On June 27, 1844, Mormon leader Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum, were killed by a mob in Carthage, Ill. (Brigham Young then became head of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.)
In 1893 prices collapsed on the New York Stock Exchange, setting off a depression.
In 1927 Bob Keeshan, who became television’s “Captain Kangaroo,” was born in Lynbrook, N.Y. Also in 1927 opera star Anna Moffo was born in Wayne, Pa.
In 1943 U.S. bombers attacked Athens, which was occupied by German forces.
In 1950 President Harry Truman ordered the Air Force and Navy into the Korean War.
In 1957 more than 500 people were killed when Hurricane Audrey ravaged coastal Louisiana and Texas.
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In 1976 seven Arab guerrillas hijacked an Air France jetliner carrying 258 passengers and 12 crew members after takeoff from Athens.
In 1978 the first Polish astronaut was launched into orbit along with the Russian commander of a new Soviet spacecraft.
In 1980 President Jimmy Carter signed legislation reviving the draft registration.
In 1983 balloonists Maxie Anderson and Don Ida were killed when their balloon crashed in a German forest during a race.
In 1984 the Supreme Court ruled that the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s monopoly on controlling college football telecasts violated antitrust law.
In 1985 New York’s first hotel strike ended with agreement on wage hikes. (The strike had idled 16,000 workers at 53 major hotels for nearly a month.)
