Today in History - History - June 27th

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

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

1759General James Wolfe begins the siege of Quebec.

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

2007Gordon Brown becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

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

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

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

199412th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Dave Stockton

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

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

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

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

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

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)