Births on May 27

Irina Davydova

Born on May 27, 1988

Irina Davydova, Russian hurdler

Irina Andreyevna Davydova (Russian: Ирина Андреевна Давыдова; born 27 May 1988, Alexandrov) is a Russian athlete who competes in the 400 metres hurdles with a personal best time of 53.77 seconds.

Davydova won the gold medal at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki but was stripped of her medal in 2022 as well as all her results from 20 June 2012 to 30 June 2015.

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Events on 1988

14 Apr

Soviet Union
In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
29 May

Ronald Reagan
The U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
15 Nov

State of Palestine
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council.
16 Nov

Benazir Bhutto
In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan elect populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister of Pakistan.
19 Nov

Slobodan Milošević
Serbian communist representative and future Serbian and Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević publicly declares that Serbia is under attack from Albanian separatists in Kosovo as well as internal treachery within Yugoslavia and a foreign conspiracy to destroy Serbia and Yugoslavia.

Births on May 27

Irina Davydova

Born on May 27, 1988

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Events on 1988

Soviet Union

Ronald Reagan

State of Palestine

Benazir Bhutto

Slobodan Milošević