27 may 1895 - Oscar Wilde is sent to prison for sodomy.
27 may 1940 - World War II: 97 out of 99 members of a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are massacred while trying to surrender at Dunkirk. The German commander, Captain Fritz Knochlein, is eventually hanged for war crimes.
27 may 1963 - Folk music singer Bob Dylan releases The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan album, which features "Blowin' in the Wind" and several other of his best-known songs.
27 may 1995 - In Charlottesville, Virginia, actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition.
Birthdays 27 may 1922 - Christopher Lee, actor (Saruman in LOTR, as Count Dooku in "Attack of the Clones")
27 may 1971 -Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes, singer (d. 2002), (died in a planecrash)
Sorry if I posted too many events but they were all very intresting to me.
