Historical Events for 27th May 2019

1904 – NL record of 5 stolen bases in a game (Dennis McGann, NY Giants)
1931 – Swiss Auguste Piccard and Paul Kipfer make 1st flight into stratosphere, by balloon from Augsburg, Germany
1942 – Hitler orders 10,000 Czechs murdered
1985 – Inaugural bands parade for President Reagan
1986 – France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll
1988 – Senate ratified a treaty eliminating medium-range nuclear missiles
1990 – 74th Indianapolis 500 runs
1993 – Dale Murphy ends carreer at 398 HRs
2006 – “Pan’s Labyrinth” fantasy film on the Spanish Civil War written and directed by Guillermo del Toro debuts at Cannes
2016 – 3 ships in 3 days sink carrying immigrants across the Mediterraneann, drowning over 700 people

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