June 27

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[edit] Events

• 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava
• 1759 - General James Wolfe starts siege of Quebec.
• 1806 - The British capture Buenos Aires during the British invasions of the Río de la Plata.
• 1844 - Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was murdered at the Carthage, Illinois jail, along with his brother, Hyrum Smith, by a mob.
• 1893 - Crash of the New York Stock Exchange.
• 1950 - The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
• 1954 - The world's first nuclear power station opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
• 1977 - France grants independence to Djibouti.
• 1991 - Slovenia, after declaring independence two days previous, is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft, starting the Ten-Day War.

[edit] Births

• 1869 - Emma Goldman, anarchist and (d. 1940)
• 1880 - Helen Keller, American deaf and blind activist (d. 1968)
• 1930 - Ross Perot, American businessman and politician
• 1931 - Charles Bronfman, Canadian industrialist

[edit] Deaths

• 1844 - Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1805)
• 1999 - George Papadopoulos, Greek leader (b. 1919)
• 2005 - Shelby Foote, American author and historian (b. 1917)