Notable Historical Events on June 27th
June 27th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
678 |
St Agatho begins his reign as Catholic Pope |
1358 |
Republic of Dubrovnik is founded |
1542 |
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo claims California for Spain |
1580 |
Duke of Alva's army occupies Portugal |
1652 |
New Amsterdam (now New York City) enacts first speed limit law in North America |
1693 |
1st sea battle of Lagos: a French fleet under Anne Hilarion de Tourville defeated an Anglo-Dutch fleet under George Rooke |
1693 |
1st woman's magazine "Ladies' Mercury" published (London) |
1697 |
Polish parliament selects monarch August of Saxony as king |
1709 |
Peter the Great of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava. |
1743 |
War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Dettingen: in Bavaria, King George II of Britain personally leads troops into battle. The last time a British monarch would command troops in the field. |
1756 |
French fleet conquer St Philips Castle of Minorca |
1759 |
General James Wolfe begins the siege of Quebec. |
1778 |
Liberty Bell came home to Philaelphia after the British departure |
1806 |
Buenos Aires captured by British |
1833 |
Prudence Crandall, a white woman, arrested for conducting an academy for black females at Canterbury Conn |
1847 |
New York & Boston linked by telegraph wires |
1857 |
James 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 |
1862 |
-28] Battle at Garnett's/Golding's Farms, Virginia |
1862 |
Battle of Gaines' Mill, VA (Cold Harbor, Chickahominy Bluffs) Day 3 |
1863 |
Skirmish at Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia |
1864 |
Atlanta Campaign: Battle of Kennesaw Mountain GA |
1867 |
Bank of California opens doors |
1876 |
1st NLer to get 6 hits in 9 inn game (Dave Force, Phila Athletics) |
1876 |
Democratic Party elects Samuel Tilden as US presidential candidate |
1890 |
Cecil Rhodes' colonies attack Motlousi in Matabeleland |
1890 |
George Dixon becomes 1st black boxing champ (Bantam weight) |
1893 |
Great stock crash on NY stock exchange |
1899 |
16th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Blanche Hillyard beats C Sterry (6-2 6-3) |
1899 |
23rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Reginald Doherty beats Arthur Gore (1-6 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-3) |
1903 |
9th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 307 at Baltusrol GC NJ |
1905 |
Russian sailors mutiny aboard battleship "Potemkin" and sail for Odessa |
1909 |
23rd US Womens Tennis: Hazel H Wightman beats M Barger-Wallach (6-0 6-1) |
1909 |
Etten-Leur 1st airplane flight in Neth (Belgium count De Lambert) |
1914 |
Jack Johnson beats Frank Moran in 20 for heavyweight boxing title |
1914 |
US signs treaty of commerce with Ethiopia |
1915 |
100°F (38°C), Fort Yukon, Alaska (state record) |
1915 |
Dutch SDAP demonstrates against conscription |
1917 |
1st baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service |
1922 |
Newberry Medal 1st presented for kids literature (Hendrik Van Loon) |
1923 |
Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH-4B biplane |
1929 |
1st color TV demo (NYC) |
1929 |
President Paul Von Hindenburg refuses to pay German debt of WW I |
1931 |
3rd Ryder Cup: US wins, 9-3 at Scioto Country Club (Columbus, Ohio, US) |
1933 |
4th Ryder Cup: Great Britain wins, 6½-5½ at Southport & Ainsdale, England |
1934 |
Federal Savings & Loan Association created |
1935 |
Danno O'Mahoney beats Jim Londos in Boston, to become wrestling champ |
1936 |
71st British Golf Open: Alf Padgham shoots a 287 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club |
1939 |
1st night game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Indians 5, Tigers 0) |
1939 |
Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 2-2, in 23 innings |
1939 |
Headley scores a cricket century in each innings v England at Lord's |
1940 |
Soviet Army attacks Romania |
1940 |
USSR returns to Gregorian calendar |
1941 |
Bialystok Poland falls to Germany |
1941 |
Nazi manifest against the Jews in Amsterdam |
1942 |
FBI captures 8 Nazi saboteurs from a sub off NY's Long Island |
1942 |
PQ-17 convoy leaves Iceland for Archangelsk |
1943 |
Elly Dammers throws Dutch record spear (41,43m) |
1943 |
Fanny Blankers-Koen runs Dutch record 200m (24.5) |
1944 |
Cherbourg, France liberated by Allies |
1945 |
Foundation 1940-45 established |
1947 |
98°F (36.8°C) in De Bilt, Netherlands |
1947 |
WRC TV channel 4 in Washington DC (NBC) begins broadcasting |
1949 |
"Captain Video & His Video Rangers" debut on DUMONT-TV |
1950 |
"Liar" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 12 performances |
1950 |
32nd PGA Championship: Chandler Harper at Scioto CC Columbus Ohio |
1950 |
US sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam |
1950 |
North Koreans troop reach Seoul, UN asks members to aid South Korea, Harry Truman orders Air Force & Navy into Korean conflict |
1950 |
South Africa heeds United Nations call to assist Korea |
1953 |
Joseph Laniel appointed French premier |
1954 |
1st atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia) |
1954 |
CIA-sponsored rebels overthrow elected government of Guatemala |
1955 |
"Julius LaRosa Show" debuts on CBS-TV |
1955 |
1st automobile seat belt legislation enacted (Illinois) |
1956 |
Indians trailing Orioles 9-1 come back to win 12-11 in 11 innings |
1957 |
Hurricane Audrey, kills 526 in Louisiana & Texas |
1957 |
The British Medical Research Council publishes a report suggesting a direct link between smoking and lung cancer. |
1958 |
Billy Pierce's perfect game bid broken with 2 outs in 9th |
1958 |
Harry Burrell flies KC-135 record (5:27:42.8) NY to London |
1959 |
"West Side Story" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 734 perfs |
1959 |
14th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright |
1959 |
Players vote Henry Aaron unanimously for the All-Star Game |
1960 |
British Somaliland becomes part of Somalia |
1960 |
Chlorophyll "A" synthesized in Cambridge, Massachusetts |
1960 |
Oil pipe line from Rotterdam-Ruhrgebied opens |
1961 |
Ghana imposes a total ban on exports to South Africa and South West Africa |
1962 |
NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m |
1962 |
Ross Perot begins Electronic Data Systems |
1962 |
In South Africa, the General Law Amendment Act (Sabotage Act) No 76 commences, increasing the state president's power to declare organisations unlawful and to add further restrictions to banning orders |
1963 |
Bill J Kramer & Dakotas record Lennon & McCartney "I Call Your Name" |
1963 |
US President John Kennedy spent 1st full day in Ireland |
1963 |
USAF Major Robert A Rushworth in X-15 reaches 86,900 m |
1963 |
Phillies Johnny Callison hits for cycle, but Phillie centerfielder Tony Gonzalez's error ends his record 205 consecutive errorless games |
1964 |
"New Phil Silvers Show" last airs on CBS-TV |
1964 |
"Sie Liebt Dich (She Loves You)" by Die Beatles peaks at #97 |
1964 |
Jan & Dean release "Little Old Lady From Pasadena" |
1965 |
Carol Mann wins LPGA Carling Golf Open |
1966 |
1st sci-fi soap opera, "Dark Shadows," premieres on ABC-TV |
1966 |
4th Mayor's Trophy Game; Yanks beat Mets 5-2 |
1967 |
Race riot in Buffalo NY (200 arrested) |
1967 |
The world's first ATM is installed in Enfield, London. |
1968 |
Ludvik Vaculik publishes "Manifest of 2000 words" in Prague |
1969 |
50,000 attend Denver Pop Festival |
1969 |
Honduras/El Salvador breaks diplomatic relations due to soccer match |
1969 |
Police raid Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, NY, about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, it lasts 3 days |
1970 |
Following the arrest of Bernadette Devlin, intense riots erupt in Derry and Belfast leading to a prolonged gun battle between Irish republicans and loyalists |
1971 |
"You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" closes at Golden NYC after 31 perfs |
1971 |
26th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by JoAnne Carner |
1973 |
"Live & Let Die" premieres in US |
1973 |
John W Dean tells Watergate Committee about Nixon's "enemies list" |
1973 |
Uruguay suspends constitution |
1973 |
The President of Uruguay dissolves Parliament and heads a coup d'état. |
1974 |
"Flip Wilson Show" last airs on NBC-TV |
1974 |
US president Nixon visits USSR |
1976 |
"Pacific Overtures" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 193 perfs |
1976 |
Air France Airbus hijacked in Germany to Uganda |
1976 |
Judy Rankin wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Invitational |
1976 |
Portuguese general Antonio Eanes elected president |
1976 |
In South Africa, the National President of the Black People's Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots in Soweto have lead to a new era of political consciousness |
1976 |
Air France A-300B Airbus hijacked from Athens arrives at Entebbe, Uganda; four hijackers members Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Bader-Meinhof Gang in Germany |
1977 |
5-4 Supreme Court decision allows lawyers to advertise |
1977 |
Djibouti (Afars & Issas) claims Independence from France |
1977 |
Willie McCovey smashes 2 HRs in inning for 2nd time (Apr 12, 1973) |
1978 |
Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 m, 7:32.1 |
1978 |
Soyuz 30 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Polish) to Salyut 6 space station |
1978 |
US Seasat 1, 1st oceanographic satellite, launched into polar orbit |
1979 |
Heavyweight Muhammad Ali confirms that his 3rd retirement is final (it isn't) |
1979 |
Supreme Court rules employers may use quotas to help minorities |
1980 |
1st female state police graduates (NJ) |
1980 |
Dodger's Jerry Reuss' no-hits SF Giants 8-0 |
1980 |
Italian plane crashes into Tyrrheense Sea, kills 81 |
1980 |
US revives draft registration |
1981 |
"Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes returns to #1 slot |
1981 |
Cambodia adopts its constitution |
1981 |
Pamela Jenks, 21, crowned 14th Miss Black America |
1982 |
"Dancin'" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 1,774 performances |
1982 |
"Play Me a Country Song" opens & closes at Virginia Theater NYC |
1982 |
STS-4 Launch (Columbia) |
1982 |
Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Rochester Golf International |
1983 |
Highest price paid for painting by a living artist 960,200 pounds - Miro |
1983 |
Mariners bat out of order against White Sox in 2nd inning |
1983 |
NASA launches space vehicle S-205 |
1983 |
Soyuz T-9 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station |
1984 |
Emmy 11th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 5th time |
1984 |
Fire destroys a set in "A View to the Kill" |
1984 |
France wins soccer's European Cup |
1984 |
Late Night's 1st Tower Drop |
1984 |
Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts |
1985 |
First hotel strike in NY |
1985 |
Route 66 (Chicago to Santa Monica), is decertified |
1986 |
Anne White shocks Wimbledon by wearing only a body stocking |
1986 |
In referendum, Irish uphold ban on divorce |
1986 |
Robby Thompson (SF) sets record, caught stealing 4 times in 1 game |
1986 |
SF Giant Robby Thompson is caught stealing record 4 times |
1986 |
US informs NZ it will not defend it against attack |
1986 |
World Court rules US aid to Nicaraguan contras illegal |
1986 |
South African Journalist and founder of the 'New Nation' newspaper, Zwelakhe Sisulu is abducted; he was released 721 days later on 2 December 1988 |
1987 |
Supreme Court Justice Powell retires |
1987 |
In South Africa, the Afrikaans Protestant Church, a breakaway faction of Dutch Reformed Church, is formed |
1988 |
Mike Tyson KOs Michael Spink in 91 seconds, in Atlantic City ($67m) |
1988 |
Reds bat out of order against Padres in 1st inning |
1990 |
Jose Canseco signs record $4,700,000 per year Oak A's contract |
1990 |
Salman Rushdie, condemned to death by Iran, contributes $8600 to help their earthquake victims |
1991 |
Emmy 18th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 12th time |
1992 |
"57 Channels (and Nothin' on)" by Bruce Springsteen peaks at #68 |
1992 |
193rd ranked Andrei Olhovsky defeats #1 seed Jim Courier at Wimbledon |
1992 |
Dan O'Brien fails on pole vault & eliminated from Olympics decathlon |
1992 |
Daryl Gates retires as LA police chief |
1993 |
"Falsettos" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 487 performances |
1993 |
11th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jim Colbert |
1993 |
NY Met pitcher Anthony Young loses record 24th straight game |
1993 |
Shelley Hamlin wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic |
1993 |
Don Henley booed in Milwaukee when he dedicates the song "It's Not Easy Being Green" to President Clinton |
1994 |
"Gray's Anatomy" closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 8 performances |
1994 |
118°F (47.8°C) at Lakewood New Mexico[dup] |
1994 |
118°F (47.8°C) at Lakewood New Mexico (state record) |
1994 |
12th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Dave Stockton |
1994 |
NY Daily News increases prices to 50 cents |
1994 |
Aerosmith become first major band to let fans download a full new track free from the internet |
1995 |
Holland's debut in English domestic comp (v Northants, NatWest) |
1995 |
Mason City Iowa's TV news personality Jodi Huisentruit disappears |
1995 |
Space shuttle STS-71 (Atlantis 14), launches |
1995 |
Former WMMS engineer William Alford is sentenced to 10 days & $1,000 fine for cutting feed during Howard Stern's broadcast from Cleveland |
1998 |
Opening of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia. |
1999 |
ATB go to No.1 on the UK singles chart with '9pm, Till I Come' |
1999 |
The Chemical Brothers go to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Surrender', their second No.1 album |
1999 |
45th LPGA Championship won by Juli Inkster |
2001 |
Pope 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. |
2001 |
The International Court of Justice finds against the United States in its judgement in the LaGrand Case. |
2003 |
The United States National Do Not Call Registry, formed to combat unwanted telemarketing calls and administered by the Federal Trade Commission, enrolls almost three-quarters of a million phone numbers on its first day. |
2005 |
AMD files broad antitrust complaints against Intel Corporation in U.S. Federal District Court, alleging abuse of monopoly powers and antitrust violations. |
2007 |
The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre. |
2007 |
Gordon Brown becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
2008 |
Bill Gates steps down as Chairman of Microsoft Corporation to work full time for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. |
2010 |
56th LPGA Championship won by Cristie Kerr |
2013 |
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj is re-elected President of Mongolia |
2016 |
Chile repeats as Copa America champs; Lionel Messi says he's quitting Argentina |
2017 |
At platform 9-3/4, Harry Potter fans mark 20 years of magic |
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