What happend on 27th May

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28.05
1999

The International War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.

1998

Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.

1997

The F5-strength Jarrell Tornado slams into the small town of Jarrell, Texas, killing 27 people.

1996

First Chechnya War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire in the war.

1995

In Charlottesville, Virginia, actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition.

1980

The Gwangju Massacre: airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more.

1974

Jacques Chirac becomes Prime Minister of France.

1968

Future U.S. president George W. Bush enlists in the Texas Air National Guard.

1965

Vietnam War: United States warships begin bombardments of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam for the first time.

1964

Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru dies in office.