NEAR Spacecraft Captures Stunning Images of Asteroid Mathilde Before Eros Mission

After 59 years, the iconic Route 66 enters the realm of history on June 27, 1985, when the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials decertifies the road and votes to remove all its highway signs.

First Ocean Surveillance Satellite Revolutionized Maritime Data Collection in Just 99 Days

A factory storekeeper in the Nzara township of Sudan becomes ill on June 27, 1976.

Breakthrough in 1960: Harvard Scientist Synthesizes Key Photosynthesis Molecule Chlorophyll "a"

Pioneering Nuclear Power Plant in Obninsk: A Legacy of Innovation and Closure

On June 27, 1941, British cryptologists help break the secret code used by the German army to direct its strategic military operations on the Eastern front in the Soviet Union.

On June 27, 1922, the American Library Association (ALA) awards the first Newbery Medal, honoring the year’s best children’s book, to The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon.

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.

On June 27, 1864, Colorado Governor John Evans issues a proclamation warning that all peaceful Native Americans in the region must report to the or risk being attacked, creating the conditions that will lead to the Sand Creek Massacre.