Page 4: Historical Events In June - 27

1909  On this day in history gianandrea Gavazzeni, composer   

1910  Karel Reiner, composer on June - 27.   

1911  On this day in history alfred Scott Witherbee Jr, US, 3 year old who drowned on Lusitania   

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

1912  On this day in history george Bonnor, cricketer (once ran three before he was caught), dies   

1913  Willie Mosconi, world champion pool player (1941-57) on this day in history.   

1914  US signs treaty of commerce with Ethiopia on this day in history.   

1914  On June - 27 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 June - 27.   

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 this day in history arthur Walter Lucas, picture restorer   

1917  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 on June - 27.   

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  Gustav von Schmolle, German economist (Historical School), dies at 79 on June - 27.   

1918  Adolph Kiefer, US, 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1936) on June - 27.   

1920  On June - 27 i A L Diamond, screenwriter (1960 Acad Award-Apartment)   

1921  On this day in history g M J Veldkamp, Dutch politician (CDA)   

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

1922  On this day in history newberry Medal 1st presented for kids literature (Hendrik Van Loon)   

1922  George Theophilus Walker, Washington DC, composer (Praise of Lillies) on this day in history.   

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 June - 27 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  On this day in history the first color TV demo (NYC)   

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

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

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

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

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1040  On this day in history birth of king Ladislaus I of Hungary (d. 1095)   

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 June - 27.   

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  On this day in history birth of louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist (d. 1799)   

1718  Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer was born on June - 27.   

0444  Cyrillus van Alexandria, patriarch of Alexandria, dies on June - 27.   

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

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

1296  Floris V, count of Holland & Zeeland, dies on June - 27.   

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

1543  On this day in history agnolo Firenzuola, [Giovannini], Ital monk (De golden ezel), dies   

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.