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May 27: Day of the Week
May 27, 2024 was the 148th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 218 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is lunes.
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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)
1120
Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death.
1812
Bolivian War of Independence: In Bolivia, the Battle of La Coronilla, in which the women from Cochabamba fight against the Spanish army.
1849
The Great Hall of Euston station in London is opened.
1905
Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
1907
Bubonic plague breaks out in San Francisco, California.
1941
World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an “unlimited national emergency”.
1942
World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is assassinated in Prague.
1971
The Dahlerau train disaster, the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near Wuppertal.
1995
In Culpeper, Virginia, actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition.
1996
First Chechnya War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
Who were born on May 27?
1867
Arnold Bennett, British novelist (d. 1931)
1922
Christopher Lee, English actor
1933
Manfred Sommer, Spanish comic artist (d. 2007)
1933
Ted Rogers, Canadian entrepreneur (d. 2008)
1934
Harlan Ellison, American author
1943
Bruce Weitz, American actor
1967
Paul Gascoigne, English footballer
1974
Jason Narvy, American actor
1977
Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer
1978
Adin Brown, American footballer
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Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters DSDUACYI? Check your answers here: Words with these letters DSDUACYI. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
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