Talk:May 27

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May 27: Memorial Day in the United States Manchu Prince Dorgon 1644 – Manchu regent Dorgon (depicted) defeated rebel leader Li Zicheng of the Shun dynasty at the Battle of Shanhai Pass, allowing the Manchus to enter and conquer the capital city of Beijing. 1799 – War of the Second Coalition: Austrian forces defeated the French Army of the Danube, capturing the strategically important Swiss town of Winterthur. 1954 – The security clearance of American nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, head of Project Y, was revoked. 1967 – Australians voted overwhelmingly to include Indigenous Australians in population counts for constitutional purposes and to allow the federal government to make special laws affecting them in states. 1997 – A destructive F5 tornado moved through Jarrell, Texas, killing 27 people and injuring a further 12. Diego Ramírez de Arellano (d. 1624) Julia Ward Howe (b. 1819) Cilla Black (b. 1943) Gérard Jean-Juste (d. 2009) More anniversaries: May 26 May 27 May 28

Suggestions for removal

- "May 27, 2006: The final of the 2006 Super 14 will be played." I fail to see the encyclopedic relevance of this fact; finals in sports tournaments are played all over the world on any given day. (Btw, May 27th is my birthday too :-)

Agree. Be Bold. --nsandwich 03:52, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Question

Should the fact that every comic paid tribute to peanuts on this day in 2000? LazyLaces 13:55, 19 March 2007 (UTC) dorkwad —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.200.107.166 (talk) 05:07, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

No, because it was not an important world event; it was merely tributes to its writer from other cartoonists. Jim Michael (talk) 22:01, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

2006 Java earthquake

May 26 and 27 have the Java Earthquake listed as an event. One needs to be removed, but I am not sure of the true date. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.91.171.42 (talk) 13:40, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Cellophane Tape Day

Perhaps a silly observation, but there are many such observations in Wikipedia and posted on calendar days. May 27 is the anniversary of the cellophane tape patent, and it is referenced as well. theprez98 (talk) 13:40, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

This is not an observance. No one celebrates it and it isn't the subject of an article as is required by WP:DOY. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 14:02, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

To be fair, you can't really say that "no one celebrates it" without having actual knowledge; but your point about WP:DOY is well-taken. Maybe their should be such an article! theprez98 (talk) 17:46, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

It is not observed by a significant number of people, hence no article about it should be created. Jim Michael (talk) 22:01, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Dragon Warrior

Bringing this here per WP:BRD. I believe this meets the definition of being important as its only systemic bias that caused it to be removed. If you look at the impact the game and the franchise has had on the industry and on the nation of Japan you will see how important the date is. It is also marked on of the few clear turning points in video game history by RSes and as such a date can be assigned.∞陣内Jinnai 18:20, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Model T Ford

"1927 – The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A."

The wikipedia page for the Model T ( http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Ford_Model_T#Production ) says "On May 26, 1927 Henry Ford and his son Edsel, drove the 15 millionth Model T out of the factory. This marked the famous automobile's official last day of production at the main factory." Either this page should be clarified to the exact meaning, a source added, or this item moved to the previous day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.217.33.146 (talk) 23:12, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

The Venerable Bede

According to his Wikipedia [[1]], Bede’s feast day is on either the 25th or 27th May.

The entry on the Roman Calender says it’s on the 25th.

Can we get this clarified, please?

Cuddy2977 (talk) 16:26, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

 Done Toddst1 (talk) 18:46, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Eric Morecambe's date of death

@The Emperor of Byzantium: can you please confirm Eric's date of death? The Graham McGann reference you use is also used on his page (footnote 20), to support the claim that "he died just before 3 a.m on Monday 28 May". Cheers, Kiwipete (talk) 09:37, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

Larry Kramer - LGBT activist?

In the Larry Kramer article I don't see any explicit activism by Kramer on behalf of lesbians or bisexual or transgender people, so is "LGBT" activist correct? JezGrove (talk) 23:24, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

Yes, good question, @JezGrove. His article refers to him as a "gay rights activist". Maybe that should be used. @OwenBlacker - this was an entry you added on 28 May 2020 - do you have any comments? Kiwipete (talk) 23:32, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

The terms are broadly synonymous and what we called "gay rights activism" in the 1970s and 1980s is generally called "LGBT rights activism" now; it's generally only transphobes who try to use less-inclusive terms — though, to be clear, I am not suggesting that is the rationale for this discussion.

For references using the term "LGBT":

• The Lancet's obit uses "LGBT activist"
• The Montgomery Fellows Program at Dartmouth College describes him as an "LGBT rights activist"
• as does The Cooper Union's video about him
• Other obituaries using "LGBT activist" or "LGBT rights" include: NBC, San Francisco Chronicle, Windy City Times, Timeline Theatre Company and Pink Alliance Hong Kong
• Virginia Film Festival described him as a "distinguished playwright and LGBT rights activist" in his biog (when he was alive, so will presumably have been approved personally or by his agent)
• The ALA's Rainbow Round Table describes him as an "LGBT/AIDS activist" in their review of his biopic
• Author pages on OUT magazine and POZ.com author pages both refer to "LGBT" rights
• AnOther magazine describes "Kramer’s impact in the LGBTQ community, for whom he fought for equality and attention, is undeniably vast"
• Brandon Cuicchi from ACT UP NYC repeatedly mentions "LGBT" and "LGBTQ" in his comments to Newsweek's obit
• the foundation set up at Yale by his brother is called the "Larry Kramer Initiative for Lesbian and Gay Studies"
• similarly, his brother's law firm refers to "LGBTQ Rights"

"LGBT rights" is the term we tend to use across Wikipedia — and indeed is how we name the User Group affiliate: Wikimedia LGBT+ — OwenBlacker (he/him; Talk; please {{ping}} me in replies) 12:03, 27 May 2023 (UTC)