Today in History
What happened on the 27th of May in history?
Change Date:
- 1844
S.F.B. Morse completes 1st telegraph line
- 1854
Marine Telegraph from Fort Point to SF completed
- 1896
Bay District Race Track closes
- 1907
Bubonic Plague breaks out in SF
- 1919
1st transatlantic flight ends; US Navy flying boat takes 11 days
- 1931
Piccard & Knipfer make 1st flight into stratosphere - by balloon
- 1931
1st full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes - Langley Field Va
- 1933
Walt Disney's "3 Little Pigs" released
- 1933
Century of Progress Exposition opens in Chicago
- 1933
Trailing 11-3 - Yanks score 12 runs in 8th & beat White Sox 15-11
- 1935
Supreme Court declares FDR's Natl Recovery Act unconstitutional
- 1936
RMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton for NY on maiden voyage
- 1937
Golden Gate Bridge dedicated
- 1941
German battleship Bismark sunk by British naval force
- 1951
Maritime Museum at Aquatic Park - SF opens
- 1957
Permission granted to Dogers & Giants to leave NY
- 1968
6th Mayor's Trophy Game - Mets beat Yanks 4-3
- 1969
WDW construction begins
- 1975
Paul McCartney releases "Venus & Mars"
- 1985
Inaugural Bands Parade for President Reagan
- 1986
Norway Showcase groundbreaking