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What happened in history on this day: June 27?
On June 27 in ...
- 1844 - Joseph and Hyrum Smith, Mormon leaders, are killed by a mob in Carthage, Illinois, USA.
- 1862 - Day three of the Seven Days - Battle of Gaines' Mill.
- 1864 - Atlanta Campaign - Battle of Kennesaw Mountain.
- 1885 - Americans Chichester Bell and Charles S. Tainter apply for a patent for the gramophone.
- 1914 - US signs treaty of commerce with Ethiopia.
- 1915 - 100 degrees F (38 degrees C), Fort Yukon, Alaska (state record).
- 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.
- 1929 - First color TV demonstration (New York City).
- 1934 - Federal Savings and Loan Association created.
- 1942 - FBI captures eight German saboteurs from a submarine off New York's Long Island.
- 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.
- 1954 - US Central Intelligence Agency-sponsored rebels overthrow elected government of Guatemala.
- 1955 - First automobile seat belt legislation enacted (Illinois).
- 1957 - 390 die by Hurricane Audrey in coastal Louisiana and Texas, USA.
- 1957 - President Dwight Eisenhower issues an executive order creating the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1973 - John W Dean tells Watergate Committee about President Richard Nixon's "enemies list".
- 1977 - 5-4 US Supreme Court decision allows lawyers to advertise.
- 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.
- 1982 - 4th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 4 launched.
- 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 - US Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts.
- 1985 - Route 66 in the USA is officially decommissioned.
- 1986 - US informs New Zealand it will not defend it against attack.
- 1986 - World Court rules US aid to Nicaraguan contras illegal.
- 1987 - US Supreme Court Justice Powell retires.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2008 - Company founder Bill Gates leaves his full-time executive role at Microsoft, to focus on his philanthropic organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
- 2022 - In San Antonio, Texas, USA, an abandoned truck is found to contain 46 dead people (7 more die later), smuggled in from Mexico.
Births on June 27
- 1872 - Birth of Paul Laurence Dunbar in Dayton, Ohio, USA; short story writer (Majors and Minors).
- 1907 - Birth of John McIntire in Spokane, Washington, USA; actor (Naked City, Wagon Train, The Virginian).
- 1912 - Birth of Audrey Christie in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Dorothy - Fair Exchange).
- 1922 - Birth of George Walker in Washington DC, USA; composer (In Praise of Lillies).
- 1923 - Birth of Paul F Conrad in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA; cartoonist (Pulitzer 1964, 1971, 1984).
- 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).
- 1937 - Birth of Joseph P Allen IV in Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA; PhD/astronaut (STS-5, STS 51A).
- 1945 - Birth of Norma Kamali in New York City, New York, USA; dress designer (Costumes for The Wiz).
- 1950 - Birth of Julia Duffy in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; actress (Stephanie - Newhart, Baby Talk).
- 1951 - Birth of Sidney M Gutierrez in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA; Major US Air Force/astronaut (STS 40).
Deaths on June 27
- 1844 - Joseph and Hyrum Smith, Mormon leaders, are killed by a mob in Carthage, Illinois, USA.
- 2004 - Death of George Patton IV, American general (born 1923).
- 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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