Events That Happened on May 27

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.

Andrew Scheer takes over after Rona Ambrose as the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Barack Obama is the first president of the United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha.

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.

Members of Abu Sayyaf, an Islamist separatist group, seize twenty hostages from an affluent island resort on Palawan in the Philippines; the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002.

Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-96, the first shuttle mission to dock with the International Space Station.

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.

The 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak occurs, spawning multiple tornadoes in Central Texas, including the F5 that killed 27 in Jarrell.

First Chechen War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechen rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.

Somaliland War of Independence: The Somali National Movement launches a major offensive against Somali government forces in Hargeisa and Burao, then the second- and third-largest cities of Somalia.

The Danube–Black Sea Canal is opened, in a ceremony attended by the Ceaușescus. It had been under construction since the 1950s.

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.

A plane crash at José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba, kills 67.

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.

The Dahlerau train disaster, the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near Wuppertal.

Pakistani forces massacre over 200 civilians, mostly Bengali Hindus, in the Bagbati massacre.

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.

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy is launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline.

Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam.

The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine.

In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office.

First flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.

The Linnanmäki amusement park is opened for the first time in Helsinki.

World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later.

World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency".

World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic, killing almost 2,100 men.

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.

In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.

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, (295 U.S. 495).

New Deal: The U.S. Federal Securities Act is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission.

The 1,046 feet (319 m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public.

The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.

The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.

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.

HMS Princess Irene explodes and sinks off Sheerness, Kent, with the loss of 352 lives.

Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.

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.

Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.

The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.

American Civil War: The first Union infantry assault of the Siege of Port Hudson occurs.

Giuseppe Garibaldi begins the Siege of Palermo, part of the wars of Italian unification.

War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.

War of the Second Coalition: Austrian forces defeat the French at Winterthur, Switzerland.

The Pitt–Tierney duel takes place on Putney Heath outside London. A bloodless duel between the Prime Minister of Great Britain William Pitt the Younger and his political opponent George Tierney.

The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland; Irish rebel leaders defeat and kill a detachment of militia.

Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.

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.

Richard of Cornwall, and his wife, Sanchia of Provence, are crowned King and Queen of the Germans at Aachen Cathedral.

John is crowned King of England.

Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland.

Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death.

Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed.

Jérémy Doku, Belgian footballer

Gabri Veiga, Spanish footballer

Abner Vinícius, Brazilian footballer

Matheus Cunha, Brazilian footballer

Lily-Rose Depp, French-American actress and model

Josep Martínez, Spanish footballer

Anna Bondar, Hungarian tennis player

Daniel Jones, American football player

Konrad Laimer, Austrian footballer

Kim Jae-hwan, South Korean singer

Yoán Moncada, Cuban baseball player

Maximilian Arnold, German footballer

João Cancelo, Portuguese footballer

Aymeric Laporte, French-Spanish footballer

Aaron Brown, Canadian sprinter

Jeison Murillo, Colombian footballer

Laurence Vincent-Lapointe, Canadian canoer

Sebastien Dewaest, Belgian footballer

Tim Lafai, Samoan rugby league player

Ksenia Pervak, Russian tennis player

Mário Rui, Portuguese footballer

Armando Sadiku, Albanian footballer

Eneli Vals, Estonian footballer

Yenew Alamirew, Ethiopian runner

Chris Colfer, American actor and singer

Jonas Hector, German footballer

Marcus Kruger, Swedish ice hockey player

Igor Morozov, Estonian footballer

Peakboy, South Korean rapper, record producer, and singer-songwriter

Celso Borges, Costa Rican footballer

Vontae Davis, American football player (died 2024)

Irina Davydova, Russian hurdler

Garrett Richards, American baseball pitcher

Tyler Sash, American football player (died 2015)

Gervinho, Ivorian footballer

Bella Heathcote, Australian actress

Bora Paçun, Turkish basketball player

Matt Prior, Australian rugby league player

Martina Sáblíková, Czech speed skater and cyclist

Conor Cummins, Manx motorcycle racer

Bamba Fall, Senegalese basketball player

Lasse Schöne, Danish footballer

Chiang Chien-ming, Taiwanese baseball player

Roberto Soldado, Spanish footballer

Blake Ahearn, American basketball player

Miguel González, Mexican baseball pitcher

Natalya, Canadian professional wrestler

Mariano Pavone, Argentine footballer

Alina Cojocaru, Romanian ballerina

Johan Elmander, Swedish footballer

Craig Buntin, Canadian figure skater

Michael Buonauro, American author and illustrator (died 2004)

Mile Sterjovski, Australian footballer

Adin Brown, American soccer player

Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian high jumper

Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer

Marcel Fässler, Swiss racing driver

André 3000, American rapper

Michael Hussey, Australian cricketer

Jadakiss, American rapper

Jamie Oliver, English chef and author

Feryal Özel, Turkish astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic

Skye Edwards, British singer-songwriter

Denise van Outen, English actress, singer, and television host

Derek Webb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Danny Wuerffel, American football player

Jack McBrayer, American actor and comedian

Tana Umaga, New Zealand rugby player and coach

Yorgos Lanthimos, Greek film video, and theatre director, producer and screenwriter

Todd Demsey, American golfer

Antonio Freeman, American football player

Maxim Sokolov, Russian ice hockey player

Mathew Batsiua, Nauruan politician

Paul Bettany, English actor

Wayne Carey, Australian footballer and coach

Kaur Kender, Estonian author

Lisa Lopes, American rapper and dancer (died 2002)

Lee Sharpe, English footballer

Grant Stafford, South African tennis player

Sophie Walker, British politician, leader of the Women's Equality Party

Petroc Trelawny, British radio and television broadcaster

Michele Bartoli, Italian cyclist

Tim Farron, English educator and politician

Joseph Fiennes, English actor

Alex Archer, American-born Australian musician

Todd Hundley, American baseball player

Jeremy Mayfield, American race car driver

Craig Federighi, American computer scientist and engineer

Jeff Bagwell, American baseball player and coach

Rebekah Brooks, English journalist

Harun Erdenay, Turkish basketball player and coach

Frank Thomas, American baseball player and sportscaster

Paul Gascoigne, English international footballer, coach, and manager

Eddie McClintock, American actor

Heston Blumenthal, English chef and author

Todd Bridges, American actor

Pat Cash, Australian-English tennis player and sportscaster

Adam Carolla, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Cuban pianist and composer

Maria Walliser, Swiss skier

Marcelino Bernal, Mexican footballer

Ray Borner, Australian basketball player

Steven Brill, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Anthony A. Hyman, Israeli-English biologist and academic

David Mundell, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland

Ravi Shastri, Indian cricketer, coach and sportscaster

José Luíz Barbosa, Brazilian runner and coach

Peri Gilpin, American actress

Gaston Therrien, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

Nick Anstee, English accountant and politician, 682nd Lord Mayor of London

Neil Finn, New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician

Jesse Robredo, Filipino politician, 23rd Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (died 2012)

Dag Terje Andersen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Labour

Nitin Gadkari, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Transport

Eddie Harsch, Canadian-American keyboard player and bass player (died 2016)

Siouxsie Sioux, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer

Cynthia McFadden, American journalist

Rosemary Squire, English producer and manager, co-founded Ambassador Theatre Group

Giuseppe Tornatore, Italian director and screenwriter

Eric Bischoff, American wrestler, manager, and producer

Richard Schiff, American actor, director, and producer

Ian Tracey, English organist and conductor

Pauline Hanson, Australian businesswoman, activist, and politician

Jackie Slater, American football player and coach

John Conteh, English boxer

Dee Dee Bridgewater, American singer-songwriter and actress

Makis Dendrinos, Greek basketball player and coach (died 2015)

Hugh Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale, English politician (died 2021)

Christa Vahlensieck, German runner

Wubbo de Boer, Dutch civil servant (died 2017)

Pete Sears, English bass player

Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, American occultist and author (died 2014)

Peter DeFazio, American politician

Marty Kristian, German-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Branko Oblak, Slovenian footballer and coach

Riivo Sinijärv, Estonian politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish bassist and composer (died 2005)

John Williams, English motorcycle racer (died 1978)

Bruce Cockburn, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Christopher Dodd, American lawyer and politician

Karen Fladset, Norwegian handball player

Ingrid Roscoe, English historian and politician, Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire (died 2020)

Alain Souchon, French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Cilla Black, English singer and actress (died 2015)

Bruce Weitz, American actor

Lee Baca, American police officer

Piers Courage, English racing driver (died 1970)

Roger Freeman, Baron Freeman, English accountant and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Robin Widdows, English racing driver

Mike Gibson, Australian journalist and sportscaster (died 2015)

Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns, English courtier and businessman

Yves Duhaime, Canadian captain and politician

Sokratis Kokkalis, Greek businessman

Gerald Ronson, English businessman and philanthropist

Lionel Sosa, Mexican-American advertising and marketing executive

Don Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)

Allan Carr, American playwright and producer (died 1999)

Benjamin Bathurst, English admiral

Louis Gossett Jr., American actor and producer (died 2024)

Marcel Masse, Canadian educator and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of National Defence (died 2014)

Daniel Colchico, American football player and coach (died 2014)

Mal Evans, British road manager of The Beatles (died 1976)

Jerry Kindall, American baseball player and coach (died 2017)

Ramsey Lewis, American jazz pianist and composer (died 2022)

Lee Meriwether, American model and actress, Miss America 1955

Ray Daviault, Canadian-American baseball player (died 2020)

Harlan Ellison, American author and screenwriter (died 2018)

Edward Samuel Rogers, Canadian businessman (died 2008)

Manfred Sommer, Spanish author and illustrator (died 2007)

André Barbeau, French-Canadian neurologist (died 1986)

John Chapple, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (died 2022)

Bernard Fresson, French actor (died 2002)

Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress and producer (died 2015)

Philip Kotler, American author and professor

John Barth, American novelist and short story writer (died 2024)

William S. Sessions, American civil servant and judge, 8th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (died 2020)

Eino Tamberg, Estonian composer and educator (died 2010)

Thea Musgrave, Scottish-American composer and educator

Jüri Randviir, Estonian chess player and journalist (died 1996)

Tony Hillerman, American journalist and author (died 2008)

Jaime Lusinchi, Venezuelan physician and politician, President of Venezuela (died 2014)

John Sumner, English-Australian director, founded the Melbourne Theatre Company (died 2013)

Henry Kissinger, German-American political scientist and politician, 56th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023)

Sumner Redstone, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2020)

Otto Carius, German lieutenant and pharmacist (died 2015)

Christopher Lee, English actor (died 2015)

John D. Vanderhoof, American banker and politician, 37th Governor of Colorado (died 2013)

Bob Godfrey, Australian-English animator, director, and voice actor (died 2013)

Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese commander and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan (died 2019)

Harry Webster, English engineer (died 2007)

Ester Soré, Chilean singer-songwriter (died 1996)

Herman Wouk, American novelist (died 2019)

John Cheever, American novelist and short story writer (died 1982)

Sam Snead, American golfer and sportscaster (died 2002)

Terry Moore, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1995)

Hubert Humphrey, American journalist and politician, 38th Vice President of the United States (died 1978)

Teddy Kollek, Hungarian-Israeli politician, Mayor of Jerusalem (died 2007)

Vincent Price, American actor (died 1993)

Dolores Hope, American singer and philanthropist (died 2011)

Juan Vicente Pérez, Venezuelan supercentenarian, oldest living man, last man born in 1900s decade (died 2024)

Nicolas Calas, Greek-American poet and critic (died 1988)

Rachel Carson, American biologist, environmentalist, and author (died 1964)

Buddhadasa, Thai monk and philosopher (died 1993)

Harry Hibbs, English footballer (died 1984)

Antonio Rosario Mennonna, Italian bishop (died 2009)

Lotte Toberentz, German overseer of the Nazi Uckermark concentration camp (died 1964)

Uładzimir Žyłka, Belarusian poet and translator (died 1933)

Johannes Türn, Estonian chess and draughts player (died 1993)

David Crosthwait, American engineer, inventor and writer (died 1976)

John Cockcroft, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1967)

Dink Templeton, American rugby player and coach (died 1962)

Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Canadian educator and politician, 13th Premier of Manitoba (died 1995)

Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French physician and author (died 1961)

Dashiell Hammett, American detective novelist and screenwriter (died 1961)

Claude Champagne, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (died 1965)

Jaan Kärner, Estonian poet and author (died 1958)

Louis Durey, French composer (died 1979)

Frank Woolley, English cricketer (died 1978)

Max Brod, Czech journalist, author, and composer (died 1968)

Jessie Arms Botke, American painter (died 1971)

Karl Bühler, German-American linguist and psychologist (died 1963)

Hans Lammers, German judge and politician (died 1962)

Anna Cervin, Swedish artist (died 1972)

Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish journalist and author (died 1945)

William Stanier, English engineer (died 1965)

Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (died 1942)

Jorge Newbery, Argentine aviator (died 1914)

Georges Rouault, French painter and illustrator (died 1958)

Aleksa Šantić, Bosnian poet and author (died 1924)

Arnold Bennett, English author and playwright (died 1931)

Arthur Mold, English cricketer (died 1921)

Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese politician, 7th President of Portugal (died 1941)

Margrethe Munthe, Norwegian songwriter (died 1931)

Theodor Curtius, German chemist (died 1928)

Billy Barnes, English cricketer (died 1899)

Wild Bill Hickok, American police officer (died 1876)

Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (died 1892)

Zenas Ferry Moody, American surveyor and politician, 7th Governor of Oregon (died 1917)

Samuel F. Miller, American lawyer and politician (died 1892)

Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (died 1910)

Amelia Bloomer, American journalist and activist (died 1894)

Henry Parkes, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (died 1896)

John Rudolph Niernsee, Viennese-born American architect (died 1885)

George K. Teulon, English-Texian journalist and freemason (died 1846)

Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1877)

Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (died 1857)

Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (died 1825)

Nathaniel Gorham, American merchant and politician, 14th President of the Continental Congress (died 1796)

Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine of Germany (died 1722)

Louis Antoine de Noailles, French cardinal (died 1729)

William II, Prince of Orange (died 1650)

Antoine Daniel, French-Canadian missionary and saint (died 1648)

Michael Altenburg, German theologian and composer (died 1640)

Caspar Schoppe, German author and scholar (died 1649)

Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg (died 1604)

Girolamo Mei, Italian historian and theorist (died 1594)

Zhu Quan, Chinese military commander, historian and playwright (died 1448)[citation needed]

Ibn Khaldun, Tunisian historian and theologian (died 1406)

Emperor Dezong of Tang (died 805)

Freddie Aguilar, Filipino musician and singer-songwriter (born 1953)

Elizabeth MacRae, American actress (born 1936)

Bill Walton, American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1952)

Poul Schlüter, former Prime Minister of Denmark (born 1929)

Larry Kramer, American playwright, public health advocate and LGBT rights activist (born 1935)

Gardner Dozois, American science fiction author and editor (born 1947)

Gregg Allman, American musician, singer and songwriter (born 1947)

Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally driver (born 1929)

Nils Christie, Norwegian sociologist, criminologist, and author (born 1928)

Andy King, English footballer and manager (born 1956)

Michael Martin, American philosopher and academic (born 1932)

Robert Genn, Canadian painter and author (born 1936)

Helma Sanders-Brahms, German director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1940)

Roberto Vargas, Puerto Rican-American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1929)

Massimo Vignelli, Italian-American graphic designer (born 1931)

Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri, Indian politician (born 1917)

Bill Pertwee, English actor (born 1926)

Abdoulaye Sékou Sow, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali (born 1931)

Simeon Daniel, Nevisian educator and politician, 1st Premier of Nevis (born 1934)

Friedrich Hirzebruch, German mathematician and academic (born 1927)

Anahit Perikhanian, Russian-born Armenian Iranologist (born 1928)

David Rimoin, Canadian-American geneticist and academic (born 1936)

Jeff Conaway, American actor and singer (born 1950)

Margo Dydek, Polish-American basketball player (born 1974)

Gil Scott-Heron, American singer-songwriter and poet (born 1949)

Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator and director (born 1929)

Thomas M. Franck, American lawyer and academic (born 1931)

Clive Granger, Welsh-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1934)

Mona Grey, British nursing administrator; Northern Ireland's first Chief Nursing Officer (born 1910)

Abram Hoffer, Canadian biochemist, physician, and psychiatrist (born 1917)

Gérard Jean-Juste, Haitian-American priest and theologian (born 1946)

Carol Anne O'Marie, American nun and author (born 1933)

William Refshauge, Australian soldier and physician (born 1913)

Paul Sharratt, English-American television host (born 1933)

Franz Künstler, Hungarian soldier (born 1900)

Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer-songwriter (born 1967)

Gretchen Wyler, American actress and dancer (born 1932)

Ed Yost, American inventor, created the modern hot air balloon (born 1919)

Rob Borsellino, American journalist (born 1949)

Paul Gleason, American actor (born 1939)

Craig Heyward, American football player (born 1966)

Luciano Berio, Italian composer and educator (born 1925)

Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson, Scottish historian (born 1909)

Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer and pilot (born 1912)

Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch, Scottish politician and diplomat, 25th Governor of Hong Kong (born 1917)

Maurice Richard, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1921)

Minoo Masani, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1905)

Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (born 1890)

Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist and theorist (born 1904)

Robert B. Meyner, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of New Jersey (born 1908)

Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet and translator (born 1907)

Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress (born 1908)

Ernst Ruska, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1906)

John Howard Northrop, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1891)

Murder of the Faruqis:

Murder of the Faruqis:

Ajoy Mukherjee, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (born 1901)

Giorgos Tzifos, Greek actor and cinematographer (born 1918)

Vasilije Mokranjac, Serbian composer (born 1923)

Gün Sazak, Turkish agronomist and politician (born 1932)

Béla Juhos, Hungarian-Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (born 1901)

Armando Picchi, Italian footballer and coach (born 1935)

Jeffrey Hunter, American actor and producer (born 1926)

W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator (born 1880)

Ernst Niekisch, German academic and politician (born 1889)

John Rinehart Blue, American military officer, educator, businessperson, and politician (born 1905)

Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (born 1889)

Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (born 1912)

James Montgomery Flagg, American painter and illustrator (born 1877)

Jesse Burkett, American baseball player and manager (born 1868)

Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded Ripley's Believe It or Not! (born 1890)

Ed Konetchy, American baseball player and manager (born 1885)

Enno Lolling, German physician (born 1888)

Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1878)

Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (born 1878)

Ernst Lindemann, German captain (born 1894)

Günther Lütjens, German admiral (born 1889)

Joseph Roth, Austrian-French journalist and author (born 1894)

Achille Paroche, French target shooter (born 1868)

Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (born 1848)

Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (born 1869)

Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1843)

Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist, engineer, and academic (born 1839)

Thomas Bulfinch American mythologist (born 1796)

Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (born 1782)

Jedediah Smith, American hunter, explorer, and author (born 1799)

François-Noël Babeuf, French journalist (born 1760)

Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist and academic (born 1716)

Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (born 1640)

Dominique Bouhours, French priest and critic (born 1628)

Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian organist and composer (born 1626)

Gaspard Dughet, Italian-French painter (born 1613)

Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, Scottish general and politician (born 1607)

John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield, English politician (born c. 1566)

Diego Ramírez de Arellano, Spanish sailor and cosmographer (born c. 1580)

François Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (born 1578)

John Calvin, French pastor and theologian (born 1509)

Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (born 1473)

Thomas Müntzer, German mystic and theologian (born 1488)

Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (born 1452)

John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English commander (born 1404)

William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey (born 1166)

Godfrey van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht

Bruno of Würzburg, imperial chancellor of Italy (born c. 1005)

Dirk III, Count of Holland (born 981)

Simeon I of Bulgaria first Bulgarian Emperor (born 864)

Ordoño I of Asturias (born 831)

Eutropius, bishop of Orange

Murong Bao, emperor of the Xianbei state Later Yan (born 355)

Procopius, Roman usurper (born 325)

Armed Forces Day (Nicaragua)

Children's Day (Nigeria)

Christian feast day: Augustine of Canterbury

Christian feast day: Blessed Lojze Grozde

Christian feast day: Bruno of Würzburg

Christian feast day: Eutropius of Orange

Christian feast day: Hildebert

Christian feast day: Julius the Veteran

Christian feast day: May 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Mother's Day (Bolivia)

Navy Day (Japan)

Slavery Abolition Day (Guadeloupe, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin)

Start of National Reconciliation Week (Australia)