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May 27: Events. 1813 – War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George. 1896 – 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 incurring $2.9 billion in damages (1997USD). 1907 – A Bubonic plague outbreak begins in San Francisco, California.
May 21: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development. 1138 – The Crusades: The siege of Shaizar ended, and the Emir of Shaizar became a vassal of the Byzantine Empire. 1864 – American Civil War: The inconclusive Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in Virginia ended with combined Union and Confederate casualties totaling ...
1 day ago · King John. 1199 John crowned King of England after the death of his brother Richard I. King of England Richard the Lionheart. 1281 Flemish Earl Gwijde Dampierre takes financial responsibility of Brugge. 1529 30 Jews of Posing, Hungary, charged with blood ritual, burned at stake.
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May 27, 1938
An Anglo-Turkish economic agreement was signed.
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1939. Ship carrying 937 Jewish refugees, fleeing Nazi Germany, is turned away in Cuba. Read more. Photo Credit: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images. May | 27. Discover what happened on May 27 with...
1 day ago · 1999 The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo. 2006 Earthquake strikes Java, Indonesia 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. More May ...
King John. 1199 John crowned King of England after the death of his brother Richard I. King of England Richard the Lionheart. 1281 Flemish Earl Gwijde Dampierre takes financial responsibility of Brugge. 1529 30 Jews of Posing, Hungary, charged with blood ritual, burned at stake.
