May 27 in history: World's first chess tournament, Pakistani army's massacre & more
| Updated: May 27, 2020, 09:59 AM IST
From World's first chess tournament to Russia signing security alliance with NATO.
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1851
World's first chess tournament begins in London.
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1941
WWII: U.S. President Roosevelt proclaims "unlimited national emergency".
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1971
Pakistani army massacre 200 unarmed civilians in Pabna, Bangladesh.
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1994
Nobel laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn returns to Russia after 20 years in exile.
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1997
Russian President Boris Yeltsin signs historic security alliance with NATO.