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Article: Today in History - May 27
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Today is Tuesday, May 27, the 148th day of 2008. There are 218 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On May 27, 1937, the newly completed Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, Calif., was opened to pedestrian traffic. (Vehicular traffic began crossing the bridge the next day.)
On this date:
In 1818, American reformer Amelia Jenks Bloomer, who popularized the garment that bears her name _ "bloomers" _ was born in Homer, N.Y.
In 1896, 255 people were killed when a tornado struck St. Louis and East St. Louis, Ill.
In 1933, Walt Disney's Academy Award-winning animated short "The Three Little Pigs" was ...