On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on June 27:
1462 Louis XII (the Just) king of France (1498-1515)
1550 Charles IX king of France (1560-74)
1682 Charles XII king of Sweden (1697-1718)
1828 Junius Daniel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1846 Charles Stewart Parnell Ireland, nationalist
1862 May Irwin US comedienne/singer (A Hot Time in the Old Town)
1869 Emma Goldman anarchist/publisher (Mother Earth)
1880 Helen Keller blind-deaf author/lecturer had more sense than many
1905 Ruby Middleton Forsythe, teacher (50 years in 1 room school in SC)
1906 Vernon P Watkins, Welsh poet (Ballad of Mari Lwyd)
1907 John McIntire Spokane Ws, actor (Naked City, Wagon Train, Virginian)
1913 Willie Mosconi world champion pool player (1941-57)
1914 Giorgio Almirante Italy, fascist (member of parliament (1948-87))
1925 Jerome "Doc" Pomus, songwriter
1927 Bob Keeshan aka Capt Kangaroo/Clarabelle (Good Morning Captain)
1930 H Ross Periot Texas billionaire/presidental candidate (1992
1930 Tamio Kono US, weightlifter (Olympic-gold-1952)
1933 Gary Crosby son of Bing, actor (Which Way to the Front)
1937 Joseph P Allen IV Crawfordsville Ind, PhD/astronaut (STS-5, STS 51A)
1941 James P[atrick] Hogan, UK, sci-fi author
1950 Benjamin Peterson US, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1972)
1950 Julia Duffy Minneapolis Mn, actress (Stephanie-Newhart, Baby Talk)
1951 Sidney M Gutierrez Albuquerque NM, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 40)
1951 Ulf Andersson Sweden, International Chess Grandmaster (1972)
1955 Isabelle Adjani Paris, actress (Story of Adele H, Driver, Ishtar)
Deaths which occurred on June 27:
444 Cyrillus van Alexandria, patriarch of Alexandria, dies
1458 Alfonso V, King of Aragon/Sicily/Naples (Alfonso I), dies
1776 Thomas Hickey, American sergeant convicted of treason, hanged
1829 James Smithson dies, his will established Smithsonian Institute
1836 James Madison, 4th US pres (1809-17), dies in Montpelier Va at 85
1844 Joseph & Hyrum Smith Mormon leaders killed by a mob in Carthage Ill
1862 Chatham Roberdeau Wheat, Confederate major, dies in battle at about 35
1863 Martin E Green, Confederate brig-general, shot dead at 38
1864 Charles Garrison Harker, US Union-brig-general, dies in battle at 26
1973 Ernest Truex actor (Pop-Pete & Gladys, Mr Peepers), dies at 73
1975 - Rod Serling, writer/host (Twilight Zone, Night Gallery), dies at 50
1983 Maxie Anderson & Don Ida balloonists, die during a race
1986 Don Rogers of the Cleveland Browns, dies of cocaine poisoning
1991 Klas Bruinsma, leader criminal organization, murdered
1993 Wolfgang Grams, German RAF-terrorist, shot to death at 40
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1965 JACKSON CARL E. NATCHITOCHES LA.
[EXPLODE MID AIR NE SAIGON]
1965 ROTH BILLIE L. LACON IL.
[EXPLODE MID AIR NE SIAGON]
1966 SMITH GENE A. SALT LAKE CITY UT.
[REMAINS RETURNED 03/23/89]
1968 GIAMMERINO VINCENT F. NEW YORK NY.
1969 JABLONSKI MICHAEL J. CHICAGO IL.
[DROWNED IN RIVER]
1972 BAKER DAVID E. HUNTINGTON NY.
[02/12/73 RELEASED BY PRG, ALIVE IN 98]
1972 CERAK JOHN P. CLAYTON NJ.
[03/28/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1972 DINGEE DAVID B. OLD GREENWICH CT.
[03/28/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE IN 98]
1972 FRANCIS RICHARD L. BARTLESVILLE OK.
[03/28/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE 98]
1972 HANTON THOMAS J. SANTA MONICA CA.
[03/28/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1972 MC DOW RICHARD H. COLUMBIANA AL.
[03/28/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1972 SULLIVAN FARRELL J. CADDO MILLS TX.
[REMAINS RETURNED 06/03/83]
POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.
On this day...
678 St Agatho begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1693 1st woman's magazine "The Ladies' Mercury" published (London)
1743 English defeat French at Dettingen
1833 Prudence Crandall, a white woman, arrested for conducting an academy for black females at Canterbury Conn
1857 H Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #45 Eugenia
1862 Day 3 of the 7 Days-Battle of Gaines' Mill
1864 Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
1867 Bank of Calif opens doors
1876 1st NLer to get 6 hits in 9 inn game (Dave Force, Phila Athletics)
1884 J Palisa discovers asteroid #237 Coelestina
1915 100ø F (38ø C), Fort Yukon, Alaska (state record)
1917 1st baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service
1929 1st color TV demo (NYC)
1930 P Parchomenko discovers asteroid #1166 Sakuntala
1934 Federal Savings & Loan Association created
1939 1st night game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Indians 5, Tigers 0)
1940 USSR returns to the Gregorian calendar
1942 FBI captures 8 Nazi saboteurs from a sub off NY's Long Island
1944 Cherbourg, France captured by Allies
1949 W Baade discovers asteroid #1566 Icarus
1950 Pres Truman orders Air Force & Navy into Korean conflict
1950 UN Security Council calls on members for troops to aid South Korea
1950 US sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam
1951 M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1588 Descamisada
1954 1st atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia)
1954 CIA-sponsored rebels overthrow elected government of Guatemala
1955 1st automobile seat belt legislation enacted (Illinois)
1957 390 die by Hurricane Audrey in coastal La & Tx
1958 Billy Pierce's perfect game bid broken with 2 outs in 9th
1960 British Somaliland becomes part of Somalia
1960 Chlorophyll "A" synthesized Cambridge Mass
1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m
1963 USAF Major Robert A Rushworth in X-15 reaches 86,900 m 1966 1st sci-fi soap opera, "Dark Shadows," premiers
1967 Race riot in Buffalo NY (200 arrested)
1969 Police raid the Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, NY, about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against the police, it lasts 3 days
1971 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2121 Sevastopol
1973 John W Dean tells Watergate Committee about Nixon's "enemies list"
1977 5-4 Supreme Court decision allows lawyers to advertise
1977 Djibouti gains independence from France (National Day)
1978 Soyuz 30 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Polish) to Salyut 6 space station
1979 Muhammad Ali retires as boxing champ
1983 NASA launches space vehicle S-205
1983 Soyuz T-9 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station
1984 Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts
1985 Route 66 (Chicago to Santa Monica), is decertified
1986 Anne White shocks Wimbeldon by wearing only a body stocking
1986 In referendum, Irish uphold ban on divorce
1986 Robby Thompson (SF) sets record, caught stealing 4 times in 1 game
1986 US informs New Zealand it will not defend it against attack
1986 World Court rules US aid to Nicaraguan contras illegal
1987 Supreme Court Justice Powell retires
1990 Jos‚ Canseco signs record $4,700,000 per year Oak A's contract
1990 Salman Rushdie, condemned to death by Iran, contributes $8600 to help their earthquake victims
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Iowa : Independence Sunday (1776) (Sunday)
Newfoundland : Discovery Day (1497-John Cabot) (Monday)
National Sheriff's Week Ends
National Ducks and Wetlands Day
US : National Fink Day.
Zoo and Aqarium Month
Religious Observances
Christian : Feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
RC : Memorial of Cyril of Alexandria, bishop & doctor (opt)
Christian : Commem of St Ladislas I (St Lazlo), king of Hungary
Feast of St. Ladislas I, King of Hungary.
Religious History
1299 In his encyclical 'Scimus fili,' Pope Boniface VIII claimed that Scotland owed allegiance to the Catholic Church.
1739 English revivalist George Whitefield wrote in a letter: 'Christ's servants have always been the world's fools.'
1760 English founder of Methodism John Wesley wrote in a letter: 'Every one, though born of God in an instant, yet undoubtedly grows by slow degrees.'
1844 Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormons, and his brother Hyrum were lynched by a mob in Carthage, Illinois, resulting in part from the community's moral outrage at Smith's recent authorization of polygamous Mormon marriages.
1961 In England, Arthur Michael Ramsey was enthroned as the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury, the principal see of the Established Church of England.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Thought for the day :
"The plural of spouse is spice."
Things To Do If You Ever Became An Evil Overlord...
Do not have a daughter. As she would be as beautiful as she was evil, but one look at the hero's rugged countenance and she'd betray her own father.
The World's Shortest Books...
Things I Wouldn't Do For Money by Dennis Rodman
Dumb Laws...
Juneau Alaska:
Owners of flamingos may not let their pet into barber shops.
Top ten things you never hear in church...
I've decided to give our church the $500 a month I used to send to TV evangelists.
