Today in History - History - June 27th

1993Don Henley booed in Milwaukee when he dedicates the song "It's Not Easy Being Green" to President Clinton

1981"Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes returns to #1 slot

1988Mike Tyson KOs Michael Spink in 91 seconds, in Atlantic City ($67m)

2007Gordon Brown becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

1950North Koreans troop reach Seoul, UN asks members to aid South Korea, Harry Truman orders Air Force & Navy into Korean conflict

199412th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Dave Stockton

1759General James Wolfe begins the siege of Quebec.

1857James Donnelly becomes engaged in a drunken brawl with Patrick Farrell, who suffers a fatal blow to the head. Farrell dies two days later, which makes James Donnelly a wanted man and draws the Donnelly family into the notorious feud

1709Peter the Great of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.

195914th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright

1880Helen Keller, Ala, blind-deaf author/lecturer had more sense than many

1872Paul Laurence Dunbar, Dayton Ohio, poet/novelist (Oak & Ivory)

1993Actress Julia Roberts (25) weds country singer Lyle Lovett (36) at St. James Lutheran Church in Marion, Indiana

1992Singer-songwriter Andrea Bocelli (34) weds Enrica Cenzatti

1948Inventor Jack Kilby (24) weds Barbara Annegers

2009Rocker Eddie Van Halen (54) weds publicist Janie Liszewski (39) at his seven-acre estate in the hills above Studio City, California

1844Joseph Smith Jr, founder/leader (Mormon Church), shot by mob at 38

1458Alfonso V, King of Aragon/Sicily/Naples (Alfonso I), dies