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• ... that among gifts which Toirdelbach Ua Briain, later High King of Ireland, received from his patron Diarmait mac Maíl na mBó was the sword of Brian Boru (pictured)?
• ... that Mukti Bahini guerrillas were absorbed into the ranks of regular military officers and enlisted personnel upon the formation of Bangladesh's armed forces?
• ... that the Greasestock festival in New York showcases green technologies, such as vegetable-powered vehicles, solar vehicles, and organic farming exhibits?
• ... that World War II flying ace Franz Barten is credited for shooting down a total of 55 enemy aircraft?
• ... that The Metros, a five-piece punk pop band from Peckham, London, were formerly known as The Wanking Skankers?
• ... that a poem by Edward Coote Pinkney, a failed lawyer and former Navy midshipman, was used by Edgar Allan Poe to woo Sarah Helen Whitman?
• ... that a 2007 treaty significantly modified Indo-Bhutanese relations by reducing India's guiding role over Bhutan's foreign policy?
• ... that the Champlain Valley Transportation Museum in Plattsburgh, New York is home to the only known Type 82 Lozier in existence?
  

• A court in Ethiopia sentences former ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam in absentia to death for his role in the Red Terror.
• NASA's Phoenix (artist's impression pictured) lands on Mars, the first successful powered descent on the planet in over 30 years.
• In rugby union, Munster defeat Toulouse to win the Heineken Cup.
• The Lebanese Parliament elects General Michel Sleiman, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, to the six-month-vacant post of President.
• Dima Bilan wins the Eurovision Song Contest for Russia with "Believe".
• The International Court of Justice awards Pedra Branca to Singapore and Middle Rocks to Malaysia, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.
• The Union of South American Nations, a supranational union modelled on the European Union, is founded in Brasília.

May 27: Children's Day in Nigeria

• 1153 – Malcolm IV became King of Scotland at the age of twelve.
• 1703 – Russian Tsar Peter I founded Saint Petersburg after reconquering the Ingrian land from Sweden during the Great Northern War.
• 1860 – Expedition of the Thousand: Giuseppe Garibaldi (pictured) and his Redshirts launched their attack on Palermo, capital of the Two Sicilies.
• 1923 – French racing drivers André Lagache and René Léonard won the first running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans near Le Mans, Sarthe, France.
• 1937 – The Golden Gate Bridge, at the time the world's longest suspension bridge span, connecting the City of San Francisco to Marin County, California, opened.
• 1942 – Operation Anthropoid: Czech resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied Prague ambushed and mortally wounded Reinhard Heydrich, the chief of Reich Security Main Office and the Protector of Bohemia and Moravia.

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