May 27: Stevenson Aerodrome; Remembering the Rocket.

 May 27, 1882 - The Winnipeg Electric Street Railway Company was incorporated.

May 27, 1919 - In Winnipeg General Strike news.

May 27 / 28, 1928 - The Winnipeg Flying Club officially opened its airfield in the R.M. of St. James. It was named Stevenson Aerodrome after Captain Fred J. Stevenson, a decorated war pilot and pioneer bush pilot in Manitoba.  It was the forerunner to what is now the Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport.


May 27, 2000 - Maurice "The Rocket" Richard died.


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