May 27
People born on this day are Gemini.
- 1984
The Danube–Black Sea Canal is opened, in a ceremony attended by the Ceaușescus. It had been under construction since the 1950s.
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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.
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First Chechen War: Russian president Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechen rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
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The 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak occurs, spawning multiple tornadoes in Central Texas, including the F5 that killed 27 in Jarrell.
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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.
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Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-96, the first shuttle mission to dock with the International Space Station.
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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.
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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.
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The football club Kerala Blasters FC and its first supporters' group Manjappada are formed.
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Barack Obama is the first president of the United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha.
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Andrew Scheer takes over after Rona Ambrose as the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
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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.
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2003Franco Colapinto, Argentine racing driver
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2002Jérémy Doku, Belgian footballer
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2000Abner Vinícius, Brazilian footballer
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1999Matheus Cunha, Brazilian footballer
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1999Lily-Rose Depp, French-American actress and model
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1998Josep Martínez, Spanish footballer
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1997Anna Bondar, Hungarian tennis player
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1997Daniel Jones, American football player
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1997Konrad Laimer, Austrian footballer
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1996Kim Jae-hwan, South Korean singer
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1995Yoán Moncada, Cuban baseball player
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1994Maximilian Arnold, German footballer
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