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Most of the films were made in the United Kingdom and often filmed at Pinewood Studios.
Notable Deaths on June 27
1996 — Albert R. Broccoli
American film producer (born 1909)
June 27 has 97 recorded notable deaths across history, from 992 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
97 source records
992 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on June 27
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- 1995 Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-71, the first space shuttle mission to dock with the Russian space station Mir. Source
- 1991 Two days after it had declared independence, Slovenia is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft, starting the Ten-Day War. Source
- 1981 The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party issues its "Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong. Source
- 2008 In a highly scrutinized election, President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters. Source
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Georgios Papadopoulos was a Greek military officer and dictator who led a coup d'etat in Greece in 1967 and became the country's prime minister from 1967 to 1973.
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Alfonso the Magnanimous was King of Aragon and King of Sicily and the ruler of the Crown of Aragon from 1416 and King of Naples from 1442 until his death.
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Konstantin Pavlovich was the heir presumptive for most of his elder brother Alexander I's reign, but had secretly renounced his claim to the throne in 1823.
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One of the pioneers of elasticity theory, she won the grand prize from the Paris Academy of Sciences for her essay on the subject.
More major people who died on June 27
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1999
Georgios Papadopoulos
Greek colonel and politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1919)
Georgios Papadopoulos was a Greek military officer and dictator who led a coup d'etat in Greece in 1967 and became the country's prime minister from 1967 to 1973.
1458
Alfonso V of Aragon (born 1396)
Alfonso the Magnanimous was King of Aragon and King of Sicily and the ruler of the Crown of Aragon from 1416 and King of Naples from 1442 until his death.
1831
Konstantin Pavlovich
grand duke of Russia and the son of Emperor Paul I of Russia (born 1779)
Konstantin Pavlovich was a grand duke of Russia and the second son of Emperor Paul I and Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg.
1831
Sophie Germain
French mathematician and physicist (born 1776)
Marie-Sophie Germain was a French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher.
1960
Harry Pollitt
British politician and Secretary General of the Communist Party of Great Britain (born 1890)
Harry Pollitt was a British communist who served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) from July 1929 to September 1939 and again from 1941 until his death in 1960.
1917
Karl Allmenröder
German soldier and pilot (born 1896)
Leutnant Karl Allmenröder was a German World War I flying ace credited with 30 aerial victories.
1729
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
French harpsichord player and composer (born 1665)
Élisabeth Claude Jacquet de La Guerre was a French musician, harpsichordist and composer.
1905
Harold Mahony
Scottish-Irish tennis player (born 1867)
Harold Segerson Mahony was a Scottish-born Irish tennis player who is best known for winning the singles title at the Wimbledon Championships in 1896. His career lasted from 1888 until his death in 1905.
1949
Frank Smythe
English botanist and mountaineer (born 1900)
Francis Sydney Smythe, better known as Frank Smythe or F. S. Smythe, was an English mountaineer, author, photographer and botanist.
1946
Wanda Gág
American author and illustrator (born 1893)
Wanda Hazel Gág was an American artist, author, translator, and illustrator. She is best known for writing and illustrating the children's book Millions of Cats, the oldest American picture book still in print.
1986
George Nēpia
New Zealand rugby player and referee (born 1905)
George Nēpia was a New Zealand Māori rugby union and rugby league player. He is remembered as an exceptional full-back and one of the most famous Māori rugby players.
2001
Tove Jansson
Finnish author, illustrator, and painter (born 1914)
Tove Marika Jansson was a Finland-Swedish author, novelist and comic strip author, painter and illustrator.
2001
Jack Lemmon
American actor (born 1925)
John Uhler Lemmon III was an American actor. Considered proficient in both dramatic and comic roles, he was known for his anxious, middle-class everyman screen persona in comedy-drama films.
1296
Floris V
Count of Holland (born 1254)
Floris V reigned as Count of Holland and Zeeland from 1256 until 1296. His life was documented in detail in the Rijmkroniek by Melis Stoke, his chronicler.
1973
Ida Mett
Belarusian Jewish anarchist (born 1901)
Ida Mett (1901–1973) was a Belarusian anarcho-syndicalist, physician and writer.
1636
Date Masamune
Japanese strongman (born 1567)
Date Masamune was a Japanese samurai and daimyō during the Azuchi–Momoyama period through the early Edo period.
2024
Martin Mull
American actor (born 1943)
Martin Eugene Mull was an American actor, musician, and painter. He became known on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, then its spin-off Fernwood 2 Night, and America 2 Night.
1844
Joseph Smith
American religious leader, founded the Latter Day Saint movement (born 1805)
Joseph Smith Jr. was an American religious and political leader and the founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement.
2002
John Entwistle
English singer-songwriter, bass guitarist, and producer (born 1944)
John Alec Entwistle was an English singer, songwriter, musician, composer and record producer, best known as the bass guitarist for the rock band the Who. Entwistle's music career spanned over four decades.