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'''June 27''' is the 178th day of the year (179th in [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 187 days remaining.
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==Events==
*[[1709]] - [[Peter the Great]] defeats [[Charles XII of Sweden]] at the [[Battle of Poltava]].
*[[1759]] - General [[James Wolfe]] starts siege of [[Quebec]].
*[[1844]] - [[Joseph Smith, Jr.]] murdered with brother Hyrum in Carthage Jail, [[Carthage, Illinois]].
*[[1864]] - [[Battle of Kennesaw Mountain]] in the [[American Civil War]].
*[[1893]] - Crash of the [[New York Stock Exchange]].
*[[1898]] - First solo [[circumnavigation]] of the globe completed by [[Joshua Slocum]] from [[Briar Island]] [[Nova Scotia]].
*[[1905]] - Mutiny on the battleship [[Potemkin]].
*[[1945]] - Under Secretary of the Navy [[Ralph Bard]] sends memo to Secretary of War [[Henry L. Stimson]] urging that the [[United States]] give "preliminary warning" to [[Japan]] before using the [[atomic bomb]] on a Japanese target.
*[[1950]] - The [[United States]] decides to send troops to fight in the [[Korean War]].
*[[1953]] - [[Joseph Laniel]] becomes Prime Minister of [[France]].
*[[1954]] - World's first [[nuclear power station]] opens in [[Obninsk]], near [[Moscow]].
*[[1957]] - [[Hurricane Audrey]] kills 500 people in [[Louisiana]] and [[Texas]].
*[[1967]] - World's first [[Automatic Teller Machine|ATM]] installed in [[Enfield]], [[London]].
*[[1972]] - [[ATARI]] is established by [[Nolan Bushnell]].
*[[1977]] - [[France]] grants independence to [[Djibouti]].
*[[1979]] - [[Muhammad Ali]] announces his retirement from [[boxing]].
*[[1980]] - A commercial [[DC-9]] ([[Itavia Flight 870]]) was apparently shot down.
*[[1984]] - [[Pierre Elliott Trudeau]] wins [[Albert Einstein Peace Prize]].
*[[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]].
*[[1991]] - [[Slovenia]], which declared independent two days previously, is invaded by [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] troops, tanks, and aircraft.
*[[1995]] - [[Jodi Huisentruit]], an [[journalism|anchorwoman]] in [[Mason City, Iowa]] disappears, presumably abducted.
*[[2001]] - [[International Court of Justice]] finds against the [[United States]] in its judgement in the [[LaGrand Case]].
==Births==
*[[1194]] - [[Sancho VI of Navarre]]
*[[1462]] - King [[Louis XII of France]] (d. [[1515]])
*[[1550]] - King [[Charles IX of France]] (d. [[1574]])
*[[1682]] - King [[Charles XII of Sweden]] (d. [[1718]]) (June 17 in [[Swedish calendar]])
*[[1838]] - [[Paul von Mauser]], weapon designer (d. [[1914]])
*[[1850]] - [[Lafcadio Hearn]], author (d. [[1904]])
*[[1869]] - [[Hans Spemann]], zoologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in medicine]] [[1935]] (d. [[1941]])
*1869 - [[Emma Goldman]], anarchist, feminist, free love advocate (d. [[1940]])
*[[1870]] - [[Frank Rattray Lillie]], zoologist, embryologist (d. [[1947]])
*[[1880]] - [[Helen Keller]], spokeswoman for the deaf and blind (d. [[1968]])
*[[1882]] - [[Eduard Spranger]], philosopher, psychologist and educator (d. [[1963]])
*[[1906]] - [[Catherine Cookson]], author (d. [[1998]])
*[[1913]] - [[Willie Mosconi]], professional [[billiards]] player (d. [[1993]])
*[[1925]] - Jerome Felder, AKA [[Doc Pomus]], musician, composer (d. [[1991]])
*[[1928]] - [[Rudy Perpich]], [[United States|American]] politician (d. [[1995]])
*[[1927]] - [[Otto Herbert Hajek]], sculptor
*[[1930]] - [[Ross Perot]], American billionaire and politician
*[[1931]] - [[Charles Bronfman]], industrialist
*[[1932]] - [[Anna Moffo]], American soprano
*[[1941]] - [[Raymond Winn]], Utah Professional Engineer
*[[1941]] - [[Krzysztof Kieslowski]], film director (d. [[1996]])
*[[1949]] - [[Vera Wang]], fashion designer
*[[1954]] - [[Patsy Hernandez]], Controller [[Garfield County]]
*[[1955]] - [[Isabelle Adjani]], French actress
*[[1959]] - [[Clint Boon]], musician best known for playing keyboards in the band [[Inspiral Carpets]]
*[[1962]] - [[Tony Leung Chiu Wai]], Hong Kong actor
*[[1963]] - [[Meera Syal]], comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist and actress
*[[1966]] - [[J. J. Abrams]], [[television]] writer and producer
*[[1970]] - [[Jim Edmonds]], [[baseball]] player
*[[1970]] - [[Colleen Fitzpatrick|Vitamin C]], [[pop music|pop singer]]
*[[1975]] - [[Tobey Maguire]], actor
*[[1977]] - [[Raúl González Blanco|Raúl]], [[Spain|Spanish]] [[football (soccer)|football]] star
*[[1983]] - [[Alsou]], [[Russia|Russian]] singer
*[[1991]] - [[Madylin Sweeten]], actress
*[[1991]] - [[Spencer Pace]], scholar (future director)
==Deaths==
*[[363]] - Emperor [[Julian]]
*[[1162]] - [[Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy|Eudes II]], [[Duke of Burgundy]] (b. [[1118]])
*[[1149]] - [[Raymond of Antioch|Raymond of Poitiers]], [[Principality of Antioch|Prince of Antioch]] (b. [[1099]])
*[[1458]] - [[Alfonso V of Aragon]] (b. [[1396]])
*[[1655]] - [[Eleonore Gonzaga]], wife of [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. [[1598]])
*[[1829]] - [[James Smithson]], founder of the [[Smithsonian Institute]]
*[[1831]] - [[Sophie Germain]], mathematician (b. [[1776]])
*[[1844]] - [[Hyrum Smith]], American religious leader (b. [[1800]])
*1844 - [[Joseph Smith, Jr.]] founder of [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (b. [[1805]])
*[[1952]] - [[Elmo Lincoln]], actor
*[[1957]] - [[Malcolm Lowry]], novelist (b. [[1909]])
*[[1960]] - [[Lottie Dod]], English athlete
*[[1970]] - [[Daniel Kinsey]], American hurdler (b. [[1902]])
*[[1998]] - [[Kerim Tekin]], Turkish singer
*[[2001]] - [[Jack Lemmon]], actor and film director (b. [[1925]])
*[[2001]] - [[Tove Jansson]], author of the [[Moomin]] books (b. [[1914]])
*2001 - [[Jack Lemmon]], American actor and director
*[[2002]] - [[John Entwistle]], bass player for [[The Who]] (b. [[1944]])
*[[2004]] - [[Darrell Russell]], [[National Hot Rod Association|NHRA]] [[drag racer]] (b. [[1968]])
==Holidays and observances==
* Feast of St [[Cyril of Alexandria]]
* National [[HIV]] Testing Day in [[United States]]
* Stonewall Day (date of many [[gay pride]] celebrations, including those in [[New York City]], [[San Francisco]], [[Toronto]], and [[Madrid]])
== External links ==
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/27 BBC: On This Day]
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[[June 26]] - [[June 28]] - [[May 27]] - [[July 27]] -- [[historical anniversaries|listing of all days]]
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