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2005-06-27

On this day in History - Jun 27

0678 - Saint Agatho begins his reign as a Catholic Pope.
1149 - Raymond of Poitiers, dies (b. 1099). Prince of Antioch.
1162 - Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy dies (b. 1118)
1194 - Sancho VI of Navarre was born.
1458 - Alfonso V of Aragon dies (b. 1396)
1462 - King Louis XII of France was born (d. 1515).
1542 - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo claims California for Spain.
1550 - King Charles IX of France was born (d. 1574).
1574 - Giorgio Vasari, dies (b. 30 Jul 1511). Italian Mannerist writer and painter. ( The Prophet ElishaThe Holy Family with the Infant, St. John the BaptistThe Annonciation Toeletta Venere)
1655 - Eleonore Gonzaga, dies (b. 1598). Wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.
1660 - O poeta e escritor inglês John Milton, autor de "O Paraíso Perdido", é condenado à prisão pelo Parlamento britânico.
1682 - King Charles XII of Sweden was born (d. 1718) (June 17 in Swedish calendar)
1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.
1759 - General James Wolfe starts siege of Quebec.
1801 - O Cairo, capital do Egipto mameluco, rende-se às tropas britânicas que a cercam
1806 - The British capture Buenos Aires.
1829 - James Smithson, dies. Founder of the Smithsonian Institute
1831 - Sophie Germain, dies (b. 1776). Mathematician.
1838 - Paul von Mauser, was born (d. 1914). Weapon designer.
1844 - Hyrum Smith, dies (b. 1800). American religious leader.
1844 - Joseph Smith, Jr. dies murdered with brother Hyrum in Carthage Jail, Carthage, Illinois(b. 1805). Founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
1850 - Lafcadio Hearn, was born (d. 1904). Author.
1850 - Ivan Vazov, was born (d. 22 Sep 1921). Bulgarian poet/novelist/playwright (Under the Yoke)
1864 - Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in the American Civil War.
1867 - The Bank of California opens its doors.
1869 - Hans Spemann, was born (d. 1941). Zoologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in medicine 1935.
1869 - Emma Goldman, was born (d. 1940). Anarchist, feminist, free love advocate.
1870 - Frank Rattray Lillie, was born (d. 1947). Zoologist, embryologist.
1880 - Helen Keller, was born (d. 1968). Spokeswoman for the deaf and blind.
1882 - Eduard Spranger, was born (d. 1963). Philosopher, psychologist and educator.
1888 - Antoniette Perry was born. American actress.
1888 - Nascimento de Guilhermina Suggia. Violoncelista portuguesa.
1893 - Crash of the New York Stock Exchange.
1898 - First solo circumnavigation of the globe completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island Nova Scotia.
1905 - Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin.
1906 - Catherine Cookson, was born (d. 1998). Author.
1908 - João Guimarães Rosa, was born (d. 1967). Brasilien writer.
1910 - Porfirio Díaz é eleito pela sétima e última vez presidente do México.
1913 - Willie Mosconi, was born (d. 1993). Professional billiards player.
1914 - Morre Bertha Suttner, escritora austríaca, Prémio Nobel da Paz de 1905
1925 - Jerome Felder, AKA Doc Pomus, was born (d. 1991). Musician, composer.
1928 - Rudy Perpich, was born (d. 1995). American politician.
1927 - Otto Herbert Hajek, was born. Sculptor.
1927 - Bob Keeshan was born (d. 23 Jan 2004). Children’s TV host: Captain Kangaroo children’s TV host ; Clarabelle on the "Howdy Doody Show". Clown Hall of Famer.
1930 - Ross Perot, was born. American billionaire and politician
1931 - Charles Bronfman, was born. Industrialist
1932 - Anna Moffo, was born. American soprano.
1933 - José Fonseca e Costa was born in Caala, Angola. Portuguese film director [Some films: O Recado (1971), Kilas, o Mau da Fita (1981), Balada da Praia dos Cães (1987) A Mulher do Próximo (1988) Os Cornos de Cronos (1991), Cinco Dias, Cinco Noites (1996) Fascínio, O (2003) ]
1941 - Krzysztof Kieslowski, was born in Warsaw (d. 13 Mar 1996). Film director.
1944 - Bruce Johnston was born. Grammy Award-winning song writer: I Write the Songs [1976]; musician: group: The Beach Boys
1945 - Under Secretary of the Navy Ralph Bard sends memo to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson urging that the United States give "preliminary warning" to Japan before using the atomic bomb on a Japanese target.
1949 - Vera Wang, was born. Fashion designer
1950 - The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
1952 - Elmo Lincoln, dies. Actor.
1953 - Joseph Laniel becomes Prime Minister of France.
1953 - Nascimento de Angelo Gonzalez . Escultor argentino.
1954 - World's first nuclear power station opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
1955 - Isabelle Adjani, was born. French actress. Famous for films such as “Quartet” (1982) and “Camille Claudel” (1989), Adjani began her career at the age of 14 and achieved much success as a Molière actress. She was nominated “Best Actress of the 80s” and won four Cesars for her performances.
1957 - Hurricane Audrey kills 500 people in Louisiana and Texas.
1957 - Malcolm Lowry, dies (b. 1909). Novelist.
1959 - Clint Boon, was born. Musician, keyboards in Inspiral Carpets
1960 - Lottie Dod, dies. English athlete
1962 - Tony Leung Chiu Wai, was born. Hong Kong actor
1963 - Meera Syal, was born. Comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist and actress
1966 - J. J. Abrams, was born. Television writer and producer
1967 - World's first ATM installed in Enfield, London.
1970 - Daniel Kinsey, dies (b. 1902). American hurdler.
1970 - Jim Edmonds, was born. Baseball player
1970 - Vitamin C, was born. Pop singer .
1972 - ATARI is established by Nolan Bushnell.
1973 - Heath Irwin, was born. NFL guard
1973 - O presidente do Uruguai, Juan María Bordaberry, dá um golpe de Estado que acaba com 40 anos de governo constitucional. Ele dissolve o Congresso, declara ilegais os partidos e os sindicatos e implanta uma ditadura militar, que foi derrubada três anos depois.
1974 - U.S president Richard Nixon visits the U.S.S.R.
1975 - Tobey Maguire, was born. Actor.
1976 - An Air France jet carrying 256 passengers from Tel Aviv, Israel, to Paris, France, is hijacked by four Palestinian terrorists. Just minutes after taking off from Athens, Greece, where the plane had stopped to re-fuel, an armed gunman stormed the cockpit and forced the plane to fly to Entebbe Airport in Uganda.
1976 - António Ramalho Eanes é eleito presidente da República (Portugal)
1977 - Raúl, was born. Spanish football star
1977 - France grants independence to Djibouti.
1979 - Muhammad Ali announces his retirement from boxing.
1980 - A commercial DC-9 (Itavia Flight 870) was apparently shot down.
1980 - Kevin Pietersen, was born. English cricketer.
1982 - Em Madrid, realizou-se uma manifestação de cegos contra a proliferação de formas de jogo
1983 - Alsou, was born. Russian singer.
1984 - Pierre Elliott Trudeau is awarded with the Albert Einstein Peace Prize.
1984 - France wins soccer's European Cup.
1985 - Route 66 ceases to be an official highway.
1985 - Svetlana Kuznetsova was born in St. Petersburg. Russian tennis player
1985 - Elias Sarkis dies (b. 20 Jun 1924). Polician and President of Lebanon.
1985 - Em Portugal, a Assembleia da República foi dissolvida pelo Presidente da República Ramalho Eanes.
1986 - International Court of Justice finds against the United States in its judgement in the Nicaragua v. United States.
1988 - Mike Tyson quickly retained his undisputed world heavyweight title by knocking out Michael Spinks in the first round.
1988 - Fifty-seven people were killed in a train collision in Paris.
1989 - Alfred Julius Ayer dies (b. 29 Oct 1910). British philosopher.
1991 - Slovenia, which declared independent two days previously, is invaded by Yugoslavia troops, tanks, and aircraft.
1991 - Madylin Sweeten, was born. Actress.
1993 - Actress Julia Roberts and singer Lyle Lovett were wed in Marion, Ind. The marriage ended in divorce.
1995 - Jodi Huisentruit, an anchorwoman in Mason City, Iowa disappears, presumably abducted.
1998 - Kerim Tekin, dies. Turkish singer .
1999 - George Papadopoulos, dies at 80. Greece's 1967-74 military dictator.
2000 - President Robert Mugabe's ruling party is assured a majority in Zimbabwe's new parliament despite historic gains by the opposition.
2001 - Jack Lemmon, dies (b. 1925). Actor and film director.
2001 - Tove Jansson, dies (b. 1914). Author of the Moomin books.
2001 - International Court of Justice finds against the United States in its judgement in the LaGrand Case.
2002 - John Entwistle, dies (b. 1944). Bass player for The Who.
2004 - Darrell Russell, dies (b. 1968). NHRA drag racer .
2004 - Serbia held elections. Pro-Western Boris Tadic led early polls over the ultranationalist candidate, Tomislav Nikolic. Boris Tadic, won 53.5 percent of votes.
Feast of St Cyril of Alexandria
National HIV Testing Day in United States
Stonewall Day (date of many gay pride celebrations, including those in New York City, San Francisco, Toronto, and Madrid)


2 comments:








Anónimo

disse...

1989 - Morre Alfred Julius Ayer, filósofo britânico.

ele a morrer e eu a nascer!!!





Anónimo

disse...

grande final hoje: Brasil - Argentina

jogo que ninguem vai querer perder