The 1293 Kamakura earthquake in Japan occurred at about 06:00 local time on 27 May. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1293_Kamakura_earthquakeThe May 2006 Java earthquake occurred at 05:54 local time on 27 May 2006 (22:54 GMT 26 May)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_2006_Java_earthquakeSaint Petersburg was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 [O.S. 16 May] 1703http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg
The discovery of Neptunium was published on the 27th May 1940http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptunium#Discovery
Bismarck was sunk on the 27th May 1941http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_BismarckSoyuz TMA-15 was launched on the 27th May 2009http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-15
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov (born May 27, 1948) is a Soviet cosmonaut of Ukrainian origins.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Aleksandrovich_VolkovIbn Khaldoun (May 27, 1332 AD/732 AH - March 19, 1406 AD/808 AH) was an Arab historiographerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_KhaldunRear Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort (27 May 1774 - 17 December 1857) was an Irish hydrographer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Francis_BeaufortSir John Douglas Cóckcroft (27 May 1897 - 18 September 1967) was a British physicisthttp://goo.gl/SzCHHlSam Bard Treiman (May 27, 1925 - November 30, 1999) was an American theoretical physicist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_TreimanCarl Axel Fredrik Benedicks (27 May 1875 - 1958) was a Swedish physicist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_BenedicksFeryal Ozel (born May 27, 1975) is a Turkish astrophysicist born in Istanbul http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feryal_%C3%96zelRobert Stirling Newall (27 May 1812 - 21 April 1889) was a Scottish engineer and astronomer.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stirling_NewallJean Elias Benjamin Valz (May 27, 1787 - April 22, 1867) was a French astronomer.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_ValzDonald Eustace Blackwell (27 May 1921 - 3 December 2010) was a British astronomer,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Blackwell
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NGC 5568 was discovered by French astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan on the 27th May 1886. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57671686/ngc-5568/NGC 5571 was discovered by French astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan on the 27th May 1886. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57671685/ngc-5571/NGC 6103 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 27th May 1791. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57671682/ngc-6103/NGC 6141 was discovered by French astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan on the 27th May 1886. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57671677/ngc-6141/NGC 6153 was discovered by English astronomer Ralph Copeland on the 27th May 1883. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57671674/ngc-6153/
Asteroid (44) Nysa was discovered by Hermann Goldschmidt on May 27, 1857http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44_Nysa
Asteroid (267) Tirza was discovered by Auguste Charlois on May 27, 1887 in Nice.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/267_Tirza
The June Bootids was first recognised on May 27, 1916 by William F. Denning.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_BootidsThe remarkable swarm of fireballs of 1938 May 27, which were observed over a large part of southern Sweden http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1945-5100.1939.tb00234.x/abstract
MeteoritesThe Pokhra (H5) meteorite fell in Uttar Pradesh, India, on the 27th May, 1866.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49330646/pokhra-meteorite/The Cabin Creek (Iron) meteorite fell in Arkansas, USA, on the 27th May, 1886.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49330653/cabin-creek-meteorite/The Ambapur Nagla (H5) meteorite fell in Uttar Pradesh, India, on the 27th May, 1895.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49330658/ambapur-nagla-meteorite/The Minnichhof (OC) meteorite fell in Burgenland, Austria, on the 27th May, 1905.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49330666/minnichhof-meteorite/The Stratford (L6) meteorite fell in Connecticut, USA, on the 27th May, 1974.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49330671/stratford-meteorite/