27 June History


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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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).