May 27
Today is the 148th day of 2016, there are 218 days left in the year.
1647 - Alise Young became the first person executed as a witch in America when she was hanged in Hartford, Connecticut.
1703 - St. Petersburg was founded by Czar Peter the Great.
1896 - A tornado struck St. Louis and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing 255 people.
1911 - Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey was born in Wallace, South Dakota.
1935 - The Supreme Court struck down the National Industrial Recovery Act.
1936 - The Queen Mary left England on its maiden voyage, arriving in France four hours later.
1937 - The Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, California, opened.
1941 - The British navy sank the German battleship Bismarck off France with a loss of more than 2,100 lives.
1964 - Independent India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, died.
1994 - Nobel Prize winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia after spending nearly two decades in exile.
1995 - Actor Christopher Reeve was paralyzed when he was thrown from his horse during a jumping event in Charlottesville, Virginia.
1996 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin negotiated a cease fire to the war in Chechnya in his first meeting with the rebels' leader.
1997 - The Supreme Court ruled Paula Jones could pursue her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton while he was in office.
1998 - Michael Fortier, the government's star witness in the Oklahoma City bombing case, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after apologizing for not warning anybody about the deadly plot.
1999 - A U.N. tribunal indicted Slobodan Milosevic for crimes against humanity, holding the Yugoslav president personally responsible for the horrors in Kosovo.
Birthdays
34 - Natalie Neidhart (professional wrestler)
41 - Andre 3000 (rapper)
41 - Jadakiss (rapper)
42 - Denise van Outen (actress)
43 - Jack McBrayer (actor)
44 - Jace Everett (country singer)
45 - Paul Bettany (actor)
51 - Todd Bridges (actor)
67- Terry Collins (baseball manager)
77 - Don Williams (country singer)
80 - Louis Gossett Jr. (actor)
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Today in Sports History - May 27
1873 - The first Preakness Stakes was won by Survivor.
1904 - National League record of five stolen bases in a game (Dennis McGann, New York Giants).
1912 - Golfer Sam Snead was born in Ashwood, Virginia.
1937 - Carl Hubbell wins his 24th consecutive game (since July 17, 1936).
1963 - Three New Jersey businessmen purchase the NHL Colorado Rockies, and get approval to move them to the New Jersey Meadowlands (New Jersey Devils).
1968 - The National League awards baseball franchises to Montreal and San Diego.
1968 - After 48 years as coach of the Chicago Bears, George Halas retired.
1975 - The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres in six games for the Stanley Cup.
1987 - New York Yankees' Phil Niekro is third pitcher to make 700th start.
1997 - Major League Baseball revenue sharing begins, New York Yankees pay out most $28 million.
Today is the 148th day of 2016, there are 218 days left in the year.
1647 - Alise Young became the first person executed as a witch in America when she was hanged in Hartford, Connecticut.
1703 - St. Petersburg was founded by Czar Peter the Great.
1896 - A tornado struck St. Louis and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing 255 people.
1911 - Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey was born in Wallace, South Dakota.
1935 - The Supreme Court struck down the National Industrial Recovery Act.
1936 - The Queen Mary left England on its maiden voyage, arriving in France four hours later.
1937 - The Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, California, opened.
1941 - The British navy sank the German battleship Bismarck off France with a loss of more than 2,100 lives.
1964 - Independent India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, died.
1994 - Nobel Prize winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia after spending nearly two decades in exile.
1995 - Actor Christopher Reeve was paralyzed when he was thrown from his horse during a jumping event in Charlottesville, Virginia.
1996 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin negotiated a cease fire to the war in Chechnya in his first meeting with the rebels' leader.
1997 - The Supreme Court ruled Paula Jones could pursue her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton while he was in office.
1998 - Michael Fortier, the government's star witness in the Oklahoma City bombing case, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after apologizing for not warning anybody about the deadly plot.
1999 - A U.N. tribunal indicted Slobodan Milosevic for crimes against humanity, holding the Yugoslav president personally responsible for the horrors in Kosovo.
Birthdays
34 - Natalie Neidhart (professional wrestler)
41 - Andre 3000 (rapper)
41 - Jadakiss (rapper)
42 - Denise van Outen (actress)
43 - Jack McBrayer (actor)
44 - Jace Everett (country singer)
45 - Paul Bettany (actor)
51 - Todd Bridges (actor)
67- Terry Collins (baseball manager)
77 - Don Williams (country singer)
80 - Louis Gossett Jr. (actor)
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Today in Sports History - May 27
1873 - The first Preakness Stakes was won by Survivor.
1904 - National League record of five stolen bases in a game (Dennis McGann, New York Giants).
1912 - Golfer Sam Snead was born in Ashwood, Virginia.
1937 - Carl Hubbell wins his 24th consecutive game (since July 17, 1936).
1963 - Three New Jersey businessmen purchase the NHL Colorado Rockies, and get approval to move them to the New Jersey Meadowlands (New Jersey Devils).
1968 - The National League awards baseball franchises to Montreal and San Diego.
1968 - After 48 years as coach of the Chicago Bears, George Halas retired.
1975 - The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres in six games for the Stanley Cup.
1987 - New York Yankees' Phil Niekro is third pitcher to make 700th start.
1997 - Major League Baseball revenue sharing begins, New York Yankees pay out most $28 million.
