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On this day, 27 June,
678 St Agatho began his reign as Catholic Pope
1358 Republic of Dubrovnik was founded
1542 Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo set sail from the Mexican port of Navidad to explore the west coast of North America on behalf of the Spanish Empire
1693 First women's magazine "Ladies' Mercury" published (London)
1743 War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Dettingen: in Bavaria, King George II of Britain personally leads troops into battle. The last time a British monarch commanded troops in the field.
1929 First colour TV demo, performed by Bell Laboratories in NYC
1950 North Korean troops reach Seoul, UN asks members to aid South Korea, Harry Truman orders US Air Force & Navy into Korean conflict
1954 1st atomic power station opens - Obninsk, near Moscow in Russia
Happy Birthday to
1880 Helen Keller, American political activist, author (The Story of My Life) and lecturer, who was the 1st deaf-blind person to earn a BA, born in Tuscumbia, Alabama (d. 1968)
1906 Catherine Cookson, English novelist (Bannaman Legacy), born in Jarrow, Durham, England (d. 1998)
1949 Vera Wang, American fashion designer (Vera Wang Fashions), born in New York City
1959 Janusz Kamiński, Polish cinematographer (Schindler's List), born in Ziębice, Poland
1960 David Cholmondeley, 7th marquess of Cholmondeley, English large landowner and millionaire, born in Cholmondeley Castle, Malpas, Cheshire, England
1966 Jason Patric, American actor (Lost Boys, Solar Babies), born in NYC, New York
1966 J. J. Abrams, American writer, producer and director (Lost, Star Wars: the Force Awakens), born in NYC, New York
1971 Jo Frost, English nanny and television host
1975 Tobey Maguire, American actor (Spider-Man, The Great Gatsby), born in Santa Monica, California
1984 Khloé Kardashian, American reality television star (Keeping Up with the Kardashians), born in Los Angeles, California
1985 Coby Linder, American Pop Punk Drummer (Say Anything)
1985 Nico Rosberg, German Finnish race car driver (F1 Champion 2016), born in Wiesbaden, West Germany
1999 Chandler Riggs, American actor (The Walking Dead), born in Atlanta, Georgia
Died on this day
444 Cyrillus van Alexandria, patriarch of Alexandria
1137 Guigo de Castro, [Venerabilis], 5th prior of Grande Chartreuse
1162 Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118)
1296 Floris V, count of Holland & Zeeland
1458 Alfonso V, King of Aragon/Sicily/Naples (Alfonso I)
1543 Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet and litterateur, dies at 49
1574 Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and architect (b. 1511)
1603 Jan Dymitr Solikowski, Polish archbishop and diplomat (b. 1539)
1627 John Hayward, English historian
1638 Lukaris Cyrillus, patriarch of Alexandria/Constantinople, dies
1641 Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter, dies at 74
1654 Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg), dies at 67
1672 Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist, dies at 74
1679 Pablo Bruna, Spanish blind composer, dies at 68
1773 Mentewab, dowager Empress of Ethiopia (b. circa 1706)
1776 Thomas Hickey, plan to hand George Washington to British, executed
1827 Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian (b. 1754)
1829 James Smithson, dies, his will establishes Smithsonian Institute
1862 Chatham Roberdeau Wheat, Confederate major, dies in battle at about 35
1863 Martin E Green, Confederate brigadier general, shot dead at 38
1864 Charles Garrison Harker, US Union-brigadier general, dies in battle at 26
1876 Christian G Ehrenberg, German zoologist (micro-organisms), dies at 81
1876 Harriet Martineau, British controversial journalist, political economist, abolitionist and life-long feminist, dies at 74
1917 Karl Allmenröder, German World War I flying Ace, dies at 21
1935 Eugene Augustin Lauste, French inventor (b. 1857)
1944 Vera Menchik, Russian 1st official women's world chess champion (1927), dies in a London air raid at 38
1950 Milada Horakova, Czech advocate/anti fascist, hanged
1957 Malcolm Lowry, English writer (Ultramarine), dies at 48
1983 Don Ida, balloonists, dies during a race
1983 Maxie Anderson, balloonists, dies during a race
1985 Jane Ross [Breslaw], American actress (Star Trek, Rocket Attack U.S.A., Wild Is My Love), dies at 53
1986 Don Rogers, of Cleveland Browns, dies of cocaine poisoning
1991 Klas Bruinsma, leader criminal organization, murdered
1993 Wolfgang Grams, German RAF-terrorist, shot to death at 40
1996 Alberto Romero "Cubby" Broccoli, American film producer (James Bond), dies at 87
1999 George Papadopoulos, Greek dictator (b. 1919)
1999 Brian O'Hara, English rock musician (The Foremost), commits suicide at 57
2001 Jack Lemmon, American actor (Days of Wine & Roses, Missing), dies of colon cancer and metastatic cancer of the bladder at 76
2002 John Entwistle, bass-player with The Who dies in his sleep of a heart attack in his Las Vegas hotel room aged 57
2003 David Newman, American filmmaker (b. 1937)
2004 Darrell Russell, American race car driver (b. 1968)
2004 George Patton IV, American general (b. 1923)
2005 Ray Holmes, Battle of Britain veteran (b. 1914)
2005 Domino Harvey, English-born bounty hunter (b. 1969)
2006 Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, Mexican serial killer, known as "The Railway Killer" (b. 1959)
2007 Patrick Allotey, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1979)
2008 Michael Turner, American comic book artist (b. 1971)
2008 Sam Manekshaw, Indian Field Marshal (b. 1914)
2009 Fayette Pinkney, African American singer (The Three Degrees) (b. 1948)
2011 Mike Doyle, English former footballer (b. 1946)
2011 Elaine Stewart, American actress and model (The Bad and the Beautiful, Take the High Ground), dies at 81
2014 Bobby Womack, American Hall of Fame R&B singer, dies at 70
2015 Chris Squire, English rock bassist (Yes), dies of cancer at 67
2016 Alvin Toffler, American author (Future Shock, Power Shift, The Third Wave), dies at 87
2016 Mack Rice, American musician and songwriter (Mustang Sally), dies at 82
2016 Bud Spencer, Italian actor (Aladdin, Extralarge, Go For It), dies at 86
Weddings and Divorces
Joined
1964 Broadway musical actress-singer Ethel Merman (56) weds academy award-winning actor Ernest Borgnine (47) in Beverly Hills, California
1993 Actress Julia Roberts (25) weds country singer Lyle Lovett (36) at St. James Lutheran Church in Marion, Indiana
2009 Eddie Van Halen (54) weds publicist Janie Liszewski (39) at his seven-acre estate in the hills above Studio City, California
Parted
2007 Former Playboy playmate and Baywatch actress Donna D'Errico (38) divorces Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx (48) due to irreconcilable differences after 9 years of marriage
