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On This Day · The 178th day of the year

June 27

As calendar dates go, June 27 keeps a short memory — its record stays close to the present. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

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Cancer is the sign for June 27 — read more on the Cancer page, or see June's birthstone & birth flower.

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What happened on June 27?

June 27 is the 178th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1806 and 2017. Famous people born on June 27 include Juan Trippe, LaShawn Merritt and João Guimarães Rosa.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1806

    Buenos Aires

  2. 1864

    American Civil War

  3. 1941

    World War II

  4. 1950

    Korean War

  5. 1957

    Hurricane Audrey

  6. 1977

    Djibouti

  7. 1991

    Slovenia

  8. 1994

    Aum Shinrikyo

  9. 2007

    Tony Blair

  10. 2017

    2017 Ukraine ransomware attacks

Famous birthday twins

Born on June 27

Juan Trippe

b. 1899

LaShawn Merritt

b. 1986

João Guimarães Rosa

b. 1908

Kelly Ayotte

b. 1968

Manuel II Palaiologos

b. 1350

Helen Keller

b. 1880

Krzysztof Kieślowski

b. 1941

Hans Spemann

b. 1869

Deaths

  • 1952Max Dehn
  • 1844Joseph Smith
  • 1831Sophie Germain
  • 1827Johann Gottfried Eichhorn
  • 1729Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
  • 1654Johannes Valentinus Andreae

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Arialdo
  • —Christian feast day: Crescens, one of the Seventy disciples
  • —Christian feast day: Cyril of Alexandria (Coptic Church, Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion and Lutheran Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Hemma of Gurk
  • —Christian feast day: Ladislaus I of Hungary
  • —Christian feast day: Our Lady of Perpetual Help
  • —Christian feast day: Sampson the Hospitable
  • —Christian feast day: Zoilus

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