EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
June 27
Saturday, June 27, 2026
Day 177 of 2026 | Week 26 | 182 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
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.
A series of powerful cyberattacks using the Petya malware target websites of Ukrainian organizations and counterparts with Ukrainian connections around the globe.
Formosa Fun Coast fire: A dust fire occurs at a recreational water park in Taiwan, killing 15 people and injuring 497 others, 199 critically.
At least fourteen people are killed when a Gas Authority of India Limited pipeline explodes in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph space probe to observe the Sun.
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election, President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.
Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997. Chancellor Gordon Brown succeeds him.
The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.
Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-71, the first space shuttle mission to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan. Seven people are killed, 660 injured.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
American rower (World C'ship gold 1995 M4+
American actor (Leverage
American football guard (New England Patriots)
American softball infielder (Olympic gold 1996)
British television personality (Supernanny)
American actor (Kingpin
American MLB baseball outfielder
tennis star (1995 Palermo doubles)
French Canadian actress (Blanche)
American tennis star
Italian fashion designer
American baseball utility (World Series 1997
Argentine tennis star (1990 Strasbourg)
American 3x40 rifle shooter (Olympic 6th 1996)
Romanian rugby union lock (40 Tests; Baia Mare RUFC)
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