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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.
Contents
1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances
4.1 Liturgical feasts 4.2 Fictional Holidays
5 External links
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 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
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
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 )
2005 - Domino Harvey , English-born bounty hunter (b. 1969 )
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