On This Day for May 27 - Founding of St. Petersburg, Vincent Price is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. May 27 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Vincent Price READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1703 Founding of St. Petersburg READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2020: American writer and gay rights activist Larry Kramer—whose confrontational style of advocacy, while divisive, was credited by many with catalyzing the response to the HIV/ AIDS crisis in the United States—died at age 84. [ Watch an overview of the early AIDS epidemic in the United States.] 2000: Canadian ice hockey player Maurice ("Rocket") Richard, who helped the Montreal Canadiens win eight Stanley Cups while becoming the first NHL player to score 500 goals, died at age 78. [ See where Maurice Richard ranks on our list of the 10 greatest hockey players of all time.] 1977: The British punk band the Sex Pistols released their second single, God Save the Queen, and it was quickly banned by the BBC and other outlets in England. [ Take our quiz about musical groups.] 1933: Walt Disney released the animated short film The Three Little Pigs, which featured the song Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?; highlighting fortitude in the face of adversity, both the cartoon and the song proved highly popular with Depression-era moviegoers. [ Test your knowledge of Disney.] 1912: American short-story writer and novelist John Cheever, known as "the Chekhov of the suburbs," was born. [Take our quiz about famous novels.] 1911: American Democratic politician Hubert Humphrey—who was the 38th U.S. vice president (1965–69), a presidential candidate (1968), and a liberal Senate leader (1949–65; 1971–78)—was born in Wallace, South Dakota. [ Read about 10 Democrats who made history.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1922 Christopher Lee English actor 1923 Henry A. Kissinger United States statesman 1975 Jamie Oliver British chef 1794 Cornelius Vanderbilt American industrialist and philanthropist [1794–1877] 1912 Sam Snead American golfer 1911 Vincent Price American actor SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2021 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help