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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

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