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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_27" title="May 27">May 27</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day" title="Memorial Day">Memorial Day</a></b> in the United States
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1644" title="1644">1644</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchu_people" title="Manchu people">Manchu</a> regent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorgon" title="Dorgon">Dorgon</a> <i>(depicted)</i> defeated rebel leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Zicheng" title="Li Zicheng">Li Zicheng</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shun_dynasty" title="Shun dynasty">Shun dynasty</a> at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shanhai_Pass" title="Battle of Shanhai Pass">Battle of Shanhai Pass</a></b>, allowing the Manchus to enter and conquer the capital city of Beijing.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1799" title="1799">1799</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Second_Coalition" title="War of the Second Coalition">War of the Second Coalition</a>: Austrian forces defeated the French <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_the_Danube" title="Army of the Danube">Army of the Danube</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Winterthur" title="Battle of Winterthur">capturing the strategically important Swiss town</a></b> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winterthur" title="Winterthur">Winterthur</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954" title="1954">1954</a> – The security clearance of American nuclear physicist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Oppenheimer" title="J. Robert Oppenheimer">J. Robert Oppenheimer</a>, head of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Y" title="Project Y">Project Y</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppenheimer_security_clearance_hearing" title="Oppenheimer security clearance hearing">was revoked</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967" title="1967">1967</a> – Australians <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Australian_referendum_(Aboriginals)" title="1967 Australian referendum (Aboriginals)">voted overwhelmingly</a></b> to include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Australians" title="Indigenous Australians">Indigenous Australians</a> in population counts for constitutional purposes and to allow the federal government to make special laws affecting them in states.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Ram%C3%ADrez_de_Arellano" title="Diego Ramírez de Arellano">Diego Ramírez de Arellano</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1624); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Ward_Howe" title="Julia Ward Howe">Julia Ward Howe</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1819); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cilla_Black" title="Cilla Black">Cilla Black</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1943); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Jean-Juste" title="Gérard Jean-Juste">Gérard Jean-Juste</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2009)</p>
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