Today is Wednesday, May 27, the 147th day of 2026.

There are 218 days left in the year.

Today in history:
On May 27, 1937, the newly completed Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, California, was opened to pedestrian traffic (vehicles began crossing the next day).

Also on this date:
In 1896, 255 people were killed when a devastating F4 tornado struck St. Louis, Missouri, and East St.

Louis, Illinois.

In 1930, New York’s Chrysler Building, at the time the world’s tallest building, opened to the public.

In 1941, the British Royal Navy sank the German battleship Bismarck off France, killing over 2,000 German sailors.

In 1942, Doris “Dorie” Miller, a cook aboard the USS West Virginia, became the first African American to receive the Navy Cross for displaying “extraordinary courage and disregard for his own personal safety” during Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Lee Meriwether is 91. Actor Bruce Weitz is 83. Musician Bruce Cockburn is 81.

Singer Dee Dee Bridgewater is 76. Football Hall of Famer Jackie Slater is 72.

Actor Richard Schiff is 71.

Singer Siouxsie Sioux is 69. Comedian Adam Carolla is 62. Actor Todd Bridges is 61. Baseball Hall of Famer Jeff Bagwell is 58.

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.