MONDAY, MAY 27, 2013

Today is Monday, May 27, the 147th day of 2013. There are 218 days left in the year.

1679 ― Habeas Corpus Act (no false arrest and imprisonment) passes in U.K.

1703 ― St. Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Peter the Great

1921 ― After 84 years of British control, Afghanistan achieves sovereignty

1935 ― Supreme Court declares FDR’s National Recovery Act unconstitutional

1942 ― Hitler orders 10,000 Czechoslovakians murdered

1951 ― Chinese Communists force Dalai Lama to surrender his army to Beijing

1961 ― President Kennedy announces U.S. goal to reach the Moon

1980 ― South Korean military cracks down on democracy movement; 2,000 killed

1994 ― Alexander Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia after 20 years in exile

1997 ― Russian President Boris Yeltsin signs a historic treaty with NATO