Major Events
- 1542 Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo sets sail from the Mexican port of Navidad on the first European voyage to explore the west coast of North America for the Spanish Empire
- 1709 Great Northern War: Peter the Great of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava; Charles goes into exile in Bender, Ottoman Empire
- 1743 War of the Austrian Succession: King George II of Britain personally leads Allied troops to victory in the Battle of Dettingen in Bavaria. The last time a British monarch commanded troops in the field.
- 1905 Russian sailors mutiny aboard battleship “Potemkin” and sail for Odessa
- 1923 Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH-4B biplane
- 1950 North Korean troops reach Seoul, causing the UN to ask member states to aid South Korea. Harry Truman orders the US Air Force and Navy into the Korean conflict.
- 1954 First nuclear power station opens, in Obninsk near Moscow, Russia
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Jun 27 in Film & TV
- 1949 “Captain Video & His Video Rangers” debut on DUMONT-TV – Television’s first sci-fi series
Jun 27 in Music
- 1994 Aerosmith is the first major band to let fans download a full new track for free from the internet
Jun 27 in Sport
- 1890 Canadian boxer George Dixon becomes first black world champion when he stops English bantamweight champion Edwin “Nunc” Wallace in 18 rounds in London, England
- 1999 Tony Hawk is the first skateboarder to land a “900”, (a 2-½ revolution aerial spin), at the X Games in San Francisco, California
Did You Know?
Fun Fact About June 27
New Amsterdam (now New York City) enacts first speed limit law in North America
Famous Weddings
- 1524 Earl Henry III of Nassau weds Mencia de Medoza, 16-years old marquess
- 1895 American journalist Ida B. Wells (32) weds American attorney Ferdinand L. Barnett (43) at Bethel AME Church in Chicago
- 1948 American handheld calculator inventor Jack Kilby (24) weds Barbara Annegers
Famous Divorces
- 2007 Former Playboy playmate and Baywatch actress Donna D’Errico (38) divorces Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx (48) due to irreconcilable differences after 9 years of marriage
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