June 27 History

June 27 History

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

Our aim is to enhance the knowledge of human beings. We will have 7 years of history on this side. The history of each particular day by date is what happened on a date. The date of death of any person and special person will be reported. If anyone wants to gain this knowledge then please visit our web site. The limit of your knowledge will increase greatly.

আমাদের উদ্দেশ্য হলো মানুয়ের জ্ঞানের পরিধি বাড়ানো। আমাদের এই সাইডে থাকবে ১ বছরের সমস্থ ঘটে যাওয়া ইতিহাস। তারিখ অনুসারে প্রতিটি বিশেষ দিনের  ইতিহাস কোন তারিখে কি ঘটেছিল। কোন ব্যাক্তির জন্য এবং বিশেষ ব্যাক্তির মৃত্যর তারিখ জানানো হবে। যদি কোন মানুষ এই জ্ঞান অর্জন করতে চায় তাহলে আমাদের এই ওয়েবসাইডটি ভিজিট করুন । আপনার জ্ঞানের সীমা অনেক বৃদ্ধি পাবে। 

Events

1358 – The Republic of Ragusa is founded.

1497 – Cornish rebels Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank are executed at Tyburn, London, England.

1556 – The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs.

1743 – In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.

1760 – Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina during the Anglo-Cherokee War.

1806 – British forces take Buenos Aires during the first of the British invasions of the River Plate.

1844 – Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are killed by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.

1864 – Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War.

1895 – The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.

1898 – The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.

1905 – During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.

1927 – Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi convenes an eleven-day conference to discuss Japan's strategy in China. The Tanaka Memorial, a forged plan for world domination, is later claimed to be a secret report leaked from this conference.

1941 – Romanian authorities launch one of the most violent pogroms in Jewish history in the city of Iași, resulting in the murder of at least 13,266 Jews.

1941 – German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa.

1946 – In the Canadian Citizenship Act, the Parliament of Canada establishes the definition of Canadian citizenship.

1950 – The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.

1952 – Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land.

1954 – The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.

1954 – The FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match between Hungary and Brazil, highly anticipated to be exciting, instead turns violent, with three players ejected and further fighting continuing after the game.

1957 – Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas–Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana.

1971 – After only three years in business, rock promoter Bill Graham closes Fillmore East in New York, the "Church of Rock and Roll".

1973 – The President of Uruguay Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship.

1974 – U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.

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.

1980 – The 'Ustica massacre': Itavia Flight 870 crashes in the sea while en route from Bologna to Palermo, Italy, killing all 81 on board.

1981 – The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issues its "Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong.

1982 – Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.

1988 – The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people.

1991 – Slovenia, after declaring independence two days before is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft starting the Ten-Day War.

1994 – Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan. Seven people are killed, 660 injured.

2007 – Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997.

2007 – The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.

2008 – In a highly scrutizined election President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.

2013 – NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, a space probe to observe the Sun.

2014 – At least fourteen people are killed when a Gas Authority of India Limited pipeline explodes in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India.

2015 – A midair explosion from flammable powder at a recreational water park in Taiwan injures at least 510 people with about 183 in serious condition in intensive care.

2017 – A series of powerful cyberattacks using the Petya malware begins that swamped websites of Ukrainian organizations and counterparts with Ukrainian connections around the globe.

Births

850 – Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid emir (d. 902)

1350 – Manuel II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1425)

1430 – Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter, Lancastrian leader (d. 1475)

1462 – Louis XII, king of France (d. 1515)

1464 – Ernst II of Saxony, Archbishop of Magdeburg (1476–1513) (d. 1513)

1497 – Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1546)

1550 – Charles IX, king of France (d. 1574)

1596 – Maximilian, Prince of Dietrichstein (d. 1655)

1696 – William Pepperrell, American merchant and soldier (d. 1759)

1717 – Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier, French botanist and physicist (d. 1799)

1767 – Alexis Bouvard, French astronomer and academic (d. 1843)

1805 – Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer (d. 1883)

1806 – Augustus De Morgan, English mathematician and logician (d. 1871)

1812 – Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy Waterston, American writer (d. 1899)[1]

1817 – Louise von François, German author (d. 1893)

1828 – Bryan O'Loghlen, Irish-Australian politician, 13th Premier of Victoria (d. 1905)

1838 – Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1894)

1838 – Paul Mauser, German weapon designer, designed the Gewehr 98 (d. 1914)

1846 – Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (d. 1891)

1850 – Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (d. 1919)

1850 – Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese historian and author (d. 1904)

1862 – May Irwin, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 1938)

1865 – John Monash, Australian engineer and general (d. 1931)

1869 – Kate Carew, American illustrator and journalist (d. 1961)

1869 – Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-Canadian philosopher and activist (d. 1940)

1869 – Hans Spemann, German embryologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)

1870 – Frank Rattray Lillie, American zoologist and embryologist (d. 1947)

1872 – Heber Doust Curtis, American astronomer (d. 1942)

1872 – Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1906)

1880 – Helen Keller, American author, academic, and activist (d. 1968)

1882 – Eduard Spranger, German philosopher and academic (d. 1963)

1884 – Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher and poet (d. 1962)

1885 – Pierre Montet, French historian and academic (d. 1966)

1885 – Guilhermina Suggia, Portuguese cellist (d. 1950)

1886 – Charlie Macartney, Australian cricketer and soldier (d. 1958)

1888 – Lewis Bernstein Namier, Polish-English historian and academic (d. 1960)

1888 – Antoinette Perry, American actress and director (d. 1946)

1892 – Paul Colin, French illustrator (d. 1985)

1899 – Juan Trippe, American businessman, founded Pan American World Airways (d. 1981)

1900 – Dixie Brown, British boxer (d. 1957)

1901 – Merle Tuve, American geophysicist and academic (d. 1982)

1905 – Armand Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)

1906 – Catherine Cookson, English author and philanthropist (d. 1998)

1906 – Vernon Watkins, Welsh-American poet and painter (d. 1967)

1907 – John McIntire, American actor (d. 1991)

1908 – João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian physician and author (d. 1967)

1911 – Marion M. Magruder, American Marine officer, commander of the VMF(N)-533 squadron. (d. 1997)

1912 – E. R. Braithwaite, Guyanese novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat (d. 2016)

1913 – Elton Britt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1972)

1913 – Philip Guston, American painter and academic (d. 1980)

1913 – Willie Mosconi, American pool player (d. 1993)

1914 – Robert Aickman, English author and activist, co-founded the Inland Waterways Association (d. 1981)

1914 – Helena Benitez, Filipina academic and administrator (d. 2016)

1914 – Margaret Ekpo, Nigerian women's rights activist, social mobilizer and politician (d. 2006)

1914 – Giorgio Almirante, Italian journalist and politician (d. 1988)

1915 – Grace Lee Boggs, American philosopher, author, and activist (d. 2015)

1915 – Aideu Handique, Indian actress (d. 2002)

1915 – John Alexander Moore, American zoologist and academic (d. 2002)

1916 – Robert Normann, Norwegian guitarist (d. 1998)

1918 – Adolph Kiefer, American swimmer (d. 2017)

1919 – Amala Shankar, Indian danseuse

1920 – Fernando Riera, Chilean football player and manager (d. 2010)

1921 – Muriel Pavlow, English actress (d. 2019)

1922 – George Walker, American composer (d. 2018)

1923 – Jacques Berthier, French organist and composer (d. 1994)

1923 – Elmo Hope, American pianist and composer (d. 1967)

1924 – Bob Appleyard, English cricketer and businessman (d. 2015)

1925 – Leonard Lerman, American geneticist and biologist (d. 2012)

1925 – Doc Pomus, American singer-songwriter (d. 1991)

1925 – Wayne Terwilliger, American second baseman, coach, and manager

1927 – Bob Keeshan, American actor and producer (d. 2004)

1928 – James Lincoln Collier, American journalist and author

1928 – Rudy Perpich, American dentist and politician, 34th Governor of Minnesota (d. 1995)

1929 – Dick the Bruiser, American football player and wrestler (d. 1991)

1929 – Peter Maas, American journalist and author (d. 2001)

1930 – Ross Perot, American businessman and politician (d. 2019)

1931 – Charles Bronfman, Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist

1931 – Martinus J. G. Veltman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

1932 – Eddie Kasko, American baseball player and manager

1932 – Anna Moffo, American operatic soprano (d. 2006)

1932 – Hugh Wood, English composer

1936 – Lucille Clifton, American author and poet (d. 2010)

1936 – Shirley Anne Field, English actress

1937 – Joseph P. Allen, American physicist and astronaut

1937 – Otto Herrigel, Namibian lawyer and politician (d. 2013)

1937 – Kirkpatrick Sale, American author and scholar

1938 – Bruce Babbitt, American lawyer and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Interior

1938 – David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead, Scottish lieutenant and judge

1938 – Konrad Kujau, German illustrator (d. 2000)

1939 – R. D. Burman, Indian singer-songwriter (d. 1994)

1939 – Neil Hawke, Australian cricketer and footballer (d. 2000)

1940 – Ian Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland

1941 – Bill Baxley, American lawyer and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama

1941 – James P. Hogan, English-Irish author (d. 2010)

1941 – Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish director and screenwriter (d. 1996)

1942 – Bruce Johnston, American singer-songwriter and producer

1942 – Frank Mills, Canadian pianist and composer

1942 – Danny Schechter, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)

1943 – Ravi Batra, Indian-American economist and academic

1944 – Angela King, English environmentalist and author, co-founded Common Ground

1944 – Patrick Sercu, Belgian cyclist

1945 – Joey Covington, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 2013)

1945 – Norma Kamali, American fashion designer

1948 – Camile Baudoin, American guitarist

1949 – Vera Wang, American fashion designer

1951 – Ulf Andersson, Swedish chess player

1951 – Julia Duffy, American actress

1951 – Gilson Lavis, English drummer (Squeeze) and portrait artist

1951 – Mary McAleese, Irish academic and politician, 8th President of Ireland

1952 – Madan Bhandari, Nepalese politician (d. 1993)

1953 – Igor Gräzin, Estonian academic and politician

1953 – Alice McDermott, American novelist

1954 – Richard Ibbotson, English admiral

1955 – Isabelle Adjani, French actress

1956 – Heiner Dopp, German field hockey player and politician

1957 – Gabriella Dorio, Italian runner

1958 – Lisa Germano, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1958 – Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1996)

1959 – Dan Jurgens, American author and illustrator

1959 – Lorrie Morgan, American singer

1960 – Craig Hodges, American basketball player and coach

1960 – Robert King, English harpsichordist and conductor

1960 – Jeremy Swift, English actor

1962 – Michael Ball, English actor and singer

1962 – Sunanda Pushkar, India-born Canadian businesswoman (d. 2014)

1963 – Wendy Alexander, Scottish politician, Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning

1963 – Johnny Benson Jr., American race car driver

1964 – Stephan Brenninkmeijer, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter

1964 – Chuck Person, American basketball player and coach

1965 – Simon Sebag Montefiore, English journalist, historian, and author

1965 – S. Manikavasagam, Malaysian politician and social activist

1965 – Óscar Vega, Spanish boxer

1966 – J.J. Abrams, American director, producer, and screenwriter

1966 – Jörg Bergen, German footballer and manager

1966 – Jeff Conine, American baseball player and sportscaster

1966 – Aigars Kalvītis, Latvian politician, businessman, and former Prime Minister of Latvia

1967 – Sylvie Fréchette, Canadian swimmer and coach

1967 – George Hamilton, Northern Irish police officer[2]

1967 – Vasiliy Kaptyukh, Belarusian discus thrower

1967 – Phil Kearns, Australian rugby player and sportscaster

1968 – Kelly Ayotte, American lawyer and politician, New Hampshire Attorney General

1969 – Viktor Petrenko, Ukrainian figure skater

1970 – Régine Cavagnoud, French skier (d. 2001)

1970 – John Eales, Australian rugby player and businessman

1970 – Jim Edmonds, American baseball player and sportscaster

1971 – Jo Frost, English nanny, television personality, and author

1971 – Serginho, Brazilian footballer

1972 – Dawud Wharnsby, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1973 – Olve Eikemo (Abbath Doom Occulta), Norwegian musician

1973 – Simon Archer, English badminton player

1974 – Christian Kane, American singer-songwriter and actor

1974 – Christopher O'Neill, English-American businessman

1975 – Ace Darling, American wrestler

1975 – Bianca Del Rio, American drag queen & comedian

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 singer-songwriter

1977 – Arkadiusz Radomski, Polish footballer

1978 – Apparat, German musician

1980 – Hugo Campagnaro, Argentinian footballer

1980 – Jennifer Goodridge, American keyboard player

1980 – Alexander Peya, Austrian tennis player

1980 – Kevin Pietersen, South African-English cricketer

1980 – Craig Terrill, American football player

1981 – Andrew Embley, Australian footballer

1983 – Jim Johnson, American baseball player

1983 – Dale Steyn, South African cricketer

1983 – Nikola Rakočević, Serbian actor

1984 – Khloé Kardashian, American model, businesswoman, and radio host

1984 – D.J. King, Canadian ice hockey player

1984 – Gökhan Inler, Swiss footballer[3]

1985 – James Hook, Welsh rugby player

1985 – Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russian tennis player

1985 – Nico Rosberg, German race car driver

1986 – Sam Claflin, British actor

1986 – Drake Bell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

1986 – Bryan Fletcher, American skier

1987 – India de Beaufort, English actress

1987 – Ed Westwick, English actor

1988 – Stefani Bismpikou, Greek gymnast

1988 – Matthew Spiranovic, Australian footballer

1988 – Kate Ziegler, American swimmer

1989 – Hana Birnerová, Czech tennis player

1989 – Matthew Lewis, English actor

1992 – Ahn So-hee, South Korean singer and actress

1992 – Karthika Nair, Indian film actress

1993 – Johanna Talihärm, Estonian biathlete

1993 – Alberto Campbell-Staines, Australian athlete

1994 – Anita Husarić, Bosnian tennis player

Deaths

992 – Conan I of Rennes, Duke of Brittany

1162 – Odo II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118)

1194 – King Sancho VI of Navarre (b. 1132)

1296 – Floris V, Count of Holland (b. 1254)

1458 – Alfonso V of Aragon (b. 1396)

1497 – Michael An Gof, rebel leader

1497 – Thomas Flamank, rebel leader

1574 – Giorgio Vasari, Italian historian, painter, and architect (b. 1511)

1601 – Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys (b. 1525)

1603 – Jan Dymitr Solikowski, Polish archbishop (b. 1539)

1627 – John Hayward, English historian, journalist, and politician (b. 1564)

1636 – Date Masamune, Japanese strongman (b. 1567)

1654 – Johannes Valentinus Andreae, German theologian (b. 1586)

1655 – Eleonora Gonzaga, Holy Roman Empress (b. 1598)

1672 – Roger Twysden, English historian and politician (b. 1597)

1720 – Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu, French poet and author (b. 1639)

1794 – Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (b. 1711)

1794 – Philippe de Noailles, French general (b. 1715)

1827 – Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian and academic (b. 1754)

1829 – James Smithson, English chemist and mineralogist (b. 1765)

1831 – Sophie Germain, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1776)

1839 – Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh Empire (b. 1780)

1844 – Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (b. 1800)

1844 – Joseph Smith, American religious leader, founded the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1805)

1878 – Sidney Breese, American jurist and politician (b. 1800)

1894 – Giorgio Costantino Schinas, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1834)

1896 – John Berryman, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1825)

1905 – Harold Mahony, Scottish-Irish tennis player (b. 1867)

1907 – Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American educator, co-founded Radcliffe College (b. 1822)

1911 – Victor Surridge, English motorcycle racer (b. 1882)

1912 – George Bonnor, Australian cricketer (b. 1855)

1917 – Karl Allmenröder, German soldier and pilot (b. 1896)

1919 – Peter Sturholdt, American boxer (b. 1885)

1920 – Adolphe-Basile Routhier, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1839)

1934 – Francesco Buhagiar, Maltese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1876)

1935 – Eugene Augustin Lauste, French-American inventor (b. 1857)

1944 – Milan Hodža, Czech journalist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (b. 1878)

1946 – Wanda Gág, American author and illustrator (b. 1893)

1949 – Frank Smythe, English botanist and mountaineer (b. 1900)

1950 – Milada Horáková, Czech politician, victim of judicial murder (b. 1901)

1952 – Max Dehn, German-American mathematician and academic (b. 1878)

1957 – Hermann Buhl, Austrian soldier and mountaineer (b. 1924)

1960 – Lottie Dod, English tennis player, golfer, and archer (b. 1871)

1962 – Paul Viiding, Estonian author, poet, and critic (b. 1904)

1967 – Jaan Lattik, Estonian pastor and politician, 9th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia (b. 1878)

1970 – Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler and scholar (b. 1902)

1975 – G.I. Taylor, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1886)

1986 – George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player and referee (b. 1905)

1987 – Billy Snedden, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Attorney-General for Australia (b. 1926)

1989 – A. J. Ayer, English philosopher and academic (b. 1910)

1991 – Milton Subotsky, American-English screenwriter and producer (b. 1921)

1996 – Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (b. 1909)

1998 – Gilles Rocheleau, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1935)

1999 – Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)

2000 – Pierre Pflimlin, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)

2001 – Tove Jansson, Finnish author, illustrator, and painter (b. 1914)

2001 – Jack Lemmon, American actor (b. 1925)

2001 – Joan Sims, English actress (b. 1930)

2002 – John Entwistle, English singer-songwriter, bass guitarist, and producer (b. 1944)

2002 – Robert L. J. Long, American admiral (b. 1920)

2003 – David Newman, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)

2004 – George Patton IV, American general (b. 1923)

2004 – Darrell Russell, American race car driver (b. 1968)

2005 – Shelby Foote, American historian and author (b. 1917)

2005 – Ray Holmes, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1914)

2005 – John T. Walton, American businessman, co-founded the Children's Scholarship Fund (b. 1946)

2006 – Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, Mexican serial killer (b. 1959)

2007 – William Hutt, Canadian actor (b. 1920)

2008 – Sam Manekshaw, Indian field marshal (b. 1914)

2009 – Gale Storm, American actress (b. 1922)

2010 – Corey Allen, American film and television actor, writer, director, and producer (b. 1934)

2011 – Mike Doyle, English footballer (b. 1946)

2012 – Stan Cox, English runner (b. 1918)

2012 – Rosemary Dobson, Australian poet and illustrator (b. 1920)

2013 – Stefano Borgonovo, Italian footballer (b. 1964)

2013 – Ian Scott, English-New Zealand painter (b. 1945)

2014 – Edmond Blanchard, Canadian jurist and politician (b. 1954)

2014 – Allen Grossman, American poet, critic, and academic (b. 1932)

2014 – Leslie Manigat, Haitian educator and politician, 43rd President of Haiti (b. 1930)

2014 – Violet Milstead, Canadian World War II aviator and bush pilot (b. 2014)[4]

2014 – Rachid Solh, Lebanese politician, 48th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1926)

2015 – Zvi Elpeleg, Polish-Israeli diplomat, author, and academic (b. 1926)

2015 – Knut Helle, Norwegian historian and professor (b. 1930)

2015 – Chris Squire, English musician (bass guitarist), singer and songwriter, member of the rock band Yes (b. 1948)

2016 – Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1929)

2017 – Peter L. Berger, Austrian sociologist (b. 1929)

2018 – Joe Jackson, American manager, father of Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson (b. 1928)[5]

2018 – Liz Jackson, Australian journalist and former barrister (b. 1951)

2018 – William McBridge, Australian obstetrician (b. 1927)