May 27: Day of the Week
May 27, 2022 is the 147th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 218 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.
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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.
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May 27 Historical Event(s)
- 1120Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death.
- 1153Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland.
- 1849The Great Hall of Euston station in London is opened.
- 1927The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
- 1937In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
- 1958The F-4 Phantom II makes its first flight.
- 1962The Centralia, Pennsylvania mine fire starts.
- 1968The 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.
- 1997The U.S. Supreme Court rules that Paula Jones can pursue her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton while he is in office.
- 2001Members of Islamist separatist group Abu Sayyaf seize twenty hostages from an upscale island resort on Palawan in the Philippines; the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002.
Who were born on May 27?
- 1623William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687)
- 1820Mathilde Bonaparte, French princess and socialite (d. 1904)
- 1871Georges Rouault, French painter and graphic artist (d. 1958)
- 1897John Cockcroft, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
- 1932Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress
- 1954Pauline Hanson, Australian politician
- 1975André 3000, American rapper (OutKast)
- 1981Marcelo Bonan. Brazilian footballer
- 1983Bobby Convey, American footballer
- 1990Chris Colfer, American actor
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