TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON: JUNE 27
0363 The death of Roman Emperor Julian brought an end to the Pagan Revival.
1542 Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo sets sail from the Mexican port of Navidad to explore the west coast of North America on behalf of the Spanish Empire
1743 War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Dettingen: in Bavaria, King George II of Britain personally leads troops into battle. The last time a British monarch commanded troops in the field.
1833 Prudence Crandall, a white woman, is arrested for conducting an academy for black women in Canterbury, Conn.
1844 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints founder Joseph Smith was murdered by a mob in Carthage, Ill.
1871 The yen becomes the new form of currency in Japan.
1890 Canadian boxer George Dixon becomes first black world champion when he stops English bantamweight champion Edwin “Nunc” Wallace in 18 rounds in London, England
1905 The crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin mutinies.
1927 The U.S. Marines adopt the English bulldog as their mascot.
1929 New Immigration laws come into place next week with an increased number of immigrants from England and Ireland but decreases from many other countries in Latin America and Mexico where many of the quotas are already used up for the year.
1942 FBI captures 8 Nazi saboteurs from a sub off NY’s Long Island
1950 North Korean troops reach Seoul, UN asks members to aid South Korea, Harry Truman orders US Air Force & Navy into Korean conflict
1954 1st atomic power station opens – Obninsk, near Moscow in Russia
1955 The state of Illinois enacted the first automobile seat belt legislation.
1969 Patrons at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City’s Greenwich Village, clashed with police. This incident is considered to be the birth of the homosexual rights movement.
1972 Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney found Atari, Inc.
1973 Former White House counsel John W. Dean told the Senate Watergate Committee about an “enemies list” that was kept by the Nixon White House.
1973 President Richard Nixon vetoes a Senate ban on the Cambodia bombing.
1977 5-4 Supreme Court decision allows lawyers to advertise
1985 The Supreme Court invalidated a Connecticut law stating that workers had the right not to work on their chosen religious day off. This was done in an effort to make sure that the government remains neutral regarding the subject of religion.
1985 The legendary Route 66, running from Chicago to Santa Monica, Calif., was decertified, the victim of the Interstate Highway System.
1986 The 1980s U.S. intervention in Nicaragua is declared illegal. The International Court of Justice condemned the U.S. paramilitary campaign to overthrow the left-wing Nicaraguan government.
1991 Yugoslav troops invade Slovenia. The attack, which marked the beginning of the Ten-Day War, followed Slovenia’s declaration of independence.
1991 Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall resigned from the U.S. Supreme Court. He had been appointed in 1967 by President Lyndon Johnson.
2003 Registration begins for the Do Not Call List with nearly 3/4 million phone numbers registered on the first day providing consumers with an opportunity to limit telemarketing calls. Enforcement on telemarketing begins on October 1st.
2008 The North Korean government demolished a nuclear tower, a highly symbolic action of the country’s commitment to comply with ending its nuclear program after talks.
REFERENCE: history.net, onthisday.com, thepeopleshistory.com, timeanddate.com, scopesys.com, on-this-day.com
