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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_27" title="May 27">May 27</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923" title="1923">1923</a> – French drivers <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Lagache" title="André Lagache">André Lagache</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_L%C3%A9onard" title="René Léonard">René Léonard</a> completed the most laps during <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans" title="1923 24 Hours of Le Mans">the first edition</a></b> of the sports car race the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_Hours_of_Le_Mans" title="24 Hours of Le Mans">24 Hours of Le Mans</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963" title="1963">1963</a> – American singer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a> released <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Freewheelin%27_Bob_Dylan" title="The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan">The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan</a></b></i>, his first album to include a significant number of original songs.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983" title="1983">1983</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benton_fireworks_disaster" title="Benton fireworks disaster">An explosion</a></b> at an illegal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireworks" title="Fireworks">fireworks</a> factory near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benton,_Tennessee" title="Benton, Tennessee">Benton, Tennessee</a>, killed eleven people.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995" title="1995">1995</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_War" title="Bosnian War">Bosnian War</a>: Forces of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_Republika_Srpska" title="Army of Republika Srpska">Army of Republika Srpska</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vrbanja_Bridge" title="Battle of Vrbanja Bridge">captured</a></b> a United Nations post at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suada_and_Olga_bridge" title="Suada and Olga bridge">Vrbanja Bridge</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarajevo" title="Sarajevo">Sarajevo</a>; six soldiers of both sides were killed when French forces retook the post later in the day.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dos_Palmas_kidnappings" title="Dos Palmas kidnappings">Twenty tourists were kidnapped</a></b> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Sayyaf" title="Abu Sayyaf">Abu Sayyaf</a> militants in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan">Palawan</a>, Philippines, triggering a hostage crisis that lasted for more than a year.</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/John_Cockcroft" title="John Cockcroft">John Cockcroft</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1897); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Kissinger" title="Henry Kissinger">Henry Kissinger</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1923); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abram_Hoffer" title="Abram Hoffer">Abram Hoffer</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2009)</p>
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