So you want to have a drink but you aren't sure why? Here are some GREAT reasons to call your friends over and have a party.

May 27th


- Children's Day (Nigeria)
- Christian Feast day
- Mother's Day or Día de la Madre (Bolivia)
- Slavery Abolition Day (Guadeloupe, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin)

May 27th


- 2006 - The May 2006 Java earthquake strikes at 5:53:58 AM local time (22:53:58 UTC May 26) devastating Bantul and the city of Yogyakarta killing over 6,600 people.
- 2005 - Australian Schapelle Corby is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in Kerobokan Prison for drug smuggling by a court in Indonesia.
- 1999 - The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Miloševi? and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
- 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 U.S. Supreme Court rules that Paula Jones can pursue her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton while he is in office.
- 1996 - First Chechnya War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
- 1995 - In Culpeper, Virginia, actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition.
- 1987 - Saint Paul, Minnesota's mayor George Latimer names May 27 "August Wilson Day" in honor of the only person to win a Pulitzer Prize hailing from the state.
- 1980 - The Gwangju Massacre: Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more.
- 1975 - The Dibble's Bridge coach crash near Grassington, North Yorkshire, England kills 32 – the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom.
- 1971 - The Dahlerau train disaster, the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near Wuppertal.
- 1968 - The meeting of the Union Nationale des Étudiants de France (National Union of the Students of France) takes place. 30,000 to 50,000 people gather in the Stade Sebastien Charlety.
- 1967 - Australians vote in favor of a constitutional referendum granting the Australian government the power to make laws to benefit Indigenous Australians and to count them in the national census.
- 1967 - The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy is launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline.
- 1965 - Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam.
- 1962 - The Centralia, Pennsylvania mine fire starts.
- 1960 - In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celal Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office.
- 1958 - The F-4 Phantom II makes its first flight.
- 1957 - Toronto's CHUM-AM, (1050 kHz) becomes Canada's first radio station to broadcast only top 40 Rock n' Roll music format.
- 1942 - World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is assassinated in Prague.
- 1941 - World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency".
- 1941 - World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic killing almost 2,100 men.
- 1940 - World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops. Two survive.
- 1937 - In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
- 1935 - New Deal: The Supreme Court of the United States declares the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, (295 U.S. 495).
- 1933 - New Deal: The U.S. Federal Securities Act is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission.
- 1933 - The Walt Disney Company releases the cartoon Three Little Pigs, with its hit song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"
- 1933 - The Century of Progress World's Fair opens in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1930 - The 1,046 feet (319 m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public.
- 1927 - The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
- 1919 - The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.
- 1907 - Bubonic plague breaks out in San Francisco, California.
- 1905 - Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
- 1896 - The F4-strength St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri and East Saint Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing $2.9 billion in damage ( USD).
- 1895 - Oscar Wilde is imprisoned for sodomy.
- 1883 - Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
- 1863 - American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson.
- 1860 - Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian Unification.
- 1849 - The Great Hall of Euston station in London is opened.
- 1813 - War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.
- 1812 - Bolivian War of Independence: In Bolivia, the Battle of La Coronilla, in which the women from Cochabamba fight against the Spanish army.
- 1799 - War of the Second Coalition: Austrian forces defeats the French at Winterthur, Switzerland, securing control of the northeastern Swiss Plateau because of the town's loaction at the junction of seven cross-roads.
- 1798 - The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland.
- 1703 - Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
- 1328 - Philip VI is crowned King of France.
- 1153 - Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland.
- 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death.
- 927 - Battle of the Bosnian Highlands: the Croatian army, led by King Tomislav, defeats the Bulgarian Army.
- 893 - Simeon I of Bulgaria is crowned Emperor of the first Bulgarian empire

May 27th


- 1990 - Ekaterina Zaikina, Russian figure skater
- 1990 - Chris Colfer, American actor
- 1990 - Danny McKinnon, Canadian actor
- 1987 - Eric Kolelas, French actor
- 1986 - Conor Cummins, Manx motorbike racer
- 1986 - Timo Descamps, Flemish actor and singer
- 1985 - Chiang Chien-ming, Taiwanese baseball player
- 1984 - Blake Ahearn, American basketball player
- 1984 - Kalle Spjuth, Swedish bandy player
- 1983 - Bobby Convey, American footballer
- 1982 - Nattie Neidhart, Canadian professional wrestler
- 1981 - Marcelo Bonan. Brazilian footballer
- 1981 - Özgür Çevik, Turkish singer and actor
- 1981 - Fivos Constantinou, Cypriot distance and cross country runner
- 1981 - Johan Elmander, Swedish footballer
- 1981 - Miloy, Angolan footballer
- 1980 - Craig Buntin, Canadian figure skater
- 1979 - Mile Sterjovski, Australian footballer
- 1979 - Stuart Manning, British actor
- 1978 - Adin Brown, American footballer
- 1977 - Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian athlete
- 1977 - Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1977 - Tommie van der Leegte, Dutch footballer
- 1976 - Anita Blond, Hungarian pornographic actress
- 1976 - RJD2, American hip-hop producer
- 1975 - André 3000, American rapper (OutKast)
- 1975 - Michael Hussey, Australian cricketer
- 1975 - Jadakiss, American rapper (D-Block)
- 1975 - Jamie Oliver, English chef and television personality
- 1974 - Derek Webb, American singer and songwriter (Caedmon's Call)
- 1974 - Danny Wuerffel, American football player
- 1973 - Jack McBrayer, American actor and comedian
- 1973 - Tana Umaga, New Zealand rugby union player
- 1972 - Ivete Sangalo, Brazilian singer
- 1972 - Todd Demsey, American golfer
- 1971 - Paul Bettany, English actor
- 1971 - Monika Schnarre, Canadian model and actress
- 1971 - Mathew Batsiua, Nauruan politician
- 1971 - Wayne Carey, Australian rules footballer
- 1971 - Kaur Kender, Estonian author
- 1971 - Lee Sharpe, English Footballer
- 1971 - Glenn Ross, Northern Irish strongman
- 1971 - Lisa Lopes, American singer (TLC) (d. 2002)
- 1970 - Tim Farron, British politician
- 1970 - Joseph Fiennes, English actor
- 1970 - Michele Bartoli, Italian cyclist
- 1970 - Cherry Pie Picache, Filipino actress
- 1969 - Jeremy Mayfield, American race car driver
- 1969 - Dondre Whitfield, American actor
- 1969 - Todd Hundley, American baseball player
- 1968 - Frank Thomas, American baseball player
- 1968 - Jeff Bagwell, American baseball player
- 1967 - Paul Gascoigne, English footballer
- 1965 - Todd Bridges, American actor
- 1965 - Pat Cash, Australian tennis player
- 1964 - Adam Carolla, American comedian and television personality
- 1964 - Zheng Geping, Singaporean actor
- 1962 - Ray Borner, Australian basketball player
- 1962 - Steven Brill, American film writer and director
- 1961 - Peri Gilpin, American actress
- 1958 - Neil Finn, New Zealand singer and songwriter (Split Enz, Crowded House)
- 1958 - Linnea Quigley, American actress
- 1957 - Siouxsie Sioux, English musician (Siouxsie and the Banshees)
- 1957 - Duncan Goodhew, English Olympic swimmer, 1980 gold medalist
- 1956 - Cynthia McFadden, American television anchor
- 1955 - Richard Schiff, American actor
- 1955 - Eric Bischoff, American professional wrestling promoter
- 1954 - Pauline Hanson, Australian politician
- 1954 - Jackie Slater, American football player
- 1951 - Ana Belén, Spanish singer and actress
- 1948 - Wubbo de Boer, Dutch civil servant
- 1947 - Branko Oblak, Slovenian footballer
- 1946 - Lewis Collins, English actor
- 1946 - Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish jazz bassist (d. 2005)
- 1945 - Bruce Cockburn, Canadian musician
- 1944 - Christopher Dodd, American politician, senior Senator from Connecticut
- 1944 - Alain Souchon, French singer and songwriter
- 1943 - Cilla Black, English singer and presenter
- 1943 - Bruce Weitz, American actor
- 1942 - Lee Baca, American law enforcement official
- 1939 - Socratis Kokkalis, Greek businessman
- 1937 - Allan Carr, American film producer and writer (d. 1999)
- 1936 - Marcel Masse, Canadian politician
- 1936 - Louis Gossett Jr., American actor
- 1935 - Lee Meriwether, Miss America (1955) and actress
- 1935 - Ramsey Lewis, American pianist
- 1935 - Mal Evans, British road manager of The Beatles (d. 1976)
- 1934 - Harlan Ellison, American author
- 1933 - Manfred Sommer, Spanish comic artist (d. 2007)
- 1933 - Ted Rogers, Canadian entrepreneur (d. 2008)
- 1930 - John Barth, American novelist
- 1930 - William S. Sessions, 8th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- 1925 - Tony Hillerman, American writer (d. 2008)
- 1923 - Henry Kissinger, 56th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- 1923 - Sumner Redstone, American entrepreneur
- 1922 - Christopher Lee, English actor
- 1921 - Caryl Chessman, American robber and rapist (d. 1960)
- 1918 - Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese politician
- 1915 - Esther Soré, Chilean musician (d. 1996)
- 1915 - Herman Wouk, American writer
- 1913 - Wols, German painter (d. 1951)
- 1912 - John Cheever, American author (d. 1982)
- 1912 - Sam Snead, American golfer (d. 2002)
- 1912 - Terry Moore, American baseball player (d. 1995)
- 1911 - Hubert H. Humphrey, 38th Vice President of the United States and Senator from Minnesota (d. 1978)
- 1911 - Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born Israeli politician (d. 2007)
- 1911 - Vincent Price, American actor (d. 1993)
- 1909 - Dolores Hope, American singer and philanthropist
- 1907 - Nicolas Calas, Greek-American poet and art critic (d. 1988)
- 1907 - Rachel Carson, American biologist and science writer (d. 1964)
- 1906 - Antonio Rosario Mennonna, Italian Catholic bishop (d. 2009)
- 1904 - Chuhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (d. 1997)
- 1900 - U?adzimir Zylka, Belarusian poet (d. 1933)
- 1897 - John Cockcroft, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
- 1894 - Dashiell Hammett, American author (d. 1961)
- 1894 - Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French writer (d. 1961)
- 1893 - Hermann Dörnemann, German supercentenarian (d. 2005)
- 1891 - Claude Champagne, French-Canadian composer (d. 1965)
- 1888 - Louis Durey, French composer (d. 1979)
- 1884 - Max Brod, Czech-born writer, literary executor of Franz Kafka (d. 1968)
- 1879 - Karl Bühler, German linguist and psychologist (d. 1963)
- 1879 - Hans Lammers, German SS officer (d. 1962)
- 1876 - Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish writer (d. 1945)
- 1876 - Sir William Stanier, British railway engineer (d. 1965)
- 1871 - Georges Rouault, French painter and graphic artist (d. 1958)
- 1867 - Arnold Bennett, British novelist (d. 1931)
- 1864 - Ante Trumbi?, Croatian politician (d. 1938)
- 1860 - Manuel Teixeira Gomes, 7th President of Portugal (d. 1941)
- 1837 - Wild Bill Hickok, American gunfighter (d. 1876)
- 1837 - Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter (d. 1887)
- 1836 - Jay Gould, American financier (d. 1892)
- 1827 - Samuel F. Miller, New York representative to the U.S. House of Representatives (d. 1892)
- 1820 - Mathilde Bonaparte, French princess and socialite (d. 1904)
- 1819 - Julia Ward Howe, American poet (The Battle Hymn of the Republic) (d. 1910)
- 1818 - Amelia Bloomer, American suffragette (d. 1894)
- 1794 - Cornelius Vanderbilt, American entrepreneur (d. 1877)
- 1756 - King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (d. 1825)
- 1738 - Nathaniel Gorham, 8th President of the United States in Congress Assembled (d. 1796)
- 1652 - Liselotte von der Pfalz, Duchess of Orléans (d. 1722)
- 1651 - Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729)
- 1626 - William II, Prince of Orange (d. 1650)
- 1623 - William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687)
- 1601 - Antoine Daniel, French Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648)
- 1576 - Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (d. 1649)
- 1519 - Girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594)
- 1332 - Ibn Khaldun, Arab historian (d. 1406)