Today in History: June 27, Hurricane Audrey makes Gulf Coast landfall
At present is Friday June the th day of There are days left in the year In the current era in history On June Hurricane Audrey slammed into coastal Louisiana and Texas as a Category storm causing as several as deaths Also on this date In Mormon leader Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were killed by a mob in Carthage Illinois Related Articles Bill Moyers the former White House press secretary turned acclaimed TV journalist dead at Trump Mobile still suggests its phone is Made in the USA But it pulled that language from its site Melania Trump mocked for getting Einstein visa in House hearing Why Americans access to lifesaving vaccines is threatened by RFK Jr overhaul Prosecutor tells jury it s time to convict Sean Diddy Combs as sex trafficking trial near end In the U N Shield Council passed a resolution calling on member nations to help South Korea repel an invasion from the North In U S Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall the first Black jurist to sit on the nation s highest court stated his retirement In BTK serial killer Dennis Rader pleaded guilty to murders that had spread fear across Wichita Kansas beginning in the s In a constitutional amendment to ban desecration of the American flag died in a U S Senate cliff-hanger falling one vote short of the needed to send it to states for ratification In former Illinois Gov Rod Blagojevich was convicted by a federal jury in Chicago on a wide range of corruption charges including the allegation that he d tried to sell or business President Barack Obama s U S Senate seat Blagojevich was later sentenced to years in prison his sentence was commuted by President Donald Trump in February and he received a full and unconditional pardon from Trump in February In U S Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy whose vote often decided cases on abortion gay rights and other contentious issues reported his retirement In in Kennedy v Bremerton School District the Supreme Court ruled that a high school football coach who sought to kneel and pray on the field after games was protected by the First Amendment The present day s Birthdays Musician Bruce Johnston The Beach Boys is Fashion designer Norma Kamali is Fashion designer Vera Wang is Actor Julia Duffy is Actor Isabelle Adjani is Cinematographer Janusz Kami ski is Country singer Lorrie Morgan is Actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai is Writer-producer-director J J Abrams is Actor Tobey Maguire is Reality TV star Khlo Kardashian is Actor Sam Claflin is Actor Ed Westwick is NFL linebacker Bobby Wagner is Actor Madylin Sweeten Everybody Loves Raymond is Singer-songwriter H E R is Actor Chandler Riggs The Walking Dead is
