June 27

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on June 27. From 1900 until now. June 27 is under the sign of Cancer. Famous birthdays on this day include Isabelle Adjani (1955), Khloe Kardashian (1984) and Tobey Maguire (1975). Several movies were released around June 27 over the years, such as Princess Mononoke in 1997 directed by Hayao Miyazaki and Birdman of Alcatraz in 1962 directed by John Frankenheimer, Charles Crichton.
But much more happened on June 27 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

National HIV Testing Day in United States
National Veterans' Day in the United Kingdom [1]
Stonewall Day (date of many gay pride celebrations, including those in New York City, San Francisco, Toronto, and Madrid)
Feast of St Cyril of Alexandria

Events

2019 2019 Tunis bombings: Twin blasts from suicide bombers, kill one police officer and wound nine others in Tunis. (CNN)
2018 Shares in African international airline Fastjet fall by 72% amid equity talks amongst shareholders, with the airline warning that trading may be suspended entirely and the company liquidated if a solution is not found. (BBC)
2017 Ukrainian crisis: Ukrainian intelligence officer and head of a special forces unit, Maksym Shapoval, is assassinated in Kiev by car bomb. (BBC) (The Guardian)
2016 Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon: A suicide bomber attacks the Lebanese village of Qaa near the Syrian border, with at least six people dead and 13 people injured. (BBC)
2015 Suspected Islamist militants attack an army base in Nara, Mali leaving three soldiers and eight attackers dead. (Voice of America) (Reuters via News24)
2014 The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS New York, currently home to the recently captured Ahmed Abu Khattala, goes dark under the order of the brevity code "River City". (Washington Post)
2013 European leaders agree to back a deal on the European Union's long-term budget after a deal is done on a rebate for the United Kingdom. (Reuters)
2012 Syrian uprising:
2011 Arab Spring:
2010 The first President of an independent Lithuania, Algirdas Brazauskas, dies in Vilnius. (Tehran Times)
2009 Two loyalist paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland begin decommissioning their weapons. (''The Telegraph'')
2008 Company founder Bill Gates leaves his full-time executive role at Microsoft, to focus on his philanthropic organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
2007 The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemao in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemao massacre.
2006 Chadian rebels attack the neighboring Central African Republic. They have reportedly formed an alliance with CAR rebels. Large areas of both countries have descended into violence. (BBC)
2005 Domino Harvey dies of an OD, Harvey was a legendary bounty hunter and her biography was made a movie with Keira Knightley as Domino.
2004 Fahrenheit 9/11 breaks the record for highest opening-weekend earnings in the United States for a documentary, earning US$23.9 million. (Box Office Mojo).
2003 The United States National "Do Not Call Registry" is formed to combat unwanted telemarketing calls and administered by the Federal Trade Commission, enrolling almost three-quarters of a million phone numbers on its first day.
2002 Accountancy scandals – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has begun fraud action against WorldCom.
1997 Walt Disney Feature Animation's thirty-fifth animated feature Hercules is released.
1995 Space shuttle STS-71 (Atlantis 14), launches
1994 12th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Dave Stockton
1993 Falsettos closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 487 performances
1992 193rd ranked Andrei Olhovsky defeats #1 seed Jim Courier at Wimbledon
1991 Emmy 18th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 12th time
1990 Salman Rushdie, condemned to death by Iran, contributes $8600 to help their earthquake victims
1989 The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, ILO 169 convention, is adopted.
1988 Reds bat out of order against Padres in 1st inning
1987 US Supreme Court Justice Powell retires.
1986 World Court rules US aid to Nicaraguan contras illegal.
1985 1st hotel strike in New York
1984 Emmy 11th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 5th time
1983 Mariners bat out of order against White Sox in 2nd inning
1982 Play Me a Country Song opens and closes at Virginia Theater, New York City
1981 Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes returns to #1 slot
1980 1st female state police graduates (NJ)
1979 Supreme Court rules employers may use quotas to help minorities
1978 Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 m, 7:32.1
1977 Djibouti (Afars & Issas) claims Independence from France
1976 Pacific Overtures closes at Winter Garden NYC after 193 performances
1974 Flip Wilson Show, last airs on NBC-TV
1973 Live & Let Die premieres in US
1971 Concert promoter Bill Graham closes the legendary Fillmore East, which first opened on 2nd Avenue (between 5th and 6th Streets) in New York City on March 8, 1968.
1969 Honduras / El Salvador breaks diplomatic relations due to soccer match
1968 Ludvik Vaculik publishes Manifest of 2000 words in Prague
1967 Race riot in Buffalo, New York; 200 arrested.
1966 1st sci-fi soap opera, Dark Shadows, premieres on ABC-TV
1965 Carol Mann wins LPGA Carling Golf Open
1964 New Phil Silvers Show, last airs on CBS-TV
1963 Bill J Kramer and Dakotas record Lennon and McCartney I Call Your Name
1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 km/h, 37,700 m
1961 Kuwait requests British help the United Kingdom sends in troops.
1960 British Somaliland becomes part of Somalia
1959 West Side Story closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 734 performances
1958 Harry Burrell flies KC-135 record (5:27:42.8) New York to London
1957 390 die by Hurricane Audrey in coastal Louisiana and Texas, USA.
1955 Julius LaRosa Show, debuts on CBS-TV
1954 1st atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia)
1953 Joseph Laniel becomes Prime Minister of France.
1950 Liar closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 12 performances
1949 Captain Video & His Video Rangers, debut on DUMONT-TV
1947 WRC TV channel 4 in Washington DC (NBC) begins broadcasting
1945 Foundation 1940-45 established
1944 Cherbourg, France liberated by Allies
1943 Elly Dammers throws Dutch record spear (41, 43m)
1942 PQ-17 convoy leaves Iceland for Archangelsk
1941 Bialystok Poland falls to Germany
1940 Soviet Army attacks Romania
1939 Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 2-2, in 23 innings
1934 Federal Savings and Loan Association created.
1931 3rd Ryder Cup: US, 9-3 at Scioto Country Club - Ohio
1929 1st color TV demo (NYC)
1922 Newberry Medal 1st presented for kids literature (Hendrik Van Loon)
1915 Dutch SDAP demonstrates against conscription
1914 Jack Johnson beats Frank Moran in 20 for heavyweight boxing title
1909 23rd US Womens Tennis: Hazel H Wightman beats M Barger-Wallach (60 61)
1905 Russian sailors mutiny aboard battleship Potemkin
1903 9th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 307 at Baltusrol Golf Club - New Jersey
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