THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2013

Today is Thursday, June 27, the 178th day of 2013. 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)

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

1950 ― U.S. sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam

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

1986 ― Anne White shocks Wimbledon by wearing only a body stocking

1986 ― In referendum, Irish uphold ban on divorce

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