1729
This Day
27June
26 indexed achievements across recorded history.
1831
Science
Death of Sophie Germain
Sophie Germain died in Paris at the age of 55, after a terminal illness.
View details1862
1869
Arts
Birth of Mary Williams (Kate Carew)
Birth of Mary Williams, later known as Kate Carew, born on June 27, 1869.
View details1869
Activism
Birth of Emma Goldman
Emma Goldman is born in Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania, then part of the Russian Empire, to Jewish parents.
View details1871
Science
Railway-car axle bearing patent (US 116,475)
Murfey patented a direct railway-car axle bearing design, assigned to the Manhattan Packing Manufacturing Company.
View details1876
Literature
Death of Harriet Martineau
Harriet Martineau died on June 27, 1876, in Ambleside, England.
View details1880
Activism
Birth of Helen Keller in Tuscumbia, Alabama
Helen Adams Keller is born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, to Arthur H. Keller and Kate Adams Keller.
View details1885
Arts
Birth of Guilhermina Suggia
Guilhermina Suggia was born on June 27, 1885, in Porto, Portugal.
View details1894
1895
Activism
Marriage to Ferdinand Lee Barnett
On June 27, 1895, Ida B. Wells married Ferdinand Lee Barnett in Chicago.
View details1907
Science
Death of Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz
Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz passed away on June 27, 1907.
View details1941
Law
Senate confirmation as Chief Justice
Stone is confirmed as Chief Justice by the Senate.
View details1944
Sports
Killed in a V-1 flying bomb attack in London
Vera Menchik, her mother, and her sister Olga were killed on June 27, 1944, when a German V-1 rocket struck their London home.
View details1946
Literature
Death of Wanda Gág
Wanda Gág died of lung cancer on June 27, 1946, at her home 'Tumble Timbers' in New Jersey, aged 53.
View details1946
Activism
Birth of Sally Jane Priesand
Sally Jane Priesand was born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
View details1953
Law
First Japanese American woman admitted to the Hawaii bar
Patsy Mink became the first Japanese American woman admitted to the Hawaii territorial bar.
View details1956
Science
Hired at U.S. Naval Proving Ground as second Black woman professional
Gladys West entered on duty as a mathematician at the U.S. Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren, VA, becoming only the second Black woman hired there as a professional.
View details1960
1980
Activism
Medal of Merits of Skopje
Mother Teresa receives the Medal of Merits of Skopje in her birthplace.
View details1995
Medicine
Drug delivery device patent
Patent for a user-friendly self-injection device with improved cap design.
View details2001
Science
Death of Tove Jansson in Helsinki
Tove Jansson died on 27 June 2001 in Helsinki at the age of 86, celebrated as Finland's most internationally beloved author-artist.
View details2002
Law
Joined majority in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
Justice O’Connor joins the 5–4 majority in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, upholding Ohio’s school voucher program against Establishment Clause challenge.
View details2009
Literature
Death of Phyllis Gotlieb in Toronto
Phyllis Gotlieb, pioneering Canadian science fiction author and poet, died in Toronto at the age of 83.
View details2010
Politics
Marriage Under Iceland’s New Same-Sex Marriage Law
She and Jónína Leósdóttir become one of the first couples married under new same-sex marriage law.
View details2024
Activism
Receives Samtökin ’78 Medal of Honor
Honored by Iceland’s LGBTQ association for her contribution to LGBTQ rights.
View details