Birthday Meme

My compulsory entry for the latest birthday meme wave. (Go to Wikipedia, enter the month and day of your birth, but not the year, and pick 3 events, 2 bithdays, one death, and one holiday or observance).

For May 27th:

EVENTS

1328 - Philip VI is crowned King of France.

1703 - Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.

1924 - The Music Corporation of America (MCA) is founded.

BIRTHDAYS

1911 - Vincent Price, American actor (d. 1993)

1935 - Ramsey Lewis, American pianist

DEATH

1840 - Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1782)

HOLIDAY OR OBSERVANCE

Lag Ba’omer in Judaism (2005)