27 June

Notable Births

Kelee Ringo

b. 2002

American football player (born 2002)

Chris Olave

b. 2000

American football player (born 2000)

Will Levis

b. 1999

American football player (born 1999)

Chandler Riggs

b. 1999

American actor (born 1999)

Yordan Alvarez

b. 1997

Cuban baseball player (born 1997)

Jehyve Floyd

b. 1997

American basketball player (born 1997)

H.E.R.

b. 1997

American singer (born 1997)

Monté Morris

b. 1995

American basketball player (born 1995)

Johanna Talihärm

b. 1993

Estonian biathlete (born 1993)

Alberto Campbell-Staines

b. 1993

Jamaican-Australian athlete

Ahn So-hee

b. 1992

South Korean actress (born 1992)

Karthika Nair

b. 1992

Indian actress (born 1992)

Oliver Stark

b. 1991

British actor (born 1991)

Bobby Wagner

b. 1990

American football player (born 1990)

Sabino Brunello

b. 1989

Italian chess grandmaster (born 1989)

Matthew Lewis (actor)

b. 1989

English actor (born 1989)

Stefani Bismpikou

b. 1988

Greek artistic gymnast (born 1988)

Matthew Spiranovic

b. 1988

Australian soccer player

Dale Steyn

b. 1983

South African cricketer (born 1983)

Craig Hodges

b. 1960

American basketball player-coach (born 1960)

Notable Deaths

Kinky Friedman

d. 2024

American singer-songwriter, writer and politician (1944–2024)

Martin Mull

d. 2024

American actor (1943–2024)

Joe Jackson (talent manager)

d. 2018

Patriarch of the Jackson family (1928–2018)

Peter L. Berger

d. 2017

American sociologist (1929–2017)

Bud Spencer

d. 2016

Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player (1929–2016)

Zvi Elpeleg

d. 2015

Chris Squire

d. 2015

English bassist of rock band Yes (1948–2015)

Leslie Manigat

d. 2014

President of Haiti (1930–2014)

Rachid Solh

d. 2014

Lebanese politician

Stefano Borgonovo

d. 2013

Italian footballer and manager

Rosemary Dobson

d. 2012

Australian poet, illustrator, editor and anthologist (1920–2012)

Corey Allen

d. 2010

American director, writer and actor

Gale Storm

d. 2009

American actress and singer (1922–2009)

Sam Manekshaw

d. 2008

Indian military officer (1914–2008)

William Hutt (actor)

d. 2007

Canadian actor of stage, television and film

Eileen Barton

d. 2006

American singer (1924–2006)

Ángel Maturino Reséndiz

d. 2006

Cross-border Mexican serial killer and rapist (1959–2006)

Shelby Foote

d. 2005

American writer, historian and journalist (1916–2005)

George Patton IV

d. 2004

United States Army general (1923–2004) and son of George Patton

Sophie Germain

d. 1831

French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher

On This Day in History

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2024

U.S. President Joe Biden debates former U.S. President Donald Trump. Biden's perceived poor performance leads to his withdrawal from the election on July 21.

President of the United States

2017

A series of powerful cyberattacks using the Petya malware target websites of Ukrainian organizations and counterparts with Ukrainian connections around the globe.

2017 Ukraine ransomware attacks

2015

Formosa Fun Coast fire: A dust fire occurs at a recreational water park in Taiwan, killing 15 people and injuring 497 others, 199 critically.

2015 New Taipei water park fire

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.

GAIL

2013

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

NASA

2008

In a highly scrutinized 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.

2008 Zimbabwean general election

2007

Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997. Chancellor Gordon Brown succeeds him.

Tony Blair

2007

The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.

Military Police (Brazil)

1995

Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-71, the first space shuttle mission to dock with the Russian space station Mir.

Space Shuttle Atlantis

1994

Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan. Seven people are killed, 660 injured.

Aum Shinrikyo

1991

Two days after it had declared independence, Slovenia is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft, starting the Ten-Day War.

Slovenia

1988

The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people.

Gare de Lyon rail accident

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1988

Villa Tunari massacre: Bolivian anti-narcotics police kill nine to 12 and injure over a hundred protesting coca-growing peasants.

Villa Tunari massacre

1982

Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.

Space Shuttle Columbia

1981

The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party 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.

Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party