Monday May 27, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

May 27: Day of the Week

May 27, 2024 is the 148th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 218 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Getsuyōbi.

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Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

May 27 Historical Event(s)

1703
Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
1930
The 1046 ft Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public.
1958
The F-4 Phantom II makes its first flight.
1967
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.
1968
The meeting of the Union Nationale des Étudiants de France (National Union of the Students of France) takes place. 30,000 to 50,000 people gather in the Stade Sebastien Charlety.
1971
The Dahlerau train disaster, the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near Wuppertal.
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.
1998
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.
2005
Australian Schapelle Corby is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in Kerobokan Prison for drug smuggling by a court in Indonesia.
2006
The May 2006 Java earthquake strikes at 5:53:58 am local time (22:53:58 UTC May 26) devastating Bantul and the city of Yogyakarta killing over 6,600 people.

Who were born on May 27?

1738
Nathaniel Gorham, 8th President of the United States in Congress Assembled (d. 1796)
1909
Dolores Hope, American singer and philanthropist
1911
Vincent Price, American actor (d. 1993)
1912
John Cheever, American author (d. 1982)
1930
William S. Sessions, 8th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
1947
Branko Oblak, Slovenian footballer
1964
Adam Carolla, American comedian and television personality
1970
Tim Farron, British politician
1973
Jack McBrayer, American actor and comedian
1974
Danny Wuerffel, American football player

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