Today in History: May 27, the Golden Gate Bridge opens
Nowadays is Tuesday May the th day of There are days left in the year In current times in history On May the newly completed Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County California was opened to pedestrian traffic vehicles began traveling the next day Also on this date In people were killed when a devastating F tornado struck St Louis Missouri and East St Louis Illinois Related Articles Colorado man charged with attempting to firebomb U S embassy in Tel Aviv At present in History May the World War II Dunkirk evacuation begins Trump says he ll delay a threatened tariff on the European Union until July Thousands mark th anniversary of George Floyd s murder as they call for justice and decry Trump Nowadays in History May George Floyd killed by Minneapolis police In New York s Chrysler Building at the time the world s tallest building opened to the population In the British Royal Navy sank the German battleship Bismarck off France killing over German sailors In Doris Dorie Miller a cook aboard the USS West Virginia became the first African-American to receive the Navy Cross for displaying extraordinary courage and disregard for his own personal safety during Japan s attack on Pearl Harbor In the U S Supreme Court in United States v O Brien upheld the conviction of David O Brien for destroying his draft card outside a Boston courthouse ruling that the act was not protected by freedom of speech In a bomb set by the Sicilian mafia exploded outside the Uffizi Gallery in Florence Italy people were killed and wounded and dozens of centuries-old paintings were destroyed or damaged In Nobel Prize-winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia to the emotional cheers of thousands after spending two decades in exile In Michael Fortier the establishment s star witness in the Oklahoma City bombing development was sentenced to years in prison after apologizing for not warning anyone about the deadly plot Fortier was freed in January In a magnitude earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Java near the city of Yogyakarta killing more than people In the modern day s Birthdays Actor Lee Meriwether is Actor Bruce Weitz is Musician Bruce Cockburn is Singer Dee Dee Bridgewater is Football Hall of Famer Jackie Slater is Actor Richard Schiff is Singer Siouxsie Sioux is Musician Neil Finn Split Enz Crowded House is Actor Peri Gilpin is Comedian Adam Carolla is Actor Todd Bridges is Baseball Hall of Famer Jeff Bagwell is Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Thomas is Actor Paul Bettany is Actor Jack McBrayer is Rapper-musician Andre Outkast is Rapper Jadakiss is Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is Actor Ben Feldman is Actor-singer Chris Colfer is Actor Lily-Rose Depp is Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Jade Carey is
