Today in History - History - June 27th

2008Bill Gates steps down as Chairman of Microsoft Corporation to work full time for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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

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

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

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

2001Pope John Paul II beatifies 28 Ukrainian Greek Catholics, including 27 martyrs most of whom were killed by the Soviet secret police. Beatification takes place at the service in Lviv, western Ukraine during his first visit to this country.

2007Gordon Brown becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

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

199412th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Dave Stockton

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

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

1975Tobey Maguire, Santa Monica California, American actor (Spider-Man, The Great Gatsby)

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

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

1948Inventor Jack Kilby (24) weds Barbara Annegers

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

2001Jack Lemmon, American actor (b. 1925)