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June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining.
[edit] Events
- 678 - Saint Agatho begins his reign as a Catholic Pope.
- 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik founded
- 1542 - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo claims California for Spain.
- 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.
- 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.
- 1759 - General James Wolfe starts siege of Quebec.
- 1806 - The British capture Buenos Aires.
- 1844 - Joseph Smith, Jr., murdered along with his brother, Hyrum, at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
- 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Kennesaw Mountain.
- 1867 - The Bank of California is created.
- 1893 - Crash of the New York Stock Exchange.
- 1898 - The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
- 1950 - The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
- 1953 - Joseph Laniel becomes Prime Minister of France.
- 1954 - The world's first nuclear power station opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
- 1957 - Hurricane Audrey kills 500 people in Louisiana and Texas.
- 1966 - The first broadcast of Dark Shadows is aired on ABC-TV.
- 1967 - The world's first ATM is installed in Enfield, London.
- 1969 - Stonewall riots begin in New York city.
- 1974 - U.S president Richard Nixon visits the U.S.S.R..
- 1976 - Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.
- 1977 - France grants independence to Djibouti.
- 1979 - Muhammad Ali announces his retirement from boxing.
- 1980 - A commercial DC-9 (Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870) crashes near Ustica, Italy, killing 81
- 1984 - Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Albert Einstein Peace Prize.
- 1985 - Route 66 ceases to be an official U.S. highway.
- 1986 - The International Court of Justice finds against the United States in its judgement in Nicaragua v. United States.
- 1988 - 59 are killed and 55 are injured as a runaway train in Gare de Lyon, France plows into a packed rush-hour train.
- 1991 - Slovenia, after declaring independence two days previous, is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft, starting the Ten-Day War.
- 1998 - Opening of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Malaysia.
- 2001 - International Court of Justice finds against the United States in its judgement in the LaGrand Case.
- 2005 - AMD files broad antitrust complaint against Intel Corporation in U.S. Federal District Court, alleging abuse of monopoly powers and antitrust violations.
- 2007 - Airdate for First Annual Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, awarded to Paul Simon
[edit] Births
- 1040 - King Ladislaus I of Hungary (d. 1095)
- 1350 - Manuel II Palaeologus, Eastern Roman Emperor
- 1462 - King Louis XII of France (d. 1515)
- 1550 - King Charles IX of France (d. 1574)
- 1696 - William Pepperrell, British colonial soldier (d. 1759)
- 1717 - Louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist (d. 1799)
- 1838 - Paul von Mauser, German weapon designer (d. 1914)
- 1846 - Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish independence fighter (d. 1891)
- 1850 - Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-born author (d. 1904)
- 1850 - Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician (d. 1919)
- 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)
- 1870 - Frank Rattray Lillie, American zoologist and embryologist (d. 1947)
- 1880 - Helen Keller, American spokeswoman for the deaf and blind (d. 1968)
- 1882 - Eduard Spranger, German philosopher, psychologist, and educator (d. 1963)
- 1884 - Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher and poet (d. 1962)
- 1888 - Antoinette Perry, New York Stage Director, Tony Award named for her (d. 1946}
- 1899 - Juan Trippe, Airline entrepreneur and pioneer, Pan Am founder (d. 1981)
- 1913 - Willie Mosconi, American billiards player (d. 1993)
- 1914 - Robert Aickman, English author (d. 1981)
- 1914 - Giorgio Almirante, Italian politician (d. 1988)
- 1923 - Jacques Berthier, French liturgical composer (d. 1994)
- 1924 - Rosalie Allen, American singer and disc jockey (d. 2003)
- 1924 - Bob Appleyard, English cricketer
- 1925 - Doc Pomus, American musician and composer (d. 1991)
- 1927 - Bob Keeshan, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1928 - Rudy Perpich, American politician (d. 1995)
- 1929 - William Afflis, American wrestler (d. 1991)
- 1930 - Ross Perot, American billionaire and politician
- 1931 - Charles Bronfman, Canadian industrialist
- 1931 - Martinus J. G. Veltman, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1932 - Anna Moffo, American soprano (d. 2006)
- 1932 - Eddie Kasko, baseball player
- 1935 - Laurent Terzieff, French actor
- 1938 - Tommy Cannon, British comedian
- 1939 - Rahul Dev Burman, Indian music composer, singer and actor (d. 1994)
- 1941 - Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish film director (d. 1996)
- 1941 - Bill Baxley, Alabama Politician; attorney general and lieutenant governor
- 1942 - Bruce Johnston, American singer/songwriter, member of The Beach Boys
- 1942 - Frank Mills, Canadian pianist and composer
- 1943 - Rico Petrocelli, Major League baseball player
- 1943 - Kjersti Døvigen, Norwegian actress
- 1944 - Patrick Sercu, Belgian cyclist
- 1948 - Camile Baudoin, New Orleans rock guitarist
- 1949 - Vera Wang, American fashion designer
- 1951 - Mary McAleese, President of Ireland
- 1955 - Isabelle Adjani, French actress
- 1956 - Heiner Dopp, German field hockey player
- 1956 - Brad Childress, American Football Coach (Minnesota Vikings)
- 1958 - Magnus Lindberg, Finnish composer
- 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
- 1962 - Meera Syal, English comedian, writer, singer, journalist, and actress
- 1963 - Johnny Benson, American NASCAR driver
- 1964 - Stephan Brenninkmeijer, Dutch film producer and director
- 1964 - Chuck Person, basketball player
- 1966 - J.J. Abrams, American television writer and producer
- 1967 - Sylvie Fréchette, French Canadian synchronized swimmer
- 1968 - Pascale Bussières, French Canadian actress
- 1970 - Jim Edmonds, baseball player
- 1970 - Vitamin C, American singer
- 1974 - Big Moe, Original member of the Screwed Up Click
- 1975 - Tobey Maguire, American actor
- 1975 - Daryle Ward, baseball player
- 1975 - Ace Darling, American professional wrestler
- 1975 - Sarah Evanetz, Canadian swimmer
- 1977 - Raúl, Spanish footballer
- 1977 - Arkadiusz Radomski, Polish footbaler
- 1978 - Stefan Arason, Icelandic composer
- 1979 - Kim Gyu-ri, South Korean actress
- 1979 - John Warne, American musician (Relient K, formerly of Ace Troubleshooter)
- 1980 - Kevin Pietersen, English cricketer
- 1980 - Craig Terrill, American football player
- 1983 - Alsou, Russian singer
- 1983 - Dale Steyn, South African cricketer
- 1983 - Evan Taubenfeld, American musician
- 1984 - Julie Ordon, Swiss model
- 1984 - Emma Lahana, New Zealand actress & singer
- 1985 - Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russian tennis player
- 1985 - Nico Rosberg, German race car driver
- 1986 - Drake Bell, American actor and musician
- 1988 - Kate Ziegler, American swimmer
- 1991 - Madylin Sweeten, American actress
[edit] Deaths
- 1149 - Raymond of Antioch
- 1162 - Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118)
- 1458 - King Alfonso V of Aragon (b. 1396)
- 1574 - Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and architect (b. 1511)
- 1603 - Jan Dymitr Solikowski, Polish archbishop, writer, and diplomat (b. 1539)
- 1627 - John Hayward, English historian
- 1655 - Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1598)
- 1672 - Roger Twysden, English antiquarian (b. 1597)
- 1720 - Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu, French poet (b. 1639)
- 1773 - Mentewab, dowager Empress of Ethiopia (b. circa 1706)
- 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 and philanthropist (b. 1765)
- 1831 - Sophie Germain, French mathematician (b. 1776)
- 1839 - Prince Milan Obrenović II of Serbia (b. 1819)
- 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)
- 1912 - George Bonnor, Australian cricketer (b. 1855)
- 1917 - Karl Allmenroder, German World War I Ace (b. 1896)
- 1920 - Adolphe-Basile Routhier, French Canadien lyricist (O Canada) (b. 1839)
- 1944 - Milan Hodža, Slovak politician (b. 1878)
- 1952 - Max Dehn, German mathematician (b. 1878)
- 1954 - Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (b. 1881)
- 1957 - Malcolm Lowry, English novelist (b. 1909)
- 1960 - Lottie Dod, English athlete (b. 1871)
- 1970 - Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (b. 1902)
- 1984 - Alan Dennison, English professional wrestler (b. 1932)
- 1988 - Hillel Slovak, Israeli born guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers (b. 1962)
- 1991 - Klaas Bruinsma, Dutch drug lord (b. 1953)
- 1996 - Cubby Broccoli, American film producer (b. 1909)
- 1999 - George Papadopoulos, Greek dictator (b. 1919)
- 2001 - Tove Jansson, Finnish author, the creator of the Moomins (b. 1914)
- 2001 - Jack Lemmon, American actor (b. 1925)
- 2002 - John Entwistle, English bassist (The Who) (b. 1944)
- 2003 - David Newman, American filmmaker (b. 1937)
- 2004 - George Patton IV, American general (b. 1923)
- 2004 - Darrell Russell, American race car driver (b. 1968)
- 2005 - Shelby Foote, American author and historian (b. 1917)
- 2005 - John T. Walton, American businessman (b. 1946)
- 2005 - Ray Holmes, Battle of Britain veteran (b. 1914)
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