June 27: Mixed Race Day in Brazil; Independence Day in Djibouti (1977); Armed Forces Day in the United Kingdom (2015)
- 678 – Pope Agatho, later venerated as a saint in both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, began his reign as Pope.
- 1743 – War of the Austrian Succession: In the last time that a British monarch personally led his troops into battle, George II and his forces defeated the French in Dettingen, Bavaria.
- 1899 – A. E. J. Collins scored 628 runs not out, the highest-ever recorded score in cricket.
- 1905 – The crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin (pictured) began a mutiny against their oppressive officers.
- 1952 – The Congress of Guatemala passed Decree 900, redistributing unused lands of sizes greater than 224 acres (0.9 km2) to local peasants and having a major effect on the nation's land reform movement.
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