Summary of the Day ✨ 27 June (27/06)
President Joe Biden debated Donald Trump and subsequently withdrew from the election following a perceived poor performance, while globally, cyberattacks using Petya malware targeted Ukrainian organizations and their international connections. A deadly dust fire at a Taiwanese water park killed 15 people and injured nearly 500, an Indian pipeline explosion claimed fourteen lives, and NASA launched a new space probe to observe the Sun.
Historical Events 📜
- 2024: U.S. President Joe Biden debates former U.S. President Donald Trump. Biden’s perceived poor performance leads to his withdrawal from the election on July 21.
- 2017: A series of powerful cyberattacks using the Petya malware target websites of Ukrainian organizations and counterparts with Ukrainian connections around the globe.
- 2015: Formosa Fun Coast fire: A dust fire occurs at a recreational water park in Taiwan, killing 15 people and injuring 497 others, 199 critically.
- 2014: At least fourteen people are killed when a Gas Authority of India Limited pipeline explodes in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
- 2013: NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph space probe to observe the Sun.
- 2008: In a highly scrutinized election, President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party’s supporters.
- 2007: Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997. Chancellor Gordon Brown succeeds him.
- 2007: The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.
- 1995: Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-71, the first space shuttle mission to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
- 1994: Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan. Seven people are killed, 660 injured.
- 1991: Two days after it had declared independence, Slovenia is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft, starting the Ten-Day War.
- 1988: The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people.
- 1988: Villa Tunari massacre: Bolivian anti-narcotics police kill nine to 12 and injure over a hundred protesting coca-growing peasants.
- 1982: Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.
- 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.
Famous Births 👶
- 2002: Kelee Ringo, American football player
- 2000: Chris Olave, American football player
- 1999: Will Levis, American football player
- 1999: Chandler Riggs, American actor
- 1997: Yordan Alvarez, Cuban baseball player
- 1997: Jehyve Floyd, American basketball player
- 1997: H.E.R., American singer-songwriter
- 1995: Monté Morris, American basketball player
- 1994: Anita Husarić, Bosnian tennis player
- 1993: Johanna Talihärm, Estonian biathlete
- 1993: Alberto Campbell-Staines, Australian athlete
- 1992: Ahn So-hee, South Korean singer and actress
- 1992: Karthika Nair, Indian actress
- 1991: Oliver Stark, British actor
- 1990: Bobby Wagner, American football player
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2024: Kinky Friedman, American country musician (born 1944)
- 2024: Martin Mull, American actor (born 1943)
- 2018: Joe Jackson, American manager, father of Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson (born 1928)
- 2018: Liz Jackson, Australian journalist and former barrister (born 1951)
- 2018: William McBride, Australian obstetrician (born 1927)
- 2017: Peter L. Berger, Austrian sociologist (born 1929)
- 2016: Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter (born 1929)
- 2015: Zvi Elpeleg, Polish-Israeli diplomat, author, and academic (born 1926)
- 2015: Knut Helle, Norwegian historian and professor (born 1930)
- 2015: Chris Squire, English musician (bass guitarist), singer and songwriter, member of the rock band Yes (born 1948)
- 2014: Edmond Blanchard, Canadian jurist and politician (born 1954)
- 2014: Allen Grossman, American poet, critic, and academic (born 1932)
- 2014: Leslie Manigat, Haitian educator and politician, 43rd President of Haiti (born 1930)
- 2014: Violet Milstead, Canadian World War II aviator and bush pilot (born 1919)
- 2014: Rachid Solh, Lebanese politician, 48th Prime Minister of Lebanon (born 1926)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Arialdo - Christian feast day:
Crescens, one of the Seventy disciples - Christian feast day:
Cyril of Alexandria (Coptic Church, Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion and Lutheran Church) - Christian feast day:
Hemma of Gurk - Christian feast day:
Ladislaus I of Hungary - Christian feast day:
Our Lady of Perpetual Help - Christian feast day:
Sampson the Hospitable - Christian feast day:
Zoilus - Christian feast day:
June 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Canadian Multiculturalism Day (Canada)
- Commemoration Day for the Victims of the Communist Regime (Czech Republic)
- Day of Turkmen Workers of Culture and Art and poetry of Magtymguly Pyragy (Turkmenistan)
- Helen Keller Day (United States)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Djibouti from France in 1977.
- Mixed Race Day (Brazil)