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What happened in history on this day: June 27?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On June 27 in ...
- 2001 - Comedy Central airs the South Park TV show in the USA. A personal computer appears, with program called "PhotoWiz", a spoof of Photoshop.
- 2004 - Intel releases the Pentium 4 520, 530, 540, 550, and 560 with speeds 2.8, 3.0, 3.2, 3.4, and 3.6 GHz respectively. The processors feature 1 MB cache and 800 MHz front-side bus. Prices are US$178, US$218, US$278, US$417, and US$637, respectively, in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2005 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the 2.8 GHz AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 processor. The chip includes 1 MB of level 2 cache. Price is US$1031 in quantities of 1000.
- 2005 - Intel releases the 3.2 GHz Celeron D 351 processor. It features EM64T 64-bit technology, 256 kB cache, and 533 MHz system bus. Price is US$127 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2005 - Intel announces the 3.2 GHz Celeron D 350 processor. It features 256 kB cache, and 533 MHz system bus. Price is US$73 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2005 - Advanced Micro Devices files an antitrust lawsuit against Intel, claiming the company used scare tactics and coercion on 38 companies to not use AMD processors.
- 2008 - Last official day for Bill Gates at Microsoft.
- 1927 - Film Booking Offices releases the Alice Comedy film Alice in the Klondike to theaters.
- 1930 - The Silly Symphony film Arctic Antics is released to theaters.
- 1952 - The Goofy film Teachers are People is released.
- 1979 - Buena Vista releases the live-action feature film The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again to theaters. The film is a sequel to the 1975 film The Apple Dumpling Gang.
- 1985 - Disney and Metro-Golywyn-Mayer/United Artists sign a 31-page, 20-year agreement, giving Disney the exclusive rights to use most of the MGM/UA film studio's movies, for a yearly US$100,000 licensing fee.
- 1986 - Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Ruthless People to theaters in the US.
- 1986 - The Big Thunder Ranch attraction opens in Frontierland at Disneyland.
- 1987 - The ABC TV network airs the final Sidekicks show.
- 1990 - Merrill Lynch begins selling up to US$2.25 billion convertible bonds for the Walt Disney Company, the largest such issue in US history. The bond issue is to raise funds for building Euro Disneyland in France.
- 1990 - The NBC TV network air the final Singer & Sons show.
- 1991 - The Mickey's Mart store in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World closes.
- 1997 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Walt Disney Pictures animated feature film Hercules to theaters in the USA.
- 2008 - Disney announces it will close all six Pleasure Island clubs, to be replaced by other shopping and dining options.
- 2008 - Disney releases the Disney-Pixar computer-animated feature film Wall-E to theaters in the US and Canada.
- 1973 - The film Live and Let Die is released to theaters in the US. A recent Corvette appears, with fenders like those of an Eldorado car.
- 1982 - At the Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California, the CRC Chemicals Trans-Am Championship - Round 4 race is held.
- Finishing 2nd is the Full-Time Racing #99 Corvette, driven by Phil Currin.
- Finishing 7th is the Euro-Petroleum #9 Corvette, driven by Jerry Brassfield.
- In 20th place, but not finishing the race, is the Rick Stark Enterprises #17 Corvette, driven by Rick Stark.
- In 21st place, but not finishing the race, is the Merritt Tire #79 Corvette, driven by Larry Park.
- In 24th place, but not finishing the race, is the Neo-Life #6 Corvette, driven by Greg Pickett.
- In 27th place, but not finishing the race, is the Executive Motorhome/Huffaker #24 Corvette, driven by Tom Frank.
- In 28th place, but not finishing the race, is the Technequip #47 Corvette, driven by Wayne Harper.
- 1986 - At the Nelson Ledges Road Course in Garrettsville, Ohio, the Quaker State Oil's Longest Day of Nelson '86, 7th annual 24-Hour Endurance Race for Showroom Production Cars is held, over three days.
- Finishing 1st is the Morrison-Cook #98 Corvette, driven by Don Knowles, John Heinricy, and Bob McConnell.
- Finishing 2nd is the Corvette driven by Bill Cooper, Parker Johnstone, Andy Pilgrim, and Ron Nelson.
- 1991 - At the McLean County Fairgrounds in Bloomington, Illinois, the Bloomington Gold / Corvettes USA show is held, over four days. 31,430 spectators and about 6,000 Corvettes attend. The Benchmark award is added, for Bloomington Gold-certified and Survivor class Corvettes.
- 1993 - At the Watkins Glen International raceway in Watkins Glen, New York, the IMSA Camel Continental X race is held.
- Finishing 1st in GTI class is the Morrison Racing #94 Corvette ZR-1, driven by John Heinricy and Andy Pilgrim.
- Finishing 3rd in GTI class is the Morrison Racing #93 Corvette ZR-1, driven by Jim Minneker and Del Percilla.
- 1996 - The 24th annual Bloomington Gold / Corvettes USA three-day event begins. Over 1200 Corvettes attend, at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, Illinois. About 45,000 people attend.
- 2002 - At the National Corvette Museum, the Historic Motorama / Corvette 50th Anniversary Kickoff is held, over four days.
- 2003 - In Nashville, Tennessee, General Motors holds the Official Corvette 50th Anniversary Celebration, over two days. About 10,000 Corvettes and 18,000 people attend. Special cars on hand include the Tiger Shark, XP-880 Astro II, 1963 Monza SS, Astro I, 1969 aluminum Reynolds Corvette EXP 040, 1973 Aerovette, CERV III, CERV IV, C5-R #50 Le Mans race car, LT1 Spyder Concept, ASC Sting Ray III, and Corvette SS. A raffle draw for the unique 2003 Gold Power Corvette is won by Anthony Yarnell of Cumming, Georgia. A raffle draw for a Dale Earnhardt Edition 2003 Z06E is won by Dale Edwards of Grand Blanc, Michigan. The two raffles raised $700,000 for National Corvette Museum.
- 2003 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. In a scene in 1972, a car looking very much like a 1968-69 Corvette appears.
- 2004 - At the Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California, the Trans-Am 100 race is held, round three of the Motorock Trans-Am Series.
- Finishing 3rd is the Derhaag Motorsports #49 Corvette, driven by Randy Ruhlman.
- Finishing 5th is the #06 Corvette, driven by Joey Scarallo.
- Finishing 12th is the Simms Motorsports #24 Corvette, driven by Philip Simms.
- In 13th place, but not finishing the race, is the Hypermax Engineering #83 Corvette, driven by Max Lagod.
- 2004 - At the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, round three of the SCCA Pro Racing Speed GT Championship series is held.
- Finishing 5th is the #28 Corvette Z06, driven by Lou Gigliotti.
- Finishing 11th is the Black Dog Racing #34 Corvette Z06, driven by Tony Gaples.
- Finishing 12th is the Tiger Racing #99 Corvette Z06, driven by Thomas Oates.
- Finishing 22nd is the Banner Engineering #6 Corvette Z06, driven by Leighton Reese.
- Finishing 24th is the #67 Corvette Z06, driven by Kevin Chambers.
- In 27th place, but not finishing the race, is the Doug Rippie Motorsport #9 Corvette, driven by Adam Malmquist.
- In 31st place, but not finishing the race, is the 3R-Racing #9 Corvette Z06, driven by Phil McClure.
- In 33rd place, but not finishing the race, is the #34 Corvette, driven by Keith Videtto.
- 2004 - At the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, round two of the American Le Mans Series is held.
- Finishing 1st in GTS class and 3rd overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C5-R, driven by Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell.
- Finishing 2nd in GTS class and ?th overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C5-R, driven by Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta.
- 2021 - At the Watkins Glen International raceway in Watkins Glen, New York, USA, the Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen race is held, round 5 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 1st in GT Le Mans class and 11th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C8.R driven by Jordan Taylor and Antonio Garcia.
- Finishing 4th in GT Le Mans class and 14th overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C8.R driven by Tommy Milner and Nick Tandy.
- 1941 - German forces reach Minsk, Russia.
- 1941 - (evening) 108 British bombers attack Bremen. Fourteen do not return.
- 1942 - Convoy PQ-17 sails from Reykjavik, Iceland, headed to Murmansk, Russia. The convoy of 33 ships and a tanker is escorted by six destroyers, two anti-aircraft ships, four corvettes, three minesweepers, and two submarines.
- 1943 - The British Chiefs of Staff circulate the paper "German Long-Range Rocket: Evidence Received from All Sources", concluding that German rocket development is taking place at Peenemünde, with manufacturing to start soon in the nearby factory area.
- 1944 - The German garrison at Cherbourg destroys the port facilities and surrenders. 6000 soldiers are taken prisoner.
- 1970 - France issues a postage stamp marking the 25th anniversary of the liberation of concentration camps.
- 2005 - Fiji issues ten postage stamps marking the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II.
- 2005 - MTV and Midway announce a collaboration for three upcoming games. The two companies will jointly market the games and work on in-game advertising on a royalty-sharing basis.
- 2011 - The US Supreme Court rules 7-2 that California's law restricting sale or rental of violent video games is unconstitutional.
- 1905 - At the riksdag meeting, the entire current government ministry is dismissed, replaced by a national coalition government under representation of Christian Lundeberg.
- 1947 - In Ottawa, Canada, Sweden and Canada sign an agreement for civil air services between the two countries.
- 1989 - The Royal Canadian Mint begins striking 1990-dated coins for circulation, with the new portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, designed by Canadian Dora de Pedery-Hunt. Circulating dollar coins are the first struck.
- 1793 - The Philadelphia Mint resumes production of cents.
- 1876 - First National League member to get six hits in 9-inning game (Dave Force, Philadelphia Athletics).
- 1939 - First night game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Cleveland Indians 5, Detroit Tigers 0).
- 1939 - Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Bees, 2-2, in 23 innings.
- 1956 - Cleveland Indians trailing Baltimore Orioles 9-1 come back to win 12-11 in 11 innings.
- 1958 - Billy Pierce's perfect game bid broken with two outs in 9th.
- 1966 - 4th Mayor's Trophy Game; New York Yankees beat New York Mets 5-2.
- 1978 - Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3000m, 7:32.1.
- 1980 - Brooklyn Dodgers' Jerry Reuss' no-hits San Francisco Giants 8-0.
- 1982 - The Atlanta Braves tie a major league mark with seven double plays as the team defeats the Cincinnati Reds, 2-0.
- 1984 - France beats Spain 2-0 to win the Euro 84.
- 1984 - US Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts.
- 1986 - Anne White shocks Wimbeldon by wearing only a body stocking.
- 1986 - Robby Thompson (San Francisco Giants) sets record, caught stealing bases four times in one game.
- 1988 - Mike Tyson knocks out Michael Spink in 91 seconds, in Atlantic City (US$67 million).
- 1990 - José Canseco signs record $4,700,000 per year Oakland Athletics contract.
- 2009 - In Assen, Netherlands, round 7 of the FIM MotoGP Championship is won by Valentino Rossi.
- 2021 - At the Watkins Glen International raceway in Watkins Glen, New York, USA, the Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen race is held, round 5 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 1st in DPi class and 1st overall is the Proton USA #55 Mazda DPi driven by Harry Tincknell, Jonathan Bomarite, and Oliver Jarvis.
- Finishing 1st in LMP2 class and 8th overall is the WIN Autosport #11 ORECA LMP2 07 driven by Tristan Nunez, Thomas Merrill, and Steven Thomas.
- Finishing 1st in GT Le Mans class and 11th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C8.R driven by Jordan Taylor and Antonio Garcia.
- Finishing 1st in LMP3 class and 15th overall is the Riley Motorsports #74 Ligier JS P320 driven by Felipe Fraga, Scott Andrews, and Gar Robinson.
- Finishing 1st in GT Daytona class and 20th overall is the Turner Motorsport #96 BMW M6 GT3 driven by Bill Auberlen, Robby Foley, and Aiden Read.
- 2022 - At T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Baltimore Orioles beats Seattle Mariners by score 9-2.
- 2022 - At Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Angels beats Chicago White Sox by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Colorado Rockies beats Los Angeles Dodgers by score 4-0.
- 2022 - At Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Texas Rangers beats Kansas City Royals by score 10-4.
- 2022 - At Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Saint Louis Cardinals beats Miami Marlins by score 9-0.
- 2022 - At Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Minnesota Twins beats Cleveland Guardians by score 11-1.
- 2022 - At Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Major League Baseball regular season game: Toronto Blue Jays beats Boston Red Sox by score 7-2.
- 2022 - At Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Washington Nationals beats Pittsburgh Pirates by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Yankees beats Oakland Athletics by score 9-5.
- 1857 - H Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #45 Eugenia.
- 1884 - J Palisa discovers asteroid #237 Coelestina.
- 1930 - P Parchomenko discovers asteroid #1166 Sakuntala.
- 1951 - M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1588 Descamisada.
- 1978 - Soyuz 30 carries two cosmonauts (one Polish) to Salyut 6 space station.
- 1982 - 4th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 4 launched.
- 1983 - Soyuz T-9 carries two cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station.
- 1983 - NASA launches space vehicle S-205.
- 1995 - American space shuttle Atlantis blasts off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This is the 100th human space mission in American history.
- 1915 - 100 degrees F (38 degrees C), Fort Yukon, Alaska (state record).
- 1957 - 390 die by Hurricane Audrey in coastal Louisiana and Texas, USA.
- 1844 - Joseph and Hyrum Smith, Mormon leaders, are killed by a mob in Carthage, Illinois, USA.
- 1862 - Day three of the Seven Days - Battle of Gaines' Mill.
- 1864 - Atlanta Campaign - Battle of Kennesaw Mountain.
- 1885 - Americans Chichester Bell and Charles S. Tainter apply for a patent for the gramophone.
- 1914 - US signs treaty of commerce with Ethiopia.
- 1915 - 100 degrees F (38 degrees C), Fort Yukon, Alaska (state record).
- 1922 - The American Library Association awards the first Newberry Medal, honoring the year's best children's book, to The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon.
- 1929 - First color TV demonstration (New York City).
- 1934 - Federal Savings and Loan Association created.
- 1942 - FBI captures eight German saboteurs from a submarine off New York's Long Island.
- 1950 - United Nations Security Council calls on members for troops to aid South Korea.
- 1950 - US President Harry Truman orders Air Force and Navy into Korean conflict.
- 1950 - US sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam.
- 1954 - US Central Intelligence Agency-sponsored rebels overthrow elected government of Guatemala.
- 1955 - First automobile seat belt legislation enacted (Illinois).
- 1957 - 390 die by Hurricane Audrey in coastal Louisiana and Texas, USA.
- 1957 - President Dwight Eisenhower issues an executive order creating the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board.
- 1960 - Chlorophyll "A" synthesized at Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
- 1962 - NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37.7km.
- 1963 - US President John Kennedy spends first full day in Ireland.
- 1963 - US Air Force Major Robert A Rushworth in X-15 reaches 86,900 metres altitude.
- 1967 - Race riot in Buffalo, New York; 200 arrested.
- 1969 - 50,000 attend Denver Pop Festival.
- 1969 - Police raid the Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, New York; about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, lasting three days.
- 1973 - John W Dean tells Watergate Committee about President Richard Nixon's "enemies list".
- 1977 - 5-4 US Supreme Court decision allows lawyers to advertise.
- 1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs Proclamation 4771 requiring 19- and 20-year-old males to register for a peacetime military draft, in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
- 1982 - 4th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 4 launched.
- 1984 - The Federal Communications Commission reduces regulation of U.S. commercial TV by lifting most programming requirements and ending day-part restrictions on advertising.
- 1984 - US Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts.
- 1985 - Route 66 in the USA is officially decommissioned.
- 1986 - US informs New Zealand it will not defend it against attack.
- 1986 - World Court rules US aid to Nicaraguan contras illegal.
- 1987 - US Supreme Court Justice Powell retires.
- 1990 - Merrill Lynch begins selling up to US$2.25 billion convertible bonds for the Walt Disney Company, the largest such issue in US history. The bond issue is to raise funds for building Euro Disneyland in France.
- 1993 - U.S. President Bill Clinton orders a cruise missile attack on Iraqi intelligence headquarters in the Al-Mansur District of Baghdad, in response to the attempted assassination of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush during his visit to Kuwait in mid-April.
- 1995 - American space shuttle Atlantis blasts off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This is the 100th human space mission in American history.
- 2003 - In Nashville, Tennessee, General Motors holds the Official Corvette 50th Anniversary Celebration, over two days. About 10,000 Corvettes and 18,000 people attend. Special cars on hand include the Tiger Shark, XP-880 Astro II, 1963 Monza SS, Astro I, 1969 aluminum Reynolds Corvette EXP 040, 1973 Aerovette, CERV III, CERV IV, C5-R #50 Le Mans race car, LT1 Spyder Concept, ASC Sting Ray III, and Corvette SS. Two raffle draws raise US$700,000 for the National Corvette Museum.
- 2003 - The United States National "Do Not Call Registry" is formed to combat unwanted telemarketing calls and administered by the Federal Trade Commission, enrolling almost three-quarters of a million phone numbers on its first day.
- 2008 - Company founder Bill Gates leaves his full-time executive role at Microsoft, to focus on his philanthropic organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
- 2022 - In San Antonio, Texas, USA, an abandoned truck is found to contain 46 dead people (7 more die later), smuggled in from Mexico.
Other history:
- 2007 - Tony Blair resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; New Labour Party leader Gordon Brown is appointed Prime Minister by Queen Elizabeth II.
- 2008 - Robert Mugabe wins re-election in Zimbabwe's presidential run-off election, unopposed.
- 2008 - Company founder Bill Gates leaves his full-time executive role at Microsoft, to focus on his philanthropic organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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