Milestones for June 27

1693 London, England

John Dunton publishes the first women's magazine, The Ladies' Mercury, in London; contained a question-and-answer column which became known as a "problem page."

1844 Carthage Illinois

Joseph Smith, leader and founder of the Mormon Church, is shot to death by a mob in an Illinois jail with his brother Hyrum; the Mormon Church was headquartered in nearby Nauvoo in 1839; when Mormon leaders destroyed an anti-Mormon newspaper in Nauvoo, the Smiths were jailed at Carthage to await trial. Illinois Governor Thomas Ford ordered the Carthage Grays militia unit to guard the jail from an anti-Mormon mob, but the mob overpowered the guard, entered the jail, shot the Smiths, and wounded two other Mormons, Willard Richards and John Taylor.

1905 Odessa, Russia

Mutinous Russian sailors seize the battleship Potemkin, pride of the Black Sea fleet, throwing the commander and several other officers overboard; they also give their support to revolutionaries in St. Petersburg, where the Czar's soldiers had killed 1000 people the morning of January 22; a total of 23 Mutinies within the Russian military occur this year. In 1925, the Communist Party commissioned the film The Battleship Potemkin to commemorate the Revolution of 1905. [picture - the stone steps of Odessa, leading to the beach, scene of Eisenstein's montage of shots--the mechanical descent of the troops, the baby carriage careening down the steps, the bloodied face of an elderly woman.]

1954 Obninsk, Russia

Opening of the world's first atomic power station at Obninsk, 107 km south-west of Moscow on the banks of the Protva River; today home of Russia's largest scientific centre involved in the study of nuclear power, with 13 research and development institutes, including MINATOM, which studies fast reactors and nuclear pumped lasers.

1976 Athens, Greece

At 12;28 am, four terrorists travelling on Peruvian and Ecuadorian passports hijack Air France Flight 139, bound from Ben Gurion Airport to Paris via Athens, with 246 passengers and 12 crew; the hijackers were members of Germany's Baader-Meinhof terrorist gang, accompanied by two operatives of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), an active cell of Yasser Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO); they burst into the cockpit armed with revolvers and grenades; and order the A-300B Airbus to Benghazi, Libya, for refueling, then on to Entebbe, Uganda, where it lands at 03:15 local time on the morning of June 28, with only a few minutes fuel left in its tanks; the hijackers demand the release of 54 terrorists jailed in six countries around the world, and in addition, the French government must pay a $5 million ransom to the PFLP; a day later they release all passengers holding non-Israeli passports; with 105 of their nationals being held hostage by Palestinian militants, the Israeli government prepares to act.

Other Events

0678 06 27 St Agatho begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1524 06 27 Earl Henry III of Nassau weds Mencia de Medoza, 16-years old marquess
1542 06 27 Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo claims California for Spain
1580 06 27 Duke van Alva's army occupies Portugal
1652 06 27 New Amsterdam (now NYC) passes first speed limit law in US
1693 06 27 First sea battle of Lagos: England & Holland vs France
1693 06 27 First woman's magazine Ladies' Mercury published (London)
1697 06 27 Polish parliament selects monarch August van Saksen as king
1743 06 27 English defeat French at Dettingen
1756 06 27 French fleet conquer St Philips Castle of Minorca
1778 06 27 Liberty Bell came home to Phila after the British had left
1806 06 27 Buenos Aires captured by British
1833 06 27 Prudence Crandall, a white woman, arrested for conducting an academy for black females at Canterbury Conn
1847 06 27 NY & Boston linked by telegraph wires
1862 06 27 -28] Battle at Garnett's/Golding's Farms, Virginia
1862 06 27 Battle of Gaines' Mill, VA (Cold Harbor, Chickahominy Bluffs) Day 3
1863 06 27 Skirmish at Fairfax (Courthouse) Virginia
1864 06 27 Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Kennesaw Mountain GA
1867 06 27 Bank of Calif opens doors
1876 06 27 First NLer to get 6 hits in 9 inn game (Dave Force, Phila Athletics)
1876 06 27 Democratic Party elects Samuel Tilden as presidential candidate
1890 06 27 Cecil Rhodes' colonies attack Motlousi at Matabeleland
1890 06 27 George Dixon becomes first black boxing champ (Bantam weight)
1893 06 27 Great stock crash on NY stock exchange
1903 06 27 9th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 307 at Baltusrol GC NJ
1905 06 27 Russian sailors mutiny aboard battleship Potemkin
1909 06 27 23rd US Womens Tennis: Hazel H Wightman beats M Barger-Wallach (60 61)
1909 06 27 Etten-Leur first airplane flight in Neth (Belg count De Lambert)
1914 06 27 Jack Johnson beats Frank Moran in 20 for heavyweight boxing title
1914 06 27 US signs treaty of commerce with Ethiopia
1915 06 27 100øF (38øC), Fort Yukon Alaska (state record)
1915 06 27 Dutch SDAP demonstrates against conscription
1917 06 27 First baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service
1922 06 27 Newberry Medal first presented for kids literature (Hendrik Van Loon)
1929 06 27 First color TV demo (NYC)
1929 06 27 Pres Von Hindenburg refuses to pay German debt of WW I
1931 06 27 3rd Ryder Cup: US, 9-3 at Scioto CC Ohio
1933 06 27 4th Ryder Cup: Great Britain, 6«-5« at Southport & Ainsdale, England
1934 06 27 Federal Savings & Loan Association created
1935 06 27 Danno O'Mahoney beats Jim Londos in Boston, to become wrestling champ
1939 06 27 First night game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Indians 5, Tigers 0)
1939 06 27 Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 2-2, in 23 innings
1939 06 27 Headley scores a cricket century in each innings v England at Lord's
1940 06 27 Soviet Army attacks Romania
1940 06 27 USSR returns to Gregorian calendar
1941 06 27 Bialystok Poland falls to Germany
1941 06 27 Nazi manifest against the Jews in Amsterdam
1942 06 27 FBI captures 8 Nazi saboteurs from a sub off NY's Long Island
1942 06 27 PQ-17 convoy leaves Iceland for Archangelsk
1943 06 27 Elly Dammers throws Dutch record spear (41,43m)
1943 06 27 Fanny Blankers-Koen runs Dutch record 200m (24.5)
1944 06 27 Cherbourg, France liberated by Allies
1945 06 27 Foundation 1940-45 established
1947 06 27 98øF (36.8øC) in De Bilt Netherlands
1947 06 27 WRC TV channel 4 in Washington DC (NBC) begins broadcasting
1949 06 27 Captain Video & His Video Rangers, debut on DUMONT-TV
1950 06 27 Liar closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 12 performances
1950 06 27 32nd PGA Championship: Chandler Harper at Scioto CC Columbus Ohio
1950 06 27 US sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam
1950 06 27 North Koreans troop reach Seoul, UN asks members to aid South Korea, Truman orders Air Force & Navy into Korean conflict
1953 06 27 Joseph Laniel appointed French premier
1954 06 27 First atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia)
1954 06 27 CIA-sponsored rebels overthrow elected government of Guatemala
1955 06 27 Julius LaRosa Show, debuts on CBS-TV
1955 06 27 First automobile seat belt legislation enacted (Illinois)
1956 06 27 Indians trailing Orioles 9-1 come back to win 12-11 in 11 innings
1957 06 27 Hurricane Audrey, kills 526 in Louisiana & Texas
1958 06 27 Billy Pierce's perfect game bid broken with 2 outs in 9th
1958 06 27 Harry Burrell flies KC-135 record (5:27:42.8) NY to London
1959 06 27 West Side Story closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 734 perfs
1959 06 27 14th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright
1959 06 27 Players vote Henry Aaron unanimously for the All-Star Game
1960 06 27 British Somaliland becomes part of Somalia
1960 06 27 Chlorophyll A synthesized Cambridge Mass
1960 06 27 Oil pipe line from Rotterdam-Ruhrgebied opens
1962 06 27 NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m
1962 06 27 Ross Perot begins Electronic Data Systems
1963 06 27 Bill J Kramer & Dakotas record Lennon & McCartney I Call Your Name
1963 06 27 Pres Kennedy spent first full day in Ireland
1963 06 27 USAF Major Robert A Rushworth in X-15 reaches 86,900 m
1963 06 27 Phillies Johnny Callison hits for cycle, but Phillie centerfielder Tony Gonzalez's error ends his record 205 consecutive errorless games
1964 06 27 New Phil Silvers Show, last airs on CBS-TV
1964 06 27 Sie Liebt Dich (She Loves You) by Die Beatles peaks at #97
1964 06 27 Jan & Dean release Little Old Lady From Pasadena
1965 06 27 Carol Mann wins LPGA Carling Golf Open
1966 06 27 First sci-fi soap opera, Dark Shadows, premieres on ABC-TV
1966 06 27 4th Mayor's Trophy Game; Yanks beat Mets 5-2
1967 06 27 Race riot in Buffalo NY (200 arrested)
1968 06 27 Ludvik Vaculik publishes Manifest of 2000 words in Prague
1969 06 27 50,000 attend Denver Pop Festival
1969 06 27 Honduras/El Salvador breaks diplomatic relations due to soccer match
1969 06 27 Police raid Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, NY, about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, it lasts 3 days
1971 06 27 You're a Good Man Charlie Brown closes at Golden NYC after 31 perfs
1971 06 27 26th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by JoAnne Carner
1973 06 27 Live & Let Die premieres in US
1973 06 27 John W Dean tells Watergate Committee about Nixon's enemies list
1973 06 27 Uruguay suspends constitution
1974 06 27 Flip Wilson Show, last airs on NBC-TV
1974 06 27 US president Nixon visits USSR
1976 06 27 Pacific Overtures closes at Winter Garden NYC after 193 perfs
1976 06 27 Air France Airbus hijacked in Germany to Uganda
1976 06 27 Israeli raid on Entebbe, Uganda
1976 06 27 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Invitational
1976 06 27 Portuguese general Antonio Eanes elected president
1977 06 27 5-4 Supreme Court decision allows lawyers to advertise
1977 06 27 Djibouti (Afars & Issas) claims Independence from France
1977 06 27 Willie McCovey smashes 2 HRs in inning for 2nd time (Apr 12, 1973)
1978 06 27 Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 m, 7:32.1
1978 06 27 Soyuz 30 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Polish) to Salyut 6 space station
1978 06 27 US Seasat 1, first oceanographic satellite, launched into polar orbit
1979 06 27 Muhammad Ali retires as boxing champ
1979 06 27 Supreme Court rules employers may use quotas to help minorities
1980 06 27 First female state police graduates (NJ)
1980 06 27 Dodger's Jerry Reuss' no-hits SF Giants 8-0
1980 06 27 Italian plane crashes into Tyrrheense Sea, kills 81
1980 06 27 US revives draft registration
1981 06 27 Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes returns to #1 slot
1981 06 27 Cambodia adopts its constitution
1981 06 27 Pamela Jenks, 21, crowned 14th Miss Black America
1982 06 27 Dancin' closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 1,774 performances
1982 06 27 Play Me a Country Song opens & closes at Virginia Theater NYC
1982 06 27 STS-4 Launch (Columbia)
1982 06 27 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
1983 06 27 Highest price paid for painting by a living artist-œ960,200-Mir¢
1983 06 27 Mariners bat out of order against White Sox in 2nd inning
1983 06 27 NASA launches space vehicle S-205
1983 06 27 Soyuz T-9 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station
1984 06 27 Emmy 11th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 5th time
1984 06 27 Fire destroys a set in A View to the Kill
1984 06 27 France wins soccer's European Cup
1984 06 27 Late Night's first Tower Drop
1984 06 27 Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts
1985 06 27 First hotel strike in NY
1985 06 27 Route 66 (Chicago to Santa Monica), is decertified
1986 06 27 Anne White shocks Wimbledon by wearing only a body stocking
1986 06 27 In referendum, Irish uphold ban on divorce
1986 06 27 Robby Thompson (SF) sets record, caught stealing 4 times in 1 game
1986 06 27 SF Giant Robby Thompson is caught stealing record 4 times
1986 06 27 US informs NZ it will not defend it against attack
1986 06 27 World Court rules US aid to Nicaraguan contras illegal
1987 06 27 Supreme Court Justice Powell retires
1988 06 27 Mike Tyson KOs Michael Spink in 91 seconds, in Atlantic City ($67m)
1988 06 27 Reds bat out of order against Padres in first inning
1990 06 27 José Canseco signs record $4,700,000 per year Oak A's contract
1990 06 27 Salman Rushdie, condemned to death by Iran, contributes $8600 to help their earthquake victims
1991 06 27 Emmy 18th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 12th time
1992 06 27 57 Channels (and Nothin' on) by Bruce Springsteen peaks at #68
1992 06 27 193rd ranked Andrei Olhovsky defeats #1 seed Jim Courier at Wimbledon
1992 06 27 Dan O'Brien fails on pole vault & eliminated from Olympics decathlon
1992 06 27 Daryl Gates retires as LA police chief
1992 06 27 Denmark upsets German 2-0, to win European Soccer championship
1993 06 27 Falsettos closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 487 performances
1993 06 27 11th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jim Colbert
1993 06 27 Actress Julia Roberts weds country singer Lyle Lovett
1993 06 27 NY Met pitcher Anthony Young loses record 24th straight game
1993 06 27 Shelley Hamlin wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic
1993 06 27 Don Henley booed in Milwaukee when he dedicates the song It's Not Easy Being Green to President Clinton
1994 06 27 Gray's Anatomy closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 8 performances
1994 06 27 118øF (47.8øC) at Lakewood New Mexico[dup]
1994 06 27 118øF (47.8øC) at Lakewood New Mexico (state record)
1994 06 27 12th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Dave Stockton
1994 06 27 NY Daily News increases prices to 50¢
1995 06 27 Holland's debut in English domestic comp (v Northants, NatWest)
1995 06 27 Mason City Iowa's TV news personality Jodi Huisentruit disappears
1995 06 27 Space shuttle STS-71 (Atlantis 14), launches
1995 06 27 Former WMMS engineer William Alford is sentenced to 10 days & $1,000 fine for cutting feed during Howard Stern's broadcast from Cleveland

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