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On June 27, 1499: Amerigo Vespucci sights what is now Amapá State in Brazil.

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Cancer

Featured moment · 1499

Amerigo Vespucci sights what is now Amapá State in Brazil.

Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Florence after whom America is named.

People

Born on June 27

Kelee Ringo 2002– American football player (born 2002)
Chris Olave 2000– American football player (born 2000)
Will Levis 1999– American football player (born 1999)
Chandler Riggs 1999– American actor (born 1999)
Yordan Alvarez 1997– Cuban baseball player (born 1997)
Jehyve Floyd 1997– American basketball player (born 1997)
H.E.R. 1997– American singer (born 1997)
Monté Morris 1995– American basketball player (born 1995)
Anita Husarić 1994– Bosnian tennis player (born 1994)
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Johanna Talihärm 1993– Estonian biathlete (born 1993)
Alberto Campbell-Staines 1993– Jamaican-Australian athlete
Ahn So-hee 1992– South Korean actress (born 1992)
Karthika Nair 1992– Indian actress (born 1992)
Oliver Stark 1991– British actor (born 1991)
Bobby Wagner 1990– American football player (born 1990)
Hana Birnerová 1989– Czech tennis player
Sabino Brunello 1989– Italian chess grandmaster (born 1989)
Matthew Lewis 1989– English actor (born 1989)

People

Died on June 27

Kinky Friedman American singer-songwriter, writer and politician (1944–2024)
Martin Mull American actor (1943–2024)
Joe Jackson Patriarch of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
Liz Jackson Australian journalist and barrister (1951–2018)
William McBride Australian obstetrician (1927–2018)
Peter L. Berger American sociologist (1929–2017)
Bud Spencer Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player (1929–2016)
Zvi Elpeleg Polish-Israeli diplomat, author, and academic (born 1926)
Knut Helle Norwegian historian (1930–2015)
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Chris Squire English bassist of rock band Yes (1948–2015)
Edmond Blanchard Canadian jurist and politician
Allen Grossman American writer (1932–2014)
Leslie Manigat President of Haiti (1930–2014)
Violet Milstead Canadian aviator
Rachid Solh Lebanese politician
Stefano Borgonovo Italian footballer and manager
Ian Scott New Zealand artist (1945–2013)
Stan Cox British distance runner

Timeline

Every June 27 on record

  1. 1499 Amerigo Vespucci sights what is now Amapá State in Brazil.

    Italian explorer and navigator (1454–1512)

    Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Florence after whom America is named.

  2. 1556 The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs.

    Group of Protestants burned at the stake in 1556 in England

    The Stratford Martyrs were eleven men and two women who were burned at the stake together for their Protestant beliefs, either at Stratford-le-Bow, Middlesex or Stratford, Essex, both near London, on 27 June 1556 during the Marian persecutions.

  3. 1743 In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.

    1743 battle during War of Austrian Succession

    The Battle of Dettingen took place on 27 June 1743 during the War of the Austrian Succession, near Karlstein am Main in Bavaria. An alliance composed of British, Hanoverian and Austrian troops, known as the Pragmatic Army, defeated a French force commanded by the Duke of Noailles. While the Earl of Stair exercised operational control, the Allies were nominally commanded by George II of Great Britain, and Dettingen was the last time a reigning British monarch led troops in combat.

  4. 1760 Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina.

    Conflict between British forces and Cherokee bands in North America from 1758 to 1761

    The Anglo-Cherokee War, was also known from the Anglo-European perspective as the Cherokee War, the Cherokee Uprising, or the Cherokee Rebellion. The war was a conflict between British forces in North America and Cherokee bands during the French and Indian War.

  5. 1806 British forces take Buenos Aires during the first of the British invasions of the River Plate.

    Capital and most populous city of Argentina

    Buenos Aires, officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− global city, according to the GaWC 2024 ranking.

  6. 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.
  7. 1864 American Civil War: Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta campaign.
  8. 1895 The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
  9. 1898 The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
  10. 1905 During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
  11. 1914 The Illinois Monument is dedicated at Cheatham Hill in what is now the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park.
  12. 1924 The Johor–Singapore Causeway opens after five years of construction, providing a land connection for road and rail vehicles travelling between Johor and Singapore.
  13. 1927 Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi convenes an eleven-day conference to discuss Japan's strategy in China. The Tanaka Memorial, a forged plan for world domination, is later claimed to be a secret report leaked from this conference.
  14. 1928 The Rovaniemi township decree is promulgated, as a result of which Rovaniemi secedes from the old rural municipality as its own market town on January 1, 1929.
  15. 1941 Romanian authorities launch one of the most violent pogroms in Jewish history in the city of Iași, resulting in the murder of at least 13,266 Jews.
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  1. 1941 World War II: German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa.
  2. 1944 World War II: Mogaung is the first place in Burma to be liberated from the Japanese by British Chindits, supported by the Chinese.
  3. 1946 In the Canadian Citizenship Act, the Parliament of Canada establishes the definition of Canadian citizenship.
  4. 1950 The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
  5. 1954 The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
  6. 1954 The FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match between Hungary and Brazil, highly anticipated to be exciting, instead turns violent, with three players ejected and further fighting continuing after the game.
  7. 1957 Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas–Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana.
  8. 1973 The President of Uruguay Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship.
  9. 1974 U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.
  10. 1976 Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PFLP and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.
  11. 1977 France grants independence to Djibouti.
  12. 1977 Constitution for the Federation of Earth was adopted by the second session of the World Constituent Assembly, held at Innsbruck, Austria.
  13. 1980 The 'Ustica massacre': Itavia Flight 870 crashes in the sea while en route from Bologna to Palermo, Italy, killing all 81 on board.
  14. 1981 The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party 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.
  15. 1982 Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.

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