May 27th in History
May 27th in History
- 1930: Widespread unrest in India after Gandhi's arrest
- 1940: The evacuation of allied troops from Dunkirk, France, begins
- 1941: The German battleship 'Bismark' is sunk off the coast of France
- 1952: European Defense Community Treaty, establishing an EU army, signed
- 1990: Poland holds its first free elections in over fifty years
May 27th birthdays
- 1867: Arnold Bennett, English novelist
- 1897: John Cockcroft, English nuclear physicist
- 1911: Vincent Price, American film actor
- 1922: Christopher Lee, British born film actor
- 1923: Henry Kissinger, American politician
- 1936: Lou Gossett Jr, American film actor
