What day of the week was May 27, 1896?

The day of the week May 27th, 1896 fell on was a Wednesday.

Aleksandr Stoletov the Russian physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1839) died on this day in 1896.

The F4-strength St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado hits in St. Louis the Missouri, and East Saint Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing $2.9 billion in damage (1997 USD).