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TODAY IN HISTORY

June 27

Saturday, June 27, 2026

Day 177 of 2026 | Week 26 | 182 days until Christmas 🎅

HISTORIC EVENTS

1
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.

2
2017

A series of powerful cyberattacks using the Petya malware target websites of Ukrainian organizations and counterparts with Ukrainian connections around the globe.

3
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.

4
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.

5
2013

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

6
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election, President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.

7
2007

Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997. Chancellor Gordon Brown succeeds him.

8
2007

The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.

9
1995

Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-71, the first space shuttle mission to dock with the Russian space station Mir.

10
1994

Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan. Seven people are killed, 660 injured.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1975 Porter Collins

American rower (World C'ship gold 1995 M4+

1974 Christian Kane

American actor (Leverage

1973 Heath Irwin

American football guard (New England Patriots)

1973 Jennifer Brundage

American softball infielder (Olympic gold 1996)

1971 Jo Frost

British television personality (Supernanny)

1971 Yancey Arias

American actor (Kingpin

1970 Jim Edmonds

American MLB baseball outfielder

1970 Petra Langrová

tennis star (1995 Palermo doubles)

1968 Pascale Bussières

French Canadian actress (Blanche)

1967 Michelle Torres

American tennis star

1966 Giambattista Valli

Italian fashion designer

1966 Jeff Conine

American baseball utility (World Series 1997

1966 Mercedes Paz

Argentine tennis star (1990 Strasbourg)

1966 Rob Harbison

American 3x40 rifle shooter (Olympic 6th 1996)

1965 Constantin Cojocariu

Romanian rugby union lock (40 Tests; Baia Mare RUFC)

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