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Birthday June 27, 1462 Louis XII, (the Just), king of France (1498-1515) |
Birthday June 27, 1550 Charles IX, king of France (1560-74) |
Birthday June 27, 1682 Charles XII, king of Sweden (1697-1718) |
Birthday June 27, 1846 Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish nationalist |
Birthday June 27, 1850 Ivan Vazov, Bulgarian poet, novelist, playwright (Under the Yoke) |
Birthday June 27, 1850 Lafcadio Hearn, American journalist, author (Chita) |
Birthday June 27, 1869 Emma Goldman, anarchist |
Birthday June 27, 1872 Paul Laurence Dunbar, poet and short story writer |
Birthday June 27, 1880 Helen Keller, blind-deaf author-lecturer had more sense than many |
Birthday June 27, 1913 Willie Mosconi, world champion pool player |
Birthday June 27, 1920 IAL Diamond, Screenwriter |
Birthday June 27, 1927 Bob Keeshan, aka Capt Kangaroo (Good Morning Captain) |
Birthday June 27, 1930 H Ross Periot, Billionaire |
Birthday June 27, 1934 Anna Moffo, soprano in Wayne Penn |
Birthday June 27, 1938 Bruce E. Babbitt, (Gov-D-AL) |
Birthday June 27, 1945 Norma Kamali |
Birthday June 27, 1952 Julia Duffy, in Minneapolis Mn (Newhart Show) |
Birthday June 27, 1955 Isabelle Adjani |
History June 27, 1775 Schuyler dispatched to Ticonderoga and Crown Point |
History June 27, 1806 Buenos Aires captured by British |
History June 27, 1829 Smithson's curious bequest |
History June 27, 1838 Queen Victoria is crowned |
History June 27, 1844 Mormon leaders Joseph & Hyrum Smith killed by a mob in Carthage |
History June 27, 1844 Mormon leader killed by mob |
History June 27, 1847 NY & Boston linked by telegraph wires |
History June 27, 1864 Confederate and Union forces clash at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain |
History June 27, 1867 Bank of Calif opens doors |
History June 27, 1874 Buffalo hunters and Indians clash at Adobe Walls |
History June 27, 1914 Colonel House meets with British foreign secretary in London |
History June 27, 1921 Four-time thief escapes Baumes law |
History June 27, 1922 First Newbery Medal for children's literature |
History June 27, 1929 1st color TV demo - NYC |
History June 27, 1934 Federal Savings & Loan Association created |
History June 27, 1939 “Frankly, My Dear…†|
History June 27, 1940 Germans get Enigma |
History June 27, 1940 End of USSR experimental calendar |
History June 27, 1942 FBI captures 8 Nazi saboteurs from a sub off NY's Long Island |
History June 27, 1944 U.S. troops liberate Cherbourg, France |
History June 27, 1944 Cherbourg - France captured by Allies |
History June 27, 1950 Pres Truman orders Air Force & Navy into Korean conflict |
History June 27, 1950 U.N. approves armed force to repel North Korea |
History June 27, 1953 Alice McDermott's birthday |
History June 27, 1954 CIA-sponsored rebels overthrow elected government of Guatemala |
History June 27, 1955 1st automobile seat belt legislation enacted Illinois |
History June 27, 1957 500 people killed by Hurricane Audrey in coastal La & Tx |
History June 27, 1960 Chlorophyll "A" synthesized Cambridge Mass |
History June 27, 1962 NASA X-15 flies at 4105 mph |
History June 27, 1963 Kennedy appoints Lodge as ambassador |
History June 27, 1963 Pres Kennedy spent 1st full day in Ireland |
History June 27, 1963 Robert Rushworth in X-15 reaches 87 km |
History June 27, 1963 JFK visits Ireland |
History June 27, 1966 4th Mayor's Trophy Game Yanks beat Mets 5-2 |
History June 27, 1968 Elvis Presley tapes his famous TV comeback special |
History June 27, 1968 U.S. forces begin to evacuate Khe Sanh |
History June 27, 1973 John W Dean tells Watergate Committee about Nixon's `enemies list' |
History June 27, 1976 Ebola breaks out in Sudan |
History June 27, 1977 Djibouti gains independence from France (National Day) |
History June 27, 1977 5-4 decision Supreme Court decides to let lawyers advertise |
History June 27, 1978 Soyuz 30 launched |
History June 27, 1982 4th Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 4 launched |
History June 27, 1983 Soyuz T-9 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station |
History June 27, 1983 Balloonists Maxie Anderson & Don Ida died during a race |
History June 27, 1984 Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts |
History June 27, 1985 Route 66 decertified |
History June 27, 1986 World Court rules US aid to Nicaraguan contras illegal |
History June 27, 1987 Supreme Court Justice Powell retires |
History June 27, 1988 Tyson knocks out Spinks |