Public Holidays on June 27

• 🌍 Journalists' Day (Venezuela)

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On This Day in History — June 27

• 2015 — A midair explosion from flammable powder at a recreational water park in Taiwan injures at least 510 people with about 183 in serious condition in intensive care.
• 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, a space probe to observe the Sun.
• 2008 — In a highly scrutizined election President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.
• 2007 — Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997.
• 2007 — The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.

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Notable Births on June 27

• 1996 — Lauren Jauregui, Cuban-American singer
• 1994 — Anita Husarić, Bosnian tennis player
• 1993 — Johanna Talihärm, Estonian biathlete
• 1992 — Karthika Nair, Indian film actress
• 1989 — Hana Birnerová, Czech tennis player
• 1989 — Matthew Lewis, English actor

Notable Deaths on June 27

• 2016 — Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 2015 — Zvi Elpeleg, Polish-Israeli diplomat, author, and academic (b. 1926)
• 2015 — Knut Helle, Norwegian historian and professor (b. 1930)
• 2015 — Chris Squire, English musician (bass guitarist), singer and songwriter, member of the rock band Yes (b. 1948)
• 2014 — Edmond Blanchard, Canadian jurist and politician (b. 1954)
• 2014 — Allen Grossman, American poet, critic, and academic (b. 1932)

Public Holidays on June 28

• 🌍 Constitution Day (Ukraine)

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On This Day in History — June 28

• 2016 — A terrorist attack in Turkey's Istanbul Atatürk Airport kills 42 people and injures more than 230 others.
• 2009 — Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.
• 2004 — Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.
• 2001 — Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial.
• 1997 — Holyfield-Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield's ear.
• 1989 — On the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, Slobodan Milošević delivers the Gazimestan speech at the site of the historic battle.

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Notable Births on June 28

• 2002 — Marta Kostyuk, Ukrainian tennis player
• 1999 — Markéta Vondroušová, Czech tennis player
• 1996 — Donna Vekić, Croatian tennis player
• 1993 — Bradley Beal, American basketball player
• 1992 — Oscar Hiljemark, Swedish footballer
• 1991 — Seohyun, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress

Notable Deaths on June 28

• 2016 — Pat Summitt, American women's college basketball head coach (b. 1952)
• 2016 — Buddy Ryan, American football coach (b. 1931)
• 2015 — Jack Carter, American actor and comedian (b. 1922)
• 2015 — Jope Seniloli, Fijian politician, Vice-President of Fiji (b. 1939)
• 2015 — Wally Stanowski, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919)
• 2014 — Seymour Barab, American cellist and composer (b. 1921)