Also on June 27
🏛️ Public Holidays
Also observed in: Journalists' Day (VE)
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 2015 — A midair explosion from flammable powder at a recreational water park in Taiwan injures at least 510 people with about 183 in serious... ↗
- 2014 — At least fourteen people are killed when a Gas Authority of India Limited pipeline explodes in the East Godavari district of Andhra... ↗
- 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... ↗
- 2007 — Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997. ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 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