Event:
President Barack Obama plans to keep 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan through the end of 2015 and then reduce this number over the following two years to a small force; the troops will train Afghan forces and conduct counterterrorism operations
More Notable Events on May 27:
1994 Larry King ended his radio show
1988 Senate ratified a treaty eliminating medium-range nuclear missiles
1969 Walt Disney World construction begins
1937 Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, dedicated
1919 Charles Strite patents pop-up toaster
