On This Day:
Friday June 27, 2014 This is the 178th day of the year, with 187 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: seven original astronauts The seven original astronauts selected by NASA in 1959 to head up the Mercury Project were: M. Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., John H. Glenn, Jr., Virgil I. Grissom, Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and Donald K. Slayton.
Holidays Feast day of St. Cyril of Alexandria, St. Zoilus, St. Samson of Constantinople, St. George Mtasmindeli, the Martyrs of Arras, St. John of Chinon, and St. Ladislas, king of Hungary.
Djibouti: Independence Day.
Events 1829 - English scientist James Smithson died after a long illness, leaving behind a will which established the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.; it provided for a museum, a library, and a program of research, publication, and collection in the sciences, arts, and history.
1847 - New York and Boston were linked by telegraph wires.
1871 - The yen became the new form of currency in Japan.
1893 - The New York stock market crashed.
1929 - Scientists at Bell Laboratories revealed a system for transmitting television pictures.
1950 - President Harry S. Truman ordered the Air Force and Navy into the Korean conflict following a call from the United Nations Security Council for member nations to help.
1973 - Former White House counsel John W. Dean told the Senate Watergate Committee about an "enemies list" kept by the Nixon White House.
2003 - More than 735,000 phone numbers were registered on the first day of a national do-not-call list aimed at blocking unwelcome solicitations from telemarketers.
2005 - BTK serial killer Dennis Rader pleaded guilty to 10 murders in the Wichita, Kansas area. He was later sentenced to serve 10 consecutive life sentences without possibility of parole for 175 years.
Births 1859 - Mildred J. Hill, American composer of "Happy Birthday to You" and "Good Morning to All" (with sister, Patty Smith Hill).
1880 - Helen Keller, American author, educator, advocate for the blind.
1927 - Bob Keeshan, American actor most famous as the title character of the children's television show "Captain Kangaroo."
1930 - Ross Perot, American business executive and former presidential candidate.
1975 - Tobey Maguire, American actor.
Deaths 1844 - Mormon founder Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum, killed by a mob in Carthage, Illinois.
2001 - Jack Lemmon, American actor.
2002 - John Entwistle, English singer and songwriter, who was best known as the bass guitarist for the rock band The Who.
2005 - John Walton, son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton.
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