📰 TODAY IN HISTORY

📆 June 27

📜 Events:
⚔️ 1743 — At the Battle of Dettingen, King George II becomes the last British monarch to personally take part in a battle.
✝️ 1844 — Joseph Smith Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith are killed in Carthage Jail in Illinois, USA.
🚢 1905 — During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors begin a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Kniaz Potemkin Tavricheski.
🪖 1950 — The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
🎮 1972 — Founding of the electronics and video game products company Atari.
🏛️ 1990 — The National Institute of Social Security (INSS) is established in Brazil.
💻 2017 — The Petya malware triggers a series of powerful cyberattacks, affecting organizations in Ukraine and in several other countries.
⭐ Births:
👑 1462 — Louis XII of France (d. 1515).
📚 1908 — João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian writer (d. 1967).
🎤 1944 — Zezé Motta, Brazilian singer and actress.
🎬 1975 — Tobey Maguire, American actor.
🎭 1976 — Wagner Moura, Brazilian actor and musician.
🎥 1989 — Matthew Lewis, British actor.
👑 1993 — Camila Queiroz, Brazilian actress and model.
🕊️ Deaths:
✝️ 1844 — Joseph Smith Jr., American religious leader, entrepreneur, and politician (b. 1805).
🔢 1831 — Sophie Germain, French mathematician (b. 1776).
📖 1989 — Alfred Jules Ayer, British educator and philosopher (b. 1910).
🎬 2001 — Jack Lemmon, American actor (b. 1925).
🎸 2002 — John Entwistle, British bassist (b. 1944).
🎭 2016 — Bud Spencer, Italian actor and swimmer (b. 1929).
📰 2025 — Ruy Carlos Ostermann, Brazilian journalist (b. 1934).
📍 Public holidays and cyclical events
🌎 International: 🔹 International Day of People with Deafblindness.
🔹 International Day of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
🇧🇷 Brazil: 🔸 Day of the Mestizo.
🏐 National Volleyball Day.
🥗 National Day of the Nutrition and Dietetics Technician.
📈 National Progress Day.
🎉 Anniversary of the municipality of Canguçu (RS).
🎉 Anniversary of the municipality of Canoas (RS).
🙏 Public holiday in Taguatinga (DF) — Our Lady of Perpetual Help Day.
🙏 Public holiday in Teodoro Sampaio — Our Lady of Perpetual Help Day.

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