June 27 in History

Historical Events on June 27

1497 Cornish rebels Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank are executed at Tyburn, London, England.

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.

1905 During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.

1950 The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.

1974 U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.

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.

2013 NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, a space probe to observe the Sun.

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Famous Birthdays on June 27

1951 Mary McAleese

1980 Kevin Pietersen

1985 Svetlana Kuznetsova

1985 Nico Rosberg

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Famous Deaths on June 27

1839 Ranjit Singh

1844 Joseph Smith

1999 Georgios Papadopoulos

2008 Sam Manekshaw

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