27 June History
- 363 - Roman Emperor Julian dies, ending the Pagan Revival.
- 1743 - English King George defeats the French at Dettingen, Bavaria.
- 1833 - Prudence Crandall, a white woman, is arrested for conducting an academy for black women in Canterbury, Conn.
- 1862 - Confederates break through the Union lines at the Battle of Gaines' Mill–the third engagement of the Seven Days' campaign.
- 1864 - General Sherman is repulsed by Confederates at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain.
- 1871 - The yen becomes the new form of currency in Japan.
- 1905 - The crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin mutinies.
- 1918 - Two German pilots are saved by parachutes for the first time.
- 1923 - Yugoslav Premier Nikola Pachitch is wounded by Serb attackers in Belgrade.
- 1924 - Democrats offer Mrs. Leroy Springs the vice presidential nomination, the first woman considered for the job.
- 1927 - The U.S. Marines adopt the English bulldog as their mascot.
- 1929 - Scientists at Bell Laboratories in New York reveal a system for transmitting television pictures.
- 1942 - The Allied convoy PQ-17 leaves Iceland for Murmansk and Archangel.
- 1944 - Allied forces capture the port city of Cherbourg, France.
- 1950 - The UN Security Council calls on members for troops to aid South Korea.
- 1963 - Henry Cabot Lodge is appointed U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam.
- 1973 - President Richard Nixon vetoes a Senate ban on the Cambodia bombing.
- 1985 - The U.S. House of Representatives votes to limit the use of combat troops in Nicaragua.
27 June Birthdays
- 1462 - Louis XII, King of France (1498-1515).
- 1682 - Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718).
- 1869 - Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-born American anarchist, feminist and birth control advocate.
- 1872 - Paul Laurence Dunbar, African-American poet and writer.
- 1880 - Helen Keller, American educator.
- 1888 - Antoinette Perry, actress and director, namesake of the "Tony" Awards.
- 1913 - Richard Bissell, novelist and playwright.
- 1913 - Willie Mosconi, professional billiards player.
- 1920 - I.A.L. Diamond, screenwriter.
- 1926 - Frank O'Hara, American poet.
- 1927 - Bob Keeshan, American television actor, best known as "Captain Kangaroo."
- 1953 - Alice McDermott, writer (That Night, At Weddings and Wakes).