MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2011

Today is Monday, June 27, the 178th day of 2011. There are 187 days left in the year.

1693 ― First woman's magazine, ``The Ladies' Mercury" published (London)

1940 ― USSR returns to the Gregorian calendar

1942 ― FBI captures eight Nazi saboteurs from a sub off N.Y.'s Long Island

1944 ― Cherbourg, France, captured by Allies

1950 ― President Truman orders Air Force and Navy into Korean conflict

1950 ― U.N. Security Council calls on members for troops to aid South Korea

1954 ― First atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia)

1966 ― First sci-fi soap opera, ``Dark Shadows," premiers

1986 ― World Court rules U.S. aid to Nicaraguan contras illegal

1990 ― Salman Rushdie, condemned to death by Iran, contributes $8600 to help their earthquake victims