June 27 History, Trivia and Fun Facts |
June 27 History Highlights |
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Helen Keller |
Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia Alabama USA but lost sight hearing when she only 19 months old, most likely due to illness which may be caused by scarlet fever or meningitis. Anne Sullivan, a teacher from the Perkins Institution for the Blind in Boston which Bell’s son-in-law directed; she remained with Helen Keller until her own death back October 1936 when they were both 60 years old at this stage of their life together as well as friends. Keller learned to read and write through a series of amazing accomplishments. Shortly after being able to see for the first time, she was already learning Braille in order that her newfound literacy could be expanded into depth. She also learned to lip-read by placing her fingers on the lips and throat of the speaker while simultaneously spelling out words for her. At age 14, she enrolled in Wright-Humason School for Deaf where at only 16 years old entered Cambridge School Young Ladies who graduated from Radcliffe College cum laude with a degree in 1904. |
June 27 is… |
| Helen Keller Day Orange Blossom Day |
June 27 Birthday Quotes |
| “Mystery is more important than knowledge.” – J.J. Abrams “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” “I think the greatest way to learn is to learn by someone’s example.” “The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.” “I get up every day and work, regardless of if I have a job or not.” |
June 27 Birthdays |
| 1869 – Kate Carew, American illustrator and journalist (died in 1961) 1880 – Helen Keller, American author, academic, and activist (died in 1968) 1907 – John McIntire, American character actor (died in 1991) 1930 – Ross Perot, American businessman and politician (died in 2019) 1949 – Vera Wang, American fashion designer 1966 – J.J. Abrams, American director, producer, and screenwriter 1971 – Jo Frost, English nanny, television personality, and author 1974 – Christian Kane, American actor 1975 – Tobey Maguire, American actor 1986 – Sam Claflin, British actor 1987 – Ed Westwick, English actor 1989 – Matthew Lewis, English actor |
June 27 History |
| 1556 – The thirteen Stratford Martyrs were burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs. 1792 – Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, is coined as the first person to use the term “Canadian”, in an attempt to break up a fight between a group of English and French settlers at a polling station. 1844 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Mormons, and his brother Hyrum Smith were murdered by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail. 1895 – The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first American passenger train to use electric locomotives. 1898 – Joshua Slocum completed the first solo circumnavigation of the globe from Briar Island, Nova Scotia. 1949 – The first sci-fi TV show, Captain Video and His Video Rangers debuted. 1954 – The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union’s first nuclear power station, began operation in Obninsk, near Moscow. 1960 #1 Hit June 27, 1960 – July 10, 1960: Connie Francis – Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool 1964 #1 Hit June 27, 1964 – July 3, 1964: Peter and Gordon – A World Without Love 1966 – ABC’s Dark Shadows premiered. 1968 – Elvis Presley filmed his Comeback Special. 1970 #1 Hit June 27, 1970 – July 10, 1970: The Jackson 5 – The Love You Save 1976 – Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) was hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda. 1985 – US Route 66 was officially removed from the United States Highway System. 1987 #1 Hit June 27, 1987 – July 10, 1987: Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) June 27, 2014 – Zapped aired on The Disney Channel #1 Hit June 27, 2020 – July 3, 2020: Trollz – 6ix9ine and Nicki Minaj |
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts |
| A group of Caribou is called a Herd. A group of Pathologists is called a Body. M&M stands for Mars and Murrie. “For the price of a dime, I can always turn to you” #songlyrics The moon’s diameter is 2,159 miles, less than the distance between New York City and Las Vegas. “I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.” – Dorothy Parker Karl Freund, cinematographer on Metropolis (1927) and Dracula (1931) also shot most of the episodes of I Love Lucy. “They were both poisoned. I spent the last few years building up an immunity to iocane powder.” – The Man in Black #moviequotes “If you’ve wrecked one train, you’ve wrecked them all. ” -Charles Addams (via Uncle Fester) Willard Scott was the original Ronald McDonald, in 1959. The dye used to stamp the grade on meat is edible. It’s made from grape skins. |
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