This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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Births:  
 
06/27/1462 Louis XII, the Just, King of France (1498-1515) 
06/27/1550 Charles IX, King of France (1560-74) 
06/27/1718 Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer 
06/27/1745 Johann Nepomuk Went, composer 
06/27/1789 Philipp Friedrich Silcher, composer 
06/27/1805 Stephen Elvey, composer 
06/27/1808 Everhardus J Potgieter, Dutch writer/publisher (The Guide) 
06/27/1812 John Pike Hullah, composer 
06/27/1819 Carl Albert Loeschhorn, composer 
06/27/1821 August Conradi, composer 
06/27/1828 Junius Daniel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 
06/27/1833 Vladislav Ivanovich Zaremba, composer 
06/27/1838 Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Bengali novelist (Anandamath) 
06/27/1846 Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party-Lower house leader 
06/27/1846 Charles Stewart Parnell, Ireland, nationalist 
06/27/1850 Ivan Vazov, Bulgaria, poet/novelist/playwright (Under the Yoke) 
06/27/1850 Jacob Adolf Hagg, composer 
06/27/1850 Lafcadio Hearn, US, journalist/author (Chita) 
06/27/1862 May Irwin, US comedienne/singer (Hot Time in the Old Town) 
06/27/1869 Emma Goldman, anarchist/publisher (Mother Earth) 
06/27/1872 Paul Laurence Dunbar, Dayton Ohio, poet/novelist (Oak & Ivory) 
06/27/1878 Jean F Van Royen, Dutch bibliophile/secretary-general of PTT 
06/27/1880 Helen Keller, blind-deaf author/lecturer had more sense than many 
06/27/1882 Eduard Spranger, German psychologist/educator 
06/27/1884 Forrester Harvey, actor (Tarzan, Chump at Oxford, Man of 2 Worlds) 
06/27/1884 Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher (La psychanalyse du feu) 
06/27/1885 Arthur Harmat, composer 
06/27/1889 Alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor 
06/27/1889 Moroni Olsen, actor (Kentucky, Annie Oakley, Black Gold, Snow White)

06/27/1898 Tibor Harsanyi, composer 
06/27/1900 Otto E Passman, (Rep-D-La, 1947-77) 
06/27/1906 Vernon P Watkins, Welsh poet (Ballad of Mari Lwyd) 
06/27/1907 John McIntire, Spokane Ws, actor (Naked City, Wagon Train, Virginian

06/27/1907 Valerie Cossart, London, actress (Hartmans) 
06/27/1909 Gianandrea Gavazzeni, composer 
06/27/1910 Karel Reiner, composer 
06/27/1911 Alfred Scott Witherbee Jr, US Lusitania officer 
06/27/1911 V K Narayana Menon, composer 
06/27/1912 Audrey Christie, Chic Ill, actress (Dorothy-Fair Exchange) 
06/27/1913 Willie Mosconi, world champion pool player (1941-57) 
06/27/1914 Alexander Pola, [Abraham Polak], actor/writer (Farce Major) 
06/27/1914 Giorgio Almirante, Italy, fascist (member of parliament (1948-87)) 
06/27/1916 Hallvard Olav Johnsen, composer 
06/27/1918 Adolph Kiefer, US, 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1936) 
06/27/1920 I A L Diamond, screenwriter (1960 Acad Award-Apartment) 
06/27/1921 G M J Veldkamp, Dutch politician (CDA) 
06/27/1922 George Theophilus Walker, Washington DC, composer (Praise of Lillies

06/27/1923 Paul F Conrad, Cedar Rapids Iowa, cartoonist (Pulitzer 1964, 71, 84)

06/27/1927 Bob Keeshan, aka Capt Kangaroo/Clarabelle (Good Morning Captain) 
06/27/1927 Peter Bayliss, Thames England, actor (From Russia With Love) 
06/27/1927 Robert Casey, Rochester NY, actor (Henry-Aldrich Family Show) 
06/27/1930 H Ross Perot, Texas, billionaire/presidental candidate (1992) 
06/27/1930 Tamio Kono, Sacramento Cal, Weightlifter (Olympic-gold-1952, 65, 60)

06/27/1931 Alojz Srebotnjak, composer 
06/27/1931 Ryszard Kwiatkowski, composer 
06/27/1932 Hugh Wood, composer 
06/27/1934 Anna Moffo, Wayne Penn, soprano (or 1932) 
06/27/1936 John MD 'Shali' Shalikashvili, Polish/US general (NATO) 
06/27/1937 Joseph P Allen IV, Crawfordsville Ind, PhD/astronaut (STS-5, STS 51A

06/27/1938 Bruce E Babbitt, (Gov-D-AL) 
06/27/1938 Shirley Ann Field, actress (Beat Girl, Kings of the Sun) 
06/27/1941 James P[atrick] Hogan, UK, sci-fi author (Giants' Star) 
06/27/1942 John Howard McGuire, composer 
06/27/1944 Cornelis J 'Kees' Ouwens, writer/poet (Intieme Handelingen) 
06/27/1944 Patrick Sercu, Belgium, 1K time trial (Olympic-gold-1964) 
06/27/1945 Catherine Lacoste, Paris France, golfer (US Women's Open 1967) 
06/27/1945 John Veltch, horse trainer 
06/27/1945 Norma Kamali, NYC, dress designer (Costumes for the Wiz) 
06/27/1946 Daria Semegen, composer 
06/27/1946 Janice Giteck, composer 
06/27/1948 Angel Penna Jr, horse trainer 
06/27/1950 Benjamin Peterson, US, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1972) 
06/27/1950 Julia Duffy, Minneapolis Mn, actress (Stephanie-Newhart, Baby Talk) 
06/27/1951 Sidney M Gutierrez, Albuquerque NM, Mjr USAF/astronaut (STS 40, 59) 
06/27/1951 Ulf Andersson, Sweden, International Chess Grandmaster (1972) 
06/27/1955 Frank H G de Grave, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (VVD) 
06/27/1955 Isabelle Adjani, Paris, actress (Story of Adele H, Driver, Ishtar) 
06/27/1956 Jeff Odintz, horse trainer 
06/27/1957 Jack Poels, rock vocalist/gitarist (Rowwen HŠze-In the wei) 
06/27/1958 Jeffrey Lee Pierce, singer/songwriter (Gun Club) 
06/27/1959 Lorrie Morgan, Nashville Tn, country singer (Out of Your Shoes) 
06/27/1959 Trisha Yearwood, Nashville Tenn, singer (She's in Love With the Boy)

06/27/1960 Brian Drillinger, actor 
06/27/1960 Jim Nussle, (Rep-R-Iowa) 
06/27/197- Robby Rosa, singer (Menudo)/actor (Salsa) 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
06/27/ 444 Cyrillus van Alexandria, patriarch of Alexandria, dies 
06/27/1137 Guigo de Castro, [Venerabilis], 5th prior of Grande Chartreuse, dies

06/27/1296 Floris V, count of Holland & Zeeland, dies 
06/27/1458 Alfonso V, King of Aragon/Sicily/Naples (Alfonso I), dies 
06/27/1543 Agnolo Firenzuola, [Giovannini], Ital monk (De golden ezel), dies 
06/27/1638 Lukaris Cyrillus, patriarch of Alexandria/Constantinople, dies 
06/27/1641 Michiel Jansz of Mierevelt, royal painter, dies at 74 
06/27/1654 Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg), dies at 67 
06/27/1679 Pablo Bruna, composer, dies at 68 
06/27/1757 Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant, dies at 59 
06/27/1785 Egbert de Free Temminck, Amsterdam regent, dies at 84 
06/27/1814 Johann Friedrich Reichardt, composer, dies at 61 
06/27/1829 James Smithson, dies, his will establishes Smithsonian Institute 
06/27/1829 Louis-Sebastien Lebrun, composer, dies at 64 
06/27/1832 Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisla, composer, dies at 72 
06/27/1839 Ranjit Singh, gov of Lahore, dies 
06/27/1844 Hyrum Smith, founder/leader of Mormon chuch, lynched in Carthage Ill

06/27/1844 Joseph Smith Jr, founder/leader of Mormon chuch, lynched at 38 
06/27/1848 Denis A Affre, archbishop of Paris (1840-48), shot to death at 54 
06/27/1859 Jean C Baud, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies (1834-36), dies at 69 
06/27/1862 Chatham Roberdeau Wheat, Confederate major, dies in battle at about 

06/27/1863 Martin E Green, Confederate brig-general, shot dead at 38 
06/27/1876 Christian G Ehrenberg, German zoologist (micro-organisms), dies at 8

06/27/1889 Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano, dies 
06/27/1889 Whitney Eugene Thayer, composer, dies at 50 
06/27/1917 Gustav von Schmolle, German economist (Historical School), dies 
06/27/1918 Jos‚phin P‚ladan, French writer/CEO (French Red Cross), dies 
06/27/1934 Max Pallenberg, Austria actor (Brave Suender), dies in air crash at 

06/27/1944 Werner Wehrli, composer, dies at 52 
06/27/1948 George Templeton Strong, composer, dies at 92 
06/27/1950 Milada Hor kov , Czech advocate/anti fascist, hanged 
06/27/1954 Francis L Casadesus, French violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 83

06/27/1957 Malcolm Lowry, English writer (Ultramarine), dies at 48 
06/27/1958 Robert Greig, actor (Devil Doll, Indian Love Call), dies at 78 
06/27/1961 Paul (II) Guilfoyle, actor (Apache, Final Anaylsis), dies at 58 
06/27/1964 Daniel Lazarus, composer, dies at 65 
06/27/1965 Anthony Veiller, writer, dies at 62 
06/27/1966 Arthur D Waley, [Schloss], British sinology/poet (Monkey), dies 
06/27/1969 Richard Vance Maxfield, composer, dies at 42 
06/27/1973 Earl Browder, leader US Communist Party (1930-45), dies at 82 
06/27/1973 Ernest Truex, actor (Pop-Pete & Gladys, Mr Peepers), dies at 73 
06/27/1975 Robert Stolz, Austrian composer (Frhling im Prater), dies at 94 
06/27/1980 Steve Peregrin Took, percussionist (T-Rex), dies at 31 
06/27/1982 Jack Mullaney, actor (My Living Doll, It's About Time), dies at 49 
06/27/1983 Maxie Anderson & Don Ida, balloonists, die during a race 
06/27/1986 Don Rogers, of Cleveland Browns, dies of cocaine poisoning 
06/27/1986 Edna Mae Cooper, actress (Folly of Vanity, Grounds for Divorce), die

06/27/1988 Leonie Fuller Adams, US poetess (High Falcon), dies at 88 
06/27/1989 Alfred J Ayer, English philosopher (Logical Positivism), dies 
06/27/1989 Jack Beutel, actor (The Outlaw), dies 
06/27/1991 Klas Bruinsma, leader criminal organization, murdered 
06/27/1991 Willem J [Molly] Geertsema, liberal/foreign minister), dies 
06/27/1992 Allen James, vocalist/actor (Show Boat), dies at 84 of lung cancer 
06/27/1992 Sandy Amoros, Bkln Dodger, dies at 62 of pneumonia 
06/27/1992 Stefanie Ann Sargent, guitarist (7 Year Bitch), dies of overdose at 

06/27/1993 Wolfgang Grams, German RAF-terrorist, shot to death at 40 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
06/27/ 678 St Agatho begins his reign as Catholic Pope 
06/27/1524 Earl Henry III of Nassau weds Mencia de Medoza, 16-years old marques

06/27/1693 1st sea battle of Lagos: England & Holland vs France 
06/27/1693 1st woman's magazine 'Ladies' Mercury' published (London) 
06/27/1743 English defeat French at Dettingen 
06/27/1756 French fleet conquer St Philips Castle of Minorca 
06/27/1806 Buenos Aires captured by British 
06/27/1847 NY & Boston linked by telegraph wires 
06/27/1857 H Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #45 Eugenia 
06/27/1862 -28] Battle at Garnett's/Golding's Farms, Virginia 
06/27/1862 Battle of Gaines' Mill, VA (Cold Harbor, Chickahominy Bluffs) Day 3 
06/27/1863 Skirmish at Fairfax (Courthouse) Virginia 
06/27/1864 Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Kennesaw Mountain GA 
06/27/1867 Bank of Calif opens doors 
06/27/1876 1st NLer to get 6 hits in 9 inn game (Dave Force, Phila Athletics) 
06/27/1876 Democratic Party elects Samuel Tilden as presidents candidate 
06/27/1884 J Palisa discovers asteroid #237 Coelestina 
06/27/1890 George Dixon becomes 1st black boxing champ (Bantamweight) 
06/27/1893 Great stock crash on NY stock exchange 
06/27/1903 Willie Anderson wins US Open golf tournament 
06/27/1905 Mutiny on Russian warship Potemkin 
06/27/1909 Etten-Leur 1st airplane flight in Neth (Belg count De Lambert) 
06/27/1914 Jack Johnson wins 20 round decision over Frank Moran (Paris) 
06/27/1914 US signs treaty of commerce with Ethiopia 
06/27/1915 100øF (38øC), Fort Yukon, Alaska (state record) 
06/27/1915 Dutch SDAP demonstrates against conscription 
06/27/1917 1st baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service 
06/27/1922 Newberry Medal 1st presented for kids literature (Hendrik Van Loon) 
06/27/1929 1st color TV demo (NYC) 
06/27/1929 Pres Von Hindenburg refuses to pay German debt of WW I 
06/27/1930 P Parchomenko discovers asteroid #1166 Sakuntala 
06/27/1934 Federal Savings & Loan Association created 
06/27/1935 Danno O'Mahoney beats Jim Londos in Boston, to become wrestling cham

06/27/1939 1st night game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Indians 5, Tigers 0) 
06/27/1939 Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 2-2, in 23 innings 
06/27/1940 Soviet Army attacks Romania 
06/27/1940 USSR returns to Gregorian calendar 
06/27/1941 Bialystok Poland falls to Germany 
06/27/1941 Nazi manifest against the Jews in Amsterdam 
06/27/1942 FBI captures 8 Nazi saboteurs from a sub off NY's Long Island 
06/27/1942 PQ-17 convoy leaves Iceland for Archangelsk 
06/27/1944 Cherbourg, France liberated by Allies 
06/27/1945 Foundation 1940-45 established 
06/27/1947 98øF (36.8øC) in De Bilt Netherlands 
06/27/1947 WRC TV channel 4 in Washington, DC (NBC) begins broadcasting 
06/27/1949 W Baade discovers asteroid #1566 Icarus 
06/27/1950 Chandler Harper wins PGA golf championship 
06/27/1950 North Koreans troops reach Seoul 
06/27/1950 Pres Truman orders Air Force & Navy into Korean conflict 
06/27/1950 UN Security Council calls on members for troops to aid South Korea 
06/27/1950 US sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam 
06/27/1951 M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1588 Descamisada 
06/27/1953 Joseph Laniel appointed French premier 
06/27/1954 1st atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia) 
06/27/1954 CIA-sponsored rebels overthrow elected government of Guatemala 
06/27/1955 1st automobile seat belt legislation enacted (Illinois) 
06/27/1956 Indians trailing Orioles 9-1 come back to win 12-11 in 11 innings 
06/27/1957 390 die by Hurricane Audrey in coastal La & Tx 
06/27/1958 Billy Pierce's perfect game bid broken with 2 outs in 9th 
06/27/1958 Harry Burrell flies KC-135 record (5:27:42.8) NY to London 
06/27/1959 Mickey Wright wins 2nd straight US Women's Golf Open 
06/27/1960 British Somaliland becomes part of Somalia 
06/27/1960 Chlorophyll 'A' synthesized Cambridge Mass 
06/27/1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m 
06/27/1962 Ross Perot begins Electronic Data Systems 
06/27/1963 Bill J Kramer & Dakotas record Lennon & McCartney 'I Call Your Name'

06/27/1963 Pres Kennedy spent 1st full day in Ireland 
06/27/1963 USAF Major Robert A Rushworth in X-15 reaches 86,900 m 
06/27/1963 Phillies Johnny Callison hits for cycle, but Phillie centerfielder 
06/27/1963 Tony Gonzalez's error ends his record 205 consecutive errorless game

06/27/1966 1st sci-fi soap opera, 'Dark Shadows,' premieres 
06/27/1966 4th Mayor's Trophy Game; Yanks beat Mets 5-2 
06/27/1967 Race riot in Buffalo NY (200 arrested) 
06/27/1968 Ludvik Vaculik publishes 'Manifest of 2000 words' in Prague 
06/27/1969 50,000 attend Denver Pop Festival 
06/27/1969 Honduras/El Salvador breaks diplomatic relations due to soccer match

06/27/1969 Police raid Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, NY 
06/27/1971 JoAnne Carner wins US women's golf open 
06/27/1971 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2121 Sevastopol 
06/27/1973 'Live & Let Die' premieres in US 
06/27/1973 John W Dean tells Watergate Committee about Nixon's 'enemies list' 
06/27/1973 Uruguay suspends constitution 
06/27/1974 US president Nixon visits USSR 
06/27/1976 Air France Airbus hijacked in Germany to Uganda 
06/27/1976 Israeli raid on Entebbe, Uganda 
06/27/1976 Portuguese general Antonio Eanes elected president 
06/27/1977 5-4 Supreme Court decision allows lawyers to advertise 
06/27/1977 Djibouti (Afars & Issas) claims Independence from France 
06/27/1978 Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 m, 7:32.1 
06/27/1978 Soyuz 30 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Polish) to Salyut 6 space station 
06/27/1978 US Seasat 1, 1st oceanographic satellite, launched into polar orbit 
06/27/1979 Supreme Court rules employers may use quotas to help minorities 
06/27/1980 Dodger's Jerry Reuss' no-hits SF Giants 8-0 
06/27/1980 Italian plane crashes into Tyrrheense Sea, kills 81 
06/27/1981 Cambodia adopts its constitution 
06/27/1982 4th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 4 launched 
06/27/1983 Highest price paid for painting by a living artist-œ960,200-Mir¢ 
06/27/1983 Maxie Anderson & Don Ida die during a balloon race 
06/27/1983 NASA launches space vehicle S-205 
06/27/1983 Soyuz T-9 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station 
06/27/1984 Fire destroys a set in 'A View to the Kill' 
06/27/1984 France wins soccer's European Cup 
06/27/1984 Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts 
06/27/1985 1st hotel strike in NY 
06/27/1986 Anne White shocks Wimbeldon by wearing only a body stocking 
06/27/1986 In referendum, Irish uphold ban on divorce 
06/27/1986 Robby Thompson (SF) sets record, caught stealing 4 times in 1 game 
06/27/1986 US informs New Zealand it will not defend it against attack 
06/27/1986 World Court rules US aid to Nicaraguan contras illegal 
06/27/1987 Supreme Court Justice Powell retires 
06/27/1988 Mike Tyson KOs Michael Spink in 91 seconds, in Atlantic City ($67m) 
06/27/1990 Jos‚ Canseco signs record $4,700,000 per year Oak A's contract 
06/27/1992 193rd ranked Andrei Olhovsky defeats #1 seed Jim Courier at Wimbeldo

06/27/1992 Dan O'Brien fails on pole vault & eliminated from Olympics decathalo

06/27/1992 Denmark upsets German 2-0, to win European Soccer championship 
06/27/1993 NY Met pitcher Anthony Young loses record 24th straight game 
06/27/1994 Asteroid #216 Cleopatra (í 230 km) eclipses star GSC 11640124 
06/27/1994 NY Daily News increases prices to 50› 
  
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