June 27
June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 187 days remaining.
Events:
- 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the battle of Poltava.
- 1893 - Crash of the New York stock market.
- 1905 - Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin.
- 1950 - The United States decided to send troops to Korea to fight in the Korean War.
- 1954 - The world's first nuclear power station opened in Obninsk, near Moscow.
- 1957 - Hurricane Audrey kills 500 people in Louisiana and Texas.
- 1962 - Constrution begins on the St. Louis Gateway Arch.
- 1967 - World's first ATM installed in Enfield, London
- 1969 - The Stonewall riots mark the start of the modern gay rights movement in the US.
- 1985 - Route 66 ceases to be an official highway.
- 1986 - International Court of Justice finds against the United States in its judgement in the Nicaragua v. United States
- 2001 - International Court of Justice finds against the United States in its judgement in the LaGrand Case
Births:
- 1682 - Charles XII of Sweden, king of Sweden 1697-1718 (†1718) (June 17 in Swedish calender)
- 1838 - Paul von Mauser, weapon designer (+ 1914)
- 1850 - Lafcadio Hearn, author (+ 1904)
- 1869 - Hans Spemann, zoologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in medicine 1935 (+ 1941)
- 1880 - Helen Keller, spokeswoman for the deaf and blind (+ 1968)
- 1882 - Eduard Spranger, philosopher, psychologist and educator (+ 1963)
- 1906 - Catherine Cookson, author (+ 1998)
- 1913 - Willie Mosconi, professional billiards player (+ 1993)
- 1925 - Jerome Felder, AKA Doc Pomus, musician, composer (+ 1991)
- 1927 - Otto Herbert Hajek, sculptor
- 1930 - Ross Perot, billionaire and politician
- 1935 - Anna Moffo, soprano
- 1941 - Krzysztof Kieslowski, film director (+ 1996)
- 1949 - Vera Wang, fashion designer
- 1955 - Isabelle Adjani, French actress
- 1962 - Tony Leung Chiu Wai, English actor
- 1975 - Tobey Maguire, actor
Deaths:
- 363 - Emperor Julian
- 1458 - Alfonso V of Aragon
- 1831 - Sophie Germain, mathematician
- 1844 - Joseph Smith, Jr. founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- 1952 - Elmo Lincoln, actor
- 2001 - Jack Lemmon, actor and film director
- 2001 - Tove Jansson, author of the Moomin books.
- 2002 - John Entwistle, bass player for The Who
Holidays and observances:
- Feast of St Cyril of Alexandria
- National HIV Testing Day (in which country ?)
- Stonewall Day (date of many gay pride celebrations, including those in New York City, San Francisco, Toronto, and Madrid)
See Also:
June 26 - June 28 - May 27 - July 27 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December