First Chechen War: Russian president Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechen rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire. Date: May 27, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia â đ Other events on May 27 đ Events on this day in 1996 đ On This Day (Today)
The 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak occurs, spawning multiple tornadoes in Central Texas, including the F5 that killed 27 in Jarrell. Date: May 27, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia â đ Other events on May 27 đ Events on this day in 1997 đ On This Day (Today)
Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot. Date: May 27, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia â đ Other events on May 27 đ Events on this day in 1998 đ On This Day (Today)
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-96, the first shuttle mission to dock with the International Space Station. Date: May 27, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia â đ Other events on May 27 đ Events on this day in 1999 đ On This Day (Today)
Members of Abu Sayyaf, an Islamist separatist group, seize twenty hostages from an affluent island resort on Palawan in the Philippines; the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002. Date: May 27, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia â đ Other events on May 27 đ Events on this day in 2001 đ On…
The 6.4 Mw⯠Yogyakarta earthquake shakes central Java with an MSK intensity of VIII (Damaging), leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured. Date: May 27, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia â đ Other events on May 27 đ Events on this day in 2006 đ On This Day (Today)
The football club Kerala Blasters FC and its first supporters' group Manjappada are formed. Date: May 27, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia â đ Other events on May 27 đ Events on this day in 2014 đ On This Day (Today)
Barack Obama is the first president of the United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha. Date: May 27, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia â đ Other events on May 27 đ Events on this day in 2016 đ On This Day (Today)
Andrew Scheer takes over after Rona Ambrose as the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. Date: May 27, 2017 Read more on Wikipedia â đ Other events on May 27 đ Events on this day in 2017 đ On This Day (Today)
Maryland Flood Event: A flood occurs throughout the Patapsco Valley, causing one death, destroying the entire first floors of buildings on Main Street in Ellicott City, and causing cars to overturn. Date: May 27, 2018 Read more on Wikipedia â đ Other events on May 27 đ Events on this day in 2018 đ On…