It happened on a… May 27

2021

“Friends” reunion screens, 17 years after the TV sitcom series ended.

2020

America’s COVID-19 death toll passes 100,000 equal to number of US servicemen and women killed in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan put together.

2018

South Korean boy band BTS are the first K-pop group to top the Billboard 200 with their album “Love Yourself: Tear”.

2005

DreamWorks releases computer-animated film “Madagascar” with voices by Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, and Jada Pinkett-Smith.

1999

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.

1995

In Charlottesville, VA, Christopher Reeve was paralyzed after being thrown from his horse during a jumping event.

1977

The Sex Pistols release “God Save the Queen”, sparking major controversy and leading to a ban on the song by the BBC

Pierre Elliott Trudeau agrees to separation with wife Margaret; retains custody of three children.

1969

Construction of Walt Disney World began in Florida.

1968

Major League Baseball’s National League awards Montreal the first franchise in Canada and the first franchise outside the United States. (the Montreal Expos)