About the day » Saturday May 27, 1978Calender converter

• Cornelis Lucas van Vliet (91)
• Douwina Wouda (74)
• Cornelius Antonius Theodorus Smulders (77), Tilburg
• Arie Hollebeek (66), Leiden
• Christina Balsing (96), Amsterdam
• Albert Bakker (67), Castricum
• Ameilia Elisabeth Claessens (80), Westmalle
• Elisabeth Adriana Hopmans (57), Bergen op Zoom, Noord brabant, Nederland
• Arend JAGER (75), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelia Adriana Verschure (82), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1975 » André 3000, American rapper
• 1975 » Jamie Oliver, English chef and author
• 1975 » Michael Hussey, Australian cricketer
• 1976 » Marcel Fässler, Swiss racing driver
• 1977 » Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian high jumper
• 1977 » Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1978 » Adin Brown, American soccer player
• 1979 » Michael Buonauro, American author and illustrator († 2004)
• 1979 » Mile Sterjovski, Australian footballer
• 1980 » Craig Buntin, Canadian figure skater

• 1969 » Jeffrey Hunter, American actor and producer (b. 1926)
• 1971 » Armando Picchi, Italian footballer and coach (b. 1935)
• 1971 » Béla Juhos, Hungarian-Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1901)
• 1980 » Gün Sazak, Turkish agronomist and politician (b. 1932)
• 1984 » Vasilije Mokranjac, Serbian composer (b. 1923)
• 1986 » Ajoy Mukherjee, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1901)
• 1986 » Giorgos Tzifos, Greek actor and cinematographer (b. 1918)
• 1986 » Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American philosopher and academic (b. 1921)
• 1987 » John Howard Northrop, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1988 » Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress (b. 1908)

1. Jan
2. Martijn
3. Jeroen
4. Mark
5. David
6. Dennis
7. Johannes
8. Peter
9. Patrick
10. Michael
11. Robert
12. Pieter
13. Richard
14. Paul
15. Bart
16. Willem

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Sandra
4. Patricia
5. Marieke
6. Linda
7. Monique
8. Jennifer
9. Jessica
10. Wendy
11. Esther
12. Kim
13. Anna
14. Bianca
15. Cornelia
16. Cindy

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
• January 13 » United States Food and Drug Administration requires all blood donations to be labeled "paid" or "volunteer" donors.
• January 31 » The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) goes on public display after being returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.
• April 27 » The Saur Revolution begins in Afghanistan, ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
• May 25 » The first of a series of bombings orchestrated by the Unabomber detonates at Northwestern University resulting in minor injuries.
• October 1 » Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• December 4 » Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco's first female mayor.

The temperature on May 27, 1978 was between 7.6 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.