Once Upon A Time – June 27 – 1890 – Canadian Boxer George Dixon Becomes First Colored World Champion

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.

1929 1st color TV demo, performed by Bell Laboratories in NYC

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

HISTORICAL EVENTS TODAY

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

FAMOUS WEDDINGS

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

1895 Journalist Ida B. Wells marries attorney Ferdinand L. Barnett at Bethel AME Church in Chicago

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