EST. DECEMBER 1994 ⢠30+ YEARS ONLINE
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TODAY IN HISTORY
May 27
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Day 146 of 2026 | Week 22 | 213 days until Christmas đ
HISTORIC EVENTS
Maryland Flood Event: A flood occurs throughout the Patapsco Valley, causing one death, destroying the entire first floors of buildings on Main Street in Ellicott City, and causing cars to overturn.
Andrew Scheer takes over after Rona Ambrose as the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Barack Obama is the first president of the United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha.
The football club Kerala Blasters FC and its first supporters' group Manjappada are formed.
The 6.4 Mw⯠Yogyakarta earthquake shakes central Java with an MSK intensity of VIII (Damaging), leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured.
Members of Abu Sayyaf, an Islamist separatist group, seize twenty hostages from an affluent island resort on Palawan in the Philippines; the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002.
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-96, the first shuttle mission to dock with the International Space Station.
Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
The 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak occurs, spawning multiple tornadoes in Central Texas, including the F5 that killed 27 in Jarrell.
First Chechen War: Russian president Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechen rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
American actress
Japanese golfer (Evian Championship 2024; LPGA of Japan Tour Player of the Year 2020-21)
American gymnast (Olympic Gold medal floor 2020
English classical pianist
Australian golfer (Evian C'ship 2021; US Open 2022; PGA C'ship 2025)
Canadian athlete (World C'ship gold pole vault 2019; World Indoor Tour 2016)
New Zealand rugby union utility back (83 caps; World Male Rugby Player of the Year 2016
American football cornerback (Pro Bowl 2014
Algerian high jumper (Olympic Bronze in 2000) and politician
American football defensive tackle (Pro Bowl 1998
British chef
Australian cricketer (Western Australia; Chennai Super Kings)
British heavy metal rock singer and musician (DragonForce; Skid Row)
American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Heisman Trophy 1996
American politician and conspiracy theorist (Rep-R-Georgia 2021-)
đŻ yow.com Connection
On March 9, 1994 - just months before yow.com would be registered - the internet was still in its infancy. There were only about 3,000 websites in existence, and most people accessed the web through 14.4kbps dial-up modems. Today, you're visiting a domain that has survived 30+ years of that incredible evolution.
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