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This is a list of selected June 27 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article, featured list or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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1571Elizabeth I of England issued a royal charter establishing Jesus College (pictured), the first Protestant college at the University of Oxford. Buildings of Jesus College, Oxford is featured as Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 27, 2011
1898Canadian-American seaman and adventurer Joshua Slocum completed the first solo circumnavigation of the globe sailing on his refitted sloop-rigged fishing boat Spray, a distance of more than 46,000 miles (74,000 km). refimprove
1905 – The crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin began a mutiny against their oppressive officers. needs more footnotes
1967 – The world's first electronic automated teller machine was installed in Enfield Town, London by Barclays Bank. unreferenced section
1976Air France Flight 139 (Tel AvivAthensParis) was hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda. appears on July 4
1977 – The former French Territory of the Afars and the Issas was granted independence from France and became Djibouti. refimprove section
1980Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 suffered an in-flight explosion due to unknown causes while en route from Bologna to Palermo, Italy, killing all 81 people on board. needs more footnotes
1986 – The International Court of Justice ruled against the United States in Nicaragua v. United States. needs more footnotes
1991Yugoslavia invaded Slovenia, two days after the latter's declaration of independence from the former, starting the Ten-Day War. refimprove section

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June 27: Mixed Race Day in Brazil

George II at Dettingen

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