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June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 187 days remain until the end of the year.

Events[]

  • 1358 – The Republic of Ragusa is founded.
  • 1497Cornish rebels Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank are executed at Tyburn, London, England.
  • 1556 – The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs.
  • 1743 – In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.
  • 1760Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina.
  • 1806 – British forces take Buenos Aires during the first of the British invasions of the River Plate.
  • 1844Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are killed by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
  • 1864American Civil War: Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign.
  • 1869 – The Republic of Ezo on the island of Hokkaido ends after being defeated by Japanese Imperial troops.
  • 1895 – The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
  • 1898 – The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
  • 1905 – During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
  • 1908 – A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
  • 1923 – Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH.4B biplane.
  • 1927Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi convenes an eleven-day conference to discuss Japan's strategy in China. The Tanaka Memorial, a forged plan for world domination, is later claimed to be a secret report leaked from this conference.
  • 1941Romanian authorities launch one of the most violent pogroms in Jewish history in the city of Iași, resulting in the murder of at least 13,266 Jews.
  • 1941 – World War II: German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa.
  • 1946 – In the Canadian Citizenship Act, the Parliament of Canada establishes the definition of Canadian citizenship.
  • 1950 – The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
  • 1954 – The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
  • 1954 – The FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match between Hungary and Brazil, highly anticipated to be exciting, instead turns violent, with three players ejected and further fighting continuing after the game.
  • 1957Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the TexasLouisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana.
  • 1973 – The President of Uruguay Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship.
  • 1974U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.
  • 1976Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.
  • 1977 – France grants independence to Djibouti.
  • 1980 – The 'Ustica massacre': Itavia Flight 870 crashes in the sea while en route from Bologna to Palermo, Italy, killing all 81 on board.
  • 1981 – The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issues its "Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong.
  • 1982Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.
  • 1988 – The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people.
  • 1991Slovenia, after declaring independence two days before is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft starting the Ten-Day War.
  • 1994 – Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan. Seven people are killed, 660 injured.
  • 2007Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997. His Chancellor, Gordon Brown succeeds him.
  • 2007 – The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.
  • 2008 – In a highly scrutinized election President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.
  • 2013NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, a space probe to observe the Sun.
  • 2014 – At least fourteen people are killed when a Gas Authority of India Limited pipeline explodes in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
  • 2015Formosa Fun Coast fire: A dust fire occurs at a recreational water park in Taiwan, killing 15 people and injuring 497 others, 199 critically.
  • 2017 – A series of powerful cyberattacks using the Petya malware target websites of Ukrainian organizations and counterparts with Ukrainian connections around the globe.

Births[]

  • 850Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid emir (d. 902)
  • 1350Manuel II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1425)
  • 1430Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter, Lancastrian leader (d. 1475)
  • 1462Louis XII, king of France (d. 1515)
  • 1464Ernst II of Saxony, Archbishop of Magdeburg (1476–1513) (d. 1513)
  • 1497Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1546)
  • 1550Charles IX, king of France (d. 1574)
  • 1596Maximilian, Prince of Dietrichstein (d. 1655)
  • 1696William Pepperrell, American merchant and soldier (d. 1759)
  • 1717Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier, French botanist and physicist (d. 1799)
  • 1767Alexis Bouvard, French astronomer and academic (d. 1843)
  • 1805Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer (d. 1883)
  • 1806Augustus De Morgan, English mathematician and logician (d. 1871)
  • 1812Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy Waterston, American writer (d. 1899)[1]
  • 1817Louise von François, German author (d. 1893)
  • 1828Bryan O'Loghlen, Irish-Australian politician, 13th Premier of Victoria (d. 1905)
  • 1838Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1894)
  • 1838 – Paul Mauser, German weapon designer, designed the Gewehr 98 (d. 1914)
  • 1846Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (d. 1891)
  • 1850Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (d. 1919)
  • 1850 – Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese historian and author (d. 1904)
  • 1862May Irwin, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 1938)
  • 1865John Monash, Australian engineer and general (d. 1931)
  • 1869Kate Carew, American illustrator and journalist (d. 1961)
  • 1869 – Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-Canadian philosopher and activist (d. 1940)
  • 1869 – Hans Spemann, German embryologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
  • 1870Frank Rattray Lillie, American zoologist and embryologist (d. 1947)
  • 1872Heber Doust Curtis, American astronomer (d. 1942)
  • 1872 – Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1906)
  • 1880Helen Keller, American author, academic, and activist (d. 1968)
  • 1882Eduard Spranger, German philosopher and academic (d. 1963)
  • 1884Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher and poet (d. 1962)
  • 1885Pierre Montet, French historian and academic (d. 1966)
  • 1885 – Guilhermina Suggia, Portuguese cellist (d. 1950)
  • 1886Charlie Macartney, Australian cricketer and soldier (d. 1958)
  • 1888Lewis Bernstein Namier, Polish-English historian and academic (d. 1960)
  • 1888 – Antoinette Perry, American actress and director (d. 1946)
  • 1892Paul Colin, French illustrator (d. 1985)
  • 1899Juan Trippe, American businessman, founded Pan American World Airways (d. 1981)
  • 1900Dixie Brown, British boxer (d. 1957)
  • 1901Merle Tuve, American geophysicist and academic (d. 1982)
  • 1905Armand Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)
  • 1906Catherine Cookson, English author and philanthropist (d. 1998)
  • 1906 – Vernon Watkins, Welsh-American poet and painter (d. 1967)
  • 1907John McIntire, American actor (d. 1991)
  • 1908João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian physician and author (d. 1967)
  • 1911Marion M. Magruder, American Marine officer, commander of the VMF(N)-533 squadron. (d. 1997)
  • 1912E. R. Braithwaite, Guyanese novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat (d. 2016)
  • 1913Elton Britt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1972)
  • 1913 – Philip Guston, American painter and academic (d. 1980)
  • 1913 – Willie Mosconi, American pool player (d. 1993)
  • 1914Robert Aickman, English author and activist, co-founded the Inland Waterways Association (d. 1981)
  • 1914 – Helena Benitez, Filipina academic and administrator (d. 2016)
  • 1914 – Margaret Ekpo, Nigerian women's rights activist, social mobilizer and politician (d. 2006)
  • 1914 – Giorgio Almirante, Italian journalist and politician (d. 1988)
  • 1915Grace Lee Boggs, American philosopher, author, and activist (d. 2015)
  • 1915 – Aideu Handique, Indian actress (d. 2002)
  • 1915 – John Alexander Moore, American zoologist and academic (d. 2002)
  • 1916Robert Normann, Norwegian guitarist (d. 1998)
  • 1918Adolph Kiefer, American swimmer (d. 2017)
  • 1919M. Carl Holman, American author, educator, poet, and playwright (d. 1988)
  • 1919 – Amala Shankar, Indian danseuse
  • 1920Fernando Riera, Chilean football player and manager (d. 2010)
  • 1921Muriel Pavlow, English actress (d. 2019)
  • 1922George Walker, American composer (d. 2018)
  • 1923Jacques Berthier, French organist and composer (d. 1994)
  • 1923 – Elmo Hope, American pianist and composer (d. 1967)
  • 1924Bob Appleyard, English cricketer and businessman (d. 2015)
  • 1925Leonard Lerman, American geneticist and biologist (d. 2012)
  • 1925 – Doc Pomus, American singer-songwriter (d. 1991)
  • 1925 – Wayne Terwilliger, American second baseman, coach, and manager
  • 1927Bob Keeshan, American actor and producer (d. 2004)
  • 1928James Lincoln Collier, American journalist and author
  • 1928 – Rudy Perpich, American dentist and politician, 34th Governor of Minnesota (d. 1995)
  • 1929Dick the Bruiser, American football player and wrestler (d. 1991)
  • 1929 – Peter Maas, American journalist and author (d. 2001)
  • 1930Ross Perot, American businessman and politician (d. 2019)
  • 1931Charles Bronfman, Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist
  • 1931 – Martinus J. G. Veltman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1932Eddie Kasko, American baseball player and manager (d. 2020)
  • 1932 – Anna Moffo, American operatic soprano (d. 2006)[2]
  • 1932 – Hugh Wood, English composer
  • 1936Lucille Clifton, American author and poet (d. 2010)
  • 1936 – Shirley Anne Field, English actress
  • 1937Joseph P. Allen, American physicist and astronaut
  • 1937 – Otto Herrigel, Namibian lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
  • 1937 – Kirkpatrick Sale, American author and scholar
  • 1938Bruce Babbitt, American lawyer and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Interior
  • 1938 – David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead, Scottish lieutenant and judge
  • 1938 – Konrad Kujau, German illustrator (d. 2000)
  • 1939R. D. Burman, Indian singer-songwriter (d. 1994)
  • 1939 – Neil Hawke, Australian cricketer and footballer (d. 2000)
  • 1940Ian Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
  • 1941Bill Baxley, American lawyer and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama
  • 1941 – James P. Hogan, English-Irish author (d. 2010)
  • 1941 – Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
  • 1942Bruce Johnston, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1942 – Frank Mills, Canadian pianist and composer
  • 1942 – Danny Schechter, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
  • 1943Ravi Batra, Indian-American economist and academic
  • 1944Angela King, English environmentalist and author, co-founded Common Ground
  • 1944 – Patrick Sercu, Belgian cyclist (d. 2019)
  • 1945Joey Covington, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 2013)
  • 1945 – Norma Kamali, American fashion designer
  • 1945 – Ragnar Søderlind, Norwegian composer
  • 1948Camile Baudoin, American guitarist
  • 1949Vera Wang, American fashion designer
  • 1951Ulf Andersson, Swedish chess player
  • 1951 – Julia Duffy, American actress
  • 1951 – Gilson Lavis, English drummer and portrait artist
  • 1951 – Mary McAleese, Irish academic and politician, 8th President of Ireland
  • 1952Madan Bhandari, Nepalese politician (d. 1993)
  • 1953Igor Gräzin, Estonian academic and politician
  • 1953 – Alice McDermott, American novelist
  • 1954Richard Ibbotson, English admiral
  • 1955Isabelle Adjani, French actress
  • 1956Heiner Dopp, German field hockey player and politician
  • 1957Gabriella Dorio, Italian runner
  • 1958Lisa Germano, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1958 – Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1996)
  • 1959Dan Jurgens, American author and illustrator
  • 1959 – Lorrie Morgan, American singer
  • 1960Craig Hodges, American basketball player and coach
  • 1960 – Robert King, English harpsichordist and conductor
  • 1960 – Jeremy Swift, English actor
  • 1962Michael Ball, English actor and singer
  • 1962 – Sunanda Pushkar, India-born Canadian businesswoman (d. 2014)
  • 1963Wendy Alexander, Scottish politician, Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning
  • 1963 – Johnny Benson Jr., American race car driver
  • 1964Stephan Brenninkmeijer, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1964 – Chuck Person, American basketball player and coach
  • 1965Simon Sebag Montefiore, English journalist, historian, and author
  • 1965 – S. Manikavasagam, Malaysian politician and social activist
  • 1965 – Óscar Vega, Spanish boxer
  • 1966J.J. Abrams, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1966 – Jörg Bergen, German footballer and manager
  • 1966 – Jeff Conine, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 1966 – Aigars Kalvītis, Latvian politician, businessman, and former Prime Minister of Latvia
  • 1967Sylvie Fréchette, Canadian swimmer and coach
  • 1967 – George Hamilton, Northern Irish police officer[3]
  • 1967 – Vasiliy Kaptyukh, Belarusian discus thrower
  • 1967 – Phil Kearns, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
  • 1968Kelly Ayotte, American lawyer and politician, New Hampshire Attorney General
  • 1969Viktor Petrenko, Ukrainian figure skater
  • 1970Régine Cavagnoud, French skier (d. 2001)
  • 1970 – John Eales, Australian rugby player and businessman
  • 1970 – Jim Edmonds, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 1971Jo Frost, English nanny, television personality, and author
  • 1971 – Serginho, Brazilian footballer
  • 1972Dawud Wharnsby, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1973Abbath Doom Occulta, Norwegian musician
  • 1973 – Simon Archer, English badminton player
  • 1974Christian Kane, American singer-songwriter and actor
  • 1974 – Christopher O'Neill, English-American businessman
  • 1975Ace Darling, American wrestler
  • 1975 – Bianca Del Rio, American drag queen & comedian
  • 1975 – Sarah Evanetz, Canadian swimmer
  • 1975 – Tobey Maguire, American actor
  • 1975 – Daryle Ward, American baseball player
  • 1976Johnny Estrada, American baseball player
  • 1976 – Leigh Nash, American singer-songwriter
  • 1977Arkadiusz Radomski, Polish footballer
  • 1978Apparat, German musician
  • 1980Hugo Campagnaro, Argentinian footballer
  • 1980 – Jennifer Goodridge, American keyboard player
  • 1980 – Alexander Peya, Austrian tennis player
  • 1980 – Kevin Pietersen, South African-English cricketer
  • 1980 – Craig Terrill, American football player
  • 1981Andrew Embley, Australian footballer
  • 1983Jim Johnson, American baseball player
  • 1983 – Dale Steyn, South African cricketer
  • 1983 – Nikola Rakočević, Serbian actor
  • 1984Khloé Kardashian, American model, businesswoman, and radio host
  • 1984 – D.J. King, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1984 - Jose Holebas, German-Greek footballer
  • 1984 – Gökhan Inler, Swiss footballer[4]
  • 1985James Hook, Welsh rugby player
  • 1985 – Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russian tennis player
  • 1985 – Nico Rosberg, German race car driver
  • 1986Sam Claflin, British actor
  • 1986 – Drake Bell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
  • 1986 – Bryan Fletcher, American skier
  • 1986 – LaShawn Merritt, American sprinter[5]
  • 1987India de Beaufort, English actress
  • 1987 – Ed Westwick, English actor
  • 1988Stefani Bismpikou, Greek gymnast
  • 1988 – Matthew Spiranovic, Australian footballer
  • 1988 – Kate Ziegler, American swimmer
  • 1989Hana Birnerová, Czech tennis player
  • 1989 – Matthew Lewis, English actor
  • 1992Ahn So-hee, South Korean singer and actress
  • 1992 – Karthika Nair, Indian film actress
  • 1993Johanna Talihärm, Estonian biathlete
  • 1993 – Alberto Campbell-Staines, Australian athlete
  • 1994Anita Husarić, Bosnian tennis player
  • 1995Monté Morris, American basketball player[6]

Deaths[]

  • 992Conan I of Rennes, Duke of Brittany
  • 1162Odo II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118)
  • 1194 – King Sancho VI of Navarre (b. 1132)
  • 1296Floris V, Count of Holland (b. 1254)
  • 1458Alfonso V of Aragon (b. 1396)
  • 1497Michael An Gof, rebel leader
  • 1497 – Thomas Flamank, rebel leader
  • 1574Giorgio Vasari, Italian historian, painter, and architect (b. 1511)
  • 1601Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys (b. 1525)
  • 1603Jan Dymitr Solikowski, Polish archbishop (b. 1539)
  • 1627John Hayward, English historian, journalist, and politician (b. 1564)
  • 1636Date Masamune, Japanese strongman (b. 1567)
  • 1654Johannes Valentinus Andreae, German theologian (b. 1586)
  • 1655Eleonora Gonzaga, Holy Roman Empress (b. 1598)
  • 1672Roger Twysden, English historian and politician (b. 1597)
  • 1720Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu, French poet and author (b. 1639)
  • 1794Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (b. 1711)
  • 1794 – Philippe de Noailles, French general (b. 1715)
  • 1827Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian and academic (b. 1754)
  • 1829James Smithson, English chemist and mineralogist (b. 1765)
  • 1831Sophie Germain, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1776)
  • 1839Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh Empire (b. 1780)
  • 1844Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (b. 1800)
  • 1844 – Joseph Smith, American religious leader, founded the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1805)
  • 1878Sidney Breese, American jurist and politician (b. 1800)
  • 1894Giorgio Costantino Schinas, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1834)
  • 1896John Berryman, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1825)
  • 1905Harold Mahony, Scottish-Irish tennis player (b. 1867)
  • 1907Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American educator, co-founded Radcliffe College (b. 1822)
  • 1911Victor Surridge, English motorcycle racer (b. 1882)
  • 1912George Bonnor, Australian cricketer (b. 1855)
  • 1917Karl Allmenröder, German soldier and pilot (b. 1896)
  • 1919Peter Sturholdt, American boxer (b. 1885)
  • 1920Adolphe-Basile Routhier, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1839)
  • 1934Francesco Buhagiar, Maltese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1876)
  • 1935Eugene Augustin Lauste, French-American inventor (b. 1857)
  • 1944Milan Hodža, Czech journalist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (b. 1878)
  • 1946Wanda Gág, American author and illustrator (b. 1893)
  • 1949Frank Smythe, English botanist and mountaineer (b. 1900)
  • 1950Milada Horáková, Czech politician, victim of judicial murder (b. 1901)
  • 1952Max Dehn, German-American mathematician and academic (b. 1878)
  • 1957Hermann Buhl, Austrian soldier and mountaineer (b. 1924)
  • 1960Lottie Dod, English tennis player, golfer, and archer (b. 1871)
  • 1962Paul Viiding, Estonian author, poet, and critic (b. 1904)
  • 1967Jaan Lattik, Estonian pastor and politician, 9th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia (b. 1878)
  • 1970Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler and scholar (b. 1902)
  • 1975G.I. Taylor, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1886)
  • 1977Arthur Perdue, American businessman (b. 1885)[7]
  • 1986George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player and referee (b. 1905)
  • 1987Billy Snedden, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Attorney-General for Australia (b. 1926)
  • 1989A. J. Ayer, English philosopher and academic (b. 1910)
  • 1991Milton Subotsky, American-English screenwriter and producer (b. 1921)
  • 1996Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (b. 1909)
  • 1998Gilles Rocheleau, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1935)
  • 1999Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
  • 2000Pierre Pflimlin, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)
  • 2001Tove Jansson, Finnish author, illustrator, and painter (b. 1914)
  • 2001 – Jack Lemmon, American actor (b. 1925)
  • 2001 – Joan Sims, English actress (b. 1930)
  • 2002John Entwistle, English singer-songwriter, bass guitarist, and producer (b. 1944)
  • 2002 – Robert L. J. Long, American admiral (b. 1920)
  • 2003David Newman, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
  • 2004George Patton IV, American general (b. 1923)
  • 2004 – Darrell Russell, American race car driver (b. 1968)
  • 2005Shelby Foote, American historian and author (b. 1917)
  • 2005 – Ray Holmes, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1914)
  • 2005 – John T. Walton, American businessman, co-founded the Children's Scholarship Fund (b. 1946)
  • 2006Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, Mexican serial killer (b. 1959)
  • 2007William Hutt, Canadian actor (b. 1920)
  • 2008Sam Manekshaw, Indian field marshal (b. 1914)
  • 2009Gale Storm, American actress (b. 1922)
  • 2010Corey Allen, American film and television actor, writer, director, and producer (b. 1934)
  • 2011Mike Doyle, English footballer (b. 1946)
  • 2012Stan Cox, English runner (b. 1918)
  • 2012 – Rosemary Dobson, Australian poet and illustrator (b. 1920)
  • 2013Stefano Borgonovo, Italian footballer (b. 1964)
  • 2013 – Ian Scott, English-New Zealand painter (b. 1945)
  • 2014Edmond Blanchard, Canadian jurist and politician (b. 1954)
  • 2014 – Allen Grossman, American poet, critic, and academic (b. 1932)
  • 2014 – Leslie Manigat, Haitian educator and politician, 43rd President of Haiti (b. 1930)
  • 2014 – Violet Milstead, Canadian World War II aviator and bush pilot (b. 1919)[8]
  • 2014 – Rachid Solh, Lebanese politician, 48th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1926)
  • 2015Zvi Elpeleg, Polish-Israeli diplomat, author, and academic (b. 1926)
  • 2015 – Knut Helle, Norwegian historian and professor (b. 1930)
  • 2015 – Chris Squire, English musician (bass guitarist), singer and songwriter, member of the rock band Yes (b. 1948)
  • 2016Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
  • 2017Peter L. Berger, Austrian sociologist (b. 1929)
  • 2018Joe Jackson, American manager, father of Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson (b. 1928)[9]
  • 2018 – Liz Jackson, Australian journalist and former barrister (b. 1951)
  • 2018 – William McBridge, Australian obstetrician (b. 1927)

Holidays and observances[]

  • Christian feast day:
    • Arialdo
    • Crescens, one of the Seventy disciples
    • Cyril of Alexandria (Coptic Church, Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion and Lutheran Church)
    • Ladislaus I of Hungary
    • Our Lady of Perpetual Help
    • Sampson the Hospitable
    • Zoilus
    • June 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Canadian Multiculturalism Day (Canada)
  • Commemoration Day for the Victims of the Communist Regime (Czech Republic)
  • Day of Turkmen Workers of Culture and Art (Turkmenistan)
  • Helen Keller Day (United States)
  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Djibouti from France in 1977.
  • Mixed Race Day (Brazil)
  • National HIV Testing Day (United States)
  • National PTSD Awareness Day (United States)
  • Seven Sleepers' Day or Siebenschläfertag (Germany)
  • Unity Day (Tajikistan)

References[]

  1. D. Appleton & Company (1900). Appletons' Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year ... (Public domain ed.). D. Appleton & Company. pp. 645–.
  2. "Anna Moffo". The Independent. 17 March 2006. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  3. "Hamilton, George". Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  4. Template:FIFA player
  5. "LaShawn Merritt". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  6. "Monte Morris". NBA.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  7. "Arthur W. Perdue, Founder of Poultry Concern in Maryland". The New York Times. 28 June 1977. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  8. Adams, Danielle. "Aviator blazed a trail for other women". v1.theglobeandmail.com. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  9. "Joe Jackson, father of Michael and Janet Jackson, dead at 89". Retrieved 2018-06-27.

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