Page 4: Historical Events In June - 27

1909  Gianandrea Gavazzeni, composer on this day in history.   

1910  Karel Reiner, composer on June - 27.   

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

1912  Audrey Christie, Chic Ill, actress (Dorothy-Fair Exchange) on June - 27.   

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  US signs treaty of commerce with Ethiopia on this day in history.   

1914  Jack Johnson beats Frank Moran in 20 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1914  Alexander Pola, [Abraham Polak], Dutch actor/writer (Farce Major) on June - 27.   

1915  100ø F (38ø C), Fort Yukon, Alaska (state record) on this day in history.   

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

1915  On June - 27 hendrik W van Leeuwen, musician   

1916  Arthur Walter Lucas, picture restorer on this day in history.   

1917  On June - 27 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  1st baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service on June - 27.   

1917  K M Rangnekar, cricketer (batted in 3 Tests India v Australia 1947-48) on June - 27.   

1917  On this day in history gustav von Schmolle, German economist (Historical School), dies at 79   

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 this day in history.   

1921  G M J Veldkamp, Dutch politician (CDA) on this day in history.   

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

1922  On June - 27 newberry Medal 1st presented for kids literature (Hendrik Van Loon)   

1922  George Theophilus Walker, Washington DC, composer (Praise of Lillies) on June - 27.   

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

1923  Paul F Conrad, Cedar Rapids Iowa, cartoonist (Pulitzer 1964, 71, 84) on this day in history.   

1924  Bob Appleyard, cricketer (superb England off-spinner, brief career) on June - 27.   

1925  On June - 27 jerome "Doc" Pomus, rocker   

1926  Frank O'Hara, writer on this day in history.   

1927  On June - 27 bob Keeshan, Lynbrook NY, aka Capt Kangaroo/Clarabelle (Good Morning)   

1929  The first color TV demo (NYC) on June - 27.   

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

1930  On this day in history p Parchomenko discovers asteroid #1166 Sakuntala   

1930  On this day in history h Ross Perot, Texas, billionaire/presidental candidate (1992)   

1931  3rd Ryder Cup: US wins, 9-3 at Scioto Country Club (Columbus, Ohio, US) on June - 27.   

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1040  On June - 27 birth of king Ladislaus I of Hungary (d. 1095)   

1350  Manuel II Palaiologos, Eastern Roman Emperor was born on June - 27.   

1462  On June - 27 birth of louis XII, the Just, King of France (1498-1515)   

1550  On June - 27 birth of charles IX, King of France (1560-74)   

1615  Johann Paul Schor, German Baroque painter was born on June - 27.   

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

1717  Louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist (d. 1799) was born on June - 27.   

1718  On this day in history birth of wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer   

0444  On June - 27 cyrillus van Alexandria, patriarch of Alexandria, dies   

1137  Guigo de Castro, [Venerabilis], 5th prior of Grande Chartreuse, dies on June - 27.   

1162  On June - 27 death of eudes II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118)   

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

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

1543  Agnolo Firenzuola, [Giovannini], Ital monk (De golden ezel), dies on this day in history.   

1574  On June - 27 death of giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and architect (b. 1511)   

1603  Death of Jan Dymitr Solikowski, Polish archbishop and diplomat (b. 1539) on this day in history.