Question: why is may 27 special?
Answer: Today is Monday, May 27, the 147th day of 2019. Today's Highlight in History: On May 27, 1941, the British Royal Navy sank the German battleship Bismarck off France with a loss of some 2,000 lives, three days after the Bismarck sank the HMS Hood with the loss of more than 1,400 lives.