Page 4: Historical Events In June - 27

1909  Gianandrea Gavazzeni, composer on June - 27.   

1910  On this day in history karel Reiner, composer   

1911  On June - 27 alfred Scott Witherbee Jr, US, 3 year old who drowned on Lusitania   

1912  On June - 27 audrey Christie, Chic Ill, actress (Dorothy-Fair Exchange)   

1912  On June - 27 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 June - 27.   

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  On June - 27 100ø F (38ø C), Fort Yukon, Alaska (state record)   

1915  On this day in history 100°F (38°C), Fort Yukon Alaska (state record)   

1915  Hendrik W van Leeuwen, musician on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history arthur Walter Lucas, picture restorer   

1917  On this day in history 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.   

1917  1st baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service on this day in history.   

1917  K M Rangnekar, cricketer (batted in 3 Tests India v Australia 1947-48) on this day in history.   

1917  Gustav von Schmolle, German economist (Historical School), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1918  Adolph Kiefer, US, 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1936) on this day in history.   

1920  I A L Diamond, screenwriter (1960 Acad Award-Apartment) on June - 27.   

1921  G M J Veldkamp, Dutch politician (CDA) on this day in history.   

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  On June - 27 capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH-4B biplane   

1923  On June - 27 paul F Conrad, Cedar Rapids Iowa, cartoonist (Pulitzer 1964, 71, 84)   

1924  On June - 27 bob Appleyard, cricketer (superb England off-spinner, brief career)   

1925  Jerome "Doc" Pomus, rocker on June - 27.   

1926  On June - 27 frank O'Hara, writer   

1927  On June - 27 bob Keeshan, Lynbrook NY, aka Capt Kangaroo/Clarabelle (Good Morning)   

1929  The first color TV demo (NYC) on June - 27.   

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

1930  On this day in history p Parchomenko discovers asteroid #1166 Sakuntala   

1930  H Ross Perot, Texas, billionaire/presidental candidate (1992) on this day in history.   

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

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1040  King Ladislaus I of Hungary (d. 1095) was born on this day in history.   

1350  Manuel II Palaiologos, Eastern Roman Emperor was born on June - 27.   

1462  On June - 27 birth of louis XII, the Just, King of France (1498-1515)   

1550  On June - 27 birth of charles IX, King of France (1560-74)   

1615  Johann Paul Schor, German Baroque painter was born on June - 27.   

1696  William Pepperrell, British colonial soldier (d. 1759) was born on June - 27.   

1717  Louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist (d. 1799) was born on June - 27.   

1718  On this day in history birth of wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer   

0444  On this day in history cyrillus van Alexandria, patriarch of Alexandria, dies   

1137  On June - 27 guigo de Castro, [Venerabilis], 5th prior of Grande Chartreuse, dies   

1162  Death of Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118) on this day in history.   

1296  Floris V, count of Holland & Zeeland, dies on this day in history.   

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  Death of Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and architect (b. 1511) on this day in history.   

1603  On June - 27 death of jan Dymitr Solikowski, Polish archbishop and diplomat (b. 1539)