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May 27

3 sourced moments from May 27 in history: Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of St. Petersburg (1703); The Golden Gate Bridge opens, the world's longest suspension span (1937); and The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic (1941).

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3 things happened on May 27

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1941 History · War & Conflict

The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic

Days after sinking HMS Hood, the pride of the German navy was hunted down and destroyed; only a fraction of its crew survived.

1937 Technology · Engineering

The Golden Gate Bridge opens, the world's longest suspension span

Before a single car crossed, roughly 200,000 people paid a quarter each to walk across San Francisco's new record-setting bridge.

1703 Geography · Cities

Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of St. Petersburg

On a damp island in the Neva delta, Peter laid a fortress that would become Russia's window on the West and its capital for two centuries.