner1990 – Chris Colfer , American actor and singer
1990 – Marcus Kruger , Swedish ice hockey player
1991 – Sebastien Dewaest , Belgian footballer1991 – Tim Lafai , Samoan rugby league player
1991 – Ksenia Pervak , Russian tennis player
1991 – Eneli Vals , Estonian footballer
1992 – Aaron Brown , Canadian sprinter1992 – Laurence Vincent-Lapointe , Canadian canoer[14] Pre-1600 [ edit ] 366 – Procopius , Roman usurper (b. 325)398 – Murong Bao , emperor of the Xianbei state Later Yan (b. 355)475 – Eutropius , bishop of Orange 866 – Ordoño I of Asturias (b. 831)927 – Simeon I of Bulgaria first Bulgarian Emperor (b. 864)1039 – Dirk III, Count of Holland (b. 981)1045 – Bruno of Würzburg , imperial chancellor of Italy (b. c. 1005)1178 – Godfrey van Rhenen , bishop of Utrecht1240 – William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey (b. 1166)1444 – John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset , English commander (b. 1404)1508 – Ludovico Sforza , Duke of Milan (b. 1452)1508 – Lucrezia Crivelli , mistress of Ludovico Sforza (b. 1452)
1525 – Thomas Müntzer , German mystic and theologian (b. 1488)1541 – Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (b. 1473)1564 – John Calvin , French pastor and theologian (b. 1509)1601–1900 [ edit ] 1610 – François Ravaillac , French assassin of Henry IV of France (b. 1578)1624 – Diego Ramírez de Arellano , Spanish sailor and cosmographer (b. c. 1580)1637 – John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield , English politician (b. c. 1566)1661 – Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll , Scottish general and politician (b. 1607)1675 – Gaspard Dughet , Italian-French painter (b. 1613)1690 – Giovanni Legrenzi , Italian organist and composer (b. 1626)1702 – Dominique Bouhours , French priest and critic (b. 1628)1707 – Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan , French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. 1640)1781 – Giovanni Battista Beccaria , Italian physicist and academic (b. 1716)1797 – François-Noël Babeuf , French journalist (b. 1760)1831 – Jedediah Smith , American hunter, explorer, and author (b. 1799)1840 – Niccolò Paganini , Italian violinist and composer (b. 1782)1867 – Thomas Bulfinch American mythologist (b. 1796)1896 – Aleksandr Stoletov , Russian physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1839)1901–present [ edit ] 1910 – Robert Koch , German physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)1918 – Ōzutsu Man'emon , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (b. 1869)1919 – Kandukuri Veeresalingam , Indian author and activist (b. 1848)1933 – Achille Paroche , French target shooter (b. 1868)1939 – Joseph Roth , Austrian-French journalist and author (b. 1894)1941 – Ernst Lindemann , German captain (b. 1894)1941 – Günther Lütjens , German admiral (b. 1889)
1942 – Muhammed Hamdi Yazır , Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (b. 1878)1943 – Gordon Coates , New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1878)1945 – Enno Lolling , German physician (b. 1888)1947 – Ed Konetchy , American baseball player and manager (b. 1885)1949 – Robert Ripley , American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded Ripley's Believe It or Not! 1953 – Jesse Burkett , American baseball player and manager (b. 1868)1960 – James Montgomery Flagg , American painter and illustrator (b. 1877)1963 – Grigoris Lambrakis , Greek physician and politician (b. 1912)1964 – Jawaharlal Nehru , Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (b. 1889)1967 – W. Otto Miessner , American composer and educator (b. 1880)1967 – Ernst Niekisch , German academic and politician (b. 1889)
1969 – Jeffrey Hunter , American actor and producer (b. 1926)1971 – Béla Juhos , Hungarian-Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1901)1971 – Armando Picchi , Italian footballer and coach (b. 1935)
1980 – Gün Sazak , Turkish agronomist and politician (b. 1932)1984 – Vasilije Mokranjac , Serbian composer (b. 1923)1986 – Ismail al-Faruqi , Palestinian-American philosopher and academic (b. 1921)1986 – Ajoy Mukherjee , Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1901)
1986 – Giorgos Tzifos , Greek actor and cinematographer (b. 1918)
1987 – John Howard Northrop , American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)1988 – Hjördis Petterson , Swedish actress (b. 1908)1988 – Ernst Ruska , German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
1989 – Arseny Tarkovsky , Russian poet and translator (b. 1907)1990 – Robert B. Meyner , American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of New Jersey (b. 1908)1991 – Leopold Nowak , Austrian musicologist and theorist (b. 1904)1992 – Uncle Charlie Osborne , American fiddler (b. 1890)1998 – Minoo Masani , Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1905)2000 – Kazimierz Leski , Polish engineer and pilot (b. 1912)2000 – Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch , Scottish politician and diplomat, 25th Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1917)
2000 – Maurice Richard , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1921)
2003 – Luciano Berio , Italian composer and educator (b. 1925)2006 – Rob Borsellino , American journalist (b. 1949)2006 – Paul Gleason , American actor (b. 1939)
2006 – Craig Heyward , American football player (b. 1966)
2007 – Izumi Sakai , Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1967)2007 – Gretchen Wyler , American actress and dancer (b. 1932)
2007 – Ed Yost , American inventor, created the hot air balloon (b. 1919)
2008 – Franz Künstler , Hungarian soldier (b. 1900)2009 – Thomas M. Franck , American lawyer and academic (b. 1931)2009 – Clive Granger , Welsh-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1934)
2009 – Mona Grey , British nursing administrator; Northern Ireland's first Chief Nursing Officer
2009 – Abram Hoffer , Canadian biochemist, physician, and psychiatrist (b. 1917)
2009 – Gérard Jean-Juste , Haitian-American priest and theologian (b. 1946)
2009 – Carol Anne O'Marie , American nun and author (b. 1933)
2009 – William Refshauge , Australian soldier and physician (b. 1913)
2009 – Paul Sharratt , English-American television host (b. 1933)
2010 – Payut Ngaokrachang , Thai animator and director (b. 1929)2011 – Jeff Conaway , American actor and singer (b. 1950)2011 – Margo Dydek , Polish-American basketball player (b. 1974)
2011 – Gil Scott-Heron , American singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1949)
2012 – Simeon Daniel , Nevisian educator and politician, 1st Premier of Nevis (b. 1934)2012 – Friedrich Hirzebruch , German mathematician and academic (b. 1927)
2012 – Anahit Perikhanian , Russian-born Armenian Iranologist (b. 1928)[15]
2012 – David Rimoin , Canadian-American geneticist and academic (b. 1936)
2013 – Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri , Indian politician (b. 1917)2013 – Bill Pertwee , English actor (b. 1926)
2013 – Abdoulaye Sékou Sow , Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1931)
2014 – Robert Genn , Canadian painter and author (b. 1936)2014 – Helma Sanders-Brahms , German director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1940)
2014 – Roberto Vargas , Puerto Rican-American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1929)
2014 – Massimo Vignelli , Italian-American graphic designer (b. 1931)
2015 – Erik Carlsson , Swedish rally driver (b. 1929)[16] 2015 – Nils Christie , Norwegian sociologist, criminologist, and author (b. 1928)
2015 – Andy King , English footballer and manager (b. 1956)
2015 – Michael Martin , American philosopher and academic (b. 1932)
2017 – Gregg Allman , American musician, singer and songwriter (b. 1947)[17] 2020 – Larry Kramer , American playwright, public health advocate and LGBT rights activist (b. 1935)[18] 2021 – Poul Schlüter , former Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1929)[19] Holidays and observances [ edit ] References [ edit ]
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^ Warfield, Derek ; Daly, Raymond (17 April 2012). Celtic & Ireland in Song and Story ISBN 978-1-62095-764-6 ^ Linnanmäki Amusement Park - Green North GSA ^ Linnanmäki turns 60 - Greece ^ Larbi Sadiki (2004). The Search for Arab Democracy: Discourses and Counter-discourses ISBN 978-1-85065-494-0 ^ The Musical quarterly ^ "Yasuhiro Nakasone, former Japanese PM and Reagan confidant, dies at 101" . The Guardian . 29 November 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2020 .^ Hendricks, David (March 5, 2015). "Sosa a legend in Hispanic marketing: Ad guru says partners didn't realize they were making history" . San Antonio Express-News . Retrieved 7 February 2019 . ^ "Paul Gascoigne" . soccerbase.com . Retrieved 27 March 2020 .^ "Natalya Neidhart" . Online World of Wrestling. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019. Retrieved April 26, 2008 .^ "Irina KOLESNICHENKO | Profile" . worldathletics.org . Retrieved 23 January 2020 .^ "Laurence Vincent-Lapointe" . International Canoe Federation. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2020 .^ Ambartsumian, Arthur (2014). "PERIKHANIAN, ANAHIT" . Encyclopaedia Iranica . ^ "Erik Carlsson, rally driver - obituary" . The Telegraph . 4 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2019 .^ Morris, Chris (May 27, 2017). "Gregg Allman, Southern Rock Pioneer, Dies at 69" . Variety . Retrieved May 27, 2017 . ^ Lewis, Daniel (May 27, 2020). "Larry Kramer, Playwright and Outspoken AIDS Activist, Dies at 84" . The New York Times . Retrieved May 27, 2020 . ^ "Poul Schlüter er død - TV 2" . 28 May 2021.
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