On This Day: 27 June

27 June in Indian history

• 2014At least fourteen people are killed when a Gas Authority of India Limited pipeline explodes in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India.India

27 June in world history

• 2024U.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.
• 2017A series of powerful cyberattacks using the Petya malware target websites of Ukrainian organizations and counterparts with Ukrainian connections around the globe.
• 2013NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph space probe to observe the Sun.
• 2008Robert Mugabe was re-elected as President of Zimbabwe with an overwhelming majority after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai withdrew, citing violence against his party's supporters.
• 2007As a result of an ongoing conflict between drug dealers and police in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, a large military and civil police operation killed 19 people and injured several others.
• 2007Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997. Chancellor Gordon Brown succeeds him.
• 1991Two days after it had declared independence, Slovenia is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft, starting the Ten-Day War.
• 1988Villa Tunari massacre: Bolivian anti-narcotics police kill nine to 12 and injure over a hundred protesting coca-growing peasants.
• 1982Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.
• 1976Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PFLP and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.
• 1957Hurricane Audrey made landfall near the Texas–Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana, U.S.
• 1954The 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.
• 1905First Russian Revolution: The crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin began a mutiny against their officers.
• 1899A. E. J. Collins scored 628 runs not out, the highest recorded score in cricket until being surpassed in 2016.
• 1869One day after surrendering at the Battle of Hakodate, Enomoto Takeaki turned the fort of Goryōkaku over to Japanese forces, signaling the collapse of the Republic of Ezo.
• 1864American Civil War: General Sherman's frontal assault against the Confederate Army of Tennessee failed, but did not stop the Union army from advancing on Atlanta.
• 1743War of the Austrian Succession: In the last time that a British monarch led troops in battle, Allied forces commanded by George II (depicted) defeated the French army at Dettingen, Bavaria.

Born on 27 June

• 1987India de Beaufort, English actressIndia
• 1983Dale Steyn, South African cricketer
• 1962Michael Ball, English actor and singer
• 1960Craig Hodges, American basketball player and coach
• 1943Ravi Batra, Indian-American economist and academicIndia
• 1939R. D. Burman, Indian singer-songwriter (died 1994)India

Died on 27 June

• 2026K. Bhagyaraj, Indian film and television actor, writer, director, and producer (born 1953)India
• 2008Sam Manekshaw, Indian field marshal (born 1914)India
• 1917Karl Allmenröder, German soldier and pilot (born 1896)
• 1831Sophie Germain, French mathematician and physicist (born 1776)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 27 June in history?

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. 2017: A series of powerful cyberattacks using the Petya malware target websites of Ukrainian organizations and counterparts with Ukrainian connections around the globe. 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. 2013: NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph space probe to observe the Sun.

What happened on 27 June in Indian history?

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.

Which famous people were born on 27 June?

India de Beaufort, English actress (1987); Dale Steyn, South African cricketer (1983); Michael Ball, English actor and singer (1962); Craig Hodges, American basketball player and coach (1960).

Which day is observed on 27 June?

Canadian Multiculturalism Day (Canada); Commemoration Day for the Victims of the Communist Regime (Czech Republic); Day of Turkmen Workers of Culture and Art and poetry of Magtymguly Pyragy (Turkmenistan); Helen Keller Day (United States); Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Djibouti from France in 1977..