May 27
This day in history:
- 1988 – 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Births:
- 1977 – Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian high jumper
- 1946 – John Williams, English motorcycle racer (d. 1978)
- 1935 – Lee Meriwether, American model and actress, Miss America 1955
Deaths:
- 2021 – Poul Schlüter, former Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1929)
- 1949 – Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded Ripley's Believe It or Not! (b. 1890)
- 1988 – Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress (b. 1908)
Holidays:
- Mother's Day (Bolivia)
- *Christian feast day:*
- Start of National Reconciliation Week (Australia)
Random Article of the day:
Daram, Samar
Daram, officially the Municipality of Daram (Waray: Bungto han Daram; Tagalog: Bayan ng Daram), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 41,608 people.
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