Talk:June 27
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- 678 - Saint Agatho began his reign as Pope.
- 1846 - Irish potato famine: An Irish newspaper ran a story about a new potato blight.
- 1954 - The world's first large-scale nuclear power plant opened in Obninsk, in the Soviet Union.
- 1967 - The world's first electronic automatic teller machine was installed in Enfield Town, London.
- 1969 - The Stonewall riots began in New York City, starting the modern gay rights movement.
- 1979 - Muhammad Ali (pictured) announced his retirement from boxing.
- 1986 - The International Court of Justice ruled against the United States in Nicaragua v. United States.
- 1991 - The Ten-Day War starts in Slovenia, two days after that country's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia.
[edit] Stonewall riots/Gay Pride Day June 28, not 27
Pinpointing the exact date of the Stonewall riots can be difficult as the events took place over several days, in fact over the better part of a week. However, it seems to be generally accepted that the initial police raid on the Stonewall Inn, which spurred the riots, took place somewhere between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m. on Saturday, June 28, 1969.
This was, of course, "Friday night", but still June 28. Furthermore, the protest continued on Saturday, June 28, with people returning to the site on Christopher Street, demonstrating and for the first time celebrating the events of the previous night, where the LGBT community had stood up to oppression and faught back. Also, the first "Christopher Street Liberation Day" (or today Gay Pride Day) march/parade took place exactly one year later, one Sunday, June 28, 1970, the 1st anniversary of the riots.
In NYC, Gay Pride Day is celebrated every year on the last Sunday in June. (The week leading up to that day is Gay Pride Week; June is Gay Pride Month.) However, if a date is to be associated with the Stonewall riots, that date should be June 28.
--194.255.112.18 20:41, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC)
