The President of Uruguay Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship. Date: June 27, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 27 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)

U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union. Date: June 27, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 27 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today)

Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PFLP and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda. Date: June 27, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 27 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today)

France grants independence to Djibouti. Date: June 27, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 27 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today)

The 'Ustica massacre': Itavia Flight 870 crashes in the sea while en route from Bologna to Palermo, Italy, killing all 81 on board. Date: June 27, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 27 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party issues its "Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong. Date: June 27, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 27 📅…

Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4. Date: June 27, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 27 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people. Date: June 27, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 27 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today)