Today in History for 27th June 2022:
Historical Events
1693 – 1st sea battle of Lagos: a French fleet under Anne Hilarion de Tourville defeated an Anglo-Dutch fleet under George Rooke
1944 – Cherbourg, France liberated by Allies
1969 – Denver Pop Festival opens; 50,000 attend; Frank Zappa, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Jimi Hendrix headline; other performers include Three Dog Night, Tim Buckley, Big Mama Thornton, Johnny Winter, Joe Cocker, and Poco
1973 – Uruguayan president Juan Maria Bordaberry dissolves parliament and heads a coup d’état – beginning of the civic-military dictatorship
1975 – 25th Berlin International Film Festival: “Adoption” wins the Golden Bear
1984 – Late Night’s 1st Tower Drop
Famous Birthdays
1787 – Thomas Say, American naturalist and father of descriptive entomology, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1834)
1872 – Paul Laurence Dunbar, American poet and novelist (Oak and Ivory), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 1906)
1884 – Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher (La psychanalyse du feu), born in Bar-sur-Aube, France (d. 1962)
1898 – Tibor Harsányi, Hungarian composer, born in Magyarkanizsa, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1954)
1975 – Daryle Ward, American baseball player (Houston Astros), born in Lynwood, California
1991 – Madylin Sweeten, American actress (Everybody Loves Raymond), born in Brownwood, Texas
Famous Deaths
1848 – Heinrich Zschokke, German Swiss writer, dies at 77
1970 – Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (b. 1902)
1986 – George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player, dies at 81
1996 – Alberto Romero “Cubby” Broccoli, American film producer (James Bond), dies at 87
2001 – Jack Lemmon, American actor (Days of Wine and Roses, Missing), dies of colon cancer and metastatic cancer of the bladder at 76
2012 – Don Grady [Agrati], American actor (Robbie Douglas-My Three Sons), dies from cancer at 68