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UPI Almanac for Wednesday, May 27, 2020

On May 27, 1930, Richard Gurley Drew received a patent for his adhesive tape, which was later manufactured by 3M as Scotch tape.

By United Press International
Salvation Army volunteer Ed Wizeman secures wrapping paper on a Christmas gift using Scotch tape during the first day of the Salvation Army's Toy Lift in St. Louis on November 30, 2004. On May 27, 1930, Richard Gurley Drew received a patent for his adhesive tape, which was later manufactured by 3M as Scotch tape. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
1 of 2 | Salvation Army volunteer Ed Wizeman secures wrapping paper on a Christmas gift using Scotch tape during the first day of the Salvation Army's Toy Lift in St. Louis on November 30, 2004. On May 27, 1930, Richard Gurley Drew received a patent for his adhesive tape, which was later manufactured by 3M as Scotch tape. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI | License Photo

Today is Wednesday, May 27, the 148th day of 2020 with 218 to follow.

The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus. Evening stars are Mercury and Venus.

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Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. They include financier Cornelius Vanderbilt in 1794; social reformer Amelia Bloomer, for whom the undergarment was named, in 1818; poet Julia Ward Howe, who wrote the lyrics for "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," in 1819; frontiersman James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok in 1837; detective novelist Dashiell Hammett in 1894; writer Rachel Carson in 1907; composer Harold Rome in 1908; Hubert Humphrey, U.S. vice president/longtime U.S. senator, in 1911; actor Vincent Price in 1911; Golf hall of fame member Sam Snead in 1912; author Herman Wouk in 1915; actor Christopher Lee in 1922; former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in 1923 (age 97); writer Harlan Ellison in 1934; jazz musician Ramsey Lewis in 1935 (age 85); actor Lee Meriwether in 1935 (age 85); actor Louis Gossett Jr. in 1936 (age 84); singer/songwriter Don Williams in 1939; actor Bruce Weitz in 1943 (age 77); actor Peri Gilpin in 1961 (age 59); actor Todd Bridges in 1965 (age 55); actor Joseph Fiennes in 1970 (age 50); actor Paul Bettany in 1971 (age 49); singer Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes in 1971; actor Jack McBrayer in 1973 (age 47); celebrity chef Jamie Oliver in 1975 (age 45); rapper Andre 3000, born Andre Benjamin, in 1975 (age 45); actor Shanola Hampton in 1977 (age 43); actor Chris Colfer in 1990 (age 30); actor/model Lily-Rose Depp in 1999 (age 21).

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On this date in history:

In 1703, Czar Peter the Great founded St. Petersburg as the new capital of Russia.

In 1930, Richard Gurley Drew received a patent for his adhesive tape, which was later manufactured by 3M as Scotch tape. Drew died in 1980.

In 1937, San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge was opened. An estimated 200,000 people crossed it the first day.

In 1941, after attacks by British ships and planes, the German battleship Bismarck sank 400 miles west of the French port of Brest.

In 1943, former Olympic distance runner Louis Zamperini's B-24 bomber crashed in the Pacific Ocean during a rescue mission. He and one other survivor were captured by the Japanese and made prisoners of war. His story became the subject of the book Unbroken and a film by the same name directed by Angelina Jolie.

In 1968, the U.S. nuclear submarine USS Scorpion was reported overdue in the Atlantic with 99 men aboard. The wreckage was located in October 1968.

In 1990, Cesar Gaviria, 34, was elected president of Colombia after a campaign in which three candidates were killed. He vowed to make no deals with the cocaine cartels.

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In 1992, hours after a Russian-brokered cease-fire went into effect in Bosnia, Serb guerrillas launched a surprise mortar bombardment on Sarajevo, killing at least 20 people and injuring up to 160 more waiting in lines to buy bread.

In 1997, an F5 tornado half a mile wide ripped through the small Texas town of Jarrell, killing 27 people, including a family of five.

In 2004, a federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld Oregon's law authorizing doctors to help their terminally ill patients kill themselves.

In 2006, an earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Java, killing approximately 5,000 people and leaving an estimated 200,000 homeless.

In 2019, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was ousted by a no-confidence vote amid a corruption scandal. He reclaimed his job in a snap election months later.


A thought for the day: "You cannot go into a shop and buy a good game of golf." -- American golfer Sam Snead

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