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27 May 2014 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 27 May 2014 was a Tuesday.
- ARIA No. 1
- The ARIA No. 1 was “Que Sera” by Justice Crew.
- Top Film of 2014
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2014 was Transformers: Age of Extinction.
- Best-Selling Vehicle of 2014
- Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 2014 was the Toyota Corolla.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 27 May is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 27 May 2014 fell in the Year of the Horse.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for May is Emerald.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 27 May 2014 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 27 May
- 1996 First Chechen War: Russian president Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechen rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
- 1999 Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-96, the first shuttle mission to dock with the International Space Station.
- 2014 The football club Kerala Blasters FC and its first supporters' group Manjappada are formed.
- 2016 Barack Obama is the first president of the United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha.
- 2017 Andrew Scheer takes over after Rona Ambrose as the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
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)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2014 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '2014 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 15 March – State elections are held in South Australia and Tasmania. The Liberal Party defeats the Giddings Labor government in Tasmania, after 16 years in opposition.
- 30 March – It is announced that former Defence Force Chief Angus Houston will lead the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 by heading a new Joint Agency Co-ordination Centre to be established in Perth, Western Australia.
- 5 April – A special election is held for six Senate seats from Western Australia, following the voiding of results due to the loss of 1,375 ballot papers in the 2013 federal election.
Life in Australia in 2014
Prime Minister
Tony Abbott
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
Petrol (per litre)
$1.38
Loaf of Bread
$3.30
Average House
$525,000
Weekly Wage
$1,440.00
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