My compulsory entry for the latest birthday meme wave. (Go to Wikipedia, enter the month and day of your birth, but not the year, and pick 3 events, 2 bithdays, one death, and one holiday or observance).
For May 27th:
EVENTS
1328 – Philip VI is crowned King of France.
1703 – Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
1924 – The Music Corporation of America (MCA) is founded.
BIRTHDAYS
1911 – Vincent Price, American actor (d. 1993)
1935 – Ramsey Lewis, American pianist
DEATH
1840 – Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1782)
HOLIDAY OR OBSERVANCE
Lag Ba’omer in Judaism (2005)