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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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NOTE: Today: May 27
On this day...
May 27
:
Memorial Day
in the United States
Manchu Prince Dorgon
1644
–
Manchu
regent
Dorgon
(depicted)
defeated rebel leader
Li Zicheng
of the
Shun dynasty
at the
Battle of Shanhai Pass
, allowing the Manchus to enter and conquer the capital city of Beijing.
1799
–
War of the Second Coalition
: Austrian forces defeated the French
Army of the Danube
,
capturing the strategically important Swiss town
of
Winterthur
.
1954
– The security clearance of American nuclear physicist
J. Robert Oppenheimer
, head of
Project Y
,
was revoked
.
1967
– Australians
voted overwhelmingly
for the number of
Indigenous Australians
to be included in population counts for constitutional purposes and for the federal government to make laws for their benefit.
Diego Ramírez de Arellano
(
d.
1624)
Julia Ward Howe
(
b.
1819)
Cilla Black
(
b.
1943)
Gérard Jean-Juste
(
d.
2009)
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