June 27

June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 187 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 1358 – Republic of Dubrovnik is founded
• 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 leads troops into battle. The last time that a British monarch would command troops in the field.
• 1759 – General James Wolfe begins the siege of Quebec.
• 1844 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are murdered by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
• 1898 – The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
• 1905 – (June 14 according to the Julian calendar): Battleship Potemkin uprising: sailors start a mutiny aboard the Battleship Potemkin, denouncing the crimes of autocracy, demanding liberty and an end to war.
• 1923 – Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH-4B biplane
• 1941 – Romanian governmental forces, allies of Nazi Germany, launch one of the most violent pogroms in Jewish history in the city of Iaşi, (Romania), resulting in the murder of at least 13,266 Jews.
• 1941 – German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa.
• 1950 – The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
• 1954 – The world's first nuclear power station opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
• 1967 – The world's first ATM is installed in Enfield, London.
• 1973 – The President of Uruguay dissolves Parliament and heads a coup d'état.
• 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.
• 1982 – Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.
• 1991 – Slovenia, after declaring independence two days before, is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft, starting the Ten-Day War.
• 2001 – Pope John Paul II beatifies 28 Ukrainian Greek Catholics, including 27 martyrs most of whom were killed by the Soviet secret police. Beatification takes place at the service in Lviv, western Ukraine during his first visit to this country.
• 2007 – The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.
• 2007 – Gordon Brown becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom succeeding Tony Blair

Births

• 862 – Hindu saint Manikkavacakar
• 1040 – King Ladislaus I of Hungary (d. 1095)
• 1350 – Manuel II Palaiologos, 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)
• 1865 – Sir John Monash, Australian military commander (d. 1931)
• 1869 – Kate Carew, American caricaturist (d. 1961)
• 1869 – Emma Goldman, Lithuanian/American anarchist and feminist (d. 1940)
• 1869 – Hans Spemann, German embryologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1941)
• 1880 – Helen Keller, American deaf and blind activist (d. 1968)
• 1882 – Eduard Spranger, German philosopher and educator (d. 1963)
• 1884 – Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher and poet (d. 1962)
• 1888 – Antoinette Perry, American theater director (d. 1946)
• 1888 – Lewis Bernstein Namier, English historian (d. 1960)
• 1892 – Paul Colin, French poster designer (d. 1985)
• 1899 – Juan Trippe, American airline entrepreneur (d. 1981)
• 1905 – Armand Mondou, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)
• 1907 – John McIntire, American actor (d. 1991)
• 1908 – João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian writer (d. 1967)
• 1913 – Willie Mosconi, American billiards player (d. 1993)
• 1914 – Robert Aickman, English author (d. 1981)
• 1914 – Giorgio Almirante, Italian politician (d. 1988)
• 1921 – Muriel Pavlow, British actress
• 1923 – Jacques Berthier, French composer (d. 1994)
• 1924 – Rosalie Allen, American singer and disc jockey (d. 2003)
• 1924 – Bob Appleyard, English cricketer
• 1925 – Doc Pomus, American blues singer/songwriter (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 businessman 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
• 1932 – Magali Noël, French actress
• 1935 – Laurent Terzieff, French actor
• 1935 – Ramon Zamora, Filipino martial arts actor (d. 2007)
• 1936 – Lucille Clifton, American poet
• 1938 – Tommy Cannon, British comedian
• 1938 – Shirley Anne Field, British actress
• 1938 – Kathryn Beaumont, British voice actress
• 1938 – Bruce Babbitt, American politician and Secretary of the Interior
• 1939 – Rahul Dev Burman, Indian composer and actor (d. 1994)
• 1941 – Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish film director (d. 1996)
• 1941 – Bill Baxley, American politician
• 1941 – James P. Hogan, British science fiction author
• 1941 – Avi Lerner, Israeli-born American film producer
• 1942 – Bruce Johnston, American musician (The Beach Boys)
• 1942 – Frank Mills, Canadian pianist and composer
• 1943 – Rico Petrocelli, American baseball player
• 1943 – Kjersti Døvigen, Norwegian actress
• 1944 – Patrick Sercu, Belgian cyclist
• 1948 – Camile Baudoin, American musician
• 1949 – Vera Wang, American fashion designer
• 1951 – Mary McAleese, President of Ireland
• 1951 – Julia Duffy, American actress
• 1952 – Madan Kumar Bhandari, Nepalese politician (d. 1993)
• 1955 – Isabelle Adjani, French actress
• 1956 – Heiner Dopp, German field hockey player
• 1956 – Brad Childress, American football coach
• 1956 – Ted Haggard, American evangelical preacher
• 1958 – Lisa Germano, American singer, songwriter and musician
• 1958 – Brian Helicopter, Musician, bass guitarist (The Shapes, HellsBelles, Rogue Male)
• 1958 – Magnus Lindberg, Finnish composer
• 1958 – Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (The Gun Club) (d. 1996)
• 1959 – Dan Jurgens, American comic book writer
• 1959 – Lorrie Morgan, American country music singer
• 1960 – Craig Hodges, American basketball player
• 1961 – Meera Syal, British-Indian comedienne and actress
• 1961 – Margo Timmins, Canadian folk-rock singer (Cowboy Junkies)
• 1962 – Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Hong Kong actor
• 1963 – Paul Roos, Australian rules footballer
• 1963 – Johnny Benson, American NASCAR driver
• 1964 – Stephan Brenninkmeijer, Dutch film producer and director
• 1964 – Chuck Person, American basketball player
• 1966 – J. J. Abrams, American television writer and producer
• 1967 – Sylvie Fréchette, French-Canadian synchronized swimmer
• 1968 – Pascale Bussières, French-Canadian actress
• 1969 – Viktor Petrenko, Ukranian figure skater
• 1970 – John Eales, Australian Rugby Player
• 1970 – Jim Edmonds, American baseball player
• 1971 – Yancey Arias, American actor
• 1971 – Jo Frost, English nanny and television host
• 1971 – Kieren Keke, Nauruan politician
• 1971 – DJ Screw, American musician (Screwed Up Click) (d. 2000)
• 1972 – Dawud Wharnsby Ali, Canadian poet and singer/songwriter
• 1972 – Tony McCarroll
• 1974 – Big Moe, American musician (Screwed Up Click) (d. 2007)
• 1974 – Christian Kane, American actor and singer
• 1975 – Ace Darling, American professional wrestler
• 1975 – Sarah Evanetz, Canadian swimmer
• 1975 – Tobey Maguire, American actor
• 1975 – Daryle Ward, American baseball player
• 1976 – Johnny Estrada, American baseball player
• 1976 – Leigh Nash, American musician (Sixpence None the Richer)
• 1977 – Raúl, Spanish footballer
• 1977 – Arkadiusz Radomski, Polish footballer
• 1978 – Courtney Ford, American actress
• 1978 – Anna Kumble, British singer, also known as Lolly
• 1979 – Kim Gyu-ri, South Korean actress
• 1979 – Benjamin Speed, Australian musician and film composer
• 1979 – John Warne, American musician (Relient K; Ace Troubleshooter)
• 1980 – Jennifer Goodridge, American Musician (Seaspin, Your Enemies Friends)
• 1980 – Kevin Pietersen, English cricketer
• 1980 – Craig Terrill, American football player
• 1981 – John Driscoll, American actor
• 1981 – Andrew Embley, Australian rules footballer
• 1983 – Alsou, Russian singer
• 1983 – Dale Steyn, South African cricketer
• 1983 – Evan Taubenfeld, American musician
• 1984 – Rocío Guirao Díaz, Argentinian model
• 1984 – Gökhan Inler, Swiss footballer
• 1984 – Khloe Kardashian, American reality television star
• 1984 – D.J. King, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Emma Lahana, New Zealand actress
• 1984 – Julie Ordon, Swiss model
• 1985 – Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russian tennis player
• 1985 – James Hook, Welsh rugby player
• 1985 – Nico Rosberg, German race car driver
• 1986 – Drake Bell, musician/ songwriter / American actor
• 1986 – LaShawn Merritt, American sprinter
• 1987 – Ed Westwick, English actor
• 1988 – Stefani Bismpikou, Greek gymnast
• 1988 – Matthew Spiranovic, Australian footballer
• 1988 – Kate Ziegler, American swimmer
• 1989 – Matthew Lewis, English actor
• 1990 – Aselin Debison, Canadian singer
• 1991 – Madylin Sweeten, American actress
• 1996 – Tanay Chheda , Indian actor

Deaths

• 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 and diplomat (b. 1539)
• 1627 – John Hayward, English historian
• 1636 – Date Masamune, founder of Sendai Japan (b. 1567)
• 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. c. 1706)
• 1794 – Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz, Austrian statesman (b. 1711)
• 1794 – Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French nobleman (b. 1715)
• 1794 – Anne d'Arpajon, comtesse de Noailles, French noblewoman (b. 1729)
• 1827 – Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian (b. 1754)
• 1829 – James Smithson, English scientist and philanthropist (b. 1765)
• 1831 – Sophie Germain, French mathematician (b. 1776)
• 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)
• 1896 – John Berryman, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1825)
• 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)
• 1935 – Eugene Augustin Lauste, French inventor (b. 1857)
• 1944 – Milan Hodža, Slovak politician (b. 1878)
• 1947 – Frank Smythe, British mountaineer (b. 1900)
• 1952 – Max Dehn, German mathematician (b. 1878)
• 1952 – Jean "Skip" Ziegler, American Test Pilot (b. 1920)
• 1954 – Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1957 – Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1924)
• 1960 – Lottie Dod, English athlete (b. 1871)
• 1962 – Paul Viiding, Estonian poet (b. 1904)
• 1970 – Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (b. 1902)
• 1986 – George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1905)
• 1989 – Alfred Jules Ayer, British philosopher (b. 1910)
• 1991 – Klaas Bruinsma, Dutch drug lord (b. 1953)
• 1991 – Milton Subotsky, American screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 1996 – Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (b. 1909)
• 1998 – Gilles Rocheleau, French Canadian politician (b. 1935)
• 1999 – Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek dictator (b. 1919)
• 2000 – Molly Bish, American Abductee (b. 1983)
• 2001 – Tove Jansson, Finnish author (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 – Frank Harte, Traditional Irish Singer and song collector
• 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)
• 2006 – Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, Mexican serial killer, known as "The Railway Killer" (b. 1959)
• 2007 – Patrick Allotey, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1979)
• 2007 – Dragutin Tadijanović, Croatian poet (b. 1905)
• 2007 – William Hutt, Canadian stage and film actor (b. 1920)
• 2008 – Michael Turner, American comic book artist (b. 1971)
• 2008 – Sam Manekshaw, Indian Field Marshall (b. 1914)
• 2009 – Gale Storm, TV Personality (b. 1922)
• 2009 – Fayette Pinkney, African American singer (The Three Degrees) (b. 1948)

Holidays and observances

• Mixed Race Day in Brazil
• National HIV Testing Day in United States
• National Veterans' Day in the United Kingdom
• Our Lady of Perpetual Help
• Saint Cyril of Alexandria
• Saint Ladislas
• Seven Sleepers Day (Siebenschläfertag) in Germany
• Armed Forces Day In Great Britain

Hindu feast

• Manikkavacakar Guru pooja day.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: June 27

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada