Once Upon A Time – June 27 – 1743 – King George II Of Britain Leads Troops To Battle; Last Time A British Monarch Commanded Troops In Field

1542 Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo sets sail from the Mexican port of Navidad to explore the west coast of North America on behalf of the Spanish Empire

1743 War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Dettingen: in Bavaria, King George II of Britain personally leads troops into battle. The last time a British monarch commanded troops in the field.

1950 North Korean troops reach Seoul, UN asks members to aid South Korea, Harry Truman orders US Air Force & Navy into Korean conflict

1954 1st atomic power station opens – Obninsk, near Moscow in Russia

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Today in Film & TV

1949 “Captain Video & His Video Rangers” debut on DUMONT-TV – Television’s first sci-fi series

Today in Music

1994 Aerosmith become first major band to let fans download a full new track free from the internet

Today in Sport

1890 Canadian boxer George Dixon becomes first black world champion when he stops English bantamweight champion Edwin “Nunc” Wallace in 18 rounds in London, England

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1967 The world’s first ATM is installed in Enfield, London

1652 New Amsterdam (now New York City) enacts first speed limit law in North America

1898 – They said it couldn’t be done, so Joshua Slocum set out alone and sailed 46,000 miles around the world in an old fishing boat that he had rebuilt

Famous Weddings

1524 Earl Henry III of Nassau weds Mencia de Medoza, 16-years old marquess

1895 American journalist Ida B. Wells (32) weds American attorney Ferdinand L. Barnett (43) at Bethel AME Church in Chicago

1948 American handheld calculator inventor Jack Kilby (24) weds Barbara Annegers