May 27: Day of the Week
May 27, 2023 is the 147th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 218 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is samedi.
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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)
- 1703Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
- 1930The 1046 ft Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public.
- 1933New Deal: The U.S. Federal Securities Act is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission.
- 1941World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic killing almost 2,100 men.
- 1967Australians 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.
- 1997The U.S. Supreme Court rules that Paula Jones can pursue her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton while he is in office.
- 1998Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
- 1999The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
- 2005The first year of the Tunisian American Day, which became a yearly event
- 2006The 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?
- 1907Rachel Carson, American biologist and science writer (d. 1964)
- 1955Richard Schiff, American actor
- 1965Pat Cash, Australian tennis player
- 1970Joseph Fiennes, English actor
- 1971Kaur Kender, Estonian author
- 1975Michael Hussey, Australian cricketer
- 1982Michael de Grussa, Australian Singer/Songwriter
- 1984Darin Brooks, American actor
- 1987Eric Kolelas, French actor
- 1990Chris Colfer, American actor
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