Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/June 27

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[edit] Births

• 1846 - Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish independence fighter (d. 1891)
• 1850 - Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-born author (d. 1904)
• 1869 - Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-born anarchist and feminist (d. 1940)
• 1880 - Helen Keller, (pictured) American spokeswoman for the deaf and blind (d. 1968)
• 1930 - Ross Perot, American billionaire and politician
• 1970 - Vitamin C, American singer
• 1975 - Tobey Maguire, American actor
• 1980 - Kevin Pietersen, English cricketer
• 1985 - Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russian tennis player
• 1986 - Drake Bell, American actor and musician

[edit] Deaths

• 1831 - Sophie Germain, French mathematician (b. 1776)
• 1844 - Joseph Smith, Jr., American, founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (murdered) (b. 1805)
• 1999 - George Papadopoulos, Greek dictator (b. 1919)
• 2001 - Jack Lemmon, American actor and film director (b. 1925)

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