June 27 Historical Events
The following events took place on June 27. The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 38 events. Showing 31 - 38.
- 1988Gare de Lyon rail accident In Paris a train collides with a stationary train killing 56 people.
- 1991Slovenia, after declaring independence two days before is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft starting the Ten-Day War.
- 2007Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997.
- 2007The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.
- 2008In a highly scrutizined election President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party’s supporters.
- 2013NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, a space probe to observe the Sun.
- 2014At least fourteen people are killed when a Gas Authority of India Limited pipeline explodes in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
- 2015A midair explosion from flammable powder at a recreational water park in Taiwan injures at least 510 people with about 183 in serious condition in intensive care.
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