May 27 in history: • 1096 – The largest of the Rhineland massacres (depicted) took place in Mainz, where at least 1,100 Jews were killed by the People's Crusade. → go there • 1896 – One of the deadliest and most destructive tornadoes in U.S. history struck St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing more than 255 people and injuring at least 1,000 others. → go there • 1983 – An explosion at an illegal fireworks factory near Benton, Tennessee, killed eleven people. → go there • 2001 – Twenty tourists were kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf militants in Palawan, Philippines, triggering a hostage crisis that lasted for more than a year. → go there • 2014 – The football club Kerala Blasters FC and its first supporters' group Manjappada were formed. → go there Died 366: Procopius Wiki link Born 1860: Margrethe Munthe Wiki link Born 1971: Sophie Walker Wiki link Born 2002: Jérémy Doku Wiki link Pictured: Massacre of the Jews of Metz, by the 19th-century painter [[Auguste Migette]].