A plane crash at José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba, kills 67. Date: May 27, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Gwangju Massacre: Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more. Date: May 27, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Danube–Black Sea Canal is opened, in a ceremony attended by the Ceaușescus. It had been under construction since the 1950s. Date: May 27, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)

Somaliland War of Independence: The Somali National Movement launches a major offensive against Somali government forces in Hargeisa and Burao, then the second- and third-largest cities of Somalia. Date: May 27, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today)

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 → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 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 → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 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 → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 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 → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 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 → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 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 → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today)