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Events
June 27, 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.
June 27, 2017: A series of powerful cyberattacks using the Petya malware target websites of Ukrainian organizations and counterparts with Ukrainian connections around the globe.
June 27, 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.
June 27, 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.
June 27, 2013: NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph space probe to observe the Sun.
June 27, 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election, President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.
June 27, 2007: Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997. Chancellor Gordon Brown succeeds him.
June 27, 2007: The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.
June 27, 1995: Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-71, the first space shuttle mission to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
June 27, 1994: Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan. Seven people are killed, 660 injured.
June 27, 2017: A series of powerful cyberattacks using the Petya malware target websites of Ukrainian organizations and counterparts with Ukrainian connections around the globe.
June 27, 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.
June 27, 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.
June 27, 2013: NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph space probe to observe the Sun.
June 27, 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election, President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.
June 27, 2007: Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997. Chancellor Gordon Brown succeeds him.
June 27, 2007: The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.
June 27, 1995: Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-71, the first space shuttle mission to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
June 27, 1994: Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan. Seven people are killed, 660 injured.
Birthdays
June 27, 2002: Kelee Ringo, American football player
June 27, 2000: Chris Olave, American football player
June 27, 1999: Will Levis, American football player
June 27, 1999: Chandler Riggs, American actor
June 27, 1997: Yordan Alvarez, Cuban baseball player
June 27, 1997: Jehyve Floyd, American basketball player
June 27, 1997: Dalton Eatherly, American livestreamer, better known as Chud the Builder
June 27, 1997: H.E.R., American singer-songwriter
June 27, 1995: Monté Morris, American basketball player
June 27, 1994: Anita Husarić, Bosnian tennis player
June 27, 2000: Chris Olave, American football player
June 27, 1999: Will Levis, American football player
June 27, 1999: Chandler Riggs, American actor
June 27, 1997: Yordan Alvarez, Cuban baseball player
June 27, 1997: Jehyve Floyd, American basketball player
June 27, 1997: Dalton Eatherly, American livestreamer, better known as Chud the Builder
June 27, 1997: H.E.R., American singer-songwriter
June 27, 1995: Monté Morris, American basketball player
June 27, 1994: Anita Husarić, Bosnian tennis player
Deaths
June 27, 2024: Kinky Friedman, American country musician (born 1944)
June 27, 2024: Martin Mull, American actor (born 1943)
June 27, 2018: Joe Jackson, American manager, father of Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson (born 1928)
June 27, 2018: Liz Jackson, Australian journalist and former barrister (born 1951)
June 27, 2018: William McBride, Australian obstetrician (born 1927)
June 27, 2017: Peter L. Berger, Austrian sociologist (born 1929)
June 27, 2016: Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter (born 1929)
June 27, 2015: Zvi Elpeleg, Polish-Israeli diplomat, author, and academic (born 1926)
June 27, 2015: Knut Helle, Norwegian historian and professor (born 1930)
June 27, 2015: Chris Squire, English musician (bass guitarist), singer and songwriter, member of the rock band Yes (born 1948)
June 27, 2024: Martin Mull, American actor (born 1943)
June 27, 2018: Joe Jackson, American manager, father of Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson (born 1928)
June 27, 2018: Liz Jackson, Australian journalist and former barrister (born 1951)
June 27, 2018: William McBride, Australian obstetrician (born 1927)
June 27, 2017: Peter L. Berger, Austrian sociologist (born 1929)
June 27, 2016: Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter (born 1929)
June 27, 2015: Zvi Elpeleg, Polish-Israeli diplomat, author, and academic (born 1926)
June 27, 2015: Knut Helle, Norwegian historian and professor (born 1930)
June 27, 2015: Chris Squire, English musician (bass guitarist), singer and songwriter, member of the rock band Yes (born 1948)
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