This Day in History: May 27th

Here are ten historical events that took place on May 27th:

1. 1703 – Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg in Russia, which later became the country’s capital for two centuries.
2. 1813 – During the War of 1812, American forces capture Fort George in Ontario, Canada.
3. 1930 – The 1,046-foot Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public.
4. 1933 – The Walt Disney Company releases its first full-color, full-length animated feature film, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.”
5. 1941 – The British Royal Navy sinks the German battleship Bismarck in the North Atlantic during World War II.
6. 1967 – The Australian referendum is passed, allowing the federal government to make laws for Aboriginal Australians and include them in the national census.
7. 1996 – The first meeting of the G7 is held in Lyon, France.
8. 1997 – The United States Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act, which attempted to regulate pornography on the internet, violates the First Amendment.
9. 1999 – The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands, indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
10. 2016 – Barack Obama becomes the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet survivors of the atomic bomb.

These events span a wide range of historical periods and topics, showcasing the diversity of occurrences on May 27th throughout history.

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