What happened this day in history June 27

What are the important events that happened on June 27? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

June 27: Facts & Myths About This Day

June 27 is the 179th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 187 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 14, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 477,624 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaheptacontaenneagon’ day.

Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 216 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,206 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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June 27 Historical Events

  • 1358
    Republic of Dubrovnik is founded
  • 1844
    Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are murdered 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, New York, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
  • 1905
    Battleship Potemkin uprising: sailors start a mutiny aboard the Battleship Potemkin, denouncing the crimes of autocracy, demanding liberty and an end to war.
  • 1923
    Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH-4B biplane
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1988
    Gare de Lyon rail accident In Paris a train collides with a stationary train killing 56 people.
  • 2007
    The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.

Who were born on June 27?

  • 1817
    Louise von François, German writer (d. 1893)
  • 1850
    Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-born author (d. 1904)
  • 1869
    Kate Carew, American caricaturist (d. 1961)
  • 1928
    Rudy Perpich, American politician (d. 1995)
  • 1931
    Charles Bronfman, Canadian industrialist
  • 1938
    Kathryn Beaumont, British voice actress
  • 1956
    Heiner Dopp, German field hockey player
  • 1958
    Lisa Germano, American singer, songwriter and musician
  • 1963
    Jay Karnes, American actor
  • 1976
    Leigh Nash, American musician (Sixpence None the Richer)

Who died on June 27?

  • 1458
    King Alfonso V of Aragon (b. 1396)
  • 1636
    Date Masamune, founder of Sendai Japan (b. 1567)
  • 1794
    Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French nobleman (b. 1715)
  • 1896
    John Berryman, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1825)
  • 1987
    Billy Snedden, Australian politician (b. 1926)
  • 1998
    Gilles Rocheleau, French Canadian politician (b. 1935)
  • 1999
    Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek dictator (b. 1919)
  • 2005
    John T. Walton, American businessman (b. 1946)
  • 2008
    Michael Turner, American comic book artist (b. 1971)
  • 2008
    Sam Manekshaw, Indian Field Marshal (b. 1914)

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