June 27
is the 178th day of the year (179th in
leap years) in the
Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining.
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678 -
Saint Agatho begins his reign as a Catholic Pope.
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1542 -
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo claims
California for
Spain.
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1709 -
Peter the Great defeats
Charles XII of Sweden at the
Battle of Poltava.
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1743 -
War of the Austrian Succession:
Battle of Dettingen On the battlefield in Bavaria,
George II personally led troops into battle. The last time that a British monarch would command troops in the field.
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1759 - General
James Wolfe starts siege of
Quebec.
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1806 - The British capture
Buenos Aires.
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1844 -
Joseph Smith, Jr., murdered along with his brother, Hyrum, at the
Carthage, Illinois jail.
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1864 -
American Civil War:
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain.
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1867 - The
Bank of California is created.
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1893 - Crash of the
New York Stock Exchange.
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1898 - The first solo
circumnavigation of the globe is completed by
Joshua Slocum from
Briar Island,
Nova Scotia.
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1950 - The
United States decides to send troops to fight in the
Korean War.
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1953 -
Joseph Laniel becomes Prime Minister of
France.
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1954 - The world's first
nuclear power station opens in
Obninsk, near
Moscow.
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1957 -
Hurricane Audrey kills 500 people in
Louisiana and
Texas.
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1966 - The first broadcast of
Dark Shadows is aired on
ABC-TV.
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1967 - The world's first
ATM is installed in
Enfield,
London.
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1969 -
Stonewall riots begin in
New York city.
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1974 - U.S president
Richard Nixon visits the
U.S.S.R..
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1977 -
France grants independence to
Djibouti.
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1979 -
Muhammad Ali announces his retirement from
boxing.
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1980 - A commercial
DC-9 (
Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870) crashes near
Ustica,
Italy, killing 81
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1984 -
Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the
Albert Einstein Peace Prize.
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1985 -
Route 66 ceases to be an official U.S. highway.
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1986 - The
International Court of Justice finds against the
United States in its judgement in
Nicaragua v. United States.
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1988 - 59 are killed and 55 are injured as a runaway train in
Gare de Lyon,
France plows into a packed rush-hour train.
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1991 -
Slovenia, after declaring independence two days previous, is invaded by
Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft, starting the
Ten-Day War.
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1998 - Opening of the
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in
Malaysia.
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2001 -
International Court of Justice finds against the
United States in its judgement in the
LaGrand Case.
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2005 -
AMD files broad antitrust complaint against
Intel Corporation in U.S. Federal District Court, alleging abuse of
monopoly powers and
antitrust violations.
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1040 - King
Ladislaus I of Hungary (d.
1095)
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1350 -
Manuel II Palaeologus,
Eastern Roman Emperor*
1462 - King
Louis XII of France (d.
1515)
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1550 - King
Charles IX of France (d.
1574)
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1696 -
William Pepperrell, British colonial soldier (d.
1759)
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1717 -
Louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist (d.
1799)
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1838 -
Paul von Mauser, German weapon designer (d.
1914)
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1846 -
Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish independence fighter (d.
1891)
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1850 -
Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-born author (d.
1904)
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1869 -
Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-born anarchist and feminist (d.
1940)
* 1869 -
Hans Spemann, German embryologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d.
1941)
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1870 -
Frank Rattray Lillie, American zoologist and embryologist (d.
1947)
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1880 -
Helen Keller, American spokeswoman for the deaf and blind (d.
1968)
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1882 -
Eduard Spranger, German philosopher, psychologist, and educator (d.
1963)
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1884 -
Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher and poet (d.
1962)
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1888 -
Antoinette Perry, New York Stage Director,
Tony Award named for her (d.
1946}
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1913 -
Willie Mosconi, American billiards player (d.
1993)
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1923 -
Jacques Berthier, French liturgical composer (d.
1994)
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1924 -
Rosalie Allen, American singer and disc jockey (d.
2003)
* 1924 -
Bob Appleyard, English cricketer
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1925 -
Doc Pomus, American musician and composer (d.
1991)
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1927 -
Bob Keeshan, American actor (d.
2004)
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1928 -
Rudy Perpich, American politician (d.
1995)
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1929 -
William Afflis, wrestler (d.
1991)
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1930 -
Ross Perot, American billionaire and politician
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1931 -
Charles Bronfman, Canadian industrialist
* 1931 -
Martinus J. G. Veltman, Dutch physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate
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1932 -
Anna Moffo, American soprano (d.
2006)
* 1932 -
Eddie Kasko, baseball player
*
1935 -
Laurent Terzieff, French actor
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1941 -
Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish film director (d.
1996)
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1942 -
Bruce Johnston, American singer/songwriter, member of
The Beach Boys* 1942 -
Frank Mills, Canadian pianist and composer
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1943 -
Rico Petrocelli,
Major League baseball player
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1944 -
Patrick Sercu, Belgian cyclist
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1949 -
Vera Wang, American fashion designer
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1951 -
Mary McAleese,
President of Ireland*
1955 -
Isabelle Adjani, French actress
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1956 -
Heiner Dopp, German field hockey player
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1958 -
Magnus Lindberg, Finnish composer
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1959 -
Clint Boon, English musician (
Inspiral Carpets)
* 1959 -
Dan Jurgens, American comic book writer and artist
* 1959 -
Lorrie Morgan, American country music singer
*
1961 -
Margo Timmins, Canadian
folk-rock singer (
Cowboy Junkies)
*
1962 -
Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Hong Kong actor
* 1962 -
Michael Ball British singer
*
1963 -
Meera Syal, English comedian, writer, singer, journalist, and actress
* 1963 -
Johnny Benson, American
NASCAR driver
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1964 -
Chuck Person, basketball player
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1966 -
J.J. Abrams, American television writer and producer
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1967 -
Sylvie Fréchette, French Canadian synchronized swimmer
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1968 -
Pascale Bussières, French Canadian actress
*
1970 -
Jim Edmonds, baseball player
* 1970 -
Vitamin C, American singer
*
1971 -
Robert Earl Davis, Originator of Screw Music
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1975 -
Tobey Maguire, American actor
* 1975 -
Daryle Ward, baseball player
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1977 -
Raúl, Spanish footballer
* 1977 -
Arkadiusz Radomski, Polish footbaler
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1978 -
Stefan Arason, Icelandic composer
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1979 -
John Warne, American musician (
Relient K, formerly of
Ace Troubleshooter)
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1980 -
Kevin Pietersen, English cricketer
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1983 -
Alsou, Russian singer
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1985 -
Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russian tennis player
* 1985 -
Nico Rosberg, German Race car driver
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1986 -
Drake Bell, American actor and musician
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1988 -
Kate Ziegler, American swimmer
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1991 -
Madylin Sweeten, American actress
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1149 -
Raymond of Antioch*
1162 -
Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy (b.
1118)
*
1458 - King
Alfonso V of Aragon (b.
1396)
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1574 -
Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and architect (b.
1511)
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1603 -
Jan Dymitr Solikowski, Polish archbishop, writer, and diplomat (b.
1539)
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1627 -
John Hayward, English historian
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1655 -
Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b.
1598)
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1672 -
Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (b.
1597)
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1720 -
Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu, French poet (b.
1639)
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1794 -
Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz, Austrian statesman (b.
1711)
* 1794 -
Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French soldier (b.
1715)
*
1829 -
James Smithson, English scientist, financial bequest led to the founding of the
Smithsonian Institution (b.
1765)
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1831 -
Sophie Germain, French mathematician (b.
1776)
*
1839 - Prince
Milan Obrenović II of Serbia (b.
1819)
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1844 -
Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (murdered) (b.
1800)
* 1844 -
Joseph Smith, Jr. American founder of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (murdered) (b.
1805)
*
1920 -
Adolphe-Basile Routhier, French Canadien lyricist (
O Canada) (b.
1839)
*
1944 -
Milan Hodža, Slovak politician, champion of regional integration in Europe (b.
1878)
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1954 -
Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (b.
1881)
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1957 -
Malcolm Lowry, English novelist (b.
1909)
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1960 -
Lottie Dod, English athlete (b.
1871)
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1970 -
Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (b.
1902)
*
1984 -
Alan Dennison, wrestler
*
1991 -
Klaas Bruinsma, Dutch drug lord (murdered) (b.
1953)
*
1996 -
Cubby Broccoli, American film producer (b.
1909)
*
1999 -
George Papadopoulos, Greek dictator (b.
1919)
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2001 -
Tove Jansson, Finnish author (b.
1914)
* 2001 -
Jack Lemmon, American actor and film director (b.
1925)
*
2002 -
John Entwistle, English bassist (
The Who) (b.
1944)
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2004 -
George Patton IV, American general (b.
1923)
* 2004 -
Darrell Russell, American race car driver (b.
1968)
*
2005 -
Shelby Foote, American author and historian of the
The Civil War: A Narrative series (b.
1917)
* 2005 -
John T. Walton, American businessman (b.
1946)
* National
HIV Testing Day in
United States* National
Veterans' Day in the
United Kingdom [
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* Stonewall Day (date of many
gay pride celebrations, including those in
New York City,
San Francisco,
Toronto, and
Madrid)
Liturgical feasts
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Saint Cyril of Alexandria*
Saint Deodatus *
Saint Ferdinand of Aragon*
Saint Ladislas?movable?
Our Lady of Perpetual Assistance*
BBC: On This Day-
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