Today is Wednesday, May 27, the 147th day of 2015. 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
1796 ― James S. McLean patents his piano
1906 ― First outlining of Gustav Mahler’s 6th symphony, in Essen
1919 ― Charles Strite patents pop-up toaster
1921 ― After 84 years of British control, Afghanistan achieves sovereignty
1927 ― Japanese military intervention in Chinese civil war
1961 ― President Kennedy announces U.S. goal to reach the Moon
1980 ― South Korean military ends people’s uprising; 2,000 killed
1991 ― Austrian Boeing 767-300 explodes in Bangkok, 223 die
1994 ― Alexander Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia after 20 years in exile
1997 ― Russian President Boris Yeltsin signs a historic treaty with NATO