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.

For more on Stevenson and Stevenson Aerodrome.

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