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What happened in history on this day: June 27?
On June 27 in ...
- 678 - Saint Agatho begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 1462 - Birth of Louis XII (the Just) king of France (1498-1515).
- 1550 - Birth of Charles IX king of France (1560-74).
- 1682 - Birth of Charles XII king of Sweden (1697-1718).
- 1693 - First woman's magazine "The Ladies' Mercury" published (London).
- 1743 - English defeat French at Dettingen.
- 1806 - Buenos Aires captured by British.
- 1829 - James Smithson dies; his will establishes the Smithsonian Institute.
- 1838 - Birth of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee; Bengali novelist (Anandamath).
- 1844 - Joseph and Hyrum Smith, Mormon leaders, are killed by a mob in Carthage, Illinois, USA.
- 1848 - Death of Denis Auguste Affre, Archbishop of Paris (born 1793).
- 1850 - Birth of Ivan Vazov in Bulgaria; poet/novelist/playwright (Under the Yoke).
- 1850 - Birth of Lafcadio Hearn; US journalist/author (Chita).
- 1857 - H Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #45 Eugenia.
- 1862 - Birth of May Irwin; US comedienne/singer ("A Hot Time in the Old Town").
- 1862 - Day three of the Seven Days - Battle of Gaines' Mill.
- 1869 - Birth of Emma Goldman; anarchist/publisher (Mother Earth).
- 1871 - New coinage act in Japan defines new monetary unit, the yen, as 1.5 grams fine gold.
- 1872 - Birth of Paul Laurence Dunbar in Dayton, Ohio, USA; short story writer (Majors and Minors).
- 1876 - First National League member to get six hits in 9-inning game (Dave Force, Philadelphia Athletics).
- 1880 - Birth of Helen Keller; blind-deaf author/lecturer (dies 1968).
- 1884 - J Palisa discovers asteroid #237 Coelestina.
- 1885 - Americans Chichester Bell and Charles S. Tainter apply for a patent for the gramophone.
- 1898 - Canadian Joshua Slocum completes the first solo circumnavigation of the globe.
- 1900 - Birth of Otto E Passman; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Louisiana, 1947-77).
- 1907 - Birth of John McIntire in Spokane, Washington, USA; actor (Naked City, Wagon Train, The Virginian).
- 1907 - Birth of Valerie Cossart in London, England; actress (The Hartmans).
- 1912 - Birth of Audrey Christie in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Dorothy - Fair Exchange).
- 1913 - Birth of Willie Mosconi; world champion pool player (1941-57) (dies 1993).
- 1914 - Birth of Giorgio Almirante in Italy; fascist (member of parliament (1948-87)).
- 1914 - US signs treaty of commerce with Ethiopia.
- 1915 - 100 degrees F (38 degrees C), Fort Yukon, Alaska (state record).
- 1918 - German submarine U-84 torpedoes and sinks Union Castle Line's passenger liner Llandovery Castle en route from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, to Liverpool, England. The ship was serving as a hospital ship for Canadian forces.
- 1918 - Birth of Adolph Kiefer; American 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1936).
- 1920 - Birth of I.A.L. Diamond; screenwriter (The Apartment (1960 Academy Award).
- 1922 - Birth of George Walker in Washington DC, USA; composer (In Praise of Lillies).
- 1922 - The American Library Association awards the first Newberry Medal, honoring the year's best children's book, to The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon.
- 1923 - Birth of Paul F Conrad in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA; cartoonist (Pulitzer 1964, 1971, 1984).
- 1923 - Captain Lowell H. Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH-4B biplane.
- 1927 - Birth of Bob Keeshan in Lynbrook, New York, USA; children's entertainer (Clarabelle the Clown - Howdy Doody Show YV show (1948-1952), Captain Kangaroo TV show).
- 1927 - Birth of Robert Casey in Rochester, New York, USA; actor (Henry - Aldrich Family Show).
- 1929 - First color TV demonstration (New York City).
- 1930 - Birth of H Ross Perot; Texas billionaire (tries to take over corps, US Presidential candidate).
- 1930 - Birth of Tamio Kono; American weightlifter (Olympic-gold-1952).
- 1930 - P Parchomenko discovers asteroid #1166 Sakuntala.
- 1931 - Birth of Martinus J. G. Veltman; Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.
- 1931 - Birth of Charles Bronfman in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; co-chairman of The Seagram Company.
- 1933 - Birth of Gary Crosby, son of Bing Crosby; actor (Which Way to the Front).
- 1934 - Federal Savings and Loan Association created.
- 1937 - Birth of Joseph P Allen IV in Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA; PhD/astronaut (STS-5, STS 51A).
- 1938 - Birth of Bruce E Babbitt; American politician (Governor-Democrat-Alabama).
- 1939 - First night game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Cleveland Indians 5, Detroit Tigers 0).
- 1939 - Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Bees, 2-2, in 23 innings.
- 1939 - First transatlantic airline service, between Newfoundland and England, by Pan American Airways, 18 hours 42 minutes. Two-way fare is 140 pounds.
- 1940 - USSR returns to the Gregorian calendar.
- 1942 - Birth of Bruce Johnston; rocker (The Beach Boys - "In My Room").
- 1942 - FBI captures eight German saboteurs from a submarine off New York's Long Island.
- 1944 - Birth of Patrick Sercu in Belgium; 1000km time trial (Olympic-gold-1964).
- 1944 - The German garrison at Cherbourg destroys the port facilities and surrenders. 6000 soldiers are taken prisoner.
- 1945 - Birth of Norma Kamali in New York City, New York, USA; dress designer (Costumes for The Wiz).
- 1949 - Dumont Television Network debuts Captain Video and His Video Rangers TV show, starring Richard Coogan.
- 1950 - Birth of Benjamin Peterson; American heavyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1972).
- 1950 - Birth of Julia Duffy in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; actress (Stephanie - Newhart, Baby Talk).
- 1950 - United Nations Security Council calls on members for troops to aid South Korea.
- 1950 - US President Harry Truman orders Air Force and Navy into Korean conflict.
- 1950 - US sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam.
- 1951 - Birth of Julia Duffy; actress (Newhart).
- 1951 - Birth of Sidney M Gutierrez in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA; Major US Air Force/astronaut (STS 40).
- 1951 - Birth of Ulf Andersson in Sweden; International Chess Grandmaster (1972).
- 1951 - M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1588 Descamisada.
- 1954 - NBC airs the last A Letter to Loretta TV show.
- 1954 - First atomic power station, at Obinsk (55 miles from Moscow), begins producing up to 5000 kilowatts of electricity for industrial and agriculture use.
- 1954 - US Central Intelligence Agency-sponsored rebels overthrow elected government of Guatemala.
- 1954 - Guatemala President Jacobo Árbenz resigns.
- 1955 - NBC-TV airs the first of a new weekly series Wide Wide World, with host Dave Garroway.
- 1955 - First automobile seat belt legislation enacted (Illinois).
- 1955 - Birth of Isabelle Adjani in Paris, France; actress (Story of Adele H, Driver, Ishtar).
- 1955 - CBS-TV debuts The Julius LaRosa Show.
- 1956 - Cleveland Indians trailing Baltimore Orioles 9-1 come back to win 12-11 in 11 innings.
- 1957 - 390 die by Hurricane Audrey in coastal Louisiana and Texas, USA.
- 1958 - NBC airs the last Matinee Theatre TV show.
- 1958 - Billy Pierce's perfect game bid broken with two outs in 9th.
- 1960 - Chlorophyll "A" synthesized at Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
- 1962 - NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37.7km.
- 1963 - US President John Kennedy spends first full day in Ireland.
- 1963 - US Air Force Major Robert A Rushworth in X-15 reaches 86,900 metres altitude.
- 1964 - CBS-TV airs the New Phil Silvers Show for the last time.
- 1966 - Birth of J.J. Abrams; writer, director (Lost, Fringe, Alias, Felicity).
- 1966 - ABC-TV begins airing the Dark Shadows daily TV show.
- 1966 - 4th Mayor's Trophy Game; New York Yankees beat New York Mets 5-2.
- 1967 - The world's first automated teller machine (ATM) is installed in Enfield, London.
- 1967 - Race riot in Buffalo, New York; 200 arrested.
- 1969 - 50,000 attend Denver Pop Festival.
- 1969 - Police raid the Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, New York; about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, lasting three days.
- 1971 - Birth of Yancey Arias; actor (Thief, The Division).
- 1973 - Ernest Truex, actor (Pop - Pete and Gladys, Mr Peepers), dies at age 73.
- 1973 - John W Dean tells Watergate Committee about President Richard Nixon's "enemies list".
- 1974 - The NBC TV network airs the last The Flip Wilson Show in the USA.
- 1975 - Birth of Tobey Maguire; actor (Seduced by Madness, Duke of Groove, Spider-Man).
- 1976 - Birth of Leigh Nash; singer ("Sixpence None The Richer").
- 1977 - 5-4 US Supreme Court decision allows lawyers to advertise.
- 1977 - Republic of Djibouti gains independence from France, formerly the French Territory of the Afars and Issas.
- 1978 - Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3000m, 7:32.1.
- 1978 - Soyuz 30 carries two cosmonauts (one Polish) to Salyut 6 space station.
- 1980 - Steve Peregrin Took, percussionist (T-Rex), dies at age 31.
- 1980 - Death of Walter Dornberger in Germany; engineer who worked with Werner von Braun on the V-2 rocket engine.
- 1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs Proclamation 4771 requiring 19- and 20-year-old males to register for a peacetime military draft, in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
- 1980 - Paramount releases the film Airplane! to theaters.
- 1980 - Brooklyn Dodgers' Jerry Reuss' no-hits San Francisco Giants 8-0.
- 1982 - 4th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 4 launched.
- 1982 - Jack Mullaney, actor (My Living Doll, It's About Time), dies at age 49.
- 1982 - The Atlanta Braves tie a major league mark with seven double plays as the team defeats the Cincinnati Reds, 2-0.
- 1983 - Soyuz T-9 carries two cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station.
- 1983 - Highest price paid for painting by a living artist - £960,200 - Miró.
- 1983 - Maxie Anderson and Don Ida, balloonists, die during a race.
- 1983 - NASA launches space vehicle S-205.
- 1984 - Birth of Khloe Kardashian; teality TV star (Keeping Up with the Kardashians).
- 1984 - The Federal Communications Commission reduces regulation of U.S. commercial TV by lifting most programming requirements and ending day-part restrictions on advertising.
- 1984 - France beats Spain 2-0 to win the Euro 84.
- 1984 - US Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts.
- 1985 - Route 66 in the USA is officially decommissioned.
- 1986 - Birth of Drake Bell; actor and singer (Drake and Josh).
- 1986 - Anne White shocks Wimbeldon by wearing only a body stocking.
- 1986 - Don Rogers of the Cleveland Browns dies of cocaine poisoning.
- 1986 - In referendum, Irish uphold ban on divorce.
- 1986 - Robby Thompson (San Francisco Giants) sets record, caught stealing bases four times in one game.
- 1986 - US informs New Zealand it will not defend it against attack.
- 1986 - World Court rules US aid to Nicaraguan contras illegal.
- 1987 - Birth of Ed Westwick; actor (Gossip Girl).
- 1987 - US Supreme Court Justice Powell retires.
- 1987 - The ABC TV network airs the final Sidekicks show.
- 1988 - Mike Tyson knocks out Michael Spink in 91 seconds, in Atlantic City (US$67 million).
- 1989 - NBC airs the last episode of the Miami Vice TV show.
- 1990 - José Canseco signs record $4,700,000 per year Oakland Athletics contract.
- 1990 - The NBC TV network air the final Singer and Sons show.
- 1990 - Merrill Lynch begins selling up to US$2.25 billion convertible bonds for the Walt Disney Company, the largest such issue in US history. The bond issue is to raise funds for building Euro Disneyland in France.
- 1991 - Birth of Madylin Sweeten; actress (Everybody Loves Raymond).
- 1993 - In Bad Kleinen, Germany, GSG 9 troopers arrest terrorists Birgit Hogefeld and Wolfgang Grams.
- 1993 - U.S. President Bill Clinton orders a cruise missile attack on Iraqi intelligence headquarters in the Al-Mansur District of Baghdad, in response to the attempted assassination of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush during his visit to Kuwait in mid-April.
- 1995 - American space shuttle Atlantis blasts off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This is the 100th human space mission in American history.
- 1996 - Actor Eddie Murphy receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 1997 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Walt Disney Pictures animated feature film Hercules to theaters.
- 1998 - In Turkey, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurs. At least 145 people killed and more than 1,500 injured. At least six major buildings collapsed and about 17,000 houses destroyed. Felt in Cyprus, Israel and Syria.
- 1998 - German author Sibylle Lewitscharoff receives the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for literature.
- 1999 - Death of Jorgos Papadopoulos, military ruler of Greece (born 1919).
- 2001 - Death of Jack Lemmon at age 76 of complications from bladder cancer; actor, director (Morrie - Tuesdays with Morrie).
- 2002 - Death of John Entwistle at age 57 from a heart attack induced by cocaine in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; bassist (The Who).
- 2003 - In Nashville, Tennessee, General Motors holds the Official Corvette 50th Anniversary Celebration, over two days. About 10,000 Corvettes and 18,000 people attend. Special cars on hand include the Tiger Shark, XP-880 Astro II, 1963 Monza SS, Astro I, 1969 aluminum Reynolds Corvette EXP 040, 1973 Aerovette, CERV III, CERV IV, C5-R #50 Le Mans race car, LT1 Spyder Concept, ASC Sting Ray III, and Corvette SS. Two raffle draws raise US$700,000 for the National Corvette Museum.
- 2003 - The United States National "Do Not Call Registry" is formed to combat unwanted telemarketing calls and administered by the Federal Trade Commission, enrolling almost three-quarters of a million phone numbers on its first day.
- 2004 - Death of George Patton IV, American general (born 1923).
- 2005 - AMD files a broad antitrust complaint against Intel Corporation in U.S. Federal District Court, alleging abuse of monopoly powers and antitrust violations.
- 2007 - Tony Blair resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; New Labour Party leader Gordon Brown is appointed Prime Minister by Queen Elizabeth II.
- 2007 - The military police of the state of Rio de Janeiro invades the favela of Complexo do Alemão ending in a massacre.
- 2008 - Buena Vista releases the Disney-Pixar computer-animated feature film WALL-E to theaters.
- 2008 - Robert Mugabe wins re-election in Zimbabwe's presidential run-off election, unopposed.
- 2008 - Company founder Bill Gates leaves his full-time executive role at Microsoft, to focus on his philanthropic organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
- 2008 - Death of Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, former army chief, in India, at age 94.
- 2009 - In Assen, Netherlands, round 7 of the FIM MotoGP Championship is won by Valentino Rossi.
- 2009 - Death of Gale Storm at age 87; actress (My Little Margie TV show, Oh Susannah! TV show), singer ("I Hear You Knockin'", "Dark Moon").
- 2014 - Paramount releases the film Transformers: Age of Extinction to theaters.
- 2014 - Death of Leslie Manigat, 43rd President of Haiti (born 1930).
- 2020 - Micheál Martin succeeds Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach of Ireland, with Varadkar becoming Tánaiste in a three-party coalition government.
- 2020 - Death of Belaid Abdessalam, 7th Prime Minister of Algeria (born 1928).
- 2022 - In San Antonio, Texas, USA, an abandoned truck is found to contain 46 dead people (7 more die later), smuggled in from Mexico.
- 2023 - In Sierra Leone, the electoral commission declares incumbent president Julius Maada Bio winner of the presidential election with 56% of the vote.
- 2023 - Death of Ryan Mallett at age 35 of drowning in Destin, Florida, USA; football player (NFL quarterback), coach (White Hall School District in Arkansas).
- 2023 - Death of Bobby Osborne at age 91; American bluegrass musician (Osborne Brothers - "Rocky Top" song (1967)).
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