On June 27, 1844, Mormon leader Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum, were killed by a mob in Carthage, Ill.
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.
In 1943 American bombers attacked Nazi-occupied Athens in World War II.
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 1977 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that lawyers cannot constitutionally be prevented from advertising fees charged for routine legal services.
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 1991 Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, the first black to sit on the nation’s highest court, announced his retirement.
