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Events

• 1924 (102 years ago) The Johor–Singapore Causeway opens after five years of construction, providing a land connection for road and rail vehicles travelling between Johor and Singapore.
• 1941 (85 years ago) World War II: German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa.
• 1944 (82 years ago) World War II: Mogaung is the first place in Burma to be liberated from the Japanese by British Chindits, supported by the Chinese.
• 1977 (49 years ago) France grants independence to Djibouti.
• 1988 (38 years ago) The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people.
• 1991 (35 years ago) Two days after it had declared independence, Slovenia is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft, starting the Ten-Day War.
• 2017 (9 years ago) A series of powerful cyberattacks using the Petya malware target websites of Ukrainian organizations and counterparts with Ukrainian connections around the globe.
• 2024 (2 years ago) U.S. President Joe Biden debates former U.S. President Donald Trump. Biden's perceived poor performance leads to his withdrawal from the election on July 21.

Births

• 1462 (564 years ago) Louis XII, king of France (died 1515)
• 1550 (476 years ago) Charles IX, king of France (died 1574)
• 1869 (157 years ago) Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-Canadian philosopher and activist (died 1940)
• 1880 (146 years ago) Helen Keller, American author, academic, and activist (died 1968)
• 1931 (95 years ago) Martinus J. G. Veltman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)
• 1955 (71 years ago) Isabelle Adjani, French actress
• 1975 (51 years ago) Tobey Maguire, American actor
• 1985 (41 years ago) Nico Rosberg, German race car driver

Deaths

• 1574 (452 years ago) Giorgio Vasari, Italian historian, painter, and architect (born 1511)
• 1831 (195 years ago) Sophie Germain, French mathematician and physicist (born 1776)
• 1839 (187 years ago) Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh Empire (born 1780)
• 1844 (182 years ago) Joseph Smith, American religious leader, founded the Latter Day Saint movement (born 1805)
• 1989 (37 years ago) A. J. Ayer, English philosopher and academic (born 1910)
• 2001 (25 years ago) Tove Jansson, Finnish author, illustrator, and painter (born 1914)
• 2001 (25 years ago) Jack Lemmon, American actor (born 1925)
• 2016 (10 years ago) Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter (born 1929)

All 353 events, births and deaths of June 27