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27 May 1647<\/h3>\n
Achsah Young of Windsor, Connecticut, becomes the first known American woman to be executed as a witch.<\/p>\n

27 May 1810<\/h3>\n
As colonel of the first Madras Fusiliers, he was involved in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny, meting out brutal retribution to captured mutineers and anyone suspected of supporting them.<\/p>\n

27 May 1818<\/h3>\n
Birth in Homer, New York of temperance campaigner and women\u2019s rights advocate Amelia Bloomer. She published her own newspaper, The Lily<\/em>, to promote causes in which she believed but is best-known for wearing the ankle-length pantaloons that bear her name.<\/p>\n

27 May 1941<\/h3>\n
After having her steering gear disabled by Fleet Air Arm aircraft and being badly damaged by the battleships King George V and Rodney, the German battleship Bismarck was sunk by torpedoes. Of the ship\u2019s 2,200 crew, 1,995 perished.<\/p>\n

27 May 1647<\/h3>\nAchsah Young of Windsor, Connecticut, becomes the first known American woman to be executed as a witch.<\/p>\n

27 May 1810<\/h3>\nAs colonel of the first Madras Fusiliers, he was involved in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny, meting out brutal retribution to captured mutineers and anyone suspected of supporting them.<\/p>\n

27 May 1818<\/h3>\nBirth in Homer, New York of temperance campaigner and women\u2019s rights advocate Amelia Bloomer. She published her own newspaper, The Lily<\/em>, to promote causes in which she believed but is best-known for wearing the ankle-length pantaloons that bear her name.<\/p>\n

27 May 1941<\/h3>\nAfter having her steering gear disabled by Fleet Air Arm aircraft and being badly damaged by the battleships King George V and Rodney, the German battleship Bismarck was sunk by torpedoes. Of the ship\u2019s 2,200 crew, 1,995 perished.<\/p>\n

27 May 1647<\/h3>\n
Achsah Young of Windsor, Connecticut, becomes the first known American woman to be executed as a witch.<\/p>\n

27 May 1810<\/h3>\n
As colonel of the first Madras Fusiliers, he was involved in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny, meting out brutal retribution to captured mutineers and anyone suspected of supporting them.<\/p>\n

27 May 1818<\/h3>\n
Birth in Homer, New York of temperance campaigner and women\u2019s rights advocate Amelia Bloomer. She published her own newspaper, The Lily<\/em>, to promote causes in which she believed but is best-known for wearing the ankle-length pantaloons that bear her name.<\/p>\n

27 May 1941<\/h3>\n
After having her steering gear disabled by Fleet Air Arm aircraft and being badly damaged by the battleships King George V and Rodney, the German battleship Bismarck was sunk by torpedoes. Of the ship\u2019s 2,200 crew, 1,995 perished.<\/p>\n