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1944 : Liberation of Cherbourg


On June 27, 1944, U.S. troops liberated the city of Cherbourg from German occupation. Allied troops had landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6 and needed the port of Cherbourg to facilitate supply.

1950 : Truman sent U.S. troops in Korea


On June 27, 1950, President Truman ordered the US troops to go to Corea to help South Korea attacked by the North Korea. Korea was split in two on the 38th parallel by the Yalta agreement, the Soviets occupying the north and the Americans and the English the south. The Soviets refused unification and free elections. Americans and Soviets left their area in 1949 and on June 25th, 1950 (local time), North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel.

1976 : Beginning of an outbreak of Ebola in Sudan


On June 27, 1976, a man fell ill with Ebola in Sudan Nzara. 284 people were infected with the disease and half of them died.
Ebola is a hemorrhagic fever that starts two weeks after infection with flu-like very strong symptoms and then bleeding from every orifice of the patient.
The World Health Organization managed to stop the epidemic by strict isolation of patients. But they did not find the origin of the disease which has no cure yet.

1991 : Beginning of the Ten-Day War


On June 27, 1991, started the Ten-Day war in Slovenia. The country declared its independence from Yugoslavia which had refused to recognize it and which sent his troops to regain control. After 10 days of war, Slovenia was victorious and its independence was recognized.

Citazione del giorno : 27 Giugno

Harry S. Truman
If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Compleanni : 27 Giugno

Helen Keller, Attivista politica sordo-cieche (1880)
John McIntire, Attore americano (1907)
Grace Lee Boggs, Attivista e femminista americana (1915)
Ross Perot, Uomo politico americano (1930)
Martinus J. G. Veltman, Fisico olandese, premio Nobel (1931)
Laurent Terzieff, Attore francese (1935)
Bruce Johnston, Musicista americano (The Beach Boys) (1942)
Vera Wang, Stilista americana (1949)
Isabelle Adjani, Attrice francese (1955)
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Attore di Hong Kong (1962)
J. J. Abrams, Produttore, regista, sceneggiatore americano (Alias, Lost, Fringe...) (1966)
Viktor Petrenko, Pattinator ucraino (1969)
Régine Cavagnoud, Sciatrice alpina francese (1970)
Tobey Maguire, Attore americano (1975)
LaShawn Merritt, Atleta americano (1986)
Kate Ziegler, Nuotatrice americana (1988)
Matthew Lewis, Attore inglese (1989)

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Sophie Germain, Matematica francese (1831)
Frank Smythe, Alpinista inglese (1949)
Daniel Kinsey, Atleta americano (1970)
Josette Day, Attrice francese (1978)
Albert R. Broccoli, Produttore americano (1996)
Jack Lemmon, Attore americano (2001)
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