WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 2012

Today is Wednesday, June 27, the 179th day of 2012. There are 187 days left in the year.

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

1833 ― Prudence Crandall, a white woman, arrested for conducting an academy for black females at Canterbury Conn

1929 ― First color TV demo (NYC)

1940 ― USSR returns to the Gregorian calendar

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)

1955 ― First automobile seat belt legislation enacted (Illinois)

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

1986 ― In referendum, Irish uphold ban on divorce