On This Day in History
May 27
Historical Events
1679 Habeas Corpus Act passes in England, strengthening a person's right to challenge unlawful arrest and imprisonment
1703 Saint Petersburg (Leningrad) is founded by Russian Tsar Peter the Great
1873 Heinrich Schliemann discovers "Priam's Treasure" a cache of gold and other objects in Hisarlik (Troy) in Anatolia
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1905 Japanese fleet destroys the Russian East Sea fleet in the Battle of Tsushima, the only decisive clash between modern steel battleships in history
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1940 British and Allied forces begin the evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) during World War II
1999 International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo
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Famous Birthdays
Also Rachel Carson and Christopher Lee
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Famous Deaths
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Ship that Changed the Face of Britain
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Britain was on its knees after the Second World War, its economy and infrastructure in tatters. For help the Mother Country turned to the Commonwealth.
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