{"id":27473,"date":"2016-06-27T08:32:28","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T13:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27473"},"modified":"2016-06-27T08:33:21","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T13:33:21","slug":"today-in-history-214","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27473","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today in History: Monday, June\u00a0 27, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn June 27, 1950, the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution calling on member nations to help South Korea repel an invasion from the North.
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1844<\/td>\nMormon leader Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum, were killed by a mob in Carthage, Ill.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1893<\/td>\nThe New York stock market crashed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1944<\/td>\nAmerican forces completed their capture of the French port of Cherbourg from the Germans three weeks after D-Day.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1957<\/td>\nMore than 500 people were killed when Hurricane Audrey slammed through coastal Louisiana and Texas.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1969<\/td>\nPatrons at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City’s Greenwich Village, clashed with police in an incident considered to be the birth of the gay rights movement.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1972<\/td>\nThe video game company Atari was founded by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in Santa Clara, Calif.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1977<\/td>\nJoseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI, was named a cardinal by Pope Paul VI.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1980<\/td>\nPresident Jimmy Carter signed legislation reviving draft registration.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1985<\/td>\nRoute 66, which originally stretched from Chicago to Santa Monica, Calif., passed into history as officials decertified the road.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nBTK serial killer Dennis Rader pleaded guilty to 10 murders that spread fear across Wichita, Kan., beginning in the 1970s. (He later received multiple life sentences.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nGordon Brown became British prime minister, succeeding Tony Blair.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nFormer Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was convicted by a federal jury in Chicago of corruption. (He was later sentenced to 14 years in prison.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Fashion designer Vera Wang turns 67 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ross Perot<\/td>\nBusiness executive, former presidential candidate<\/td>\n86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bruce Johnston<\/td>\nRock musician, singer (The Beach Boys)<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Julia Duffy<\/td>\nActress (“Newhart”)<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Isabelle Adjani<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
J.J. Abrams<\/td>\nWriter, producer (“Lost,” “Alias”)<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tobey Maguire<\/td>\nActor (“Spider-Man” movies)<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Khloe Kardashian<\/td>\nReality TV star<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ed Westwick<\/td>\nActor (“Gossip Girl”)<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H. turns 48 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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