1199 After Richard I's death there were two potential claimants to the Angevin throne: John and young Arthur, Duke of Brittany. John was supported by the bulk of the English and Norman nobility and was crowned at Westminster Abbey on May 27, 1199, backed by his mother, Eleanor. King John had Arthur killed and the duke's wife, Eleanor, the "Fair Maid of Brittany" locked up in Bristol Castle, then sent to a nunnery at Amesbury. She remained there until her death in 1241.
1234 Louis IX of France married Marguerite de Provence on May 27, 1234. She was the sister of Eleanor of Provence, the wife of King Henry III of England. At first obedient to his mother's wishes they saw little of each other and they had to meet on a small private turning stair which linked their apartments. Louis remained faithful to Eleanor and she bore him 11 children.
1525 By the mid 1520s, millions of peasants, encouraged by Martin Luther's reformation movement, were rebelling against the nobles in the name of equality of the humanity in front at God. Thomas Müntzer, a German preacher and radical theologian of the early Reformation, over-enthusiastically encouraged and guided a huge peasant revolt against the army of the princes. The revolt was crushed at Frankenhausen and Muntzer was captured and tortured to death on May 27, 1525.
1564 Following several years of illness, John Calvin died on May 27, 1564. He gave strict instructions that he be buried in the common cemetery with no tombstone. Calvin wished to give no encouragement to those who might make it a Protestant shrine. His reputed tomb is at Plais Palais Cemetery, Geneva.
1647 Alse Young resided in Windsor, Connecticut during the 1600s, and she became embroiled in a witchcraft accusation made by her neighbors, who alleged that she had inflicted harm upon them. Subsequently, Young faced a trial where she was found guilty of witchcraft. On May 27, 1647, she was executed by hanging, the first person to be executed for being a witch in American colonies.
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1234 Louis IX of France married Marguerite de Provence on May 27, 1234. She was the sister of Eleanor of Provence, the wife of King Henry III of England. At first obedient to his mother's wishes they saw little of each other and they had to meet on a small private turning stair which linked their apartments. Louis remained faithful to Eleanor and she bore him 11 children.
1525 By the mid 1520s, millions of peasants, encouraged by Martin Luther's reformation movement, were rebelling against the nobles in the name of equality of the humanity in front at God. Thomas Müntzer, a German preacher and radical theologian of the early Reformation, over-enthusiastically encouraged and guided a huge peasant revolt against the army of the princes. The revolt was crushed at Frankenhausen and Muntzer was captured and tortured to death on May 27, 1525.
1564 Following several years of illness, John Calvin died on May 27, 1564. He gave strict instructions that he be buried in the common cemetery with no tombstone. Calvin wished to give no encouragement to those who might make it a Protestant shrine. His reputed tomb is at Plais Palais Cemetery, Geneva.
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1647 Alse Young resided in Windsor, Connecticut during the 1600s, and she became embroiled in a witchcraft accusation made by her neighbors, who alleged that she had inflicted harm upon them. Subsequently, Young faced a trial where she was found guilty of witchcraft. On May 27, 1647, she was executed by hanging, the first person to be executed for being a witch in American colonies.
1702 French Jesuit priest and grammarian Dominique Bouhours died on May 27, 1702. His last words were "I am about to - or I am going to - die: either expression is correct." These words have become quite famous and are often cited as an example of Bouhours' dedication to linguistic precision and grammatical accuracy.
1703 In 1703 Peter the Great of Russia cut two strips of turf on a desolate swamp taken from the Swedes at the mouth of the River Neva, laid them across one another and declared "Here there shall be a city". That city was Saint Petersburg and the Peter and Paul Fortress, the first brick and stone building of the new city was founded by Peter the Great on May 27, 1703. Built in record time within nine years Saint Petersburg was completed and became Russian capital in 1712.
1818 American women's clothing reformer Amelia Bloomer was born on May 27, 1818 in Homer, New York. Bloomer founded and edited the journal Lily where she advocated a move away from starched petticoats and whale-bone fitted corsets to something giving women freedom of movement.
In 1851, she told her American readers how to make the Turkish-style pantaloons and short skirt that she had adopted — and within weeks newspapers dubbed it the ‘Bloomer’ dress.
1909 The singer Dolores DeFina was born on May 27, 1909. In February 1934, FeFina married Bob Hope - she had been one of his co-stars on Broadway in Roberta. The couple adopted four children: Eleanora, Anthony, Linda, and Kelly. The couple lived at 10342 Moorpark Street in Toluca Lake, California from 1937 until his death.
1930 The 1,046 feet (319 m) Chrysler Building in New York City opened to the public on May 27, 1930. The Chrysler building was born out of a race between Walter Chrysler and General Motors executive John R Raskob to build the world's tallest skyscraper. The Chrysler was the tallest building in the world for just a few weeks in 1930, until Raskob added a few more stories to his Empire State building, pipping the Chrysler by 62 metres.
1937 The opening ceremony for the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California began on May 27, 1937 and lasted for one week. On the first day pedestrian traffic only was allowed and 200,000 people crossed either on foot or on roller skates. It was officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt the following day while seated in his Oval Office. He pressed a golden telegraph button to signal the start of vehicle traffic over the span.
1949 In 1948, the Hollywood actress Rita Hayworth left her movie career to marry Prince Aly Khan, a son of Sultan Mahommed Shah, Aga Khan III. They were married on May 27, 1949 in Cannes, France. After their wedding, the swimming pool at the chateau was perfumed with eau de Cologne and festooned with flowers. Their marriage ultimately ended in divorce in 1953.
1703 In 1703 Peter the Great of Russia cut two strips of turf on a desolate swamp taken from the Swedes at the mouth of the River Neva, laid them across one another and declared "Here there shall be a city". That city was Saint Petersburg and the Peter and Paul Fortress, the first brick and stone building of the new city was founded by Peter the Great on May 27, 1703. Built in record time within nine years Saint Petersburg was completed and became Russian capital in 1712.
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1818 American women's clothing reformer Amelia Bloomer was born on May 27, 1818 in Homer, New York. Bloomer founded and edited the journal Lily where she advocated a move away from starched petticoats and whale-bone fitted corsets to something giving women freedom of movement.
In 1851, she told her American readers how to make the Turkish-style pantaloons and short skirt that she had adopted — and within weeks newspapers dubbed it the ‘Bloomer’ dress.
1909 The singer Dolores DeFina was born on May 27, 1909. In February 1934, FeFina married Bob Hope - she had been one of his co-stars on Broadway in Roberta. The couple adopted four children: Eleanora, Anthony, Linda, and Kelly. The couple lived at 10342 Moorpark Street in Toluca Lake, California from 1937 until his death.
1930 The 1,046 feet (319 m) Chrysler Building in New York City opened to the public on May 27, 1930. The Chrysler building was born out of a race between Walter Chrysler and General Motors executive John R Raskob to build the world's tallest skyscraper. The Chrysler was the tallest building in the world for just a few weeks in 1930, until Raskob added a few more stories to his Empire State building, pipping the Chrysler by 62 metres.
1937 The opening ceremony for the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California began on May 27, 1937 and lasted for one week. On the first day pedestrian traffic only was allowed and 200,000 people crossed either on foot or on roller skates. It was officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt the following day while seated in his Oval Office. He pressed a golden telegraph button to signal the start of vehicle traffic over the span.
1967 Indigenous Australians weren't considered Australian citizens until 1967. An Act enacted in 1869 gave the Australian government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations. In a May 27, 1967 referendum, the Australian people voted overwhelmingly to include Indigenous Australians in the national census and for the government to make laws for their benefit.
1988 German physicist Ernst Ruska died on May 27, 1988. Ruska demonstrated in 1931 that a magnetic coil could act as an electron lens, and used several coils in a series to build the first electron microscope in 1933. Working at Siemens Ernst Ruska, developed the first commercial transmission electron microscope five years later. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986 for his work in electron optics, including the design of the first electron microscope.
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1995 On May 27, 1995, American actor Christopher Reeve, best known for his portrayal of Superman in the film series, was thrown from his horse during an equestrian competition in Virginia. The accident resulted in a severe spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed from the neck down, making him quadriplegic; he later became an activist on behalf of people with spinal cord injuries.
2013 Charlemagne: The Omens of Death, Christopher Lee's fourth and final album was released on May 27, 2013 – the English actor's ninety-first birthday. It made him the oldest heavy metal performer in history. Lee's heavy metal music helped to break down the stereotype that heavy metal is only for young people. He showed that anyone can enjoy heavy metal, regardless of their age.
2018 Inspired by his 1993 song "Gin And Juice," rapper Snoop Dogg broke the world record for "the largest paradise cocktail" at California's BottleRock Napa Valley music festival on May 27, 2018. He created the gigantic cup of gin and juice with the help of Top Chef's Michael Voltaggio and fellow rapper Warren G. The drink contained 180 1.75-litre bottles of gin, 156 1-litre bottles of apricot brandy and 28 3.78-litre jugs of orange juice.
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