Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 27

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 * 1813 – War of 1812: The troops of the U.S. Army and vessels of the U.S. Navy cooperated in a successful amphibious assault to capture Fort George in Upper Canada.
 * 1896 – The St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado, one of the deadliest and most destructive tornadoes in U.S. history, struck St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing more than 255 people and injuring at least 1,000 others.
 * 1915 – HMS Princess Irene (pictured) exploded and sank off Sheerness, United Kingdom, with the loss of 352 lives.
 * 1917 – Pope Benedict XV (pictured) promulgated the Pio-Benedictine Code, the first official comprehensive codification of Latin canon law.
 * 1923 – French drivers André Lagache and René Léonard completed the most laps during the first edition of the sports car race the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
 * 1930 – Standing at 1,047 ft (319 m), New York City's Chrysler Building opened as the world's tallest building before it was surpassed by the Empire State Building 11 months later.
 * 1935 – The United States Supreme Court ruled in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States that the National Industrial Recovery Act, a major component of the New Deal, was unconstitutional.
 * 1937 – The Golden Gate Bridge, at the time the world's longest suspension bridge by span, opened between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
 * 1940 – World War II: Ninety-seven soldiers of the British Royal Norfolk Regiment were killed after surrendering to German forces.
 * 1941 – World War II: The German battleship Bismarck was sunk by gun and torpedo fire by the British battleships HMS Rodney (29) and HMS King George V (41) and supporting cruisers.
 * 1958 – The F-4 Phantom II, the principal air superiority jet fighter for both the U.S. Navy and Air Force, made its first flight.
 * 1962 – A fire at a landfill in Centralia, Pennsylvania, spread to an abandoned coal mine, where it continues burning today.
 * 1963 – American singer Bob Dylan (pictured) released The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, his first album to include a significant number of original songs.
 * 1975 – The deadliest road accident in England took place when the brakes on a coach failed and it crashed in North Yorkshire, killing 32 people.
 * 1983 – An explosion at an illegal fireworks factory near Benton, Tennessee, killed eleven people.
 * 1995 – American actor Christopher Reeve was thrown from his horse, leaving him quadriplegic; he later became an activist on behalf of people with spinal cord injuries.
 * 1995 – Bosnian War: Forces of the Army of Republika Srpska captured a United Nations post at Vrbanja Bridge in Sarajevo; six soldiers of both sides were killed when French forces retook the post later in the day.
 * 2001 – Twenty tourists were kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf militants in Palawan, Philippines, triggering a hostage crisis that lasted for more than a year.
 * 2006 – An earthquake registering 6.4 Mw struck near the city of Yogyakarta on the southern side of the Indonesian island of Java, killing more than 5,700 people.


 * Born/died: | Eutropius of Orange |d|475| Antoine Daniel |b|1601| Arthur Mold |b|1863| Arnold Bennett |b|1867|John Cockcroft |b|1897| Wols |b|1913| Henry Kissinger |b|1923|Mal Evans |b|1935|  Gün Sazak |d|1980| Abram Hoffer |d|2009