Thursday 27 June is the 179th day of the Gregorian calendar. There are 187 days left until the end of the year.
Saint of the day: Saint Cyril
June Proverb
June cherries in the fist
It happened today
1932 – King Rama VI of Siam (now Thailand) signs the provisional constitution and the country becomes a constitutional monarchy. The sovereign was forced to grant the constitution after the bloodless military coup called the Siamese Revolution of 1932, which took place on the previous 24 June
1950 – Milada Horáková, an opponent of the Czechoslovak communist regime, is executed in Prague
1954 – The world’s first nuclear power plant is put into operation in Obninsk, near Moscow
1957 – Hurricane Audrey kills 500 people in Louisiana and Texas
1962 – Paolo Borsellino graduated in law at the age of just 22
1967 – The first cash withdrawal machine is installed in Enfield Town, London, at Barclays Bank
1980 – The DC9 I-TIGI Itavia IH870, flying from Bologna to Palermo, departed two hours late, explodes in the skies north of Ustica, killing 81 people, including 13 children
1991 – Slovenia, which had declared independence two days earlier, is invaded by Yugoslavian troops, tanks and planes. The Ten Day War begins
2008 – Bill Gates resigns as chairman of Microsoft Corporation, leaving his place to Steve Ballmer
2011 – Asteroid 2011 MD passes just 12,000 kilometers above the Earth’s surface.
Birthdays
Fabrizio Biggio – Italian TV host, actor and TV personality (27 June 1974)
Gabriella Dorio – Italian athlete (27 June 1957)
Tobey Maguire – American actor (June 27, 1975)
Nico Rosberg – former F1 driver (27 June 1985)
