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Events on May 27

• 1679 King Charles II of England signs the Habeas Corpus Amendment Act, which abolishes the royal right to arrest people arbitrarily and continues to influence the laws of numerous countries to this day, including the European Convention on Human Rights.
• 1703 On the Neva, the foundation stone for the Peter and Paul Fortress—and thus the city of Saint Petersburg—is laid.
• 1903 The company Telefunken is founded in Berlin at the urging of Emperor Wilhelm II.
• 1937 In San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge is opened to pedestrian traffic.
• 1952 On the orders of the SED, the telephone lines between West Berlin and the GDR are severed.
• 1968 In Tübingen, the first cash machine in Germany is put into operation.
• 1972 The first episode of Star Trek, featuring the starship Enterprise, is broadcast on ZDF.
• 1993 The Bavarian Minister-President Max Streibl resigns all his offices following the uncovering of the so-called Amigo affair in January.
• 1997 The NATO-Russia Founding Act is signed in Paris.
• 2009 FC Barcelona wins the UEFA Champions League final 2:0 against Manchester United with goals from Samuel Eto’o and Lionel Messi.
• 2019 For the first time, a government in Austria is brought down by a vote of no confidence. In the National Council, SPÖ and FPÖ express their lack of confidence in the government of Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz because of the government crisis that began in mid-May.
• 2019 After a relegation playoff victory over VfB Stuttgart, 1. FC Union Berlin is promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time in its 53-year club history.

Born on May 27

• 1877 Isadora Duncan, American dancer
• 1884 Max Brod, Czech writer
• 1922 Christopher Lee, British actor
• 1923 Henry Kissinger, US Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1950 Dee Dee Bridgewater, American jazz singer
• 1970 Joseph Fiennes, British actor
• 1971 Paul Bettany, British actor
• 1971 Beatrix von Storch, German politician
• 1990 Chris Colfer, American actor
• 1990 Jonas Hector, German footballer

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „27. Mai“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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