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On This Day In History for May 27, 2020
This is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 218 days remaining in 2020.
- It was on this date in 1927, that The Ford Motor Company ceased manufacture of the Ford Model T and began to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
- It was 90 years ago today that The 1,046 feet (319 m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opened to the public.
- Also today in 1933, The Walt Disney Company released the cartoon Three Little Pigs, with its hit song “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?”.
- May 27, 1937, In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
- It was also this date in 1958 that First flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- American businessman and philanthropist, Cornelius Vanderbilt, born on this date in 1794.
- Born May 27, 1857, German chemist Theodor Curtius.
- William Stanier, English engineer was born on that same date in 1876.
- English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, John Cockcroft, born on this date in 1897.
- David Crosthwait, the American engineer, inventor and writer was born 122 years ago today.
- American actor, Vincent Price was born 109 years ago today.
- Born May 27, 1922, English actor Christopher Lee.
- Also born on that same date in 1967, American actor, Eddie McClintock.
- Also turning 51 today is American computer scientist and engineer Craig Federighi.
Listener birthdays (May 27-June 2)
- 27 – Tonya from Dancing With Elephants
- 28 – Chris Martens, Host of The Jesus Geeks, Z Net Central, and Producer of On The Edge Of Darkness
- 30 – Petri Lopia
- 1 – Selganor
- 2 – Anthony Gartner (Enigmavb)
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for May 27, 2020
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News
- We May Be Entering a Deep Solar Minimum as the Sun Goes Unusually Quiet
- SpaceX Crew Dragon reaches launch pad for historic NASA astronaut launch | Space
- No, NASA didn’t find evidence of a parallel universe where time runs backward – CNET
- This Bionic Eye Is Better Than a Real One, Scientists Say
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