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May 27
May 27 is under the sign of Gemini.
Famous birthdays on this day include Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt (2006), Lisa Lopes (1971) and Alain Souchon (1944).
Several movies were released around May 27 over the years, such as Stalker in 1979 directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and Dead Poets Society in 1989 directed by Peter Weir.
But much more happened on May 27 over the years: find out below
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Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released around May 27 over the years?
Stalker
Release year: 1979
Directed by: Andrei Tarkovsky
Starring: Alisa Freyndlikh, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Nikolay Grinko
Country: United States of America
Dead Poets Society
Release year: 1989
Directed by: Peter Weir
Starring: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles
Country: United States of America
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Release year: 1964
Directed by: Bryan Forbes
Starring: Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough, Margaret Lacey, Marie Burke
Wild Reeds
Release year: 1994
Directed by: André Téchiné
Starring: Élodie Bouchez, Gaël Morel, Stéphane Rideau, Frédéric Gorny
The Italian Job
Release year: 1969
Directed by: Peter Collinson
Starring: Michael Caine, Noël Coward, Benny Hill, Raf Vallone
Country: United States of America
Historical Events
Which were the important events of May 27?
- 2019 French police arrest four people in connection with last Friday's bombing in Lyon's historic city center that injured 13 people. Anti-terrorist prosecutors are leading the investigation. District mayor Denis Broliquier said the bomb was a relatively weak explosive that was too small to kill. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. (BBC)
- 2018 Politics of Japan: Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone celebrates his 100th birthday. (Reuters)
- 2017 War in Afghanistan (2001–present): At least 18 people are killed and 6 others injured in a car bomb explosion in Khost, eastern Afghanistan. (The Independent)
- 2016 Iraqi civil war, Operation Breaking Terrorism: The United States reports 70 militants were killed, including ISIL commander Maher al-Bilawi, in a Fallujah airstrike on Wednesday. (UPI)
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Events
- Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt
- Lisa Lopes: American rapper, singer, dancer,...
- Alain Souchon: French pop singer, songwriter and actor...
- Jamie Oliver: English chef and television personality.
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Famous Birthday
- Jeffrey Hunter: Actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage),...
- Ezzard Charles: heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51),...
- Little Willie John: American singer (d. 1968).
- Abram Hoffer: Canadian Orthomolecular psychiatrist...
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Famous Deaths
Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of May 27 over the years?
- 2017 Despacito - Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber
- 2016 Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling!
- 2015 See You Again - Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth
- 2014 John Legend - All Of Me
- 2013 Macklemore - Can't Hold Us
- 2012 Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know
- 2011 Adele - Rolling In The Deep
- 2010 Usher - OMG
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2009
The Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow
- 2008 Rihanna - Take A Bow
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Top #1 songs in the USA
- 2017 Believer - Imagine Dragons
- 2016 twenty one pilots - Stressed Out
- 2015 Shut Up And Dance - WALK THE MOON
- 2014 Paramore - Ain't It Fun
- 2013 Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
- 2012 Linkin Park - Burn It Down
- 2011 Rope - Foo Fighters
- 2010 Stone Temple Pilots - Between The Lines
Top #1 Rock songs
Books
Which were the most popular books released around May 27 over the years?
From Here To Eternity
Year: 1951
By: James Jones
Diamond Head, Hawaii, 1941. Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt is a champion welterweight and a fine bugler. But when he refuses to join the company's boxing team, he gets "the treatment" that may
The Day Lincoln Was Shot
Year: 1955
By: Jim Bishop
The Day Lincoln Was Shot is a gripping, minute-by-minute account of April 14, 1865: the day President Abraham Lincoln was tragically assassinated.It
The Breaking Wave
Year: 1955
By: Nevil Shute
The Breaking Wave is one of Nevil Shute’s most poignant and psychologically suspenseful novels, set in the years just after World War II.Sidelined
We Are Our Mothers' Daughters
Year: 1998
By: Cokie Roberts
In this revised and expanded tenth-anniversary edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller, renowned political commentator Cokie Roberts once again examines the nature of women's roles through the revealing lens