Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 27
This is a list of selected May 27 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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May 27: Children's Day in Nigeria
- 1153 – Malcolm IV became King of Scotland at the age of twelve.
- 1703 – Russian Tsar Peter I founded Saint Petersburg after reconquering the Ingrian land from Sweden during the Great Northern War.
- 1896 – The St. Louis – East St. Louis tornado, one of the deadliest and most destructive tornadoes in U.S. history, struck St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing more than 255 people and injuring at least 1,000 others.
- 1919 – The flying boat NC-4 arrived in Lisbon, Portugal, becoming the first fixed-wing aircraft to complete a transatlantic flight under its own power.
- 1937 – The Golden Gate Bridge (pictured), at the time the world's longest suspension bridge span, connecting the San Francisco to Marin County, California, opened.