Page 4: Historical Events In June - 27

1909  Gianandrea Gavazzeni, composer on June - 27.   

1910  Karel Reiner, composer on June - 27.   

1911  Alfred Scott Witherbee Jr, US, 3 year old who drowned on Lusitania on June - 27.   

1912  On June - 27 audrey Christie, Chic Ill, actress (Dorothy-Fair Exchange)   

1912  On June - 27 george Bonnor, cricketer (once ran three before he was caught), dies   

1913  Willie Mosconi, world champion pool player (1941-57) on June - 27.   

1914  On June - 27 uS signs treaty of commerce with Ethiopia   

1914  On this day in history jack Johnson beats Frank Moran in 20 for heavyweight boxing title   

1914  On this day in history alexander Pola, [Abraham Polak], Dutch actor/writer (Farce Major)   

1915  100ø F (38ø C), Fort Yukon, Alaska (state record) on June - 27.   

1915  On this day in history 100°F (38°C), Fort Yukon Alaska (state record)   

1915  On this day in history hendrik W van Leeuwen, musician   

1916  Arthur Walter Lucas, picture restorer on June - 27.   

1917  On this day in history ultonia, built for Cunard by Swan Hunter at Wallsend on Tyne, of 8845 tons, she was sunk by the German submarine U53 190 miles south west of the Fastnet Rock. Two people were killed.   

1917  On this day in history 1st baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service   

1917  On June - 27 k M Rangnekar, cricketer (batted in 3 Tests India v Australia 1947-48)   

1917  Gustav von Schmolle, German economist (Historical School), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1918  Adolph Kiefer, US, 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1936) on this day in history.   

1920  I A L Diamond, screenwriter (1960 Acad Award-Apartment) on June - 27.   

1921  On June - 27 g M J Veldkamp, Dutch politician (CDA)   

1922  On this day in history newberry Medal first presented for kids literature (Hendrik Van Loon)   

1922  Newberry Medal 1st presented for kids literature (Hendrik Van Loon) on June - 27.   

1922  On June - 27 george Theophilus Walker, Washington DC, composer (Praise of Lillies)   

1923  Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH-4B biplane on June - 27.   

1923  On this day in history paul F Conrad, Cedar Rapids Iowa, cartoonist (Pulitzer 1964, 71, 84)   

1924  Bob Appleyard, cricketer (superb England off-spinner, brief career) on this day in history.   

1925  Jerome "Doc" Pomus, rocker on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history frank O'Hara, writer   

1927  Bob Keeshan, Lynbrook NY, aka Capt Kangaroo/Clarabelle (Good Morning) on this day in history.   

1929  The first color TV demo (NYC) on this day in history.   

1929  1st color TV demo (NYC) on this day in history.   

1930  P Parchomenko discovers asteroid #1166 Sakuntala on this day in history.   

1930  H Ross Perot, Texas, billionaire/presidental candidate (1992) on June - 27.   

1931  3rd Ryder Cup: US wins, 9-3 at Scioto Country Club (Columbus, Ohio, US) on this day in history.   

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1040  King Ladislaus I of Hungary (d. 1095) was born on June - 27.   

1350  Manuel II Palaiologos, Eastern Roman Emperor was born on this day in history.   

1462  On this day in history birth of louis XII, the Just, King of France (1498-1515)   

1550  Charles IX, King of France (1560-74) was born on this day in history.   

1615  On this day in history birth of johann Paul Schor, German Baroque painter   

1696  William Pepperrell, British colonial soldier (d. 1759) was born on this day in history.   

1717  On June - 27 birth of louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist (d. 1799)   

1718  Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer was born on this day in history.   

0444  On this day in history cyrillus van Alexandria, patriarch of Alexandria, dies   

1137  On this day in history guigo de Castro, [Venerabilis], 5th prior of Grande Chartreuse, dies   

1162  Death of Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118) on this day in history.   

1296  Floris V, count of Holland & Zeeland, dies on this day in history.   

1458  On June - 27 alfonso V, King of Aragon/Sicily/Naples (Alfonso I), dies   

1543  On June - 27 agnolo Firenzuola, [Giovannini], Ital monk (De golden ezel), dies   

1574  Death of Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and architect (b. 1511) on June - 27.   

1603  On June - 27 death of jan Dymitr Solikowski, Polish archbishop and diplomat (b. 1539)