Born on May 27
May 27 birthdays & history
If you were born on May 27, you share a birthday with Henry Kissinger, Rachel Carson and Christopher Lee. May 27 babies are Gemini, with emerald as their birthstone and the lily of the valley as their birth flower. May 27 is the 148th day of the year in leap years (147th in other years).
Famous people born on May 27
- 1923Henry Kissinger, German-American political scientist and politician, 56th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1907Rachel Carson, American biologist, environmentalist, and author
- 1922Christopher Lee, English actor
- 1894Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French physician and author
- 1897John Cockcroft, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1894Dashiell Hammett, American detective novelist and screenwriter
- 1911Vincent Price, American actor
- 1971Paul Bettany, English actor
- 1956Giuseppe Tornatore, Italian director and screenwriter
- 1955Richard Schiff, American actor, director, and producer
What happened on May 27
- 1153Malcolm IV was crowned King of Scotland at the age of twelve.
- 1874The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
- 1883Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
- 1915HMS Princess Irene promulgated the Pio-Benedictine Code, the first official comprehensive codification of Latin canon law.
- 1917Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
- 1923French 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.
- 1927The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
- 1930Standing 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.
- 1935The 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.
- 1937The Golden Gate Bridge, at the time the world's longest suspension bridge by span, opened between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
- 1963American singer Bob Dylan released The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, his first album to include a significant number of original songs.
- 1967Australians voted overwhelmingly to include Indigenous Australians in population counts for constitutional purposes and to allow the federal government to make special laws affecting them in states.
Also observed on May 27
- Armed Forces Day (Nicaragua)
- Children's Day (Nigeria)
- Mother's Day (Bolivia)
- Start of National Reconciliation Week (Australia)
Questions, answered
What star sign is May 27?
People born on May 27 are Gemini. Their birthstone is emerald and their birth flower is the lily of the valley.
Which famous people were born on May 27?
Henry Kissinger (1923), Rachel Carson (1907), Christopher Lee (1922), Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894), John Cockcroft (1897), Dashiell Hammett (1894) were all born on May 27.
What happened on May 27 in history?
Among other things: in 1937, The Golden Gate Bridge, at the time the world's longest suspension bridge by span, opened between San Francisco and Marin County, California; in 1963, American singer Bob Dylan released The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, his first album to include a significant number of original songs; in 1967, Australians voted overwhelmingly to include Indigenous Australians in population counts for constitutional purposes and to allow the federal government to make special laws affecting them in states.
Can I get a newspaper front page from May 27?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any May 27 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “May 27”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.