The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight. Date: May 27, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A. Date: May 27, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)
The 1,046 feet (319 m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public. Date: May 27, 1930 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1930 📅 On This Day (Today)
New Deal: The U.S. Federal Securities Act is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission. Date: May 27, 1933 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1933 📅 On This Day (Today)
New Deal: The Supreme Court of the United States declares the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, (295 U.S. 495). Date: May 27, 1935 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1935 📅 On This Day…
In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California. Date: May 27, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive. Date: May 27, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic, killing almost 2,100 men. Date: May 27, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency". Date: May 27, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later. Date: May 27, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)