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Space Shuttle Atlantis was manufactured by Rockwell International in Southern California.
June 27 in History
1995 — Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-71, the first space shuttle mission to dock with the Russian space station Mir
June 27 spans 45 recorded events across recorded history, from 363 to 2024. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date.
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Historical Events
45 events
363 – 2024
Today in history
More major events on June 27
The featured story and these ranked highlights form a quick summary. Every recorded event remains available in the chronology below.
- 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election, President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.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
Did you know
The orbiter was delivered to the Kennedy Space Center in Eastern Florida in April 1985.
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Atlantis is the fourth operational Space Shuttle built by NASA.
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Its maiden flight, STS-51-J, occurred from October 3 to 7, 1985.
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The Space Shuttle Atlantis is now a retired Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle belonging to NASA.
363
Jovian is proclaimed Roman emperor following the death of emperor Julian in the previous night.
Roman emperor from 363 to 364
678
Pope Agatho is consecrated following the death of pope Donus two months prior.
Head of the Catholic Church from 678 to 681
1499
Amerigo Vespucci sights what is now Amapá State in Brazil.
Italian explorer and navigator (1454–1512)
1556
The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs.
Group of Protestants burned at the stake in 1556 in England
1743
In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.
1743 battle during War of Austrian Succession
1760
Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina.
Conflict between British forces and Cherokee bands in North America from 1758 to 1761
1806
British forces take Buenos Aires during the first of the British invasions of the River Plate.
Capital and most populous city of Argentina
1844
Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are killed by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
Founder of the Latter Day Saint movement (1805–1844)
1864
American Civil War: Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta campaign.
1861–1865 conflict in the United States
1895
The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S.
passenger train to use electric locomotives.
1898
The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
Complete navigation around the Earth
1905
During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
1904–1905 conflict in East Asia
1914
The Illinois Monument is dedicated at Cheatham Hill in what is now the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park.
Public monument in Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Georgia
1924
The Johor–Singapore Causeway opens after five years of construction, providing a land connection for road and rail vehicles travelling between Johor and Singapore.
Border connection between Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore
1927
Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi convenes an eleven-day conference to discuss Japan's strategy in China.
The Tanaka Memorial, a forged plan for world domination, is later claimed to be a secret report leaked from this conference.
1928
The Rovaniemi township decree is promulgated, as a result of which Rovaniemi secedes from the old rural municipality as its own market town on January 1, 1929.
City in Lapland, Finland
1941
Romanian authorities launch one of the most violent pogroms in Jewish history in the city of Iași, resulting in the murder of at least 13,266 Jews.
1941
World War II: German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa.
Global conflict (1939–1945)
1944
World War II: Mogaung is the first place in Burma to be liberated from the Japanese by British Chindits, supported by the Chinese.
Town in Kachin State, Myanmar
1946
In the Canadian Citizenship Act, the Parliament of Canada establishes the definition of Canadian citizenship.
Canadian 1946 citizenship legislation
1950
The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
1950–1953 conflict on the Korean Peninsula
1954
The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
Nuclear power plant in Obninsk, Russia (operates 1954–2002)
1954
The FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match between Hungary and Brazil, highly anticipated to be exciting, instead turns violent, with three players ejected and further fighting continuing after the game.
Association football tournament in Switzerland
1957
Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas–Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana.
Category 3 Atlantic hurricane in 1957
1973
The President of Uruguay Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship.
Head of state and government of Uruguay
1976
Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PFLP and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.
National airline of France
1977
Constitution for the Federation of Earth was adopted by the second session of the World Constituent Assembly, held at Innsbruck, Austria.
Proposed system of global governance
1980
The 'Ustica massacre': Itavia Flight 870 crashes in the sea while en route from Bologna to Palermo, Italy, killing all 81 on board.
1980 aviation crash over the Tyrrhenian Sea
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.
Political body comprising the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party
1982
Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.
Space Shuttle orbiter (1981–2003)
1988
The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people.
1988 public transit disaster in Paris, France
1988
Villa Tunari massacre: Bolivian anti-narcotics police kill nine to 12 and injure over a hundred protesting coca-growing peasants.
1988 mass killing in Bolivia
1991
Two days after it had declared independence, Slovenia is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft, starting the Ten-Day War.
Country in Central Europe
1994
Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan.
Seven people are killed, 660 injured.
2007
Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997.
Chancellor Gordon Brown succeeds him.
2007
The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.
State police force of Brazil
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.
2013
NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph space probe to observe the Sun.
American space and aeronautics agency
2014
At least fourteen people are killed when a Gas Authority of India Limited pipeline explodes in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Central Public Sector Undertaking
2015
Formosa Fun Coast fire: A dust fire occurs at a recreational water park in Taiwan, killing 15 people and injuring 497 others, 199 critically.
Dust fire in Taiwan
2017
A series of powerful cyberattacks using the Petya malware target websites of Ukrainian organizations and counterparts with Ukrainian connections around the globe.
Series of powerful cyberattacks using the Petya malware
2024
U.S.
President Joe Biden debates former U.S. President Donald Trump. Biden's perceived poor performance leads to his withdrawal from the election on July 21.