Today in History: May 27, the Golden Gate Bridge opens
Today is Tuesday, May 27, the 147th day of 2025. There are 218 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On May 27, 1937, the newly completed Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, California, was opened to pedestrian traffic (vehicles began crossing the next day).
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In 1896, 255 people were killed when a devastating F4 tornado struck St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois.
In 1930, New York's Chrysler Building, at the time the world's tallest building, opened to the public.
In 1941, the British Royal Navy sank the German battleship Bismarck off France, killing over 2,000 German sailors.
In 1942, Doris 'Dorie' Miller, a cook aboard the USS West Virginia, became the first African-American to receive the Navy Cross for displaying 'extraordinary courage and disregard for his own personal safety' during Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.
In 1968, the U.S. Supreme Court, in United States v. O'Brien, upheld the conviction of David O'Brien for destroying his draft card outside a Boston courthouse, ruling that the act was not protected by freedom of speech.
In 1993, a bomb set by the Sicilian mafia exploded outside the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy; 5 people were killed and 48 wounded, and dozens of centuries-old paintings were destroyed or damaged.
In 1994, Nobel Prize-winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia to the emotional cheers of thousands after spending two decades in exile.
In 1998, Michael Fortier, the government's star witness in the Oklahoma City bombing case, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after apologizing for not warning anyone about the deadly plot. (Fortier was freed in January 2006.)
In 2006, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Java near the city of Yogyakarta, killing more than 5,700 people.
Today's Birthdays: Actor Lee Meriwether is 90. Actor Bruce Weitz is 82. Musician Bruce Cockburn is 80. Singer Dee Dee Bridgewater is 75. Football Hall of Famer Jackie Slater is 71. Actor Richard Schiff is 70. Singer Siouxsie Sioux is 68. Musician Neil Finn (Split Enz, Crowded House) is 67. Actor Peri Gilpin is 64. Comedian Adam Carolla is 61. Actor Todd Bridges is 60. Baseball Hall of Famer Jeff Bagwell is 57. Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Thomas is 57. Actor Paul Bettany is 54. Actor Jack McBrayer is 52. Rapper-musician Andre 3000 (Outkast) is 50. Rapper Jadakiss is 50. Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is 50. Actor Ben Feldman is 45. Actor-singer Chris Colfer is 35. Actor Lily-Rose Depp is 26. Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Jade Carey is 25.
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