On this day: 27 June

Selected events and births on 27 June, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 678 – Pope Agatho, later venerated as a saint in both the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, began his pontificate. Read more: Pope Agatho Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church
• 1571 – Queen Elizabeth I issued a royal charter establishing Jesus College, the first Protestant college at the University of Oxford. Read more: Elizabeth I Jesus College, Oxford Protestantism in the United Kingdom
• 1899 – A. E. J. Collins scored 628 runs not out, the highest recorded score in cricket until being surpassed in 2016. Read more: A. E. J. Collins Not out Cricket
• 1976 – The first identifiable case of Ebola occurred in Sudan. Read more: Ebola
• 2018 – The Japanese space probe Hayabusa2 (artist's impression pictured) arrived at the asteroid Ryugu to collect samples for return to Earth. Read more: Hayabusa2 162173 Ryugu

Born on this day

• 1938 – Bruce Babbitt, American lawyer and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Interior Read more: Bruce Babbitt United States Secretary of the Interior
• 1940 – Ian Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland Read more: Ian Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton Secretary of State for Scotland
• 1941 – Bill Baxley, American lawyer and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama Read more: Bill Baxley Lieutenant Governor of Alabama
• 1944 – Angela King, English environmentalist and author, co-founded Common Ground Read more: Angela King (environmentalist) Common Ground (United Kingdom)
• 1951 – Mary McAleese, Irish academic and politician, 8th President of Ireland Read more: Mary McAleese President of Ireland
• 1960 – Robert King, English harpsichordist and conductor Read more: Robert King (conductor) Harpsichord
• 1963 – Wendy Alexander, Scottish politician, Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Read more: Wendy Alexander Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning
• 1966 – Aigars Kalvītis, Latvian politician, businessman, and former Prime Minister of Latvia Read more: Aigars Kalvītis Prime Minister of Latvia
• 1968 – Kelly Ayotte, American lawyer and politician, Governor of New Hampshire Read more: Kelly Ayotte Governor of New Hampshire
• 1999 – Will Levis, American football player Read more: Will Levis
• 2000 – Chris Olave, American football player Read more: Chris Olave
• 2002 – Kelee Ringo, American football player Read more: Kelee Ringo

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