About the day » Saturday May 27, 1978Calender converter

• Anja Huwel

• Cornelia Lena Bruijnzeel (79), St. Annaland
• Arend JAGER (75), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Arend Jager (75), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelia Lena Hage (79), St. Annaland
• Elizabeth Maria Pols (79)
• Apolônia Junckes (87), São José, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Ameilia Elisabeth Claessens (80), Westmalle
• Everardus Hendrikus Buurman (64), Angeren
• Anna Maria Louisa Roes (75), Groenlo
• Fennechien Beikes (73), Stadskanaal, Groningen, Netherlands

• 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)

• 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.
• February 16 » The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).
• February 24 » The Yuba County Five disappear in California. Four of their bodies are found four months later.
• March 9 » President Soeharto inaugurated Jagorawi Toll Road, the first toll highway in Indonesia, connecting Jakarta, Bogor and Ciawi, West Java.
• March 15 » Somalia and Ethiopia signed a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War.
• May 1 » Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
• November 23 » Cyclone kills about 1000 people in eastern Sri Lanka.

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.