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27 May 1962 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 27 May 1962 was a Sunday.
- Irish Chart Song in 1962
- The Irish chart song for 1962 was “Stranger on the Shore” by Mr. Acker Bilk.
- Top Film of 1962
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1962 was Lawrence of Arabia.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 27 May is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 27 May 1962 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for May is Emerald.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 27 May 1962 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 27 May
- 1958 First flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.
- 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.
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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Events of 1962 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '1962 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 26 February – The Irish Republican Army officially called off its Border Campaign in Northern Ireland.
- 13 March – Irish artists left Dublin Airport for the Congo to entertain United Nations troops there.
- 17 March – President Éamon de Valera and his wife Sinéad had a private audience with Pope John XXIII in Rome.
Life in Ireland in 1962
Taoiseach
Seán Lemass
Petrol (per litre)
2s 8d/gal
Loaf of Bread
8½d
Average House
£2,600
Weekly Wage
£6
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Famous Faces Born in the 1960s
Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.
Sinéad O'Connor8 December 1966Singer-songwriterView their day →Bono10 May 1960SingerView their day →Enya17 May 1961SingerView their day →Aidan Gillen24 April 1968ActorView their day →Graham Linehan22 May 1968Comedy writerView their day →Graham Norton4 April 1963Comedian & actorView their day →The Edge8 August 1961Rock musician & guitar player of U2View their day →Ali Hewson23 March 1961Activist & businesswomanView their day →Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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