June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 187 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).
1358 – The Republic of Ragusa (Republic of Dubrovnik ) is founded.
1497 – Cornish 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.
1759 – General James Wolfe begins the siege of Quebec .
1760 – Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina during the Anglo-Cherokee War .
1806 – British forces take Buenos Aires during the first British invasions of the River Plate .
1844 – Joseph Smith , founder of the Latter Day Saint movement , and his brother Hyrum Smith , are killed by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
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 indigenous tirailleurs attempt to poison the entire French colonial army 's garrison in the Citadel of Hanoi .
1927 – Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi leads a conference to discuss Japan 's plans for China; later, a document detailing these plans, the "Tanaka Memorial " is leaked, although it is now considered a forgery.
1941 – Romanian 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 – 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.
1949 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 71 is adopted.
1950 – The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War .
1950 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 83 is adopted.
1952 – Guatemala passes Decree 900 , ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land.
1954 – The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant , the Soviet Union 's first nuclear power station , opens in Obninsk , near Moscow.
1954 – The 1954 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.
1957 – Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas –Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana .
1971 – After only three years in business, rock promoter Bill Graham closes the Fillmore East in New York, New York, the "Church of Rock and Roll".
1973 – The President of Uruguay Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship.
1974 – U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union .
1976 – Air 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 – Italian Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 mysteriously explodes in mid air while en route from Bologna to Palermo , killing all 81 on board. Also known in Italy as the Ustica disaster
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 .
1982 – Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4 .
1985 – U.S. Route 66 is officially removed from the United States Highway System .
1988 – The Gare de Lyon rail accident kills 56 people.
1991 – Slovenia , after declaring independence two days before is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft starting the Ten-Day War .
2007 – Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister , a position he had held since 1997.
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 scrutizined 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.
2013 – NASA 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.
2015 – A midair explosion from flammable powder at a recreational water park in Taiwan injures at least 510 people with about 183 in serious condition in intensive care .
1040 – Ladislaus I of Hungary (d. 1095)
1350 – Manuel II Palaiologos , Byzantine emperor (d. 1425)
1462 – Louis XII of France (d. 1515)
1550 – Charles IX of France (d. 1574)
1696 – William Pepperrell , American merchant and soldier (d. 1759)
1717 – Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier , French botanist and physicist (d. 1799)
1767 – Alexis Bouvard , French astronomer and academic (d. 1843)
1805 – Napoléon Coste , French guitarist and composer (d. 1883)
1806 – Augustus De Morgan , English mathematician and logician (d. 1871)
1817 – Louise von François , German author (d. 1893)
1838 – Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay , Indian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1894)
1838 – Paul Mauser , German weapon designer, designed the Gewehr 98 (d. 1914)
1846 – Charles Stewart Parnell , Irish politician (d. 1891)
1850 – Jørgen Pedersen Gram , Danish mathematician and academic (d. 1919)
1850 – Lafcadio Hearn , Greek-Japanese historian and author (d. 1904)
1862 – May Irwin , Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 1938)
1865 – John Monash , Australian engineer and general (d. 1931)
1869 – Kate 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)
1870 – Frank Rattray Lillie , American zoologist and embryologist (d. 1947)
1872 – Heber Doust Curtis , American astronomer (d. 1942)
1872 – Paul Laurence Dunbar , American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1906)
1880 – Natalia Brasova , Russian wife of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (d. 1952)
1880 – Helen Keller , American author, academic, and activist (d. 1968)
1882 – Eduard Spranger , German philosopher and academic (d. 1963)
1884 – Gaston Bachelard , French philosopher and poet (d. 1962)
1885 – Pierre Montet , French historian and academic (d. 1966)
1885 – Guilhermina Suggia , Portuguese cellist (d. 1950)
1886 – Charlie Macartney , Australian cricketer and soldier (d. 1958)
1888 – Lewis Bernstein Namier , Polish-English historian and academic (d. 1960)
1888 – Antoinette Perry , American actress and director (d. 1946)
1892 – Paul Colin , French illustrator (d. 1985)
1899 – Juan Trippe , American businessman, founded Pan American World Airways (d. 1981)
1901 – Merle Tuve , American geophysicist and academic (d. 1982)
1905 – Armand Mondou , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)
1906 – Catherine Cookson , English author and philanthropist (d. 1998)
1906 – Vernon Watkins , Welsh-American poet and painter (d. 1967)
1907 – John McIntire , American actor (d. 1991)
1908 – João Guimarães Rosa , Brazilian physician and author (d. 1967)
1908 – Gene Venzke , American runner (d. 1992)
1909 – Billy Curtis , American actor and stuntman (d. 1988)
1913 – Elton 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)
1914 – Robert Aickman , English author and activist, co-founded the Inland Waterways Association (d. 1981)
1914 – Giorgio Almirante , Italian journalist and politician (d. 1988)
1915 – Grace Lee Boggs , American philosopher, author, and activist (d. 2015)
1915 – John Alexander Moore , American zoologist and academic (d. 2002)
1916 – Robert Normann , Norwegian guitarist (d. 1998)
1918 – Adolph Kiefer , American swimmer
1921 – Muriel Pavlow , English actress
1923 – Jacques Berthier , French organist and composer (d. 1994)
1923 – Elmo Hope , American pianist and composer (d. 1967)
1924 – Bob Appleyard , English cricketer and businessman (d. 2015)
1925 – Leonard Lerman , American geneticist and biologist (d. 2012)
1925 – Doc Pomus , American singer-songwriter (d. 1991)
1927 – Bob Keeshan , American actor and producer (d. 2004)
1928 – James Lincoln Collier , American journalist and author
1928 – Rudy Perpich , American dentist and politician, 34th Governor of Minnesota (d. 1995)
1929 – Dick the Bruiser , American football player and wrestler (d. 1991)
1929 – Peter Maas , American journalist and author (d. 2001)
1930 – Tommy Kono , American weightlifter and coach (d. 2016)
1930 – Ross Perot , American businessman and politician
1931 – Charles Bronfman , Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist
1931 – Martinus J. G. Veltman , Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1932 – Eddie Kasko , American baseball player and manager
1932 – Anna Moffo , American operatic soprano (d. 2006)
1932 – Hugh Wood , English composer
1936 – Lucille Clifton , American author and poet (d. 2010)
1937 – Joseph P. Allen , American physicist and astronaut
1937 – Otto Herrigel , Namibian lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
1937 – Kirkpatrick Sale , American author and scholar
1938 – Bruce Babbitt , American lawyer and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Interior
1938 – Shirley Anne Field , English actress
1938 – David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead , Scottish lieutenant and judge
1938 – Yevgeniy Ivchenko , Ukrainian race walker (d. 1999)
1938 – Konrad Kujau , German illustrator (d. 2000)
1939 – R. D. Burman , Indian singer-songwriter (d. 1994)
1939 – Neil Hawke , Australian cricker and footballer (d. 2000)
1940 – Ian Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton , Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
1941 – Bill 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)
1942 – Bruce Johnston , American singer-songwriter and producer (The Beach Boys and Bruce & Terry )
1942 – Danny Schechter , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1943 – Ravi Batra , Indian-American economist and academic
1943 – Vera Chino , Acoma Pueblo (Native American) potter
1944 – Angela King , English environmentalist and author, co-founded Common Ground
1944 – Patrick Sercu , Belgian cyclist
1945 – Joey Covington , American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna ) (d. 2013)
1945 – Norma Kamali , American fashion designer
1948 – Camile Baudoin , American guitarist (The Radiators )
1949 – Vera Wang , American fashion designer
1951 – Julia Duffy , American actress
1951 – Gilson Lavis , English drummer (Squeeze (band) ) and portrait artist
1951 – Mary McAleese , Irish academic and politician, 8th President of Ireland
1952 – Madan Bhandari , Nepalese politician (d. 1993)
1953 – Igor Gräzin , Estonian academic and politician
1953 – Alice McDermott , American novelist
1954 – Richard Ibbotson , English admiral
1955 – Isabelle Adjani , French actress
1956 – Heiner Dopp , German field hockey player and politician
1956 – Ted Haggard , American pastor, founded the Association of Life-Giving Churches
1956 – Sultan bin Salman Al Saud , Saudi Arabian pilot and astronaut
1957 – Gabriella Dorio , Italian runner
1958 – Lisa Germano , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958 – Jeffrey Lee Pierce , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Gun Club ) (d. 1996)
1959 – Dan Jurgens , American author and illustrator
1959 – Lorrie Morgan , American singer
1960 – Craig Hodges , American basketball player and coach
1960 – Robert King , English harpsichord player and conductor
1962 – Michael Ball , English actor and singer
1962 – Sunanda Pushkar , India-born Canadian businesswoman (d. 2014)
1963 – Wendy Alexander , Scottish politician, Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning
1963 – Johnny Benson, Jr. , American race car driver
1963 – Paul Roos , Australian footballer and coach
1964 – P. T. Usha , Indian track and field athlete
1964 – Stephan Brenninkmeijer , Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – Chuck Person , American basketball player and coach
1964 – Taimak Guarriello, American martial arts actor and stuntman
1965 – Simon Sebag Montefiore , English journalist, historian, and author
1965 – Óscar Vega , Spanish boxer
1966 – J. J. Abrams , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Jörg Bergen , German footballer and manager
1966 – Aigars Kalvītis , Latvian politician, businessman, and former Prime Minister of Latvia
1967 – Jeff Conine , American baseball player and sportscaster
1967 – Sylvie Fréchette , Canadian swimmer and coach
1967 – Vasiliy Kaptyukh , Belarusian discus thrower
1967 – Phil Kearns , Australian rugby player and sportscaster
1968 – Kelly Ayotte , American lawyer and politician, New Hampshire Attorney General
1969 – Viktor Petrenko , Ukrainian figure skater
1969 – Draco Rosa , American-born Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and producer (Menudo and Maggie's Dream )
1970 – Ahmed Ahmed , Egyptian-American actor and screenwriter
1970 – Régine Cavagnoud , French skier (d. 2001)
1970 – John Eales , Australian rugby player and businessman
1970 – Jim Edmonds , American baseball player and sportscaster
1971 – Yancey Arias , American actor and producer
1971 – Jo Frost , English nanny, television personality, and author
1971 – Kieren Keke , Nauruan physician and politician
1972 – Cazwell , American rapper and songwriter
1972 – Dawud Wharnsby , Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1973 – George Hincapie , American cyclist
1974 – Christian Kane , American singer-songwriter and actor
1974 – Christopher O'Neill , English-American businessman
1975 – Ace Darling , American wrestler
1975 – Sarah Evanetz , Canadian swimmer
1975 – Tobey Maguire , American actor
1975 – Daryle Ward , American baseball player
1976 – Johnny Estrada , American baseball player
1976 – Leigh Nash , American singer-songwriter (Sixpence None the Richer )
1977 – Raúl , Spanish footballer
1977 – Arkadiusz Radomski , Polish footballer
1978 – Apparat , German musician
1980 – Hugo Campagnaro , Argentinian footballer
1980 – Jennifer Goodridge , American keyboard player (Your Enemies Friends )
1980 – Kevin Pietersen , South African cricketer
1980 – Craig Terrill , American football player
1981 – John Driscoll , American actor
1981 – Andrew Embley , Australian footballer
1983 – Jim Johnson , American baseball player
1983 – Dale Steyn , South African cricketer
1984 – Rocío Guirao Díaz , Argentinian model and actress
1984 – José Holebas , German-Greek footballer
1984 – Gökhan Inler , Swiss footballer
1984 – Khloé Kardashian , American model, businesswoman, and radio host
1984 – D. J. King , Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – James Hook , Welsh rugby player
1985 – Svetlana Kuznetsova , Russian tennis player
1985 – Nico Rosberg , German race car driver
1986 – Drake Bell , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1986 – Bryan Fletcher , American skier
1987 – India de Beaufort , English actress
1987 – Ed Westwick , English actor
1988 – Stefani Bismpikou , Greek gymnast
1988 – Matthew Spiranovic , Australian footballer
1988 – Kate Ziegler , American swimmer
1989 – Hana Birnerová , Czech tennis player
1989 – Bruna Tenório , Brazilian model
1990 – Campbell Gillies , Scottish jockey (d. 2012)
1990 – Taylor Phinney , American cyclist
1993 – Johanna Talihärm , Estonian biathlete
1994 – Anita Husarić , Bosnian tennis player
1999 – Chandler Riggs , American actor
1162 – Odo II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118)
1458 – Alfonso V of Aragon (b. 1396)
1574 – Giorgio Vasari , Italian historian, painter, and architect (b. 1511)
1603 – Jan Dymitr Solikowski , Polish archbishop (b. 1539)
1627 – John Hayward , English historian, journalist, and politician (b. 1564)
1636 – Date Masamune , Japanese strongman (b. 1567)
1655 – Eleonore Gonzaga , Roman wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1598)
1672 – Roger Twysden , English historian and politician (b. 1597)
1720 – Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu , French poet and author (b. 1639)
1773 – Mentewab , Ethiopian wife of Bakaffa (b. 1706)
1794 – Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (b. 1711)
1794 – Anne d'Arpajon , French wife of Philippe de Noailles (b. 1729)
1794 – Philippe de Noailles , French general (b. 1715)
1827 – Johann Gottfried Eichhorn , German theologian and academic (b. 1754)
1829 – James Smithson , English chemist and mineralogist (b. 1765)
1831 – Sophie Germain , French mathematician and physicist (b. 1776)
1839 – Ranjit Singh , founder of the Sikh Empire (b. 1780)
1844 – Hyrum Smith , American religious leader (b. 1800)
1844 – Joseph Smith , American religious leader, founded the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1805)
1878 – Sidney Breese , American jurist and politician (b. 1800)
1896 – John Berryman , English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1825)
1905 – Harold Mahony , Scottish-Irish tennis player (b. 1867)
1907 – Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz , American educator, co-founded Radcliffe College (b. 1822)
1911 – Victor Surridge , English motorcycle racer (b. 1882)
1912 – George Bonnor , Australian cricketer (b. 1855)
1917 – Karl Allmenröder , German soldier and pilot (b. 1896)
1919 – Peter Sturholdt , American boxer (b. 1885)
1920 – Adolphe-Basile Routhier , Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1839)
1934 – Francesco Buhagiar , Maltese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1876)
1935 – Eugene Augustin Lauste , French-American inventor (b. 1857)
1944 – Milan Hodža , Czech journalist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (b. 1878)
1946 – Wanda Gág , American author and illustrator (b. 1893)
1949 – Frank Smythe , English botanist and mountaineer (b. 1900)
1952 – Max Dehn , German-American mathematician and academic (b. 1878)
1957 – Hermann Buhl , Austrian soldier and mountaineer (b. 1924)
1958 – Ragna Wettergreen , Norwegian actress (b. 1864)
1960 – Lottie Dod , English tennis player, golfer, and archer (b. 1871)
1962 – Paul Viiding , Estonian author, poet, and critic (b. 1904)
1967 – Jaan Lattik , Estonian pastor and politician, 9th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia (b. 1878)
1970 – Daniel Kinsey , American hurdler and scholar (b. 1902)
1986 – George Nepia , New Zealand rugby player and referee (b. 1905)
1987 – Billy Snedden , Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Attorney-General for Australia (b. 1926)
1989 – A. J. Ayer , English philosopher and academic (b. 1910)
1991 – Milton Subotsky , American-English screenwriter and producer (b. 1921)
1996 – Albert R. Broccoli , American film producer (b. 1909)
1998 – Gilles Rocheleau , Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1935)
1999 – Georgios Papadopoulos , Greek colonel and politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
2000 – Pierre Pflimlin , French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)
2001 – Tove Jansson , Finnish author, illustrator, and painter (b. 1914)
2001 – Jack Lemmon , American actor (b. 1925)
2001 – Joan Sims , English actress (b. 1930)
2002 – John Entwistle , English singer-songwriter, bass guitarist, and producer (The Who ) (b. 1944)
2002 – Robert L. J. Long , American admiral (b. 1920)
2003 – David Newman , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
2004 – George Patton IV , American general (b. 1923)
2004 – Darrell Russell , American race car driver (b. 1968)
2005 – Shelby 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)
2006 – Ángel Maturino Reséndiz , Mexican serial killer (b. 1959)
2007 – William Hutt , Canadian actor (b. 1920)
2007 – Dragutin Tadijanović , Croatian poet and translator (b. 1905)
2008 – Sam Manekshaw , Indian field marshal (b. 1914)
2008 – Michael Turner , American author and illustrator (b. 1971)
2009 – Fayette Pinkney , American singer (The Three Degrees ) (b. 1948)
2009 – Gale Storm , American actress and singer (b. 1922)
2010 – Corey Allen , American film and television actor, writer, director, and producer (b. 1934)
2011 – Mike Doyle , English footballer (b. 1946)
2012 – Stan Cox , English runner (b. 1918)
2012 – Rosemary Dobson , Australian poet and illustrator (b. 1920)
2013 – Stefano Borgonovo , Italian footballer (b. 1964)
2013 – Bill Robertson , American businessman and politician (b. 1938)
2013 – Ian Scott , English-New Zealand painter (b. 1945)
2014 – Edmond 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 – Rachid Solh , Lebanese politician, 48th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1926)
2014 – Bobby Womack , American singer-songwriter (The Valentinos ) (b. 1944)
2015 – Zvi Elpeleg , Polish-Israeli diplomat, author, and academic (b. 1926)
2015 – Knut Helle , Norwegian historian and professor (b. 1930)
2015 – Chris Squire , English bass guitarist, singer, and songwriter (Yes ) (b. 1948)
2016 – Bud Spencer , Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
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