June 27

Wednesday 27, 2001:

International Court of Justice finds against the United States in its judgement in the LaGrand Case.

Tuesday 27, 1995:

Jodi Huisentruit, an anchorwoman in Mason City, Iowa disappears, presumably abducted.

Thursday 27, 1991:

Slovenia, which declared independent two days previously, is invaded by Yugoslavia troops, tanks, and aircraft.

Friday 27, 1986:

International Court of Justice finds against the United States in its judgement in the Nicaragua v. United States.

Thursday 27, 1985:

Route 66 ceases to be an official highway.

Wednesday 27, 1984:

Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins Albert Einstein Peace Prize.

Friday 27, 1980:

A commercial DC-9 (Itavia Flight 870) was apparently shot down.

Wednesday 27, 1979:

Muhammad Ali announces his retirement from boxing.

Monday 27, 1977:

France grants independence to Djibouti.

Thursday 27, 1974:

U.S president Richard Nixon visits the U.S.S.R.

Tuesday 27, 1972:

ATARI is established by Nolan Bushnell.

Tuesday 27, 1967:

World's first ATM installed in Enfield, London.

Monday 27, 1966:

The first broadcast of Dark Shadows aired on ABC-TV.

Thursday 27, 1957:

Hurricane Audrey kills 500 people in Louisiana and Texas.

Sunday 27, 1954:

World's first nuclear power station opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.

Saturday 27, 1953:

Joseph Laniel becomes Prime Minister of France.

Tuesday 27, 1950:

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

Tuesday 27, 1905:

Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin.

Monday 27, 1898:

First solo circumnavigation of the globe completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island Nova Scotia.

Tuesday 27, 1893:

Crash of the New York Stock Exchange.

Thursday 27, 1867:

The Bank of California opens its doors

Monday 27, 1864:

Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in the American Civil War.

Thursday 27, 1844:

Joseph Smith, Jr. is murdered along with his brother Hyrum in the jail in Carthage, Illinois.

Friday 27, 1806:

The British capture Buenos Aires.

Wednesday 27, 1759:

General James Wolfe starts siege of Quebec.

Thursday 27, 1709:

Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.

Saturday 27, 1542:

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo claims California for Spain.

Thursday 27, 678:

Saint Agatho begins his reign as a Catholic Pope.

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