The Pitt–Tierney duel takes place on Putney Heath outside London. A bloodless duel between the Prime Minister of Great Britain William Pitt the Younger and…
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27 May 1917
Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic…
27 May 1996
First Chechen War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire. The First Chechen War was a…
27 May 1971
Pakistani forces massacre over 200 civilians, mostly Bengali Hindus, in the Bagbati massacre.
27 May 1933
The Walt Disney Company releases the cartoon Three Little Pigs, with its hit song “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?” [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Afraid_of_the_Big_Bad_Wolf%3F’]
27 May 1883
Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia. On 1 March 1881 Alexander’s father, Alexander II, was assassinated by members of the terrorist organization Narodnaya Volya….
27 May 1199
John is crowned the King of England. On the 27th May 1199 King John was crowned at Westminster Abbey. The previous king, his brother Richard,…
27 May 1907
The Bubonic plague breaks out in San Francisco. In the summer of 1899, a ship sailing from Hong Kong to San Francisco had had two…