Historical Events In June - 27

1909  On June - 27 gianandrea Gavazzeni, composer   

1910  Karel Reiner, composer on June - 27.   

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

1912  Audrey Christie, Chic Ill, actress (Dorothy-Fair Exchange) on this day in history.   

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

1913  On this day in history willie Mosconi, world champion pool player (1941-57)   

1914  On this day in history 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 June - 27 alexander Pola, [Abraham Polak], Dutch actor/writer (Farce Major)   

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

1915  On June - 27 100°F (38°C), Fort Yukon Alaska (state record)   

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

1916  On June - 27 arthur Walter Lucas, picture restorer   

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

1917  On this day in history k M Rangnekar, cricketer (batted in 3 Tests India v Australia 1947-48)   

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 June - 27.   

1920  On this day in history i A L Diamond, screenwriter (1960 Acad Award-Apartment)   

1921  G M J Veldkamp, Dutch politician (CDA) on June - 27.   

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  George Theophilus Walker, Washington DC, composer (Praise of Lillies) on this day in history.   

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  Jerome "Doc" Pomus, rocker on June - 27.   

1926  Frank O'Hara, writer on June - 27.   

1927  On this day in history bob Keeshan, Lynbrook NY, aka Capt Kangaroo/Clarabelle (Good Morning)   

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

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

1930  On June - 27 p Parchomenko discovers asteroid #1166 Sakuntala   

1930  H Ross Perot, Texas, billionaire/presidental candidate (1992) on this day in history.   

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

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

1350  On this day in history birth of manuel II Palaiologos, Eastern Roman Emperor   

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  Johann Paul Schor, German Baroque painter was born on this day in history.   

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  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  Guigo de Castro, [Venerabilis], 5th prior of Grande Chartreuse, dies on this day in history.   

1162  On this day in history death of eudes II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118)   

1296  On June - 27 floris V, count of Holland & Zeeland, dies   

1458  Alfonso V, King of Aragon/Sicily/Naples (Alfonso I), dies on this day in history.   

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

1574  On this day in history 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.