Public Holidays on May 27

• 🌍 Children's Day (Nigeria)
• 🌍 Eid-ul-Adha (estimated) (Pakistan)
• 🌍 Eid'l Adha (estimated) (Philippines)
• 🌍 Hari Raya Haji (Singapore)
• 🌍 Hari Raya Haji (Tentative Date) (Singapore)
• 🌍 Hari Raya Idul Adha (perkiraan) (Indonesia)
• 🌍 Hari Raya Qurban (Malaysia)
• 🌍 Kurban Bayramı (Turkey)
• 🌍 عطلة عيد الأضحى (Saudi Arabia)
• 🌍 عيد الأضحى (تقديري) (United Arab Emirates)
• 🌍 عيد الأضحى المبارك (تقديري) (Egypt)

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Religious Observances on May 27

• Islamic: Eid-ul-Adha
• Islamic: Hajj
• Islamic: Urs Ismail Muhammad ash-Shirwani ق

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On This Day in History — May 27

• 2016 — Barack Obama is the first president of United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha.
• 2006 — The 6.4 Mw Yogyakarta earthquake shakes central Java with an MSK intensity of VIII (Damaging), leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured.
• 2001 — Members of the Islamist separatist group Abu Sayyaf seize twenty hostages from an affluent island resort on Palawan in the Philippines; the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002.
• 1998 — Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
• 1997 — The 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak occurs, spawning multiple tornadoes in Central Texas, including the F5 that killed 27 in Jarrell.
• 1996 — First Chechen War: the Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.

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Notable Births on May 27

• 1994 — Aymeric Laporte, French footballer
• 1992 — Aaron Brown, Canadian sprinter
• 1991 — Sebastien Dewaest, Belgian footballer
• 1991 — Tim Lafai, Samoan rugby league player
• 1991 — Ksenia Pervak, Russian tennis player
• 1991 — Eneli Vals, Estonian footballer

Notable Deaths on May 27

• 2017 — Gregg Allman, American musician, singer and songwriter (b. 1947)
• 2015 — Erik Carlsson, Swedish race car driver (b. 1929)
• 2015 — Nils Christie, Norwegian sociologist, criminologist, and author (b. 1928)
• 2015 — Andy King, English footballer and manager (b. 1956)
• 2015 — Michael Martin, American philosopher and academic (b. 1932)
• 2014 — Robert Genn, Canadian painter and author (b. 1936)

Sports on May 27

• MLB: Houston Astros @ Texas Rangers — 00:05 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: San Antonio Spurs @ Oklahoma City Thunder — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Philadelphia Phillies @ San Diego Padres — 01:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Seattle Mariners @ Athletics — 01:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Arizona Diamondbacks @ San Francisco Giants — 01:45 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Colorado Rockies @ Los Angeles Dodgers — 02:10 UTC Scheduled

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Public Holidays on May 28

• 🌍 Bakrid (estimated) (India)
• 🌍 Eid-ul-Adha (estimated); Youm-e-Takbeer (Pakistan)
• 🌍 Id el Kabir (estimated) (Nigeria)
• 🌍 Kurban Bayramı (Turkey)
• 🌍 عطلة عيد الأضحى (Saudi Arabia)
• 🌍 عطلة عيد الأضحى (تقديري) (United Arab Emirates)
• 🌍 عيد الأضحى المبارك (تقديري) (Egypt)

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Religious Observances on May 28

• Islamic: Hajj
• Islamic: Urs of Uthman ibn Affan (3rd Caliph) (ر)

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On This Day in History — May 28

• 2011 — Malta votes on the introduction of divorce; the proposal was approved by 53% of voters, resulting in a law allowing divorce under certain conditions being enacted later in the year.
• 2010 — In West Bengal, India, the Jnaneswari Express train derailment and subsequent collision kills 148 passengers.
• 2008 — The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty.
• 2004 — The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, as prime minister of Iraq's interim government.
• 2003 — Peter Hollingworth becomes the first Governor-General of Australia to resign his office as a result of criticism of his conduct.
• 2002 — The last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City.

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Notable Births on May 28

• 1994 — John Stones, English footballer
• 1994 — Son Yeon-jae, South Korean gymnast
• 1993 — Daniel Alvaro, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 — Bárbara Luz, Portuguese tennis player
• 1992 — Tom Carroll, English footballer
• 1991 — Sharrif Floyd, American football player

Notable Deaths on May 28

• 2015 — Steven Gerber, American pianist and composer (b. 1948)
• 2015 — Johnny Keating, Scottish trombonist, composer, and producer (b. 1927)
• 2015 — Reynaldo Rey, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1940)
• 2014 — Maya Angelou, American memoirist and poet (b. 1928)
• 2014 — Stan Crowther, English footballer (b. 1935)
• 2014 — Oscar Dystel, American publisher (b. 1912)

Sports on May 28

• WNBA: Toronto Tempo @ Chicago Sky — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Houston Astros @ Texas Rangers — 00:05 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Atlanta Dream @ Minnesota Lynx — 01:00 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Connecticut Sun @ Portland Fire — 02:00 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Washington Mystics @ Seattle Storm — 02:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Colorado Rockies @ Los Angeles Dodgers — 02:10 UTC Scheduled

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