All Events

Historical Events on June 27

  • British invasions of the River Plate

    1806

    British forces take Buenos Aires during the first British invasions of the River Plate.

  • Death of Joseph Smith

    1844

    Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are killed by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.

  • Russian battleship Potemkin

    1905

    During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.

  • Operation Barbarossa

    1941

    German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa.

  • Korean War

    1950

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

  • Richard Nixon

    1974

    U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.

  • Mao Zedong

    1981

    The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issues its "Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong.

  • Tony Blair

    2007

    Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997.

  • Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph

    2013

    NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, a space probe to observe the Sun.

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