Born on 27 May 1973

At A Glance

27 May 1973 at a glance

Day of the week

27 May 1973 was a Sunday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” by Tony Orlando and Dawn was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1973

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1973 was The Exorcist.

Star sign

The star sign for 27 May is Gemini.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 27 May 1973 fell in the Year of the Ox.

Birthstone

The birthstone for May is Emerald.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 27 May 1973 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 27 May

• 1960 In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office.
• 1962 The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine.
• 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.
• 1984 The Danube–Black Sea Canal is opened, in a ceremony attended by the Ceaușescus. It had been under construction since the 1950s.

Famous people born on 27 May

• Christopher Lee, English actor (1922–2015)
• Paul Bettany, English actor (born 1971)
• Henry Kissinger, German-American political scientist and politician, 56th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (1923–2023)
• João Cancelo, Portuguese footballer (born 1994)

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