June 27
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June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 187 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Events [change]
- 1358 – The Republic of Dubrovnik is founded.
- 1709 – Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.
- 1759 – General James Wolfe starts siege of Quebec.
- 1806 – The British capture Buenos Aires.
- 1844 – Joseph Smith, Jr and his brother Hyrum murdered in Carthage Jail, Carthage, Illinois.
- 1864 – Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in the American Civil War.
- 1867 – The Bank of California opens its doors
- 1893 – Crash of the New York Stock Exchange.
- 1898 – First solo circumnavigation of the globe completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island Nova Scotia.
- 1899 – A. E. J. Collins scores 628 not-out, a record score in cricket.
- 1905 – Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin.
- 1927 – Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi leads a conference to discuss Japan's plans for China.
- 1941 – Romanian government forces, supporting Nazi Germany, launch a violent pogrom against the Jewish population of the city of Iasi, Romania; 13,266 are subsequently murdered.
- 1945 – Under Secretary of the Navy Ralph Bard sends memo to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson urging that the United States give "preliminary warning" to Japan before using the atomic bomb on a Japanese target.
- 1946 – The Parliament of Canada establishes the definition (meaning) of Canadian citizenship.
- 1950 – The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
- 1953 – Joseph Laniel becomes Prime Minister of France.
- 1954 – World's first nuclear power station opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
- 1954 – Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz is removed from power with US assistance.
- 1957 – Hurricane Audrey kills 500 people in Louisiana and Texas.
- 1963 – John F. Kennedy visits his ancestral home in County Wexford, Republic of Ireland.
- 1967 – World's first ATM installed in Enfield, London.
- 1972 – ATARI is established by Nolan Bushnell.
- 1974 – US President Richard Nixon visits the U.S.S.R.
- 1976 – Air France Flight 139 is captured by Palestinian militants and diverted to Entebbe Airport in Uganda.
- 1977 – France grants independence to Djibouti.
- 1977 – Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) becomes a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
- 1979 – Muhammad Ali announces his retirement from boxing.
- 1980 – A commercial DC-9 (Itavia Flight 870) is apparently shot down.
- 1982 – Space Shuttle Columbia is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.
- 1984 – Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Albert Einstein Peace Prize.
- 1985 – Route 66 ceases to be an official highway.
- 1986 – International Court of Justice finds against the United States in its judgement in the Nicaragua v. United States.
- 1988 – In Atlantic City, New Jersey, Mike Tyson becomes Boxing Heavyweight Champion of the World, defeating Michael Spinks.
- 1991 – Slovenia, which declared independent two days previously, is invaded by Yugoslavia troops, tanks, and aircraft.
- 1995 – Jodi Huisentruit, an anchorwoman in Mason City, Iowa disappears, presumably abducted.
- 1998 – 130 people are killed in an earthquake in southwestern Turkey.
- 2001 – International Court of Justice finds against the United States in its judgement in the LaGrand Case.
- 2006 – Brazil's Ronaldo becomes the highest goalscorer in FIFA World Cup history, with 15 goals.
- 2007 – Gordon Brown becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Tony Blair.
- 2008 – In a highly scrutinised election, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe claims a landslide victory, after opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn, citing violence against MDC supporters.
Births [change]
- 1040 – King Ladislaus I of Hungary (d. 1095)
- 1350 – Manuel II Palaiologus, Eastern Roman Emperor (d. 1425)
- 1462 – King Louis XII of France (d. 1515)
- 1550 – King Charles IX of France (d. 1574)
- 1682 – King Charles XII of Sweden (d. 1718) (June 17 in Swedish calendar)
- 1806 – Augustus De Morgan, English mathematician (d. 1871)
- 1838 – Paul von Mauser, weapon designer (d. 1914)
- 1840 – Ingram Bywater, British classical philologist (d. 1914)
- 1846 – Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish nationalist political leader (d. 1891)
- 1850 – Lafcadio Hearn, author (d. 1904)
- 1869 – Hans Spemann, German doctor and zoologist, won the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1941)
- 1869 – Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-American anarchist, feminist, free love advocate (d. 1940)
- 1870 – Frank Rattray Lillie, zoologist, embryologist (d. 1947)
- 1880 – Helen Keller, American writer and spokeswoman for the deaf and blind (d. 1968)
- 1882 – Eduard Spranger, philosopher, psychologist and educator (d. 1963)
- 1885 – Guilhermina Suggia, Portuguese cellist (d. 1950)
- 1891 – Vladimir Petlyakov, Russian aircraft designer (d. 1942)
- 1899 – Juan Trippe, American airline entrepreneur (d. 1981)
- 1905 – Armand Mondou, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)
- 1906 – Catherine Cookson, British author (d. 1998)
- 1908 – Joao Guimaraes Rosa, Brazilian writer (d. 1967)
- 1910 – Pierre Joubert, French artist (d. 2002)
- 1913 – Willie Mosconi, professional billiards player (d. 1993)
- 1914 – Robert Aickman, English author (d. 1981)
- 1925 – Michael Dummett, English philosopher (d. 2011)
- 1925 – Jerome Felder, AKA Doc Pomus, musician, composer (d. 1991)
- 1927 – Otto Herbert Hajek, German sculptor (d. 2005)
- 1928 – Rudy Perpich, American politician (d. 1995)
- 1930 – Ross Perot, American billionaire and politician
- 1931 – Martinus J. G. Veltman, Dutch physicist
- 1932 – Anna Moffo, American soprano (d. 2006)
- 1935 – Laurent Terzieff, French actor (d. 2010)
- 1938 – Bruce Babbitt, American politician
- 1941 – Krzysztof Kieslowski, film director (d. 1996)
- 1942 – Bruce Johnston, American musician (The Beach Boys)
- 1949 – Vera Wang, fashion designer
- 1951 – Mary McAleese, former President of Ireland
- 1952 – Madan Kumar Bhandari, Nepalese politician
- 1955 – Isabelle Adjani, French actress
- 1959 – Clint Boon, musician best known for playing keyboards in the band Inspiral Carpets
- 1961 – Meera Syal, British actress, comedienne and writer
- 1962 – Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Hong Kong actor
- 1966 – J. J. Abrams, television writer and producer
- 1969 – Viktor Petrenko, Ukrainian figure skater
- 1970 – Jim Edmonds, American baseball player
- 1970 – Vitamin C, pop singer
- 1971 – Jo Frost, English nanny and television personality
- 1971 – Dipendra of Nepal (d. 2001)
- 1975 – Tobey Maguire, American actor
- 1977 – Raúl, Spanish footballer
- 1977 – Arkadiusz Radomski, Polish footballer
- 1978 – Anna Kumble, British singer
- 1979 – Fabrizio Miccoli, Italian footballer
- 1980 – Kevin Pietersen, English cricketer
- 1983 – Alsou, Russian singer
- 1984 – Gokhan Inler, Swiss footballer
- 1984 – Khloe Kardashian, American reality television personality
- 1985 – Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russian tennis player
- 1985 – James Hook, Welsh rugby player
- 1985 – Nico Rosberg, Finnish-German racing driver
- 1985 – Jose Holebas, German-born Greek footballer
- 1987 – Ed Westwick, English actor
- 1988 – Celia Okoyino de Mbabi, German footballer
- 1991 – Madylin Sweeten, American actress
Deaths [change]
- 363 – Emperor Julian (b. 313)
- 1162 – Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118)
- 1149 – Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch (b. 1099)
- 1458 – Alfonso V of Aragon (b. 1396)
- 1574 – Giorgio Vasari, Italian artist (b. 1511)
- 1655 – Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1598)
- 1794 – Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz, Austrian statesman (b. 1711)
- 1794 – Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French nobleman (b. 1715)
- 1794 – Anne d'Arpajon, comtesse de Noailles, French noblewoman (b. 1729)
- 1829 – James Smithson, founder of the Smithsonian Institute
- 1831 – Sophie Germain, French mathematician (b. 1776)
- 1844 – Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (b. 1800)
- 1844 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1805)
- 1907 – Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American educator (b. 1822)
- 1917 – Karl Allmenroder, German World War I ace (b. 1896)
- 1935 – Eugene Augustin Lauste, French inventor (b. 1857)
- 1944 – Milan Hodza, Slovakian politician (b. 1878)
- 1952 – Elmo Lincoln, actor (b. 1889)
- 1957 – Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1924)
- 1957 – Malcolm Lowry, novelist (b. 1909)
- 1960 – Lottie Dod, English athlete (b. 1871)
- 1970 – Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (b. 1902)
- 1986 – George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1905)
- 1989 – Alfred Jules Ayer, British philosopher (b. 1910)
- 1996 – Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (b. 1909)
- 1998 – Kerim Tekin, Turkish singer
- 1999 – Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek military leader (b. 1919)
- 2000 – Pierre Pfimlin, French politician (b. 1907)
- 2001 – Jack Lemmon, American actor and film director (b. 1925)
- 2001 – Tove Jansson, Finnish author of the Moomin books (b. 1914)
- 2002 – John Entwistle, English musician, bass player for The Who (b. 1944)
- 2004 – Darrell Russell, NHRA drag racer (b. 1968)
- 2011 – Elaine Stewart, American actress (b. 1930)
