1679-Habeas Corpus Act passes in England, strengthening a person's right to challenge unlawful arrest and imprisonment1703-Saint Petersburg (Leningrad) is founded by Russian Tsar Peter the Great1873-Heinrich Schliemann discovers "Priam's Treasure" a cache of gold and other objects in Hisarlik (Troy) in Anatolia1905-Japanese fleet destroys the Russian East Sea fleet in the Battle of Tsushima, the only decisive clash between modern steel battleships in history1940-British and Allied forces begin the evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) during World War II1963-Jomo Kenyatta is elected as the first Prime Minister of Kenya1999-International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo2006-An earthquake strikes Java, Indonesia, at 5:53:58 AM local time, devastating Bantul and the city of Yogyakarta and killing over 6,600 people
WEDNESDAY, May 27, 2026 - The Korea Times
1679-Habeas Corpus Act passes in England, strengthening a person's right to challenge unlawful arrest and imprisonment 1703-Saint Petersburg (Lenin...
The Korea Times' May 27 roundup lists eight historical milestones, from England's 1679 Habeas Corpus Act to a 2006 Java earthquake that killed over 6,600 people. Content is purely historical with no tech or market signal; Habeas Corpus occasionally surfaces as a legal reference in digital-rights and surveillance-law compliance debates.







