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June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 187 days remaining.
Events
1700-1899
1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.
1759 - General James Wolfe starts siege of Quebec.
1844 - Joseph Smith, Jr. murdered with brother Hyrum in Carthage Jail, Carthage, Illinois.
1864 - Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in the American Civil War.
1893 - Crash of the New York Stock Exchange.
1898 - First solo circumnavigation of the globe completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island Nova Scotia.
1900-1999
1905 - Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin.
1945 - Under Secretary of the Navy Ralph Bard sends memo to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson urging that the United States give "preliminary warning" to Japan before using the atomic bomb on a Japanese target.
1950 - The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
1953 - Joseph Laniel becomes Prime Minister of France.
1954 - World's first nuclear power station opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
1957 - Hurricane Audrey kills 500 people in Louisiana and Texas.
1967 - World's first ATM installed in Enfield, London.
1969 - The Stonewall riots mark the start of the modern gay rights movement in the US.
1972 - ATARI is established by Nolan Bushnell.
1977 - France grants independence to Djibouti.
1979 - Muhammad Ali announces his retirement from boxing.
1980 - A commercial DC-9 (Itavia Flight 870) was apparently shot down.
1984 - Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins Albert Einstein Peace Prize.
1985 - Route 66 ceases to be an official highway.
1986 - International Court of Justice finds against the United States in its judgement in the Nicaragua v. United States.
1991 - Slovenia, which declared independent two days previously, is invaded by Yugoslavia troops, tanks, and aircraft.
1995 - Jodi Huisentruit, an anchorwoman in Mason City, Iowa disappears, presumably abducted.
2000-2099
2001 - International Court of Justice finds against the United States in its judgement in the LaGrand Case.
Births
1600-1899
1682 - King Charles XII of Sweden (d. 1718) (June 17 in Swedish calendar)
1838 - Paul von Mauser, weapon designer (d. 1914)
1850 - Lafcadio Hearn, author (d. 1904)
1869 - Hans Spemann, zoologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in medicine 1935 (d. 1941)
1869 - Emma Goldman, anarchist, feminist, free love advocate (d. 1940)
1870 - Frank Rattray Lillie, zoologist, embryologist (d. 1947)
1880 - Helen Keller, spokeswoman for the deaf and blind (d. 1968)
1882 - Eduard Spranger, philosopher, psychologist and educator (d. 1963)
1900-1999
1906 - Catherine Cookson, author (d. 1998)
1913 - Willie Mosconi, professional billiards player (d. 1993)
1925 - Jerome Felder, AKA Doc Pomus, musician, composer (d. 1991)
1928 - Rudy Perpich, American politician (d. 1995)
1927 - Otto Herbert Hajek, sculptor
1930 - Ross Perot, American billionaire and politician
1931 - Charles Bronfman, industrialist
1932 - Anna Moffo, American soprano
1941 - Raymond Winn, Utah Professional Engineer
1941 - Krzysztof Kieslowski, film director (d. 1996)
1949 - Vera Wang, fashion designer
1954 - Patsy Hernandez, Controller Garfield County
1955 - Isabelle Adjani, French actress
1962 - Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Hong Kong actor
1963 - Meera Syal, comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist and actress
1966 - J. J. Abrams, television writer and producer
1970 - Jim Edmonds, baseball player
1970 - Vitamin C, pop singer
1975 - Tobey Maguire, actor
1977 - Raśl, Spanish football star
1983 - Alsou, Russian singer
1991 - Madylin Sweeten, actress
Deaths
300-1899
363 - Emperor Julian
1162 - Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118)
1149 - Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch (b. 1099)
1458 - Alfonso V of Aragon (b. 1396)
1829 - James Smithson, founder of the Smithsonian Institute
1831 - Sophie Germain, mathematician (b. 1776)
1844 - Joseph Smith, Jr. founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1805)
1900-1999
1952 - Elmo Lincoln, actor
1957 - Malcolm Lowry, novelist (b. 1909)
1960 - Lottie Dod, English athlete
1970 - Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (b. 1902)
1998 - Kerim Tekin, Turkish singer
2001 - Jack Lemmon, actor and film director (b. 1925)
2000-2099
2001 - Tove Jansson, author of the Moomin books (b. 1914)
2001 - Jack Lemmon, American actor and director
2002 - John Entwistle, bass player for The Who (b. 1944)
2004 - Darrell Russell, NHRA drag racer (b. 1968)
Holidays and observances
Feast of St Cyril of Alexandria
National HIV Testing Day in United States
Stonewall Day (date of many gay pride celebrations, including those in New York City, San Francisco, Toronto, and Madrid)
Recorded this date
1905 "Friends That Are Good And True" (Eysler)
- Billy Murray
1905 "I've Sweethearts In Every Port" (Keith)
- Billy Murray
1910 "Queen Of My Heart" (Alfred Cellier, B. C. Stephenson)
- Peter Dawson
1923 "Oh Gee Oh Gosh Oh Golly I'm In Love" (w. Ole Olsen & Chic Johnson m. Ernest Breuer)
- Jones & Hare
1925 "Cecilia" (w. Herman Ruby m. Dave Dreyer)
- Art Gillham
1927 "At Sundown" (w.m. Walter Donaldson)
- Ruth Etting with piano Rube Bloom
1927 "I'm Gonna Dance Wit De Guy Wot Brung Me" (w. Walter O'Keefe m. Harry Archer)
- Aileen Stanley & Billy Murray with O/Nat Shilkret
1928 "C-O-N-S-T-A-N-T-I-N-O-P-L-E" (w.m. Harry Carlton)
- Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders
1929 "Lovable And Sweet" (w. Sidney Clare m. Oscar Levant)
- Walter Holzhaus, Nelson Hall & Art Fleming with Gus Arnheim & his Orchestra
1930 "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" (w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh)
- Maurice Elwin with Rhythmic Eight
1931 "My Brother Makes The Noises For The Talkies" (Amberg, Raymond, Bernauer)
- Billy Scott-Coomber with Jack Payne & his BBC Dance Orchestra
1935 "Isn't This A Lovely Day" (w.m. Irving Berlin)
- Fred Astaire with O/Johnny Green
1935 "Top Hat, White Tie And Tails" (w.m. Irving Berlin)
- Fred Astaire with O/Johnny Green
1935 "Rhythm Is Our Business" (w. Sammy Cahn m. Jimmie Lunceford)
- Marjorie Stedeford with Six Swingers
1935 "Star Dust" (w. Mitchell Parish m. Hoagy Carmichael)
- Marjorie Stedeford with Six Swingers
1935 "Why Was I Born?" (w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern)
- The Radio Three (Joy Worth, Kay Cavendish, Ann Canning) with Lew Stone & his Band
1935 "Don't Ever Leave Me" (w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern)
- Al Hoffman with Lew Stone & his Orchestra
1936 "Got To Dance My Way To Heaven" (w.m. Sam Coslow)
- Dan Donovan with Henry Hall & the BBC Dance Orchestra
1939 "I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You" (w. Bing Crosby & Ned Washington m. Victor Young)
- Mildred Bailey with John Kirby & his Orchestra
1939 "The Day We Meet Again" (Campbell, Hubter, Grosz)
- Ray Eberle with Glenn Miller & his Orchestra
1940 "The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else" (w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones)
- Frank Sinatra & Pied Pipers with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra
1940 "Trade Winds" (w. Charles Tobias m. Cliff Friend)
- Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra
1940 "And So Do I" (w. Eddie De Lange m. Paul Mann & Stephan Weiss)
- Connie Haines with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra
1940 "Can't Get Indiana Off My Mind" (w. Robert De Leon m. Hoagy Carmichael)
- Kate Smith with O/Jack Miller
1941 "If It's You" (w. Milton Drake m. Ben Oakland & Artie Shaw)
- Tony Martin with O/David Rose
1941 "Boa Noite" (w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren)
- Julie Dawn with Eric Winstone & his Swing Quartet
1941 "Free For All" (w. Tom Adair m. Matt Dennis)
- Frank Sinatra w. The Pied Pipers with The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
1941 "You And I" (w.m. Meredith Willson)
- Frank Sinatra with The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
1941 "Neiani" (w.m. Sy Oliver & Axel Stordahl)
- Frank Sinatra w. The Pied Pipers with The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
1941 "I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest" (w. Mickey Stoner & Martin Block m. Harold Green)
- Frank Sinatra & Pied Pipers with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra
1944 "Lili Marlene" (w. (Ger) Hans Leip (Eng) Tommy Connor m. Norbert Schultze)
- Perry Como
1944 "First Class Private Mary Brown" (w.m. Frank Loesser)
- Perry Como
1946 "Cement Mixer" (w.m. Slim Gaillard & Lee Ricks)
- Quads with Squadronaires dir. Jimmy Miller
1946 "Money Is The Root Of All Evil" (w.m. Joan Whitney & Alex Kramer)
- Jimmy Miller & Quads with Squadronaires dir. Jimmy Miller
1947 "Feudin' And Fightin'" (w. Al Dubin & Burton Lane m. Burton Lane)
- Jo Stafford w. Starlighters with O/Paul Weston's Mountain Boys
1947 "Love And The Weather" (w.m. Irving Berlin)
- Jo Stafford with O/Paul Weston
1947 "An Apple Blossom Wedding" (w.m. Jimmy Kennedy & Nat Simon)
- Kenny Baker with Russ Morgan & his Orchestra
1947 "After Graduation Day" (w. Sylvia Dee m. Sidney Lippman)
- Russ Morgan & his Orchestra
1949 "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer" (w.m. Johnny Marks)
- Gene Autry & the Pinafores
1949 "You're Breaking My Heart All Over Again" (w.m. Arthur Altman, James Cavanaugh & John Redmond)
- Ink Spots
1950 "Be My Love" (w. Sammy Cahn m. Nicholas Brodszky)
- Mario Lanza with O/Ray Sinatra
1952 "Come Rain Or Come Shine" (w. Johnny Mercer m. Harold Arlen)
- Jo Stafford
1952 "Embraceable You" (w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin)
- Jo Stafford
1954 "Rain, Rain, Rain" (w.m. Jay McConologue)
- Frankie Laine & The Four Lads with Buddy Cole Quartet
1955 "Wake The Town And Tell The People" (w. Sammy Gallop m. Jerry Livingston)
- Mindy Carson with O/Norman Leyden
1957 "Fascination" (w. Dick Manning m. F. D. Marchetti)
- Dick Jacobs & his Orchestra
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